April 25, 2024

April 25, 2024

How Africa’s National Liberation Struggles Brought Democracy to Europe: The Seventeenth Newsletter (2024)

Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Fifty years ago, on 25 April 1974, the people of Portugal took to the streets of their cities and towns in enormous numbers to overthrow the fascist dictatorship of the Estado Novo (‘New State’), formally established in 1926. Fascist Portugal – led first by António… Continue reading

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April 25, 2024

Europol data grab; “Operationalising” the Migration Pact; Italy: Press freedom under attack; EU-Israel data agreement

Thursday, 25 April 2024 — Statewatch Issue 24/08, 25 April Also available as a PDF. In this issue: New powers for Europol: cart before horse EU: Council eyes role in “operationalising” Migration Pact Italy: Press freedom under attack as journalists face prison EU-Israel data agreement rings alarm bells —————————————- Continue reading

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The richest 1% owns more than TWICE as much wealth as 6.9 billion people and the super-rich one percent of the world’s population has accumulated twice as much wealth as the remaining 90 percent, global charity Oxfam said in a newly-released report. The world’s richest 1% emit double the carbon of the poorest 50%, the 2020 Oxfam study found.