Elon Musk has faced dozens of setbacks over the past year, from massive advertising losses on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to repeated allegations of antisemitism to public legal battles with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and various watchdog groups. Musk’s latest blow came Friday when X lost its bid to block… […]
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Putin Calls Up 300,000 Reservists Amid Setbacks With Ukraine Invasion
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a partial mobilization in Russia as the war in Ukraine reaches nearly seven months and Moscow loses ground on the battlefield. Putin also warned the West that “it’s not a bluff” that Russia would use all the means at its disposal to protect its […]
Putin Calls Up 300,000 Reservists Amid Setbacks With Ukraine Invasion
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a partial mobilization in Russia as the war in Ukraine reaches nearly seven months and Moscow loses ground on the battlefield. Putin also warned the West that “it’s not a bluff” that Russia would use all the means at its disposal to protect its […]
After Years Of Setbacks, US Labor Demonstrates Its Power
Above Photo: Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York after learning that they are the first to unionize in the country. Twitter. 2021 marked a historic year in labor organizing for workers in the US, with tens of thousands of workers in partaking in union votes and strike actions. 2021 was a historic year for labor […]
World in ‘severe cascade of human rights setbacks’, UN human rights chief warns
The United Nations’ Human Rights chief called on Monday for “concerted action” to fight a severe deterioration of rights globally. “To recover from the most wide-reaching and severe cascade of human rights setbacks in our lifetimes, we need a life-changing vision — and concerted action to follow up,” Michelle Bachelet said in her opening statement […]
BDS Faces Setbacks Amid New Political Landscape
Supporters of the BDS movement in South Africa. Photo: Twitter screenshot. The November election produced a mixed result for the BDS movement. The pro-BDS faction in the House of Representatives was enlarged, but large gains for Republicans in the House and in state elections portends continued opposition. The reelection of the “Squad,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), […]
Women, Islamists suffer setbacks in election in Jordan
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US feminists fear setbacks after loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Ruth Bader Ginsburg racked up numerous wins in the fight for women’s rights long before she joined the US Supreme Court, but her death Friday puts at risk one of American feminists’ key victories: the right to have abortions. Ginsburg’s death at 87 left women’s rights advocates in deep mourning at the […]
Despite Setbacks, Liberty Will Prevail in 2018
Despite Setbacks, Liberty Will Prevail in 2018 By rp_adminhttp://www.campaignforliberty.org/despite-setbacks-liberty-will-prevail-2018Happy New Year! We always approach a new year with anticipation, hope, and also some worries. Last year was one of the strangest political years I have seen in some time. A new Republican president spent his first year pursuing more or less the same foreign policy […]
SAYYED NASRALLAH: WIND OF WISDOM, TOWER OF TRUTH, LEADER OF LIONHEARTEDNESS
by Jonathan Azaziah Jummah with Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is among the greatest gifts in the known (as well as the unknown) universe–as is any other day, really, when the Secretary-General of the Lebanese Islamic Resistance graces us with his presence and blesses us with a speech. Billowing clouds of smog from the treacherous and traitorous […]