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Moscow (GPA) – Geopolitics Alert contributor Damir Nazarov explains the causes and rationale behind the aggression of Saudi Arabia and its allies against Yemen and why they are in fact a great deal more than just traditional foreign policy. Let me show you why.

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Listen to the Sun. Dec. 9, 2018 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the upcoming National People’s Conference of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) in this Southern African state; Kenyan novelist and essayist Ngugi Wa Thiongo has turned 80 and a Morning Star article in the UK reflects on his legacy; French workers have won a suspension of the dreaded fuel tax imposed by President Emmanual Macron; and China is objecting to the indictment by the United States of a leading executive in the technology field. In the second hour we look at the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the eve of his upcoming 90th birthday on January 15. Finally we look back at the popular legacy of Sam Cooke on the 54th anniversary of his umtimely death in Dec. 1964.

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At the root of all these issues is the system of capitalism. And, only a grand struggle can push back the fascist threat, unite working people of all nationalities against war and for a working peoples’ program for our needs. Without principled political unity, one built around programmatic demands and one determined to uproot the fascist and white supremacist threat, such a struggle is impossible. It is up to all progressive and revolutionary people and organizations to fight through the morass and political differences to begin to forge what is necessary. In Defense of Our Lives

Community Conversation PART 14

Join us to continue dialogue around racism and white supremacy! This is PART 14.

Midwest Environmental Advocates

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A NEW WATER rule will greatly reduce federal water protections, imperiling drinking water, endangered species, and ecosystems across the country. According to the rule that the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release next week — some details of which were leaked Thursday — streams that are dependent on rainfall and wetlands not physically connected to year-round waterways will no longer be covered by the Clean Water Act.

As a result of the change, an estimated 60-90 percent of U.S. waterways could lose federal protections that currently shield them from pollution and development, according to Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Alaska and the arid west will be hit particularly hard by the new rule, which will be subject to a comment period before it is finalized.

Environmentalists are bracing for what they predict will be disastrous consequences for our nation’s waterways. “For some parts of the country, it’s a complete wiping away of the Clean Water Act,” said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity.

Please join this Honduras Solidarity Network webinar with Honduran journalist, former opposition congressman, and human rights defender, Bartolo Fuentes who was accompanying the Refugee Caravan until he was detained by Guatemalan officials and deported to Honduras. Bartolo began his activism as a young student and was forced to leave Honduras for a time due to political persecution for his opposition to the US wars in Central America. Bartolo has been active for years on migration and was one of the founders of the Honduran organization COFAMIPRO (Committe of the Families of Disappeared Migrants of Progreso). After the 2009 coup, Bartolo joined the resistance movement and organizations and was elected to Congress 2014-2017 as a member of the anti-coup party LIBRE. After his deportation from Guatemala this fall, the Honduran regime threatened to prosecute Bartolo for human trafficking because of his accompaniment and advocacy for the Honduran refugees and his opposition to the current regime. He has had to seek refuge outside Honduras.

You must register to participate. The webinar will be done using the Zoom webinar platform in Spanish.

Simultaneous English interpretation provided by Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle will be available by calling +1 (619) 309-1058, PIN 695050. This is made possible by our comrades at Interoccupy.

**We will be recording the webinar and will make it available shortly after.

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WEBINARIO bilingüe presentado por la Red de Solidaridad con Honduras

Raíces del Éxodo: de la Crisis Política Hondureña a la Caravana de Refugiadxs – Una Actualización

Martes, 11 de diciembre, 7pm CST / horas de Centroamérica / 8pm EST / 6pm MST / 5pm PST

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Participe en un webinario de la Red de Solidaridad con Honduras con Bartolo Fuentes, periodista, ex-diputado de oposición, y defensor de derechos humanos. Bartolo Fuentes, estaba acompañando la Caravana de Refugiadxs hasta que fue detenido por oficiales de Guatemala y deportado a Honduras. Bartolo comenzó su activismo como estudiante joven y se vio obligado salir de Honduras por un tiempo debido a la persecución política que enfrentaba por su oposición a las guerras de los EE.UU en Centroamérica. Bartolo ha estado involucrado por años en temas de migración y fue de los fundadores de la organización hondureña COFAMIPRO (Comité de las Familias de los Migrantes Desaparecidos del Progreso). Después del golpe de estado del 2009, Bartolo se sumó al movimiento de resistencia, fue electo al congreso del 2014-2017 como miembro del partido anti-golpe LIBRE. Después de su deportación de Guatemala este otoño, el régimen hondureño amenazó con procesarle a Bartolo por trato humano debido a su acompañamiento y defensa de lxs refugiadxs y su oposición al régimen actual. Tuvo que salir del país durante un tiempo.

Tiene que inscribirse para participar. El webinario se va a realizar en español en la plataforma Zoom.

Interpretación simultánea al inglés estará disponible llamando +1 (619) 309-1058, PIN 695050. Esto es posible gracias a nuestros camaradas de Interoccupy.

**Estaremos grabando este webinario y estará disponible poco después de su realización.

Join us on December 15, in a March for Public Education at Grand Park in Downtown Los Angeles. Educators will march with the community and demand that the district fund the schools our students deserve. #UTLAStrong #StrikeReady
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