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Visible Minorities: Trump’s Weak Mandate

What happened was less a matter of support for Trump and more a worldwide repudiation of incumbents.

Operation Lone Star Boosts Republicans

While it is on dubious legal and sometimes factual ground, Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” looks to be a political winner in 2024, causing headaches for US Democrats both at the national and local levels.

Mexico Leads Campaign Against US Embargo of Cuba

Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed over the weekend to lead a worldwide movement to end the 61-year US embargo of Cuba.

Battling for Democracy in Peru

Civil society groups in Peru are calling for a national strike against the unelected interim President Dina Boluarte, while international progressives, including current and former Latin American leaders, see the hand of rightwing groups and the US government behind the attempted overthrow of the popular will.

Farhadi a Film Director, Not a Hero

When Iranian director Ashgar Farhadi was awarded the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for his new film A Hero, many regime opponents expected him to use the media spotlight to denounce the Islamic Republic. What he actually had to say, however, disappointed their expectations.

Bread & Roses: Should Progressives Celebrate Ibuski’s Hero Award?

On July 1, the US State Department cited Attorney Shoichi Ibuski as one of seven heroes in its 2021 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for his long years of work fighting for the rights of foreign workers caught up in Japan’s technical intern program.