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Argentina Debt Payments Blocked by US Court

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/27/2014 - 09:20
The Argentine government announced Thursday that it transferred funds to the Bank of New York Mellon to pay the 92% of bond holders who restructured aft
Poverty

Pickets at FERC continue Days 3, 4, and 5

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 06/26/2014 - 17:12

On the 25th and 26th of June, MD residents and supporters continued their noon pickets at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, considered a rubber stamp for the oil and gas industries.

Video Day 3:focus on Myersville compressor station needed to feed Cove Point
Video of 4th day in a row of picketing at FERC
Video of final day of picketing featuring Interfaith Power and Light

Environment/Food/Health

Picketers outside FERC on the 4th day of protests against LNG export out of Cove Point, MD

Thousands gather in Dupont Circle to watch World Cup "Eviction Games"

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 06/26/2014 - 16:44

On the 26th of June, a huge, mostly white crowd gathered in Dupont Circle to watch the US team lose to Germany in the World Cup. These Eviction Games were made possible by tens of thousands of evictions of favela residents in Rio and tens of thousands more in the rest of the country. The next Eviction Games in Brazil are the Olympics, and here in DC the rich want both the Olympics in 2024 and the evictions.

Stirring "Eviction Games" Video

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Race/Racism
Sports
World Uprisings

Video of Al-Sisi Protest in Support of Imprisoned Al Jazeera Journalists

Submitted by a l c h y m e d i a on Thu, 06/26/2014 - 00:01

Code Pink Demonstration at the Egyptian Defense Office to protest the unjust sentencing of Al Jazeera Journalists and 183 Egyptians Sentenced to Death, and Call for an End to US Military Aid to Egypt .

 On Monday, June 23, an Egyptian court convicted three Al Jazeera journalists of “aiding the Muslim Brotherhood,” sentencing two of them to seven years in prison and one to ten years!! Just a few days earlier, 183 Egyptians were sentenced to death for simply being allegedly affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.

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Anti-War/Peace
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Human Rights
Media

IMF Paper: Corporate Tax Avoidance Hurts Global Economy and Poor Countries

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/25/2014 - 11:26

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a staff paper noting that corporate tax avoidance negatively impacts all economies, but hurts developing countries the most. The IMF's release comes as the G20, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and United Nations bodies seek vehicles to diminish corporate tax avoidance. "The developing world loses more in corporate tax avoidance than it receives in aid from developed countries," stated Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of the religious anti-poverty group, Jubilee USA Network.

Elections/Legislation/Government
Labor/Economics/Business
Poverty

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