Today marks the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of the Salvatore Allende’s democratically-elected government in Chile by the US CIA and there local puppets under the leadership of General – Augusto Pinochet.
EU politics
VilaWeb – Catalonia: Pro-independence parties surpass 50% of votes in Catalan election and increase parliamentary majority
Social Democrats win the vote, followed closely by the independence parties Esquerra and Junts per Catalunya, while far-right Vox enters Parliament for the first time Read here
Geopolitics
Oxfam: Israel’s New International NGO Registration Measures Are a Grave Threat to Humanitarian Operations and International Law – 55 Organisations Say
Oxfam, together with 54 organisations operating in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) call for urgent action from the international community against new Israeli registration rules for international NGOs. Based on vague, broad, politicised, […]
National Politics
Chris Dillow: On purified identities
“One of my favourite social thinkers of recent years is Richard Sennett. There’s one particular idea of his that deserves especial attention today – that of a purified identity.” Read here
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