The Guardian • dictatorship
Issue #2024
Voters in Chile reject new progressive constitution
Supporters of a proposed new constitution for Chile suffered a big defeat in a plebiscite on Sunday, 4th September. The “reject” side captured nearly 8...
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Issue #2129
The on-going pain of Syria
The tragedy that is Syria has been before our eyes for too long. It is unlikely to go away any time soon. The cheers and...
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Issue #2025
WEASEL WORDS
Are you an “activist”? Is “stability” a good thing? Who in this society is “shrill”? It depends on who you ask in this Weasel Words!...
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Issue #2133
GLOBAL BRIEFS
GREECE: Several thousand high school and university students blocked traffic in central Athens during an anti-government demonstration against delays into a 2023 rail disaster that...
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Issue #2080
GLOBAL BRIEFS
ARGENTINA: Right-wing populist candidate Javier Milei has won in the final round of Argentina’s presidential election, defeating Sergio Massa, who defeated Milei in the first...
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Issue #2136
Ainda Estou Aqui (I’m still here)
I’m still here tells a story from the dark past of the military dictatorship that gripped Brazil from 1964 to 1985. The film is based...
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Issue #2070
Chile 11 September
MELBOURNE: There were tears, poetry, song, and many heartfelt speeches this week at a gathering to pay tribute to all those who suffered in the...
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Issue #2125
DINGO
ExxonMobil is using Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in an Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) to sue the Netherlands over the early shutdown of gas production in...
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Issue #2156
DINGO
On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet, with the support of the United States, led a coup d’etat against the democratically elected government of socialist...
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Issue #2126
DINGO
The fact that the world has so far continued to buy dollars come what may has underpinned US power, funding its enormous deficits, themselves largely...
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