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9May

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The rise of popular democracy

NOVANEWS By Graham Peebles In 1975 just 46 countries were considered to be electoral democracies. Forty years later, according to the Global State of Democracy report 2017, the number had risen to 132, accounting for 68 per cent of nations. The bulk of the increase occurred after 1989 following the collapse of the Soviet Union and what was to be the beginning of the global protest movement. While holding general elections every five years or so is an important step away from the autocratic alternative, unless democratic values are embraced and introduced true democracy remains little more than a slogan, social injustice and suppression in various forms continue and concentrations of power persist. Although the number of electoral democracies continues to increase, throughout the world, ...

7Apr

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Capitalism or Socialism. Which Will it Be?

NOVANEWS Socialism isn’t fundamentally about public ownership of private resources. It is about collective action in pursuit of common goals, where private action has destroyed or damaged the common good. by: Robert Freeman Here are a few reasons why socialism doesn’t sound so scary anymore. We already know the most hackneyed slogan of the next election cycle: “socialism.” Utah Representative Chris Stewart has even launched and “Anti-Socialism Caucus.” But socialism has lost a lot of its epithetic punch since the days of the Cold War, when the world lived under a nuclear Sword of Damocles. Here are a few reasons, on both sides, why socialism doesn’t sound so scary anymore. You might want to save it to parry the lunatic ravings of your crazy uncle at the next fam...

6Apr

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Intercourse events, medicine and homosexual escorts on the pope’s residence

NOVANEWS Intercourse events, medicine and homosexual escorts on the pope’s residence: Undercover within the Vatican danilfineman “We’ll have sufficient time for the interview,” the author and journalist Frédéric Martel assures me. “Let’s go to a film.” Friday night. I’d arrived right here two hours earlier in an effort to interview Martel about his new e book, “Within the Closet of the Vatican: Energy, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy” (Bloomsbury, translated by Shaun Whiteside). The entire world is speaking about it. In my opinion, I’m flattered star creator in Europe, and within the West typically, is devoting high quality time to me amid the chaos he’s caught up in. His telephone doesn’t cease ringing. Certainly, Martel had simply returned to Paris from a two-day promotional tour in Sp...

31Mar

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Christian Zionists and the Christchurch Massacre

NOVANEWS Posted by AUDIO VIDEO American Christian Zionists have wholeheartedly supported the war on Islam to protect Israel and harbor a fear and loathing of Muslims and Islam. Christian Zionist preacher, John Hagee confirmed this notion when he prayed, before the 2003 war on Iraq, for the US to go to war to protect Israel (see, “John Hagee with Benny Hinn: Praying for Israel in the Name of Jesus“). In this lively, 16 minute podcast, that you won’t find on the MSM, Chuck Carlson and Craig Hanson of We Hold These Truths discuss Chuck’s article, “Christchurch Massacre: Devout Christians and Israeli Zionists are Responsible.”

27Mar

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The reactionary nightmare of ‘gender fluidity’

NOVANEWS We do not advocate and we cannot allow the bourgeoisie to impose this divisive ideology upon us. The following speech was delivered by a central committee member to the party’s eighth congress in September. This is a very interesting debate, comrades. I find it both encouraging and discouraging at the same time. Why are we having this debate? I would like to say that I agree with motion 8. It’s quite clear that this is an issue which is causing genuine confusion – and not only in our party. Our party is the reflection of society, and so if it is confusing us, you can be sure there is a far greater confusion outside our ranks – and that, if you like, is why we’re having this debate. While I am sympathetic with the arguments put forward by those opposed to motion 8, we c...

11Mar

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Ending inequality means ending ‘global pandemic’ of violence against women

NOVANEWS UN Women Graphic illustrating the #HearMeToo campaign Women Until women and girls can live free of fear, violence and insecurity, the world cannot pride itself on being fair and equal, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, commemorating theInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, marked annually on 25 November. “At its core, violence against women and girls in all its forms is the manifestation of a profound lack of respect – a failure by men to recognize the inherent equality and dignity of women,” Mr. Guterres said at a special event at UN Headquarters observing the Day, which highlights that violence against women is as serious cause of death and incapacity as cancer, among women of repro...

11Mar

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Women still struggle to find a job, let alone reach the top: new UN report calls for 'quantum leap'

NOVANEWS UN Women/Joe Saade Sandy Lyen is a 20-something artisan woodworker and entrepreneur from Beirut, Lebanon. Like many young, educated Lebanese women today, Sandy is creating new and innovative opportunities for self-employment by tapping into Lebanon's growing market for locally-made artisanal goods. Economic Development Women’s job opportunities have barely improved since the early 1990s, UN labour experts said on Thursday, warning that female workers are still penalized for having children and looking after them. Released on the eve of International Women's Day, celebrated on 8 March, the International Labour Organization (ILO) report found that 1.3 billion women were in work in 2018, compared with two billion men – a less than two per cent...

11Mar

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'Quantum Leap for Gender Equality' Demanded on Eve of International Women's Day

NOVANEWS In terms of jobs and income levels, new UN report warns that "progress in closing gender gaps has stalled, and in some cases is reversing." by: Jessica Corbett A Quantum Leap for Gender Equality: For a Better Future of Work for All was published Thursday by the International Labor Organization (ILO), a United Nations agency. (Image: ILO report) On the eve of International Women's Day, United Nations labor experts decried three decades of failures to close gender gaps in the global workforce and offered a pathway to achieving "a better future of work for women." "With commitment and courageous choices, there can be a quantum leap, so that the future of work does not reinforce the inequalities of the past." —Shauna Olney, GED/ILOAIDS A Quantum Leap for Ge...

6Mar

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Blasphemy and terrorism: Catchall phrases to repress dissent

NOVANEWS By James M. Dorsey Blasphemy has joined terrorism as a catchall phrase to intimidate, incarcerate and kill critics and political opponents as well as stifle unfettered debate and settle scores. There is, however, one difference: terrorism is a justification for curbing freedom of expression often used by governments irrespective of how democratic or undemocratic they may be. Blasphemy serves not only as a tool for governments, but has also empowered religious ultra-conservatives, frenzied mobs, and extremist groups and individuals. A four-decade long, massively funded Saudi public diplomacy campaign has created an enabling environment in Muslim-majority countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, where alleged blasphemers and atheists have been kidnapped, abused and sometimes kille...

3Feb

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The Real Left, Phony Left and What’s Left

NOVANEWS By Philip A Farruggio Global Research Cutting to the chase, if you consider yourself to be ‘On the Left’ then you have to be a Socialist. Period! Now, there are many different levels under the banner of Socialism. Some may be Marxist, Trotskyite, Syndicalism etc. Yet, the unifying denominator is that all believe in the common ownership of the means of production and services. Many socialists do honor the existence of Mom and Pop private ownership of small business. Under a truly socialist system banking, energy, health & dental care, housing and all necessary services would be owned and operated by the community, whether it be local, state or federal. Imagine if you would if we had real community owned and run mortgage banks, where the only interest charges would be...