I reviewed the Democratic Party platform for 2024 and found something interesting: when it comes to economic policy, this year’s platform is less progressive and less ambitious than it was four years ago. Democrats have tacked right or retreated on health insurance reform, drug prices, Medicare and Social Security expansion, poverty, labor, taxes, Wall Street, and the minimum wage.
Europe’s seeds being privatised by patents - and it could threaten food security
A silent battle is brewing over the control of our food supply's very foundation: seeds.
Europe has one of the most diverse seed industries in the world. In Germany, the Netherlands and France alone, hundreds of small breeders are creating new varieties of cereals, vegetables and legumes.
DNC delegates will vote on a platform that pledges to crack down on asylum and fund the police
As thousands of delegates flock to Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention (DNC), much of the public will be watching to see how the Democratic Party makes its case for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential bid. One theme, already a popular talking point on the campaign trail, popped up repeatedly on the DNC’s first night: This race, according to the Democrats, is between a “prosecutor and a convicted felon.”
Thousands of anti-fascists mobilised to face down fascist groups threatening immigration lawyers and mosques in cities across Britain on August 7. This followed widespread fascist rioting on August 4, which included attacks on the lodgings of asylum seekers, mosques, and Black people and Asians, who in some cases were pulled from their cars and beaten.
