On February 23, “Hands Off Venezuela” rallies were held in cities around the world. For The Real News Network, I attended one such rally in Ottawa, Canada. At the Ottawa rally, [...]
During my recent trip to Caracas, Venezuela, I spoke with Atenea Jimenez, the speaker of a Network of Communes. Atenea argued that collective, grassroots decision-making is the key to solving [...]
On February 21, 2019, U.N. Watch, an entity which masquerades as a human rights organization but which acts as little more than a propaganda organ of the Israeli government, filed a complaint [...]
As Lima Group members Columbia and Brazil foment unrest on Venezuela’s borders, their right-wing regimes routinely violate human rights in their own countries. For The Real News Network, I met in [...]
For The Real News Network, I recently spoke in Caracas, Venezuela with Venezuela’s former Minister of Communes and Culture, Reinaldo Iturriza. Mr. Iturriza argues that U.S. sanctions [...]
During my recent trip to Caracas, Venezuela, I visited the working class district of Valle. There, I discussed Venezuela’s crisis with Gustavo Robledo, an ambulance driver who has spent his [...]
According to a new poll by researchers at George Mason and Yale Universities, climate change concerns are more bipartisan than political elites would have us believe. Among other things, their [...]
On the Real News Network, I discuss with Sharmini Peries the resignation of the former Justice Minister of Canada, Jody Wilson-Raybould, from the cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau [...]
Last week, as hundreds of Venezuelans lined up in Bolivar Square in Caracas to sign a petition denouncing U.S. imperialism, I spoke to ordinary citizens about the crisis in Venezuela and U.S.-led [...]
Following a bombshell report from The Globe and Mail, serious and troubling questions have arisen as to whether members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s staff pressured former Justice [...]