Barry Sheppard

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The rapid mass response to South Korea president Yoon Suk-yeol’s declaration of martial law, which stopped the president’s coup in its tracks, is explained by South Korea’s history of military regimes, writes Barry Sheppard.

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While incoming United States President Donald Trump’s inauguration is still a month-and-a-half away, he is preparing the ground for his second term, reports Barry Sheppard.

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Gubernatorial elections were held on November 5 in the United States colony of Puerto Rico, with pro-independence candidate Juan Dalmau only narrowly defeated by pro-Trump candidate Jenniffer González-Colón, reports Barry Sheppard.

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Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard look behind the Republican Party’s victory in the United States election, why the Democratic Party lost and the challenges ahead.

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A year after the launch of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has released a new documentary that exposes Israeli war crimes through photos and videos shared by Israeli soldiers, writes Barry Sheppard.

Mural reads 'Viva Cuba Libre'

A Drop Site News report has found that former United States President Donald Trump’s tightening of the 60-year-long blockade of Cuba, which is maintained by current President Joe Biden, has caused a devastating humanitarian crisis. Barry Sheppard reviews.

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Support for Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein and Vice Presidential candidate Butch Ware is the highest since the party’s candidate Ralph Nader ran for president of the United States in 2000, report Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.

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Whatever the outcome of November's United States election, the situation looks grim for migrants at the border and those already in the US without documentation, writes Barry Sheppard.

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The United States’ anti-Russia campaign took a new twist on September 2, when four activists were put on trial, accused of being Russian agents and conspiring against the US government, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

Mexico’s senate passed a judicial overhaul that will see nearly all the country’s judges elected by popular vote instead of by government appointment. The hypocritical nature of the US reaction to the reforms is laid bare when looking at the deeply undemocratic judicial system in the US, writes Barry Sheppard.

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In the occupied West Bank, Israel’s project of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians reached a new stage on August 28, when it launched its biggest invasion and assault on the territory in 22 years, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

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Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard look behind the hype around Kamala Harris' presidential nomination in the United States.