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Poor in Houston made to bear the brunt of Storm Harvey floods

The people of Houston have been let down by authorities’ failure to plan for deluge

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Spanish Tory government is hounded on its own march

Activists in Barcelona made sure a protest in response to terror attacks opposed war and racism, reports Maria Dantas

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Anti-racist movement is new crisis for Trump

Mass protests across the US have forced White House Republicans out the door, reports Alistair Farrow

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Two parliaments vie for legitimacy in Venezuela as the US backs the right

Diplomats representing the US, Britain, Spain, Mexico and other countries rallied around the right wing opposition in Venezuela last Saturday.

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Nazis outnumbered by anti-fascist protesters across the US

Thousands of US anti-racists came out to oppose a right wing demonstration in Boston yesterday, Saturday.

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Muslims and anti-racists in Barcelona won't let far right exploit terror attack

Muslims, anti-racists and anti-fascists are organising in Catalonia to resist any Islamophobic backlash after terrorist attacks on Thursday night

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Thousands organise against Nazis and the far right in US

US anti-racists are organising against the Nazis and far right who have been bolstered by Donald Trump’s refusal to condemn them.

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Israeli leader Netanyahu in trouble—but so is Gaza Strip

Israeli army officers have talked up the possibility of a new war on Palestinians as they moved to tighten the siege on the Gaza Strip

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Trump risks deadly war over rivalry with China

US president Donald Trump has warned that the US military is “locked and loaded” with “military solutions fully in place” in a confrontation with North Korea.

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European Union crackdown drives refugees to Spain on new dangerous sea route

The number of refugees crossing the sea to Spain has tripled in a year. And in other international news Israeli army officers have talked up the possibility of a new war on Palestinians

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Mahalla textile workers in Egypt hold huge sit-in over austerity

The textile factories of Mahalla are once more a frontline of resistance, reports Tomáš Tengely-Evans

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Nazi boat is blocked in Mediterranean ports, but refugees face other obstacles

A boat hired by far right activists to stop NGOs from rescuing refugees has been turned away from a series of Mediterranean ports.

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Donald Trump backs Republican senators’ plan to slash legal immigration in half

Racist, sexist US president Donald Trump stepped up his assault on ordinary people last week

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Military base attacked in Venezuela as right stoke violence against left wing government

A raid on a Venezuelan military base has raised the threat of a military coup or outright civil war

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Trump ramps up tensions in Asia

Warmonger in chief Donald Trump is ramping up tensions in Asia with fresh sanctions against the North Korean dictatorship.

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Vote in Venezuela shows weakness of the right wing opposition to Maduro

Elections to Venezuela’s new constituent assembly last Sunday saw long voting queues in poorer, more pro-government neighbourhoods.

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Splits won’t stop nasty offensive from Trump

Splits within the US ruling class threaten to topple US president Donald Trump—but they may not be enough on their own.

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Israel backs down from Al Aqsa clampdown

Mass protests last Friday forced Israeli forces to reopen the Al Aqsa mosque to all worshippers.

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Assault on Mosul ‘killed 40,000 civilians’ and US allies are still murdering people

The number of civilians killed during the assault on Mosul in Iraq is much higher than earlier estimates from the Iraqi government and the US.

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Israeli clamp down at Al Aqsa mosque marks new crackdown on Palestinians

Israel has launched a new crackdown on Palestinians in East Jerusalem, restricting Muslim access to the Al Aqsa mosque compound.

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