On the last day of June, at the tail end of a hectic legislative session in Tallahassee, Florida governor Ron DeSantis quietly signed a landmark bill ending the practice of permanent…
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Activist Groups Target 9 Insurance Firms in New Protest
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettCertain insurance companies have again been targeted by activist groups that are demanding that the insurers rule out covering the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), and the campaigners promise…
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Not many companies whose profits have in essence flatlined over the past decade have seen their share price more than triple. By that measure Fujitec, a Japanese lift manufacturer, is a…
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The Right to Protest Is Under Assault. Frontline Activists Show How to Fight Back.
From Israel and Iran to China and France, massive protests are making international headlines. So too are the violent government crackdowns against them. Around the world, people are taking to the streets to protest on a scale…
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Criticism of Egypt’s government is regularly voiced from abroad, but almost never from within the country, infamous as its security apparatus is for brutal crackdowns on political activists. Several recent cases indicate that activists’ families in…
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Pakistani Rights Activist Imaan Mazari-Hazir Released From Jail After Getting Bail in Terror Case
by Joel Fosterby Joel FosterISLAMABAD: Prominent Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir was released from jail on Saturday after an anti-terrorism court granted her bail, following a three-day remand into police…
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Lost in the Political Wilderness, the Tories Have No Core Values Left
by Ivan Griffinby Ivan GriffinGeoffrey Wheatcroft (The natural party of government? After five PMs in seven years, the Conservatives seem all at sea, 25 August) wonders whether the Conservative party has run out of…
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Conservative PAC Urges GOP Voters To Dump Trump In Major Ad Blitz
by Horace Hallby Horace HallA conservative super PAC is launching a major ad campaign urging voters to pick someone other than Donald Trump in next year’s Republican presidential primary. Americans for Prosperity Action, a super PAC…
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Thailand’s Conservative Old Guard Has Snuffed Out the Popular Demand for Change
by Billy Hillby Billy HillThis year’s general election in Thailand resulted in victory for the Move Forward Party (MFP), an avowedly progressive, left-of-center force that advocates for comprehensive reforms and curbs on the Thai…
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Conservatives Could ‘hang on’ to Mid Bedfordshire if Labour and Lib Dems Split Vote, Polling Guru Warns
The Conservative Party could retain Mid Bedfordshire if the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties split the anti-Tory vote, polling guru Sir John Curtice has warned. It comes after Nadine Dorries’…