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Venezuela Votes for National Constituent Assembly: Live Updates
The National Constituent Assembly is intended to further develop the country's democracy and help ease tensions with the opposition....
teleSUR English
Jul 30, 20171 min read
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A Profile In Caricature: Hugo Chávez’s Too-Little Touted Success
*Written shortly after Chavez's death in 2013. Many things will be, and have been, spoken regarding deceased Venezuelan President Hugo...

Edward Rhymes
Jul 29, 20177 min read
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America, the Pathological-Lying, Pyromaniac, Faux-Firefighter
Several months ago, the US, infamously, dropped the largest non-nuclear explosive in its arsenal — for the first time ever in its history...

Edward Rhymes
Jul 28, 20172 min read
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The Orwellian-Octopus of the Entrenched-Interests Media
I know it gets confusing - the sea of voices saying different things; conflicting things. What I do believe, however, is that it gets...

Edward Rhymes
Jul 28, 20172 min read
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US Announces New Sanctions on Venezuela in Interventionist Move
The U.S. action is aimed at interfering in the upcoming Venezuelan elections for the National Constituent Assembly. The U.S. Treasury...
teleSUR English
Jul 27, 20172 min read
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RMG's #IndependentMediaMonday Reading List
CounterPunch - The Media is Misleading the Public on the Al-Asqa Mosque Situation: https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/07/24/the-media-is-m...
Rhymes Media Group
Jul 25, 20171 min read
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Empire Files: Constituent Assembly Dictatorship or Democracy in Venezuela?
On July 30th, Venezuelans will elect a people's body called the "Constituent Assembly" comprised of hundreds of representatives across...
Abby Martin, teleSUR English
Jul 21, 20171 min read
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RMG #IndependentMediaMonday Special: Is Black Male Privilege A Real Issue in Our Community?
Eric Garner being choked to death by New York City Police in July 2014. The attention on Black male victims like Garner and Castile...
Gus T. Renegade, Atlanta Black Star
Jul 17, 20171 min read
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RMG #IndependentMediaMonday Reading List
Black Agenda Report - How Did Berniecrats Claim the Jackson Mississippi Movement? Do They Want To Be Claimed? Should They?:...
Rhymes Media Group
Jul 17, 20171 min read
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The War for Power in Venezuela’s Countryside
Since opposition protests began in Venezuela in early April, much of the media coverage has focused on clashes in Caracas. However, the...
Marco Teruggi, teleSUR English/15 y Ultimo
Jul 13, 20173 min read
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Abby Martin Busts Open Myths on Venezuela's Food Crisis: 'Shelves Fully Stocked'
Martin discovers that while there are shortages, these are a product of an "economic war." In her latest Empire Files episode, acclaimed...
Abby Martin, teleSUR English
Jul 13, 20172 min read
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On Violent & Non-Violent Activism, the Media, Philando and the G20
This is not to say that these protests should become violent to attract media attention. The deficit is rather on the other side. The...
Sue Ann Martinson, Editor of Rise Up Times
Jul 12, 20173 min read
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Brazil's Senate Approves Labor Reforms After Protest Delay
The Senate Speaker had suspended the session after five women opposition senators occupied the dais in protest at government labor...
teleSUR English
Jul 12, 20172 min read
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Who Is Venezuela's Leopoldo Lopez?
As the Venezuelan opposition leader is transferred to house arrest, we look at why Leopoldo Lopez was imprisoned after the 2014 violent...
teleSUR English
Jul 12, 20171 min read
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US Court Junks Ruling Forcing Venezuela Compensation to Exxon
The ruling found that Exxon's legal actions failed to comply with U.S. law. | Photo: Reuters The decision is the latest chapter in the...
teleSUR English
Jul 12, 20171 min read
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5 Myths About Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly
Checking facts versus fiction on Venezuela's process to rewrite its 1999 Constitution. Can you guess what's true or false about...
teleSUR English
Jul 12, 20171 min read
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To Hell With Lazarus: The Canonizing of American Oligarchy, The Demonization of the Poor
Introduction As a child, I remember hearing in church the story of Lazarus and the rich man. I recall cringing at the idea that someone...

Edward Rhymes
Jul 11, 20177 min read
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U.S. Targets Russians Accused of Cyber Crimes
Stanislav Lisov is a Russian citizen who was arrested in Barcelona, Spain earlier this year. But the arrest warrant did not come from...
Margaret Kimberly, Freedom Rider
Jul 11, 20173 min read
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Venezuela's Ombudsman Calls for End to 'Neo-Nazi' Hate Crimes
An attempted lynching by opposition supporters in the heart of Caracas, Venezuela. | Photo: @TarekWiliamSaab There have been an estimated...
teleSUR English
Jul 10, 20171 min read
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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Looks to War, Coup and Invasion
Opposition member of parliament and former student leader, Juan Requesens, told an audience in Florida that the opposition's planned...
teleSUR English
Jul 10, 20171 min read
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