Prabhat Patnaik | The Lebanon case is important because, notwithstanding the historical and geographical specificities of that country, it holds portents for the third world as a whole. As the third world continues to remain afflicted by economic crisis, imperialism will adopt a strategy whose contours are already visible in Lebanon.

Definitely not terrorism.

Corporations and rich individuals quietly funnel money to Canada’s police forces, subverting, say critics, democratic control.

Parking lots at Dominion Stores in Newfoundland were empty Sunday.

In Mount Pearl, at the Old Placentia Road location, workers holding “On Strike” signs and waving Unifor flags blocked all entrances to the grocery store.

“The members have spoken. They want to make it clear to their employer that they want to be treated with respect, decent jobs and good wages,” said Unifor Local 597 President Carolyn Wrice.

The union represents more than 1,400 Dominion workers at 11 locations across Newfoundland, from St. John’s to Stephenville.

I can only assume this is the Canadian Press trolling the US Democratic National Committee.

"The extensive sharing of intelligence meant that analysts in the Five Eyes alliance — the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — were largely working with the same body of information in trying to make sense of things."

“Ironically some of Dominion’s own workers utilize local food banks so we are keenly aware of the need in our communities,” said Unifor Local 597 President Carolyn Wrice. “The workers are taking a stand to raise working conditions for themselves and to draw attention to the poverty wages that profitable grocery giants like Loblaw continue to pay.”

"Brenton Tarrant, 29, the self-professed white supremacist who gunned down Al-Umari and dozens of others, had sat – blank and impassive – in the dock as family after family had told a court due to sentence the gunman this week of the scale of their loss and grief. ... But at Ezat’s words, he appeared for the first time to show a response, blinking rapidly as she spoke directly to him."

HBO Max is incredible. Not because it is good, but because of how many problems with the media landscape it epitomizes. If you ever had trouble seeing where monopoly, net neutrality, and technology intertwine, well then thanks, I guess, to AT&T for its achievement in HBO Max. No one knows what it’s supposed to do, but everyone can see what’s wrong with it.