Canadian Dimension | Journalism purists argue that any government funding would taint news media, but the crisis has grown to such an extent that subsidies are now considered by most to be by far the lesser of two evils. Some countries have found ways of subsidizing news media that leave little question about their independence from government.

Jacobin | There are some other things transpiring in American politics right now. But we must note that Democratic leaders are now unabashedly stating what Bernie Sanders supporters said over and over in 2020: the party pushed Biden primarily to stop Bernie.

Canadian Dimension | With the Conservatives headed into disintegration or irrelevance, the incoming Labour government may prove the penultimate stage in the collapse of the UK political establishment. The brightness of its success in fashioning Starmer’s Labour into its instrument is the gaseous brilliance of the supernova, the efflorescence that precedes a star’s death.

Jacobin | While Democrats remain in disarray over an unpopular, unsteady incumbent, Donald Trump supporters at the Republican National Convention are newly energized after their candidate’s near-death experience — and more committed to his victory than ever.

People's World | The right-wing National Review reported that delegates at the Convention Committee on Platform were not allowed to review the proposed document until the morning of the session when it would be debated and adopted. They were ordered to lock away their phones, electronics, and computers, and delegates were shadowed to the restroom to ensure there were no leaks of proceedings.

When the Monroe Doctrine was declared, in 1823, it was aimed at European colonial powers. It told them to butt out: the U.S. “sphere of influence” included all of Latin America and the Caribbean. During the past two centuries, virtually every Latin American and Caribbean country has had to endure U.S. intervention and interference in their internal affairs. The coups, political manipulation and aggression directed by Washington have been relentless.