More about the protests in Venezuela.

I do not find it implausible that the US has helped organize the protests. I do not find it implausible that a provocateur (either working for the Venezuelan government or working for the US) has killed people on both sides.

In any case, it is clearly wrong to prosecute the leader of a protest because violence breaks out later. This resembles what the US did to the Haymarket martyrs.

A delusional man faces the death penalty in Pakistan for blasphemy.

This law is the reason I will not go to Pakistan. Nobody should go there.

Ukrainian protesters defeated riot thugs to take control of Independence Square, but it seems the right-wing extremists are taking the lead among them.

A web comic explains the injustice of the TPP.

Even if we defeat the TPP, we should not forget the politicians who are trying to inflict it on us. They have proved they are on the wrong side, the 1%'s side.

A new land-grab for US farmland by big companies threatens to increase consolidation and could make working conditions worse.