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Marine Le Pen’s Emblezzlement Conviction

Aurelien Mondon The Conversation
Marine Le Pen’s victim narrative is already being constructed – but there are ways to stop her criminal conviction from benefitting her.

This Week in People’s History, Apr 2–8, 2025

Portside
At a protest against the War in Vietnam, and large photo of Lyndon Johnson with the caption: War Criminal LBJ Wouldn’t Give Peace a Chance (1965), A Mob Stands Strong to Defend Justice (1860), March for Women’s Lives (1992), A Rare Benefit of the Great Pandemic (2020), A Brave Bid for Freedom Fails (1760)

Can Europe Stop Trump and Putin?

John Feffer TomDispatch
The world can’t afford a European retreat into a fortress. The European Union must unite with all like-minded countries against the illiberal nationalists who are challenging universal values and international law.
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