Tag: Democracy
‘Deep Discontent Against Neoliberalism’ Fuelled Vote Against Pinochet Era Constitution, Journalist Explains
6 November 2020|Sputnik|Mohamed Elmaazi
On 25 October 2020 the Chilean people overwhelmingly voted to replace the constitution imposed on the country by the coup government of General Augusto Pinochet, representing a desire to break with the neoliberal policies which have plagued the country for the last forty years, a British-Chilean documentary filmmaker tells Mohamed Elmaazi.
Historic immigration vote at Labour Conference represents sea change in attitudes among UK labour movement
02 October 2019|The Interregnum and Pressenza|Mohamed Elmaazi
Mohamed Elmaazi examines how the Labour Party Conference’s historic pledges on immigration mark a significant departure from the racism and xenophobia which was deeply entrenched in parts of the UK labour movement over the past century.
UK Labour Party’s Historic Party Platform Developments
28 September 2019|Sputnik International|Mohamed Elmaazi with Eugene Puryear and Bob Schlehuber
Mohamed Elmaazi joined Eugene Puryar and Bob Schlehuber to discuss some of the more significant developments to come out of the Labour Party Conference, just completed in the coastal city of Brighton, England. This includes the historic pledges to adopt humane polices towards immigrants, reversing – in many ways – decades long hostility and racism directed by segments of the UK labour movement towards immigrants and people of colour.
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Labour pledges to abolish immigration detention centres in historic conference vote
25 September 2019|The Canary|Mohamed Elmaazi
On the last day of the Labour Party conference in Brighton delegates from around the country, representing both unions and Constituency Labour Party’s (CLPs), voted unanimously to support the most radical break in immigration policy in the Labour movement’s history.
Conviction of John Letts and Sally Lane exposes “absurdity” of UK terror laws and complicity of the Active Change Foundation
03 July 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi
The British state has secured a ‘terror’ conviction against two parents for sending £223 to their son in Syria, intended to help bring him home to the UK. Human rights group CAGE lashed out at the ‘absurdity’ of terror laws which require no evidence of actual terrorism, as well as the role that the government-funded Active Change Foundation appears to have played in the conviction.
US Supreme Court Says Federal Courts Can’t Stop Gerrymandering
28 June 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi
The Supreme Court in a 5 – 4 vote ruled that federal courts are powerless to hear challenges to partisan gerrymandering. Gerrymandering, also known as redistricting, is the practice in which a political party designs voting districts in such a way as to ensure that their political party will win elections.
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