Europe is in danger of choosing the not-quite-extreme repressive right wing as a lesser evil than the extreme repressive right wing.

Both of them, like Trump, scapegoat immigrants for economic setbacks that most people experience as a consequence of concentration of wealth, and neither one proposes to end that concentration process.

Relations Between US And UN Strained over Afghanistan War Reports.

Amnesty International says Fiji's thugs torture suspects, even kill them.

Melon pickers in Honduras ask people to boycott Fyffes melons because the company blacklists those that join a union.

The US Army denied permission to finish the Dakota Access pipeline on its current planned route, and will consider rerouting it.

This could be a victory for protecting the local water. But if the pipeline crosses the Missouri somewhere else, it will only move the threat to a different backyard. Meanwhile, its contribution to increased global heating will be unaffected by changes in its route.

The only real victory would be to stop the pipeline completely.

The decision about the route also requires a proper environmental impact statement. Maybe that will provide an opportunity to stop it completely.