Barry Sheppard

Emissions

In a 6鈥3 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled on June 30 against the Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 (EPA) ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

The decision by the right-wing of the US Supreme Court to overturn Roe 惫听奥补诲别听is a direct attack on a woman鈥檚 right to control her own body, write Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

US President Joe Biden is attempting to recreate a unipolar world dominated by the US, first by defeating Russia and then China. Anti-war forces should be demanding a negotiated settlement with Russia now, thwarting Biden鈥檚 imperial goals, argues Barry Sheppard.听

Abortion rights protest in the US

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across 600 cities and towns in the United States on May 14 in defence of abortion rights, reports Barry Sheppard.

Elon Musk

If Elon Musk was in Russia, Western propaganda would call him an 鈥渙ligarch鈥, but since he is in the United States he is referred to as a 鈥渧ery successful businessman鈥, writes Barry Sheppard.

The 鈥渓eak鈥 of the draft decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs Wade, the 1973 ruling legalising women鈥檚 right to abortion, signals that it will probably do so in its final decision on the Mississippi anti-abortion law before it. Barry Sheppard reports.

Munitions found during bomb disposal in Mykolaiv

While Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine was a violation of that country鈥檚 sovereignty, US President Joe Biden鈥檚 raising of war crimes charges against Russia is the height of hypocrisy, writes Barry Sheppard.

Abortion rights are LGBTIQ rights

The Republican Party is spearheading a reactionary drive against the hard-won gains of the women's liberation and LGBTI rights movements, reports Barry Sheppard.

Bombed-out apartment block in Kyiv, Ukraine

The United States' main objective in Ukraine is to significantly, if not completely, remove an international rival聽鈥 Russia聽鈥 from the world stage, write聽Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

US dollars burning

Socialists and anti-war forces in the United States must oppose the United States-NATO economic sanctions against Russia, write Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

Protesting the war in Washington DC. Photo: @CodePink/Twitter

Russian President Vladimir Putin鈥檚 decision to invade Ukraine is a violation of that nation鈥檚 sovereignty and must be opposed by anti-war forces in the United States, argue Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

Anti-war protest in the United States. Photo: Code Pink/Twitter

The United States and its backing of far-right forces in Ukraine聽is the biggest impediment to peace, writes聽Barry Sheppard.