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Lying Western press scramble to frame Israel’s attack on Iran as self-defense
Israel has launched a round of airstrikes on Iran which the western news media are falling all over themselves to falsely frame as “retaliatory” strikes against an unprovoked missile attack by Iran.
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The economic war against China has backfired
Just 15 years ago, Chinese consumers were flocking to Western brands. Now they prefer Chinese ones.
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Honolulu nurses weather long lockout and win staffing ratio language
In a malicious ploy, a hospital in Honolulu locked out its nurses after a one-day strike—and not just for a couple days, as hospitals often do, but indefinitely. The message was, you can come back only when you accept our demands.
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Media hawks make case for war against Iran
The media hawks are flying high, pushing out bellicose rhetoric on the op-ed pages that seems calculated to whip the public into a war-ready frenzy.
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“Soundtracks to the Struggle 3” drops amid censorship attempts: Lowkey talks to Mintcast
A tireless fighter for justice, Lowkey’s tracks have become anthems in the anti-war movement, particularly in the struggle for Palestine liberation. “Soundtrack to the Struggle 3” is no different and provides a political snapshot in time, taking on issues such as the genocide in Gaza, the persecution of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, and the pervasive surveillance power of our smartphones.
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Gustavo Gutiérrez’s revolutionary mission
On 22 October, at the age of 96, one of the key figures of liberation theology passed away.
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The year of the watermelon
A year after the beginning of the genocide against Gaza, Peter Mertens takes stock, reflecting on Hayat, born amidst the bombs, watermelons, Israel’s status as an international pariah, language, student occupations, and labor union actions.
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To think with, across and through Marx
My engagement with Marx in this book is ultimately an act of critical dialogue–of thinking with as well as across and through his texts toward multiple unforeseen destinations.
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‘They must carry this genocide with shame’ – UN urges World leaders to end the genocide
The UN special rapporteur on health accused world leaders of bankruptcy for failing to stop the genocide in Gaza.
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BRICS countries call for a multipolar, equitable and democratic world order
In the Summit held in the Russian city of Kazan, BRICS members condemned the genocidal Israeli war on West Asia, the illegal sanctions regimes imposed on the people of the world by the U.S. and its allies, and Western dominated multilateral institutions.
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Book review of ‘The Political Writings of Bhagat Singh’
On the 23rd of March 1931, Bhagat Singh was hanged to death for waging revolution against the British colonial government in Lahore, Pakistan at the young age of 23.
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A Prime competitor: Understanding Amazon’s market power
Amazon Worker Solidarity sought to understand how Amazon makes it money to inform organizing strategy in the Amazon movement.
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Israeli forces carry out death marches in north Gaza
Israel is continuing to systematically destroy the northern Gaza Strip, carrying out ethnic extermination campaigns and forced mass expulsion.
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Functioning as a U.S. proxy, Taiwan continues interference in politics of small Pacific Island Nation of Kiribati
This article is the second in a series covering how the tiny Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has become enmeshed in the new Cold War. The country has a forthcoming election on October 25 and the U.S. and its allies are advancing a covert regime change operation designed to unseat President Taneti Maamau, who has aligned Kiribati with China.—Editors
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AI is pushing gas demand to ‘record highs,’ pipeline builder TC Energy says
Tech firms like Amazon and Google ‘have enormous responsibility’ for driving fossil fuel expansions, climate expert argues.
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‘This is an extermination’: Israel’s assault on north Gaza’s last functioning hospital
Israel is emptying northern Gaza of its inhabitants during its ongoing ethnic cleansing campaign. One of the key strategies it is using to achieve this is by hospitals, and the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia has become a primary target.
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Free speech, journalism and democracy in a time of genocide
Last month in New York at separate forums, two senior Democrat figures–John Kerry and Hillary Clinton–pointed to what they saw as major problems: the First Amendment was ‘an obstacle to building consensus’, and the ‘narrative’ in the press needs to be (even more) ‘consistent’.
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34 million seniors in Medicare Advantage plans face rude awakening
October 15 marks the first day of open enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans–a time that will deliver chaos and confusion for many of the 34 million seniors who depend on these plans to pay their healthcare bills.
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How do you resist neo-fascism?
Conceptual clarity and shrewd maneuvers are necessary to combat neo-fascism, a powerful social movement from above.
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U.S. is spending $28 billion on Sinophobic propaganda to colonise your brain
Whoever owns the narrative owns the world–and things just got a lot tougher for those of us opposed to the metastasising brain cancer known as U.S. influence campaigns–or “perception management”.