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Getting ready for the global financial crisis 2.0
We see again that banks have access to the protection of an unlimited nanny state, while others are left to fend for themselves.
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Anti-war protests in Deutschland and the need to change course on Kiev
Or a continent and a country that has already borne the brunt of fascism, providing arms to Ukraine lacks wisdom and hints at strategic implosion.
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U.S. is stirring up the Syrian cauldron
The circumstances surrounding the flare-up in Syria between the U.S. occupation forces and pro-Iranian militia groups remain murky. President Biden claims that the U.S. is reacting, but there are signs that it is likely being proactive to create new facts on the ground.
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Trans rights are under attack
There is a dangerous escalation of transphobia happening right now. The political right in the United States and the United Kingdom are rolling back civil rights for trans people specifically and LGBT people more broadly. This is being driven by an amalgamation of mainstream conservative parties, the far right, Christian fundamentalists and right-wing shock jocks and tabloids.
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Monopolywood: Why the Paramount accords should not be repealed
Repealing the Paramount accords could set independent cinema back in favour of corporate giants, writes Vaughn Joy.
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The Georgian protests: Another chapter in the color revolution playbook?
Recent Georgian protests rejected foreign agents’ legislation proposals as undemocratic, but a closer look suggests ongoing western meddling according to the intelligence community’s infamous “color revolution” playbook.
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What’s fueling the Graduate Worker Union upsurge?
The Twin Cities saw one of its biggest-ever snowstorms the week of Presidents Day. But for labor activists the snow was overshadowed by the launch of the University of Minnesota Graduate Labor Union.
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The movement against the pension reform
On the Threshold of an Uprising?
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You strike the women, you strike the rock, you will be crushed: The Twelfth Newsletter (2023)
What constitutes a crisis worthy of global attention? When a regional bank in the United States falls victim to the inversion of the yield curve (i.e., when short-term bond interest rates become higher than long-term rates), the Earth nearly stops spinning.
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STRATCOM says China has more ICBM launchers than the United States – we have questions
In early-February 2023, the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) had informed Congress that China now has more launchers for Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) than the United States.
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Can we still limit global warming to 1.5°C? Here’s what the latest science says
Is it still possible to limit future global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels? Or has that ship sailed?
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In Moscow, Xi and Putin bury Pax Americana
In Moscow this week, the Chinese and Russian leaders revealed their joint commitment to redesign the global order, an undertaking that has ‘not been seen in 100 years.’
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The U.S. establishment’s fever to smash Iraq must not be forgotten
Twenty years ago the entire U.S. establishment lined up behind our war on Iraq. It was one of the greatest disasters in history, and there’s been no accountability.
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With child labor violations on the rise, new report shows that child labor laws are under attack in states across the country
Both violations of child labor laws and state legislative proposals to roll back child labor protections are on the rise across the country, according to a comprehensive new Economic Policy Institute report on child labor standards.
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Biden, Scholz secretly discussed NordStream sabotage this month: Hersh
‘Pulsing the system’ is what Hersh argues the CIA was responsible for doing to wash out the claim behind Joe Biden being the one who ordered the pipeline bombs.
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The British empire: culture war and actual war
The flurry of criticism and counter-outrage over the classical colonial era is no mere academic matter, warns ANDREW MURRAY: what is being debated is whether fresh imperial slaughter can be sold to the public.
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Commemorations of the attack on Iraq March 20th and Libya March 19th reaffirm that the U.S./EU/NATO axis of domination remains the greatest threat to International peace on our Planet
Iraq and Libya were both targeted by the U.S. in the month of March. The anniversaries of these war crimes must be commemorated, and the nature of the US/EU/NATO war machine must be understood.
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On the Agency of Former Soviet Republics
The ongoing war in Ukraine has been framed in multiple ways by multiple commentators of international affairs.
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20 years later, the stain of Corporate Media’s role in promoting Iraq War remains
“It should not be forgotten that this debacle of death and destruction was not only a profound error of policymaking; it was the result of a carefully executed crusade of disinformation and lies,” said one prominent critic.
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Forever Wars vs. Armageddon
The call for the U.S. to end military involvements is often made in order to advocate for new wars against more powerful countries. It appears that the only choices are forever wars or the end of the world.