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Death of petrodollar is a Biden legacy
The Deep State should have been alert five years ago when Candidate Joe Biden announced that he, if elected as president, was determined to make the Saudi rulers “pay the price, and make them in fact the pariah that they are.”
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House Republican claims every GOP colleague has an ‘AIPAC babysitter’ pressuring them to cast pro-Israel votes
Thomas Massie – “I’m not the only Republican who hasn’t taken the AIPAC trip to Israel, but I’m probably one of a dozen that hasn’t taken that trip and the other ones just haven’t got around to it.”
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Russia and Cuba, beyond warships
While the international media only report on the arrival of a Russian naval detachment in Cuba, relations between the Russian Federation and Cuba go much further and are getting stronger.
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Democracy will not come through compromise and fear: The Twenty-Fourth Newsletter (2024)
In 2024, 64 countries and the EU will hold elections. Amid the corrupting influence of money, power, and corrosive discourse, the search for a genuine democratic spirit continues.
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Two years to save the world
The following is the transcript of a speech delivered by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell on 10 April 2024 at Chatham House in London, England.
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NATO developing ‘land corridors’ to rush U.S. troops to frontlines in event of war with Russia
The alliance began drawing up plans for war with Russia in 2023.
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A rare celebration of Indigenous Pacific cultures underscores the cost of climate change
The festival highlights a cultural scene that is threatened by rising seas and dangerous storms.
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As French embassy closes in Niger, West Africa charts a new course
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are charting a new course—one of increased economic and security sovereignty.
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The radical tradition of African self-liberation
ROGER McKENZIE discusses the different Marxist traditions of thought about race and racism in the first in a four-part serialisation of his new book, African Uhuru.
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Gaza resistance sources say fear is rising U.S. pier will be used for forced displacement of Palestinians
Critics warn the U.S.-constructed pier off Gaza’s coast is being used for military purposes. Now a source in the Gaza resistance says there are indications it will be used to facilitate the forced displacement of Palestinians.
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NATO escalates dangerously
Ukraine Says Some of Its F-16 Fighter Jets Will Be Stored Abroad.
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61% in U.S. are against sending aid to Israel
The movement for Palestine in the U.S. has mobilized hundreds of thousands of people to oppose the U.S. policy of unshakable support for Israel. Last Saturday, 100,000 surrounded the White House as part of the “people’s red line” against genocide.
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World War III and our failure to defend against climate
In World War III the enemy is not an array of tanks, shells and soldiers, but a collection of beliefs damaging to the earth’s future. The enemies are the minds and actions of those with the cult of neo-liberalism and greed acting through the power of huge industries, the enemy within.
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The NYT’s one true subject is the One Percent
From granular coverage of the career triumphs of nepo babies and the goings-on at elite universities, to deep dives about luxury real estate and ritzy goods and services most people have never heard of, it’s clear that the New York Times’ most cherished subject is the One Percent.
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Alfredo Maneiro, reader of Machiavelli
VA columnist Reinaldo Iturriza explores Venezuelan political theorist Alfredo Maneiro’s concept of exercising political power with “revolutionary quality.”
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Intelligence services have penetrated and corrupted human rights NGOs, says former senior lawyer with the Office of the UN High Commissioner
On April 7, 2022, the UN General Assembly voted to exclude Russia from the UN Human Rights Council.
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A timeless groove: Celebrating African rhythms in contemporary jazz
The storytelling vibe deeply ingrained in African music shines through in today’s jazz tunes as jazz artists find endless inspiration in the music of the continent, constantly innovating and exploring new musical frontiers.
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‘The Dreadful History and Judgement of God on Thomas Müntzer: The Life and Times of an Early German Revolutionary’ – book review
An excellent history of the sixteenth-century radical Thomas Müntzer brings the radical Reformation and the dawn of the modern era into focus, finds Dominic Alexander.
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Heat index warnings can save lives on dangerously hot days−if people understand what they mean
You’ve probably heard people say, “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” There’s a lot of truth to that phrase, and it’s important to understand it as summer temperatures rise.
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Using tasers on incarcerated people risks lives without repercussions
The deployment of electronic control devices on prisoners continues to have a human cost. Overlooking it ensures more suffering on the inside.