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The U.S. privately encouraged Israel to escalate in Lebanon
POLITICO reports that U.S. officials Brett McGurk and Amos Hochstein, an IDF veteran, told Israeli officials they agreed with the plan to escalate.
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The political beginnings of AMLO, the Mexican politician who did not give up
We review some of the key moments in the political life of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), from his beginnings until the 2006 presidential election. AMLO concluded his presidential term on September 30.
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Judges in TikTok case seem ready to discount First Amendment
Earlier this year, despite widespread protest, President Joe Biden signed legislation forcing TikTok’s owner “to sell it or face a nationwide prohibition in the United States”.
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Surrealism as a revolutionary movement
Surrealism has been an international movement since its inception. However, here michael löwy focuses mainly on the Paris surrealist group, initially around André Breton, but which continued its activity after the death of the author of the Surrealist Manifestos.
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Burning questions put to Shaman Rufino of Venezuela
A Huottüja leader easily dispatches most of the major political issues the country is facing, including the electoral dispute.
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Scott Ritter: Life, preempted
Policymakers in both the U.S. and Europe are undertaking increasingly brazen acts of escalation in Ukraine designed to bring Russia to the breaking point.
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The most precarious place in the world to be a child: Israel’s year of war on children
Israel’s onslaught against the Palestinian people has systematically targeted children in both Gaza and the West Bank. The result is a war against an entire generation.
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How Australia helps the U.S. destabilize Asia
September 15 marked the third anniversary of the announcement of the AUKUS (Australia, the UK, the U.S.) agreement.
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Remembering Fredric Jameson, 1934-2024
In Fredric Jameson, who died on Sunday at the age of 90, we have lost probably the most creative Marxist thinker of our time.
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The Uhuru Three, African Stream, and the Black Scare/Red Scare
On September 12, 2024, a ruling was handed down in the case of the “Uhuru Three.”
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Hasan Nasrallah died on the road to liberate Palestine
Israel’s assassination of Hasan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hizballah, in an apocalyptic bombing attack on Beirut’s southern suburb on Friday is likely, at least in the short term, to cause enormous shock, despair and demoralization among supporters of the resistance to Zionism in Lebanon and across the region.
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Vulture Fund Elliott chosen as winner of CITGO court-mandated auction
The $7.3 billion offer from the investment fund falls significantly short of the Venezuelan refiner’s valuation.
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When ‘disinformation’ control becomes government censorship
The Trudeau government is playing a dangerous game with its latest censorship push.
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Maybe we should be the ones grokking: Thoughts on Elon Musk’s xAI super-polluting supercomputer
Is it just our filter bubbles? Or is an understanding of the environmental impact of artificial intelligence (AI) slowly making its way into the mainstream?
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Plan to use long-range NATO missiles against Russia threatens uncontrolled escalation of global war
After high-ranking NATO officials publicly called for Ukraine to use NATO weapons to attack deep inside Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin formally presented a proposed update to Russia’s nuclear policy that would expand the conditions under which Moscow would use nuclear weapons.
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West Africa’s resistance against imperialism
WEST Africa, which had been largely under French colonial rule, never saw decolonization of the sort that India did.
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U.S. gives Israel $8.7 billion in military aid for operations in Gaza and Lebanon
The new aid comes as the U.S. claims it’s pushing for a ceasefire in Lebanon.
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When you suffer for your sanity and struggle to get free: The Thirty-Ninth Newsletter (2024)
The antidote to the mental health crisis lies in re-building our societies, moving away from capitalism’s culture of hostility towards a culture of connection and community.
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U.S. shooting itself in the foot with info warfare in Africa
U.S. efforts to control information in Africa will ultimately backfire, says African journalist, author, and filmmaker David Hundeyin.
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Why does the U.S. still control every penny of Iraqi oil revenues?
Washington has maintained control over Iraq’s oil revenues since its illegal 2003 invasion–a financial and economic subjugation that undermines Iraqi sovereignty and denies it access to its own national treasure.