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What’s behind regime change in Bangladesh
Violent regime change in the South Asian country of Bangladesh unfolded rapidly and mostly by stealth as the rest of the world focused on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, growing tensions in the Middle East and a simmering confrontation between the U.S. and China in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Washington further escalates its war on dissent
The last few days have seen the U.S. ramping up its war on domestic political dissent in multiple ways, with U.S. lawmakers petitioning the Biden administration to crack down on anti-genocide protesters it suspects of foreign influence, and a journalist critical of U.S. foreign policy coming under the crosshairs of Washington’s increasingly weaponized Foreign Agents…
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Did a wrestler’s battle against sexual harassment in Indian sports cost her an Olympic medal?
Disqualified after becoming first Indian women wrestler to enter the finals in Olympics, Phogat along with her colleagues have been waging a protracted battle against the sexual harassment in country’s wrestling federation
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X marks the spot: Digital/settler-colonialism and Musk’s meeting with Netanyahu
Through X and SpaceX (particularly Starlink,) Elon Musk is an important figure in understanding digital/settler-colonialism.
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U.S. weapon used in Gaza City school massacre that killed 100
Israel killed at least 100 Palestinians at a school being used as a shelter for displaced people in central Gaza City on Saturday, according to Gaza officials.
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What is behind England’s riots
Is there a migration crisis in England? Yes, there is, says John Wight. And it’s not the fault of the migrants.
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The earth can’t endure Nato’s ambitions
NATO’s growing militarism doesn’t just risk widening war, but is deeply implicated in the mounting climate catastrophe, argues Nandita Lal.
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As stock market crashes, is U.S. facing new financial crisis? Economist Michael Hudson explains
The stock market crashed on August 5, in a new “Black Monday”. What caused it? Is the USA on the verge of a new financial crisis? Ben Norton is joined by economist Michael Hudson to discuss the extreme volatility.
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Anti-fascist rallies take the streets away from the racists
Counterfire members attended demonstrations across the country and sent the following reports of the heartening mobilisations against racism and fascism.
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Why Americans should be worried by the rise in British fascism
The racist pogroms on the streets of Britain are the result of British support for genocide in Palestine and the construction of a “migrant threat”.
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Sheikh Hasina was a time-tested friend
There is a problem, fundamentally, in viewing the regime change in Bangladesh as a ‘stand-alone’ event.
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U.S. and UK ambassadors to skip Nagasaki memorial amid controversy
The U.S. and UK ambassadors to Japan will not attend the Nagasaki atomic bomb victim memorial on August 9 due to the Nagasaki administration’s decision not to invite the Israeli envoy.
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Rich countries drain ‘shocking’ amount of labor from the Global South
Workers in the Global South—from farm workers to scientists—power the world economy but face a yawning wage gap.
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Venezuela is a marvelous country in motion: The Thirty-Second Newsletter (2024)
Venezuela’s opposition yet again cries fraud in the 28 July presidential but fails to provide evidence. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Chavistas, their frustrations grounded in the understanding that the US-hybrid war is the root of the crisis, take to the streets and chant no volverán: they [the oligarchy] will not return.
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The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics
Vijay Prashad reflects on the last several weeks in Bangladesh of protests and convulsions, which culminated in the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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James Baldwin
James Baldwin was born one hundred years ago in Harlem, New York, 2 August 1924.
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Delivery drivers fear for their lives as far-right riots enter second week
DELIVERY drivers in the gig economy are fearing for their lives because of the wave of far-right riots that continue across the country.
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Germany convicts pro-Palestine activist for ‘From River to Sea’ chant
While Ava Moayeri and her team argue that the conviction represents a violation of free speech, the judge claims it challenged “Israel’s” right to exist.
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Defending Maduro’s victory is to oppose fascism
“Let them show the records!” has become the buzzword to refer to Venezuela and its recent electoral process.
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‘The martyrs were cut up and burned’: Survivors of the latest tent massacre in Gaza recount the horror
On August 4, the Israeli army bombed a group of tents inside the compound of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, killing three people. The bombing caused a number of tents to catch on fire, resulting in the injury of dozens of displaced civilians.