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International uproar following mass raids and arrest of Indian journalists
There has been an outpouring of solidarity following the raid and arrest of journalists in India, who have been targeted as a result of baseless accusations published in the New York Times.
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Wab Kinew becomes first First Nations premier in Canadian history
For the first time in Canada’s history, one of its provinces has a First Nations person as its premier.
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Experiments with truth, India: Truth and dare in Bhima Koregaon
The Bhima Koregaon–Elgar Parishad ‘Maoist’ conspiracy case is a grand experiment with truth where the State is daring the people to stand up for justice.
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Ukraine’ assassination program has gotten so out of control that some of its members are starting to speak out
On September 9th, The Economist ran a remarkable story entitled “Ukraine’s Assassination Programme: Its Agents Have Become Expert in Dark Revenge.”
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British Government funded a plan for international censorship of critiques of NATO
A leaked 130-page report made public here for the first time documents an international censorship campaign funded by the British government and led by a public relations contractor for U.S. Special Operations Forces.
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United States: End detention of Venezuelan Special Envoy, UN experts say
Saab was appointed as a Special Envoy by the Government of Venezuela in April 2018 to undertake official missions in Iran to secure humanitarian deliveries to Venezuela, including of food and medicine.
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Statement by Newsclick on Oct 3 raids by Special Cell of Delhi Police
We have not been provided FIR copy, or informed about the exact particulars of the alleged offences. Electronic devices have been seized from Newsclick premises and homes of employees without any adherence to due process.
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News from nowhere: Game over
In a mind-numbingly irresponsible political gamble, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month announced a reversal of the UK’s key climate change pledges.
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PRESS RELEASE: The Red Nation account of Thursday’s shooting
An agitator opened fire on a prayerful celebration in Tewa Territory (Española, New Mexico) shortly after 12PM local time on Thursday, September 28. This was a premeditated act of violence.
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U.S. Academic Steve Ellner: ‘Venezuela needs more checks and balances to fight corruption and abuse of power’
Orinoco Tribune interviewed U.S. academic Steve Ellner on different issues, ranging from Venezuelan domestic issues to global matters.
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Talking shit
What links Karl Marx, William S. Burroughs, Dalit struggles in India and the Yetties’ famous Muckspreader Song? Ed Emery writes on the centrality of excrement, both metaphorical and literal, to the modern world.
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Blinken factchecked: X users give U.S. Secretary of State history lesson
In a post on X, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken accuses Russia of manipulating history by actually twisting facts himself.
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Another United States invasion scheme in Haiti
Speaking at the 78th session of the United Nations General assembly on 19 September, President Biden called on the UN Security Council to immediately authorise the planned U.S. invasion of Haiti.
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File under ‘s’ for solidarity: Union members defend local library
When the MAGA right planned to protest a drag event at a local library, North Shore Labor Council members showed up to fight back.
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Destroying forests for profits: India
THE Modi government, ever solicitous of corporate interests, has launched a plan whereby real estate developers and other corporates will be allowed to destroy large swathes of India’s forest cover for starting projects that rake in profits. It is amending the Forest Conservation Act to remove those forest patches that are not deemed as such by the government from protection under the Act.
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Shouldn’t the United Kingdom and France relinquish their permanent seats at the United Nations?: The Thirty-Ninth Newsletter (2023)
At its fifteenth summit in August 2023, the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) group adopted the Johannesburg II Declaration, which, amongst other issues, raised the question of reforming the United Nations, particularly its security council. To make the UN Security Council (UNSC) ‘more democratic, representative, effective, and efficient, and to increase the representation of developing countries’, BRICS urged the expansion of the council’s membership to include countries from Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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‘Systemic racism’ rampant in U.S. police, judiciary: UN
The UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement calls on authorities to amp up efforts of reform.
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“Welfare for Markets: A Global History of Basic Income” – book review
“Welfare for Markets” exposes the neoliberal links of basic income, and helps to explain why it is not a useful demand for the left, argues Dominic Alexander
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The perilous path from Western domination to de-dollarisation
One of the major problems faced by Global South countries is that they are saddled with immense debts in dollars, and Western corporations claim ownership over their resources.
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Lacking moral, political and representative legitimacy: the election of Kasselakis
Americans and Tsipras are murdering SYRIZA.