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Trump threatens 100% tariff on BRICS nations in case of dollar replacement
‘Say goodbye to selling into the wonderful U.S. Economy’ if dollar replaced; President-elect Donald Trump warns BRICS.
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Dilemmas
We are experiencing times of global transition. Where we have been is self-evident. Where the world is headed remains obscure.
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“Humanitarian Intervention” in Sierra Leone that was heralded as a model in Western media was really another horror show
Documentary made by Cinema Libre Studio founder Philippe Diaz punctures Western narrative and shows weakness and corruption of UN.
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For Black Americans, post-election spam messages signal mounting threat
In Denton County, Texas, and across the U.S., a string of racist incidents raises fears white supremacists have been emboldened by Trump’s victory.
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Canada Post strikers are fighting for more than postal workers
The current strike by 55,000 Canada Post workers is about more than postal workers.
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Why these new Russian missiles are real game changers
In response to a U.S. decision to arrange for ballistic missile attacks from Ukraine into Russia, the great magician and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin pull a rabbit from his hat.
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A defining moment in the Ukraine war
The Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a statement on Thursday regarding the two attacks by Western long-range weapons on Russian territory on November 19 and 21 and Moscow’s reactive strike on a facility within Ukraine’s defence industrial complex in the city of Dnepropetrovsk with a hitherto unknown non-nuclear hypersonic ballistic missile named Oreshnik.
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Politics – the entertainment division of the military industrial complex
If politics is entertainment, we should take notice of who’s paying for the show.
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Trump and Milei, or Government by chain saw
The scariest question that pops up when thinking about a second Donald Trump presidency is, “How bad can it get?”
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15 Democrats join House GOP to pass ‘MAGA assault’ on nonprofits
“This bill is a five-alarm fire for anyone who seeks to protect free speech, civil society, and democracy,” said one rights advocate.
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Anti-trans campaign incites violence, as Congress seeks federal restroom ban
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, Nancy Mace, a far-right representative from South Carolina, has been the figurehead for a move to ban transgender people from using restrooms on Capitol Hill that correspond to their gender.
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Fiscal transfers to capitalists
It is common for governments these days to provide fiscal transfers to capitalists, whether through reduced corporate tax rates, or by providing direct cash subsidies, to encourage greater investment by them and thereby stimulate the economy. During Donald Trump’s first presidency there had been a cut in corporate tax rate with this objective in mind. In India the Modi government, as is well-known, has given massive tax concessions with the same objective.
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Give us peace on Earth: The Forty-Seventh Newsletter (2024)
As outgoing Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin embarks on his twelfth tour of the Indo-Pacific, the U.S.’s New Cold War on China shows no signs of slowing down, even under a second Trump presidency.
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The dictatorial threat of Trump’s recess appointment plan
Donald Trump’s threat to force through his slate of far-right cabinet nominees as “recess appointments” without Senate confirmation votes marks a significant step in the de jure breakdown of constitutional forms of government.
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Stain on human conscience – World countries react to U.S. veto
Despite 14 member states voting in favor, the U.S., as a permanent member, exercised its veto for the fifth time since October 2023.
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Three women, three perspectives on the division in MAS
In “the street”, in friends’ meetings, in the press… everywhere the population wonders about the veracity, depth and state of the division within the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS).
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From Nixonomics to Trumponomics
The 50-Year Evolution of the GOP.
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To prolong the war in Ukraine U.S. allows ATACMS use on Russia
The ATACMS missiles Ukraine had so far been allowed to fire, mostly against Crimea, have been carriers of cluster ammunition with a reach of some 160 kilometer.
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Blacks and Hispanics seeking parole face widening racial disparity, report finds
After a damning revelation eight years ago, state leaders changed the make-up of the Parole Board to combat inequality. It didn’t help.
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Will Biden’s legacy be war with Russia? – weekly briefing
Lindsey German on POTUS in the last chance saloon.