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System change, class war, and the WW2 economic conversion experience
The climate crisis has driven our planet into uncharted territory. We are close to breaching critical environmental thresholds, setting in motion destabilizing changes to our global climate system that could well make the earth unlivable for humans and countless other species.
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How much longer can the U.S. continue to wage economic war on Europe, and much of the World, without a major blowback effect?
How Much Longer Can the U.S. Continue to Wage Economic War on Europe, and Much of the World, Without a Major Blowback Effect?
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The OPEC’s decision to cut oil output
WHAT is called OPEC+, that is the 13 members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) together with 11 other petroleum exporting countries led by Russia, decided on October 5 to cut their oil production by 2 million barrels per day, starting from November. The U.S. had been pressing OPEC not to take this decision.
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Biden frees all marijuana prisoners–except not at all
Joe Biden just pardoned everyone arrested for marijuana possession! Right?
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Cuba in the eye of Washington’s hurricane
Since the Cuban Revolution triumphed in 1959, the United States has been at odds with the island’s independent path.
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To argue with the King of Growth
Every culture has its myth. Ours is the myth of growth, whereby we perceive the accumulation of material and financial wealth as a proxy for social progress and human well-being. The example of Washington state illustrates how modern society struggles to abandon the illusion of limitless expansion, even when it tries to do right by its citizens.
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Health insurers get government cash, then jack up prices
Despite the Affordable Care Act’s promises, publicly subsidized insurers are jacking up prices while Americans lose coverage.
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Biden Administration wants kidnapped Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab to “suffer like Julian Assange,” according to UN Human Rights Council special rapporteur
New documentary by Alex Smith explores travails of Saab who faces U.S. wrath because he tried to circumvent Washington’s onerous illegal sanctions levied against Venezuela.
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Biden’s broken promise to avoid war with Russia may kill us all
It is widely acknowledged that U.S. and NATO officers are now fully involved in Ukraine’s operational war planning, aided by a broad range of U.S. intelligence gathering and analysis to exploit Russia’s military vulnerabilities, while Ukrainian forces are armed with U.S. and NATO weapons and trained up to the standards of other NATO countries.
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U.S. rejection of Moscow’s offer for peace talks is utterly inexcusable
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow was open to talks with the the U.S. or with Turkey on ending the war in Ukraine, claiming that U.S. officials are lying when they say Russia has been refusing peace talks.
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A good And righteous proxy war wouldn’t need such cartoonish PR
Star Wars megastar Mark Hamill was recently named an ambassador for United24, the fundraising platform of the Ukrainian government, where according to The Times his attention will center on “the procurement, repair and replacement of drones as well as pilot training.”
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A perfect storm in U.S. foreign policy
The old adage is that a good foreign policy is the reflection of the national policy.
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EXPOSED: Before Ukraine blew up Kerch Bridge, British spies plotted it
The secret British intelligence plot to blow up Crimea’s Kerch Bridge is revealed in internal documents and correspondence obtained exclusively by The Grayzone.
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Stop the Ukraine War—refuse to handle military cargo
The ILWU must call for an end to the war. Most importantly we must appeal for port actions to the International Dockworkers Council (IDC) and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) to refuse to handle military cargo by dockworkers around the world.
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Biden warns: Prepare for nuclear Armageddon
The New York Times reports that President Biden told a group of billionaires at a fundraising event Thursday night: “We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis.”
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What you don’t have and why
The Never-Ending Impact of a Forgotten Blitzkrieg Against the American Left
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For African Americans, employing a radical internationalist perspective is not a luxury, but a necessity
Black people in this country must reconnect with the internationalist tradition in order to understand the crises taking place around the world and in the U.S. Domestic and international issues cannot be separated.
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The rich and their media offer no solutions to economic problems
The political and media representatives of the rich continue to promote maximum confusion on the economy.
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The late Stephen F. Cohen provides clarity on NATO expansion and Russia, more than 10 years ago
NATO’s broken promise to Russia provides context to the current state of affairs.
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High-value U.S. asset “Fat Leonard” arrested in Venezuela–possible prisoner swap
The principal perpetrator, in what AP News called “one of the most extensive bribery scandals in U.S. military history,” popped up in Venezuela of all places. Leonard Glenn Francis bilked the U.S. Navy out of at least $35 million.