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Diplomatic cables prove top U.S. Officials knew they were crossing Russia’s red lines on NATO expansion
U.S. officials were told that pushing for Ukrainian membership in NATO would not only increase the chance of Russian meddling in the country but also risked destabilising the divided nation.
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Media in the digital age
The dramatic changes in the technology of mass communications should be brought in line with the larger goals of humanity and a more humane society.
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Nuclear Bomb connection in United States fusion breakthrough
Neither clean energy nor lower temperatures, the latest scientific breakthrough is about testing the condition of the nuclear stockpiles of the United States.
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Climate change: Co-extinction will cause loss of a quarter of species by 2100, says study
In a recent study published in Science, scientists analysed how the co-extinction of species accelerates the overall loss of biodiversity and predicted possible loss.
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Kim Petras: How the trans artist made history
The first transgender singer to go number one in the U.S., German-born Kim Petras endured long rites of passage in her homeland before finding her voice abroad.
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Ambedkar, Buddhism and Dalit liberation
Events of the last few days indicate AAP and BJP worship Ambedkar purely for electoral gains and not from commitment to his ideas.
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‘Dangerous heat waves’ to be more frequent and more sustained in near future
Dangerous heat waves to hit three times more often than today; tropical regions including India likely to face extreme heat conditions almost daily by the end of this century.
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Record heat waves sweeping both Poles of Earth, climate scientists warn of danger
While the world is concerned about climate change and almost irreversible global warming, the polar region is specifically important owing to their sensitive climatic conditions.
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The life of a great Marxist: Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022)
Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022) died at home on March 9, surrounded by his books and papers, and by the warmth of his children and his friends.
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Biden dials back belligerence toward Russia
The White House readout on Biden’s call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is a marked departure from the U.S. pronouncements lately.
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Not just a love story?
Sekhar Kammula’s new film deftly highlights the contradictions of living in neo-liberal India.
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Why Julian Assange’s inhumane prosecution imperils justice for us all
The damage done to the Wikileaks co-founder in his decade of incarceration and uncertainty, including more than two years in Belmarsh is beyond doubt. But so, too, is his courage beyond doubt.
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Richard Lewontin, dialectical biologist and activist, dies at 92
A Marxist, activist and scientist, Lewontin fought a lifelong battle against racism, imperialism and capitalist oppression. He is among the most influential scientists in the field of biology and evolution.
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Remembering Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara on his 93rd birth anniversary
‘A man who acted as he thought best and who has been absolutely faithful to his convictions.’
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As U.S. loses its edge, game of cyber chicken could have deadly consequences
‘…all countries have offensive and defensive capabilities and ‘stealing” data and knowledge from other countries are time-honoured tasks of spook agencies. It becomes an act of war only if it leads to physical damage to critical equipment or infrastructure.’
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“Trump is Making War on American People”
Newsclick brings you ‘Signs of Our Times,’ series of discussions between Vijay Prashad and Aijaz Ahmad
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Capitalism, socialism and over-production crises
Unlike capitalism, socialism avoids any waste or slack, such as is caused by an over-production crisis, by raising the consumption of workers appropriately to avert it.
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At least 6 people killed in mob lynching incidents in Bihar in past week
Not just that, a dozen more incidents of mob violence have also been reported in which people were attacked, thrashed, injured, abused and humiliated by mobs for alleged crimes or no crimes in some cases.
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The global shift to the right
No matter how successful the Right may be in the short-run in mobilising people around a divisive agenda, it is incapable of leading them out of the current economic crisis. It is only the Left that can provide a way out.
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PepsiCo and Monsanto’s bogus court cases are war on Indian farmers
At the heart of the struggle is capital’s need–Monsanto and Pepsico’s–to continuously enclose spheres and generate surpluses from creating a monopoly over something that it does not actually own.