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Analysis: Nine key moments that changed China’s mind about climate change
China says on the international stage that it wants to tackle climate change, but it also says it must deliver “national energy security”. The decade ahead will show whether it can meet this challenge. The whole world is relying on it doing so.
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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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Israel’s detention of Palestinian minors: a horror show
In tracking Israel’s arrest of Palestinian children, from the moment these (often) young teens are seized from their homes to the moment they arrive at an interrogation facility, Ha Moked registers a consistent pattern.
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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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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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Thousands gather for human chain around parliament against extradition of Julian Assange
THOUSANDS of campaigners joined MPs over the weekend to form a human chain around Parliament and protest against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange THOUSANDS of campaigners joined MPs over the weekend to form a human chain around Parliament and protest against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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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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Press coverage of declining U.S. life expectancy evades the truth about class
Mainstream media takes on the bad news on life expectancy barely mention international comparisons — notably ignoring China and Cuba — and neglect the political and economic context of the drop, writes WT WHITNEY Jr.
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From wounded Latin America, a demand comes to put an end to the irrational war on drugs: The Thirty-Ninth Newsletter (2022)
The end of the War on Drugs, that is, the war on the Colombian peasantry, will only advance Colombia’s fragile struggle towards peace and democracy.
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Will Biden know when to stop?
Dare Biden risk nuclear escalation to maintain the ideological equivalence?
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British capitalism on the brink
Simon Hannah reports on the mounting crisis for British capitalism.
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Four breakaway territories of Ukraine ask to join Russia
The annexation process of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhie to the Russian Federation might be completed in just 12 days.
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Biden lies at the United Nations
U.S. presidents routinely violate international law and the United Nations Charter. Yet every year they appear before that body and proclaim American innocence.
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From the Tops Market massacre to Ukraine’s war crimes in Donbass
Playgrounds are wonderful. I saw the joy when my child was between ages 3 and 8 playing on the playground. Here we have the science of physics and engineering used for the sole purpose of creating see-saws and swings designed to hold a child’s weight, manufacturing squeals of joy from children, not bombs.
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Fascism returns to Europe’s centerstage
Meloni insists that she isn’t a fascist herself, yet her party’s flag includes the symbol of the old pro-Fascist party— the tricolor flame.
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How a pipeline bill gets greenwashed
A “clean power” group with ties to the fossil fuel industry is selling the Manchin-Schumer gas export bill as a climate victory.
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A food crisis not of their making
The crisis in low, middle-income nations is driven by speculation, falling purchasing power and depreciating currencies.
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Asylum, migration and U.S. foreign policy
Immigration rules are often determined by U.S. foreign policy. Citizens of nations under U.S. attack, such as Venezuela, are made eligible for asylum. Haitians suffer under U.S. dictates but are deported and returned to the hell that Washington created.