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Rail-lobbyist-turned-Senator could block safety bill
John Thune embodies the rail industry’s Washington influence machine that could now kill bipartisan safety legislation.
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Eight contradictions of the imperialist ‘rules-based order’
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has now moved the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has been to the symbolic time of the annihilation of humanity and the Earth since 1947.
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U.S. shoots itself in the foot in Africa
The U.S. can’t seem to understand that the rest of the world, including Africa, doesn’t like to be pushed around. African nations’ refusal to reinforce US foreign policy in the UN General Assembly is a case in point.
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Why a special party conference on the peace issue should ensure a new beginning for the German Left Party
The executive committee of the Left Party is trying hard to make it clear to citizens that this party is not needed.
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Australian Media are outright telling us they are feeding us war propaganda about China
The mass media in Australia have been churning out brazen propaganda pieces to manufacture consent for war with China, and what’s interesting is that they’re basically admitting to doing this deliberately.
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With us or against us’ fails in Munich and Bengaluru as U.S. tries ‘offer they can’t refuse’
“You can’t be neutral” in NATO’s proxy war with Russia, foreign ministers of the U.S., Germany and Ukraine told leaders of Global South countries at the Munich Security Conference on February 18.
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Black Alliance for Peace supports National Day of Action Against Police Terror
Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) member organization Community Movement Builders (CMB) is calling all organizations, organizers and community members to a National Day of Action Against Police Terror on March 9, 2023.
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Major U.S. outlets found Hersh’s Nord Stream scoop too hot to handle
Scores of hits from publications across the globe pop up from an internet search for veteran investigative reporter Seymour Hersh’s claim that the US destroyed Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipeline.
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Biggest threat from Ukraine war: Last Nuclear Agreement suspended
War rarely stays within the boundaries set or desired for it. That makes returning to arms control crucial for the survival of humanity.
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State-sanctioned violence in Peru and the role of Canadian mining
Canadian firms benefit from state-sanctioned police protection and impunity at the expense of human rights and the environment.
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Why is Norway the glove that fits the USA’s hand?
In the sequel to his revelation of Norway’s and USA’s role in blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines, Seymour Hersh addresses the long standing tradition of Norway’s secret and illegal collaboration with USA.
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Top Biden officials address pro-war rally led by Ukrainian Nazi supporters
The rally would have been unremarkable if it were not for it being the anniversary of the invasion and for the big names on the speaker roster.
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Rail lobbyists pay Politico to tout train safety
The Beltway newsletter is running ads about the railroad industry’s alleged commitment to safety as rail lobbyists fight new safety rules.
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Lawfare in the making: Habeas Corpus denied to President Pedro Castillo in Peru
On Monday, February 27, the Sixth Constitutional Court of Lima, in Peru, declared the habeas corpus that sought the immediate release of President Pedro Castillo and his reinstatement as president of Peru inadmissible.
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Africans’ message to imperialism: “We are not your flunkies!”
South Africa’s participation in military drills with Russia and China is an indication that the global south are not taking orders from Washington. African nations should continue their tradition as non-aligned states.
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Why and how to end the war in Ukraine
Jacqueline Luqman was a panelist on the February 16, 2023 webinar Why and How to End the War in Ukraine , which was sponsored by Chicago Area Peace Action. These were her remarks.
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Treating infrastructure as a Holy Cow
THERE is an impression shared by even progressive intellectuals that the entity that goes by the name of “physical infrastructure” is an absolute necessity in each country, and that the actual amount of infrastructure that exists is always less than what is needed.
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Free trade? “To Hell with It”
U.S. President Joe Biden is a self-confessed Catholic. He regularly attends the religious services of his congregation and, like every U.S. president, he has sworn to his office by placing his hand on the bible. Therefore, it is safe to say that he is aware of the negative moral charge that the word “hell” has among his people.
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West is out of touch with rest of world politically, EU-funded study admits
A study by the elite EU-funded European Council on Foreign Relations found the West is out of touch politically with the rest of the world. Most people in China, India, and Türkiye see Russia as an important ally, and they want multipolarity, not continued “American global supremacy”.
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Joint assessment of the “Rise Up for Peace” rally
A translated statement from three Die Linke politicians on the “Rise Up for Peace” demonstration in Berlin and the need for Die Linke to become active as an anti-war party.