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A new Pan-Africanism for a new Century
Following the Eurocentric pathways to identity and development are a fallacy that is holding Africa back, ROGER McKENZIE argues.
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Reaction to ICC indictment reveals bipartisan contempt for international law
The international community wants to hold Israeli leaders accountable for war crimes committed in Gaza. Why is the United States standing in the way?
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Murdoch outlets and Bezos’ WaPo demand more sympathy for health insurance execs
The early morning murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was met on social media with a “torrent of hate” for health insurance executives.
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Who should get a presidential pardon but won’t!
President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, after having repeatedly promised that he would not.
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Plastics treaty failure shows need to curtail oil industry
Oil companies have long lied about the impacts of burning their fuels. They also lie about the plastic they produce. The treaty talks were no exception.
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A NATO coup just took place in Romania
The Romanian Constitutional Court’s decision to nullify the election results based on unfounded allegations of Russian interference sets a terrifying precedent.
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Mali’s government issues arrest warrant for Canadian mining company CEO
On December 2, 2024, Mali’s popular anti-imperialist government issued an arrest warrant for Canadian mining company Barrick Gold’s CEO, Mark Bristow, a South African national who fought for the apartheid army in the 1970s.
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The Tectonic Shift: The Gaza genocide and the limits of Israeli Hasbara
Nothing that Israel and its supporters can say or do will avoid the historical accountability of the extermination of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
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The eighth Continent is the Continent of Sleaze: The Fiftieth Newsletter (2024)
The Global North and its corporate executives have wielded the concept of ‘corruption’ to underdevelop the Global South, whose social wealth it instead injects into the Continent of Sleaze.
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Tony McKenna: “Has Political Correctness Gone Mad? The Anatomy of a Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory” – Book Review
We are all familiar with the charge that some policy or decision is a case of ‘political correctness gone mad’, part of the rhetoric of the ‘culture wars’, but we may not have thought a great deal more about it.
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Trump and Musk’s billionaire plot to destroy Social Security
The solution is obvious and simple, which is why the nation’s richest people hate it so much: Scrap the cap and make the wealthy pay a much fairer share in Social Security taxes.
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Old contradictions and new possibilities in Marxist and Indigenous praxis
At the 2017 March for Science in Washington, DC , Dr. Lydia Jennings wore a T-shirt that read, “Strong Resilient Indigenous,” and held a sign saying, “Traditional Ecological Knowledge Is Science Too!”
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Universities are continuing to retaliate against staff for participating in Gaza campus protests
Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen across the country.
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Syria – Winners and losers or both
Syria has fallen.
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Lawfare in Argentina: Cristina Kirchner convicted
“What we are witnessing here today is a practical demonstration of Lawfare in Argentina, carried out by the members of the court,” announced Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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“Nothing like before” — China is out-competing the West on EVs
The West is accusing China of “overcapacity” to blame it for its own industrial demise.
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U.S. officials discussed merits of removing $10m bounty on HTS leader
Meanwhile, Jordan’s King emphasised importance of covert US support for the Syrian Free Army during his Washington DC visit, source says.
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The Labor Documentary Amazon probably doesn’t want you to see
‘UNION’ follows Amazon warehouse organizers through an uphill battle, a stunning victory, and an uncertain future.
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Friday essay: ‘A future of dust’ – Jeff Sparrow on Gaza and why, in evil times, writers have a responsibility to take sides
“We must ask for no references to Gaza/Palestine/Israel as it’s a very sensitive topic in our area. If these topics are included it drastically changes our risk management plans for events. Thus for safety and harmony we kindly ask the guest speakers avoid these topics and any questions about it that come up.” – Sam Wallman and I received this message from our publicist, one day before an event at a suburban library about our coauthored book.
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U.S. economy: An exceptional boom or a bubble to burst?
Recently, there has been a spate of articles and commentary about ‘U.S. exceptionalism’, namely that the U.S. economy is bounding forward in terms of economic growth, hi-tech investment and productivity, leaving the rest of the world behind.