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Two agonizing years of devastation
Ever since the outbreak of the pandemic, first recorded in India end January 2020, this Modi government’s preoccupation had never been on combating the pandemic in right earnest and saving people’s lives but on continuing to relentlessly pursue the unfolding of the RSS project.
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U.S. imperialists deprive Cuba of syringes that are needed now
Cuba, the first Latin America country to develop its own COVID-19 vaccines, presently is short of syringes for immunizing its population against the virus. It’s not feasible for Cuba to make its own syringes. The U.S. blockade prevents Cuba from importing them from abroad.
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Freedom Rider: Biden breaks his promises
Black people have nothing to show for a Biden presidency despite turning out in droves to put him in office.
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Destitution, hunger and the lockdown
ON March 24, 2020, Narendra Modi had announced that the country would go into a lockdown after four hours! This nation-wide lockdown was to last till the end of May, after which there were local lockdowns but not a general one.
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‘Respect Money’: How a Chinese talent show put its fans up for sale
Success on “Youth With You 3” had less to do with talent and more to do with who could buy the most votes. So why don’t fans care?
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Western media, even Bellingcat, failed to save the reputation of neo-Nazi soldier Protasevich
Since the arrest of Roman Protasevich in Minsk after the emergency landing of the Ryanair flight he was on, a real battle for his reputation has been launched between Belarus and the West.
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Birds of a Fascist feather: why Israel is aiding Colombia’s crackdown on protesters
Photos circulating on social media show Colombian government forces using Israeli weapons against protestors and Israeli-made Sand Cat armored vehicles patrolling the streets of Colombian cities. Alan Macleod investigates the growing ties between the unlikely allies.
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U.S. civil society stands up against anti-China bill as Senate moves closer to passing it
A bipartisan vote closed debate on the omnibus U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), which many argue includes provisions that could escalate trade disputes between the U.S. and China and could further rising anti-Asian racism.
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Eisenhower rejected military chiefs’ demand for nuclear war on China, classified account of ’58 Taiwan Strait crisis reveals
Fearing a new conflict over Taiwan, Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg has released a shocking account showing how the Joint Chiefs pressed Eisenhower to launch a nuclear war on China.
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U.S. moves against Ethiopia and Eritrea: Atrocities alleged, sanctions imposed
Historian Jeff Pearce, @jeffpropulsion, responding to the atrocity reports of Alula Solomon, @Alula_Solomon, CEO, Tigrai Media House
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Facts are stubborn things: ‘Exterminate All The Brutes’ review
Raoul Peck’s four-part documentary film about colonialism, slavery and genocide is a powerful and thorough exposition of the crimes of colonialism
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The Western’s long glorification of oppression
A quintessentially American, and Texan, film genre, the Western has mistold Texas history since its beginnings.
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Lenin went to dance in the snow to celebrate the Paris Commune and the Soviet Republic
The workers of Paris created the Commune on 18 March, building on the wave of revolutionary optimism that first lapped on the shores of France in 1789 and then again in 1830 and 1848.
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How ‘Justice for George Floyd!’ shook the ruling class to the core
On May 25, 2020, 44-year-old white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on 46-year-old unarmed Black man George Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds, sadistically murdering him.
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Report: U.S. police have killed 1068 people since Floyd’s death
U.S. police officers have killed at least 1068 people since the killing of African-American George Floyd by physical force by an officer a year ago, a report by a police watchdog group indicates.
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Dossier no. 40: The challenges facing Brazil’s left
If the social consequences of adopting an ultra-neoliberal project weren’t enough already, the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and the gross mismanagement and negligence in combatting the virus have led to the worst-case social, economic, and health scenarios.
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How American support for Israel erases Palestinian identity
We must not lose sight of what lies behind Israel’s unbridled use of force: American support.
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Mumia Abu-Jamal’s spiritual advisor confronts DA Krasner and the FOP
An interview with Mark Lewis Taylor, founder of Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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All the questions socialists have about China but were too afraid to ask
2018, when president Xi Jinping lauded Marx as the greatest thinker of modern times at the closing speech of a 2-week celebration of his 200th anniversary and reaffirmed China’s commitment to his vision of communism, many on the left–and the right–were willing to take him seriously.
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Developing countries desperately need COVID-19 financing
International cooperation must ensure significantly more official foreign exchange financing to supplement innovative domestic financing for urgently needed spending for relief, recovery and reform.