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Indonesia’s new criminal code: An attack on human rights and marxism
In early December, last year, the Indonesian government legislated a new criminal code to replace the old code that the country inherited from its past colonial oppressor, the Dutch. The government has claimed that the legislation of the new criminal code was an effort to “decolonize” Indonesia’s criminal justice system from the legacy of the Dutch East Indies colonial era.
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When the people have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich: The Third Newsletter (2023)
On 8 January, large crowds of people dressed in colours of the Brazilian flag descended on the country’s capital, Brasília. They invaded federal buildings, including the Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace, and vandalised public property.
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Outrage mounts after Korean Confederation of Trade Unions is raided by intelligence and police
In a major escalation of the ongoing anti-trade union persecution in South Korea, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) was raided by the National Intelligence Service on charges of violating a Cold War-era national security law.
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The World Split Apart 2.0: Part 3 and Conclusion
Like during the Cold War, the global schism has a military component that is gradually intensifying. The emerging East-West military standoff is building on the energy of the polarization exacerbated by the Russo-Ukrainian war for NATO expansion.
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Cuba assumes the head of the G-77 at a critical time
On January 12, Cuba took the presidency of the G77+China for the first time in history after being elected in September 2022 during the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
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The World Split Apart 2.0: Part 2
A series of international organizations—a network of networks—created by Russia and China form the pillars upon which an alternative to the Western-dominated world order are being built. There is already an institutional split between the West and the rest evidencing the pre-schism bifurcation among great powers: the G7 and G20.
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Capitalism’s court jester: Slavoj Žižek
One of the most prominent intellectuals in the contemporary world was named to the list of the “Top 100 Global Thinkers” in Foreign Policy magazine in 2012. He shares this distinction with the likes of Dick Cheney, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Mossad director Meir Dagan.
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The World Split Apart 2.0: Introduction and Part 1
Nearly a decade ago I began warning that NATO expansion and the West’s failure to understand that Russian national security interests not a Russian desire to ‘recreate the USSR’ or ‘former Russian empire’ would lead to a world split apart between the West and ‘the rest’ (Sino-Russian ‘strategic partnership and those states oriented towards it).
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U.S.-backed coup regime has murdered 46 demonstrators
In Peru, the death toll has risen to at least 46 following the December 7 U.S.-backed coup overthrowing democratically elected socialist President Pedro Castillo.
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America’s theater of the absurd
Our political class does not govern. It entertains.
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Dismantling the cult of Churchill
Tariq Ali’s new book examines the disconnect between Churchill’s popular image and the larger context of his life and times.
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Why the CIA attempted a ‘Maidan Uprising’ in Brazil
The failed coup in Brazil is the latest CIA stunt, just as the country is forging stronger ties with the east.
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Zelensky complicit in corporate takeover of Ukraine
“Your money is not charity, it’s an investment.” That’s what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his address to the U.S. Congress while visiting Washington on Dec. 21.
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“Do not forsake me, comrade”
The continuing relevance of High Noon.
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Statement by Ana Belen Montes after her release from prison
Here is an update and current image of Ana Belen Montes, after her release from prison … we share with you the only authorized statement she wanted to share and make public, sent through her lawyer Linda Backiel on Sunday, January 8, 2023.
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New Yorker takes aim at people who still think Covid is a problem
There is an episode of the Fox animated series Family Guy where the family dog, Brian, is welcomed as a possible new contributor at the New Yorker.
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Mapuche Political Prisoners Hunger Strike Reaches Critical Stage
Nine political prisoners of the Mapuche people in southern Chile have been on hunger strike since November 27. Now, their protest has reached a dangerous and crucial moment.
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The lesson we should have learned from ‘Silent Spring’
We have to address the way that corporations create, shape, and control demand, leveraging the state as a tool.
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How Big Pharma actually spends its massive profits
New research shows that pharmaceutical companies have spent more on enriching shareholders than drug research and development over the past decade.
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The right turns anti-LGBTQ hate up to 11
In the past few years, the right-wing media have become laser-focused on transgender issues, not always attacking trans people individually, but instead claiming that children are being “groomed” to adopt “radical gender ideology,” and that rights for the trans community are infringing on the rights of children, women and Christians.