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Wang Yi: The historic step from peaceful coexistence to a shared future for humanity
With China having recently celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, on July 17, Foreign Minister Wang Yi published an important article outlining the historical progression from the Five Principles to President Xi Jinping’s vision of a shared future for humanity and their interrelationship of continuity, inheritance, application and development.
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U.S. media downplays and ignores ICJ ruling declaring Israeli occupation illegal
The New York Times and the rest of the U.S. mainstream media downplayed, covered up, and even ignored the historic ICJ opinion declaring the Israeli occupation illegal.
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Civil war in Donbass 10 years on
July 1st marked the 10th anniversary of a brutal resumption of hostilities in the Donbass civil war.
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Chavistas warn about escalation of media warfare against Venezuela’s elections (+Machado)
The Venezuelan deputy minister for anti-blockade policies, William Castillo, has warned that now that there are ten days before the presidential elections, international media is intensifying its media warfare against Chavismo and Venezuela.
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American inquisition (Part 2): What McCarthyism really destroyed
Taking down the “Soviet Menace” in America, (part 1) was, not a response to any real “national security threat,” but a very real threat to corporate profits and neocolonial domination by the U.S. ruling class.
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Hegel on the Kant-Laplace hypothesis and the moral postulates
Hegel frequently practices self-censorship in his published texts, sometimes quite deliberately, sometimes unconsciously.
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American inquisition part 1: The origins of the Cold War and McCarthyism
The ghost of “Tail-Gunner Joe” McCarthy is haunting the U.S. Congress.
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The Pacific lands and seas are neither forbidden nor forgotten: The Twenty-Ninth Newsletter (2024)
A powerful struggle is taking place in Kanaky (New Caledonia) between the indigenous people and French colonial authorities. In the background, the US-led militarisation of the Pacific intensifies.
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China dominates AI innovation: 74.7% of Global GenAI patents
Outpacing the U.S. 6 to 1.
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Fragments from damaged life: Bertolt Brecht’s Collages
Every intellectual in exile is mutilated, wrote Theodor W. Adorno in California during World War II.
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Between goals and the cups
The Copa America and the Euro Cup are coming to an end and deserve a reflection, even if this is just a grain of sand in a wave that has moved multitudes on Planet Soccer.
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Police violence, security breaches, and brawls mark the U.S.-hosted Copa America
The continent’s most important national team football tournament was overshadowed by serious incidents on and off the field. Many point the finger at the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) and the host country, the United States.
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What’s behind the rise of AI powerhouse Nvidia?
Nvidia’s brief streak as the world’s highest valued company in the last several weeks has catapulted the chipset manufacturer into the headlines all over the world. A year ago, Nvidia was valued at just under $1 trillion. Nine months later, it blew past the $2 trillion mark, and just 30 days after that, for a moment in June 2024 Nvidia peaked at $3.3 trillion.
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Unprecedented inequality in the ‘billionaire raj’
The ‘billionaire raj’ of the reform period has emerged to be far more unequal than the ‘British Raj’.
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AI and the digital scramble for Africa
We are told that Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to be a powerful tool for advancing democratic concerns and human rights across Africa. Yet, there are also early indicators that AI could undermine democratic institutions and processes, especially if these technologies prioritise colonial-capitalist development trajectories. Scott Timcke looks at some of the issues at stake.
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The Shift: Columbia suspends deans for ‘antisemitic’ text messages
News items often seem to slip through the cracks at this point in the summer, and the media’s current focus on the Democratic Ticket has understandably dominated domestic headlines.
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A failure for ‘Divisive Concepts’ legislation is a victory for education
Laws like this have a chilling effect on teachers’ free speech. It remains to be seen whether New Hampshire’s win in federal court will become a bellwether for democracy throughout the country.
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Born to win with Chávez: A women-led commune in the Venezuelan Llanos
Located on the outskirts of Biruaca, in Apure state, Nacidos para Vencer con Chávez [Born to Triumph with Chávez] is a women-led commune in a rural context that has a long history of patriarchal oppression. This fledgling commune seized upon Chávez’s idea as a way forward in difficult times, attempting to build community and increase production, while connecting with other communes through the Communard Union.
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Science and Freedom: Toward a new revolutionary epistemology
Paul Robeson, speaking of the scientific achievements of the West which have formed the bedrock of its claim to supremacy, posed a question for the 20th century: “having found the key, has Western man—Western bourgeois man—sufficient strength left to turn it in the lock?”
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Building a planet of peace is the only realistic thing to do: The Twenty-Eighth Newsletter (2024)
On Isla Grande, Afro-Colombian residents discuss the urgent need for a sustainable electricity plant. Their efforts echo President Petro’s push for solar energy, with the aim of addressing broader regional goals of sustainable development. Yet, development and climate adaption require funding–funding that is instead going to war, with global military spending nearing $3 trillion annually.