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After inner Mongolia Bitcoin ban, Sichuan mulls mining shutdown
Will the province, rich in hydropower, change its welcoming stance toward cryptocurrencies?
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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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North Africa and the Middle-East: A new wave of debt. Part 6
We deepen our analysis by focusing on various regions. After Latin America and the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa, we continue with the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA).
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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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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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U.S.-funded Belarusian regime-change activist arrested on plane joined neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Belarusian regime-change activist Roman Protasevich, whose arrest on a grounded plane caused a global scandal, joined Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and was cultivated by the U.S. government’s media apparatus.
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State Commissioner fires teacher for supporting BLM
Richard Corcoran, state commissioner of education in Florida, announced that he fired Amy Donofrio, a teacher in Duval County, because she supported #BlackLivesMatter.
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The communal cooking pot
In Chile, community food networks and mutual aid tell us that the revolution starts close to home writes Jumanah Younis
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Why the Overton window has suddenly shifted on Israel-Palestine
There is little doubt that the Overton window on Israel-Palestine is rapidly shifting. To understand why, MintPress spoke to academics, experts, and rights groups familiar with the subject.
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The rise and fall of the Paris Commune
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune.
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Time for a new Toolbox
Review of Snowden’s ToolBox: Trust in the Age of Surveillance
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Nicaragua’s inspiring response to COVID-19
Little attention has been paid internationally to how the Central American country has managed to keep COVID-19 cases and fatalities low even under a devastating campaign of U.S. sanctions
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U.S. Secretary of State assures Ukraine of support for NATO membership plan
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kiev today.
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It’s all protest music: Bob Dylan at 80
Wherever the forces of destruction attempt to cut down trees, pollute our air and water, and rip away the earth for minerals, women have been leading the resistance. In the cities and communities, women have fought for clean water, air, and land for their families to flourish.
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U.S. trying to extradite Venezuelan Diplomat for the “crime” of securing food for the hungry: the case of Alex Saab v. The Empire
The case of Alex Saab raises dangerous precedents in terms of extraterritorial judicial abuse, violation of diplomatic status, and even the use of torture to extract false confessions.
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AP sacks correspondent critical of Israel
Emily Wilder had been targeted by extremist Zionist media outlets.
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Time to end the silence on Israel’s nuclear weapons
While Israel’s large arsenal of nuclear weapons is exempt from any discussion, its government drives the suspicion of Iran’s nuclear energy program, writes Mehrnaz Shahabi.
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The latest argument against federal relief: business claims that workers won’t work
In reality there is little support for the argument that expanded unemployment benefits have created an overly worker-friendly labor market, leaving companies unable to hire and, by extension, meet growing demand.