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We don’t want our Islands to be used to kill people: The Forty-Fifth Newsletter (2024)
Across the Pacific, Indigenous communities lead a growing wave of sovereignty against ongoing legacies of Western colonialism in the region, from the assault on Māori rights in Aotearoa to the US and French military presence in wider Oceania.
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How an obscure Michigan State professor who worked for the CIA played a leading role in facilitating U.S. intervention in Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnam’s premier from 1954 to 1963, was a Cold War version of Volodymyr Zelensky, an American-subsidized ruler who was fawned upon by leading U.S. politicians and the U.S. media despite causing the ruin of his own country.
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The EU must change course on Ukraine, or risk breaking itself apart
The EU seems convinced to not only continue, but to increase its effort to escalate the war in Ukraine. No one seems to be able to understand the consequences.
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The evil warmongering Zionist won (no not that one, the other one)
Turns out campaigning on the promise of continuing a genocide while courting endorsements from war criminals like Dick Cheney is not a great way to get progressives to vote for you.
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Is “lawfare” at work in the U.S.?
Simply put, lawfare is war by other means that achieves conquest using laws and judges instead of bombs and bullets.
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A massacre within a massacre: How journalists reporting on Gaza deaths are being targeted
Over 160 media workers have been killed and 60 detained as the methodical destruction of the brutalized Strip continues.
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Carbon markets and the new scramble for African land
Writing for ROAPE, Thelma Arko argues that while often presented as a solution to the climate emergency, the growth of carbon offset markets are fueling a new scramble for African land and perpetuating colonial-era exploitation. We must move beyond market-based solutions, Arko urges, to embrace strategies that centre on social equity, ecological integrity, and the rights of local communities.
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The dangerous acceleration of remote-controlled warfare
AI is creating a bonanza for tech companies and is being cast as a cleaner way to wage war, but the human cost is devastating.
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Claudia Sheinbaum de-privatizes two major oil and energy companies
The measure de-privatizes two large Mexican companies, one dedicated to the extraction and commercialization of oil, and the other dedicated to providing electricity and internet to Mexicans.
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How the far-right nearly took over B.C.
There’s a chance now for bold reforms to save lives and strengthen the social safety net for those most in need.
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Siting U.S. nukes at Lakenheath puts us all in danger
The Morning Star sends its solidarity and support to those demonstrating tomorrow at Lakenheath, Suffolk, against the return of U.S. nuclear weapons to British soil.
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Novichok show trial suffers sudden death shot from doctor’s testimony that government officials sedated the Skripals to stop them talking
The British Government was exposed in the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry this week as keeping Sergei and Yulia Skripal unconscious to silence them.
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187 Countries demand an end to the U.S. blockade against Cuba
Once again, the United States and Israel voted against the lifting of arbitrary sanctions against the Cuban people.
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Lying Western press scramble to frame Israel’s attack on Iran as self-defense
Israel has launched a round of airstrikes on Iran which the western news media are falling all over themselves to falsely frame as “retaliatory” strikes against an unprovoked missile attack by Iran.
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BRICS grows, adding 13 new ‘partner countries’ at historic summit in Kazan, Russia
BRICS held a summit in Kazan, Russia in October 2024, where it expanded with 13 “partner nations”, after adding four new members. These are the most important takeaways from the historic meeting.
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U.S. ambassador to Lebanon promotes ‘internal uprising’ to assist Israel: Report
A Lebanese security source has revealed the U.S. ambassador is calling on her allies to ‘do their part’ to destroy Hezbollah.
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Media hawks make case for war against Iran
The media hawks are flying high, pushing out bellicose rhetoric on the op-ed pages that seems calculated to whip the public into a war-ready frenzy.
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Why Brazil opposes Venezuela’s BRICS membership
The 16th Summit of the BRICS organization is taking place this week in the Russian city of Kazan. President Nicolás Maduro was invited by the Russian president himself, Vladimir Putin, at the beginning of August, and is attending with a Venezuelan delegation.
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The Israeli intelligence leaks
An ugly glimpse into a dark future.
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John Bellamy Foster Book Launch: “The Dialectics of Ecology”
Book Launch: “The Dialectics of Ecology”