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NATO Chief calls for Cold War-level military spending
Mark Rutte said the alliance needs to adopt a ‘wartime mindset’ and suggested cutting spending on pensions and healthcare.
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On the fall of France’s government
Under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron, the expected lifespan of a prime minister has gone from three years to three months. Michel Barnier, the latest PM to fall victim to the rolling political, social and constitutional crisis that is the Macron presidency, was appointed in September and kicked out in time to spend Christmas with his family. His predecessor, Gabriel Attal, lasted a comparatively Methuselean six months.
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Israel expands urbicide as a tool of genocide in Gaza
The Israeli military’s destruction of entire Palestinian cities and neighbourhoods in the Gaza Strip is a clear manifestation of the genocide Israel has been committing in Gaza for the past 14 months, and a primary tool for its implementation.
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Now Iran’s turn. The spectre of a new “1989”
Iran is now the key to the world.
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President Biden should certify the Equal Rights Amendment
The ERA will help restore abortion access, protect women from violence, and help build a gender-equitable future. Biden should certify it while he still has the power to do so.
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“Massacre of journalists”: Four Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza in just five days
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Four Palestinian journalists were killed in separate Israeli attacks within five days amid the ongoing assault in Gaza, with media freedom organizations accusing Israel of committing “war crimes” against journalists there.
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Was South Korea’s coup an attempt to restart the Korean War?
Opposition lawmakers are alleging the full scope of President Yoon’s coup involved a months-long plot to trigger a “limited war” with North Korea.
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Plastics treaty failure shows need to curtail oil industry
Oil companies have long lied about the impacts of burning their fuels. They also lie about the plastic they produce. The treaty talks were no exception.
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Mali’s government issues arrest warrant for Canadian mining company CEO
On December 2, 2024, Mali’s popular anti-imperialist government issued an arrest warrant for Canadian mining company Barrick Gold’s CEO, Mark Bristow, a South African national who fought for the apartheid army in the 1970s.
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A cancelled Yahya Sinwar vigil, and the Canadian mayor with a backbone
On October 17, 2024, then-Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was murdered by Israel in Gaza.
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“Nothing like before” — China is out-competing the West on EVs
The West is accusing China of “overcapacity” to blame it for its own industrial demise.
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West Papua, an Australian and UN crime scene
I have a friend Julian King, who Duncan Graham reports has been subjected to a stun grenade as our Australian Federal Police burst through his door to seize his PhD research, phone and computers. Reportedly, the AFP are concerned about OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka _Free Papua Organisation), the indigenous independence movement in West Papua.
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A tale of two summits: U.S. influence on the decline as China and BRICS on the rise
The United States is continuing its economic battle against China in South America. However, its influence in the region is in decline as nations seek alternatives in order to forestall U.S. hegemony.
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An interview with David Hemson – lessons from the South African liberation struggle
ROAPE’s Peter Dwyer interviews the South African socialist David Hemson. Hemson was a leading labour militant and trade unionist during the mass working class uprising and strikes in Durban in 1973. In this introduction to the videoed interviews, Peter Dwyer discusses working class politics and the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, a history often forgotten or marginalised in popular accounts.
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TikTok isn’t anti-Israel: It’s hired Unit 8200 agents to run its affairs
TikTok has been under intense pressure as of late from U.S. officials, who accuse the video platform of being a hub of anti-Israel hatred.
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People over profit: How China tackled climate change
It’s so fitting that just after the 75th anniversary of China’s revolution on Oct. 1, a milestone in China’s efforts to deal with greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) has emerged in the narrative surrounding global warming.
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Climate activists serving combined 41 years of jail time granted mass appeal hearing
What’s at stake in this hearing is not just the freedom of some courageous individuals: it’s the credibility of the British legal system and the lifeblood of democracy itself.
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Israel’s chemical weapons stockpile is a global threat, Iran warns
Israel is one of only four countries in the world that refuse to ratify the Chemical Weapons Convention. It has also been accused of using banned substances against civilians in Gaza and Lebanon.
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Dilemmas
We are experiencing times of global transition. Where we have been is self-evident. Where the world is headed remains obscure.
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“Humanitarian Intervention” in Sierra Leone that was heralded as a model in Western media was really another horror show
Documentary made by Cinema Libre Studio founder Philippe Diaz punctures Western narrative and shows weakness and corruption of UN.