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How the Foreign Agents law is used to silence American dissidents
Democrats speak of the fight against “Russian disinformation,” while the Republicans pledge to combat “fake news” about Israel.
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Marco Rubio: From ‘perfect little puppet’ to most dangerous man alive
Trump, who promises to be the “most pro-Israel president ever,” has picked a cabinet replete with neoconservative, pro-war voices.
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China imposes sanctions on U.S. defense contractors for selling arms to Taiwan
China alleges that the U.S. approach to Taiwan is guided by “cold war zero sum mentality” which violates its own declared commitments to the “one-China policy” and agreements of non-interference in internal matters.
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Washington funnels more than $22 billion in military support to Israel’s genocidal war machine since October 2023
Over all, Washington has provided the regime with $310 billion in military and economic aid, which has been regularly adjusted for inflation, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, an American think tank.
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BRICS expands with 9 new partner countries. Now it’s half of world population, 41% of global economy
BRICS keeps expanding, adding 9 partner countries in January 2025, after admitting 4 new members in 2024. It now makes up roughly half of the global population and more than 41% of world GDP (PPP). It’s an economic powerhouse, with top producers of key commodities like oil, gas, grains, meat, and minerals.
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China donates 70 tons of equipment to Cuba to restore its electric system
Equipment such as radiators and engines were sent to the Caribbean island to promote energy transition.
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China demands withdrawal of U.S. missile system from the Philippines, calls it a threat to regional peace and security
Both the U.S. and Philippines have refused to withdraw the U.S. Typhon missile system deployed in April near Chinese borders despite earlier claiming it to be a temporary move.
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Trump’s threat of a tariff wall
All this however is still in the realm of mere possibilities; what is more certain is the 10 per cent tax on global imports and the 60 per cent tax on imports from China.
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The CIA read French Theory: On the intellectual labor of dismantling the cultural Left
It is often presumed that intellectuals have little or no political power.
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Luigi Mangione’s indictment is another example of the dangers of terror charges
The indictment comes as some states expand terror laws to ensnare protesters who block “critical infrastructure.”
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Macron appoints Zombie government in France
After the fall of right-wing PM Michel Barnier to a no-confidence vote, Emmanuel Macron has appointed a new Prime Minister, François Bayrou, to attempt to apply the same policies. The Left Berlin spoke to Paris activist, John Mullen.
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Western Marxism, anti-communism and imperialism
Since the 1990s, Western Marxists have replaced imperialism with global capitalism that is untethered to Western imperialism. Western Marxists have also deemed socialist projects as a betrayal of their utopian views rooted in the Hegelian “purity fetish.”
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Ecuador hands over Galapagos Islands to build U.S. military base
The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, ordered the handover of the Galapagos Islands for the construction of a U.S. military base, due to the approval of the “Comprehensive security project in the island region” and the “Instructions for the application of cooperation agreements between Ecuador and the United States” on December 10.
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There is a mental health crisis in U.S. college football
“If college football is defined by anything, we might say that it is trauma”.
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Chávez, spirituality and celebration: A conversation with Joel Suárez (Part II)
A theologian from Cuba’s Martin Luther King Center talks about how Chávez celebrated life.
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Bloodstained hypocrisy: Biden’s bombs are louder than his words on Islamophobia
On December 12, the Biden administration released its National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate. But as Biden speaks of “countering hate,” he continues to expedite the shipment of weapons that are being used to kill Palestinians.
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Syria’s fall and anti-imperialist lessons
The fall of Syria was a serious strike against the Axis of Resistance, but all is not lost.
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German politicians criticize Musk backing for far-right AfD
After Elon Musk posted his support for Germany’s far-right AfD, the party’s leader Alice Weidel expressed her gratitude. Other German lawmakers have criticized “interference” in the country’s upcoming federal elections.
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Israel ‘wiping Gazans out of existence’
Aid group accuses Tel Aviv of deliberate ethnic cleansing in latest damning report.
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U.S. corporate land grab in Ukraine underlies war with Russia
Heralded as a hero in Western media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has allowed foreign private interests to steal his country’s best land.