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Facial recognition company fined for creating ‘illegal database’ of billions of faces
A DUTCH data protection watchdog has issued facial recognition tech Clearview AI with a €30.5 million (£25.7m) fine for creating an “illegal database” of billions of faces.
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Science and the knowledge economy bolster Cuba’s socialist revolution
Cuba and Cuban science gained acclaim worldwide for producing very effective COVID-19 vaccines.
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The Bloody Rise of the West – Part 2
THE impact of the West’s encounter with the Americas was devastating for its people.
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Game meat for hungry communities in Southern Africa
As hunger threatens millions in southern Africa, some of the governments in these wildlife-rich countries have started harvesting game such as elephants, hippopotamuses, buffaloes, zebras, and others to feed their citizens.
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Honduran President Xiomara Castro rejects U.S. interference and condemns coup plot
Honduran President Xiomara Castro announced on August 28 that she ordered the suspension of the extradition agreement between her country and the United States.
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Macron refuses to name New Popular Front to French government
After President Emmanuel Macron finished a round of talks with leaders of France’s parliamentary parties on Monday, he refused to select a prime minister to try to assemble a majority in parliament.
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Defence correspondents
There are stenographers–and then there are UK defence correspondents.
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Venezuelan presidential election from a Serbian observer’s perspective – interview
There aren’t many countries that have been fighting off U.S. aggression for as long as Venezuela.
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What should we do about ‘degrowth’?
The ‘degrowth’ debate raises critical issues to which only a Marxist approach can provide answers, argues the Marx Memorial Library.
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Supreme Court delivers electoral review verdict, confirms Maduro victory
TSJ President Caryslia Rodríguez stated that an expert examination of the evidence certified the election results.
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China issues guidelines to ramp up green transition of economic, social development
The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council have unveiled a set of guidelines to ramp up green transition in all areas of economic and social development.
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Defend Fred Hahn
Fred Hahn has been a steadfast and effective labour leader. Independent Jewish Voices and others are calling for solidarity and support for Fred.
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The transient “miracles”
Right until 2021 Bangladesh was considered a success story of export-led growth within a neoliberal setting.
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The world stands with Venezuela amid right-wing destabilization campaign
On August 17, in dozens of cities across the world, people’s movements, left parties and trade unions, participated in an international day of action in solidarity with Venezuela, facing right-wing coup attempts and attacks on its electoral process following the victory of sitting president Nicolás Maduro.
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Gravediggers of imperialism: International conference to decolonize the world
The Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA) Conference on Aug. 12-13 in Abuja, Nigeria, served as a powerful testament of solidarity and commitment for peoples fighting for self-determination.
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The weakness of progressive Latin American governments in these precarious times: The Thirty-Fourth Newsletter (2024)
Unwilling to accept election results in Venezuela, the OAS, led by the U.S., passed a resolution essentially asking the country to violate its own election laws. Many countries with supposedly centre-left or left governments have joined the U.S. in proposals that seek to undermine Venezuelan democratic processes, a reflection of the contradictions confronting the current progressive cycle of governments and weakness of the left in Latin America today.
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Corporate or community-led? Africa’s agricultural future at a crossroads
The post-Malabo process to determine the next decade of agricultural policy has so far been characterised by outside influence and exclusivity.
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First, Elon Musk made us pay for “free speech”; Now he decides who’s allowed it
The ‘saviour of free speech’ is cracking down on criticism of Israel’s genocide. What he calls the ‘faaaaar left’ is in his crosshairs. It’ll be erased so utterly, you won’t remember it was ever there.
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Chevron and Israel: Profits above human rights
Big oil and gas company Chevron is deeply entwined with the Israeli state.
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Morocco pardons 4,800 jailed for cultivating cannabis–so they can farm legally
The world’s largest cannabis producer aims to encourage legal cultivation of the plant and export it for industrial or medical purposes