Pitfalls of Export-Led Growth
After Sri Lanka and Pakistan, Bangladesh has become the third country in our neighbourhood to become afflicted by a serious economic crisis.
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Subsuming Finance
A revolution from above has seized China’s financial sector, resulting in a number of purges, ruthless rectification of the most dubious segments of capital markets, and – most significantly – shifting operational leadership over the financial landscape from government bodies to the CCP’s Central Committee.
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Why the US Sought Secret Talks with Iran
Although the specific details of US-initiated indirect talks with Iran are unknown, Tehran is already reaping billions of unfrozen dollars in rewards. In return, Iran may have promised to temporarily stop enrichment at 60%, a number it already had no plan to exceed.
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No Choice But to Indict Trump: Why a Gentlemen’s Agreement Had to be Broken
There’s long been a ruling class gentleman’s agreement about prosecuting US presidents and former presidents: you don’t do it since the “commander in chief” of the giant and mass murderous US Empire regularly commits grave crimes in the execution of his duties.
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Agriculture | GMO | Online Blog | Science
The Dangers of GM Crops – Two Articles
‘Shocking Corruption and Violation of Ethics in Regulatory Work Concerning GM Crops’; and: ‘Turning Healthy Food into Disease Causing Food—The Case of GM Corn’.
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Online Blog | Russia | Ukraine | USA | World Politics
NATO and the Long War on the Third World
The global balance of power is shifting. The resistance to NATO’s push for a New Cold War is growing, particularly among the Third World countries that have historically borne the brunt of the West’s imperial projects.
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Daniel Ellsberg of the Pentagon Papers Keeps Alive Anti-War Activism
Daniel Ellsberg, a former U.S. military analyst who revealed a years-long U.S. campaign to hide the true scale of U.S.’s the Vietnam War, and a life-long peace activist, has died Friday at this home in Kensington, California, U.S. He was 92.
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Nuclear Turns Fashionable
Small Modular Reactors (SMR) are the new nuclear craze, especially with the U.S. Congress. They are being advertised as a green deal for clean energy that skirts the heavy costs of paying the Middle East billions upon billions. However, the devil in the details is dangerously overlooked.
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Rahul Gandhi’s Speeches Prove That Plans for Opposition Unity are Very Much Still in Play
The fact that the planned joint opposition in Patna was postponed has created rumours that such unity may not be achieved before 2024. This fear, however, is almost certain to prove groundless.
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Akhand Bharat Idea, a Menace to India and Neighbourhood
India’s Hindu Right continues to pursue imperial aspirations, primarily for electoral purposes.
