U.S. Lawfare and the Destabilization of Latin America
Lawfare is the weaponized use of the law to annihilate a political or business enemy. The US piloted the use of Lawfare in the USA before rolling it out in Latin America.
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France, UK Brought to Standstill by Huge Workers Demonstrations – 2 Articles
Millions of French workers took to the streets in protest as the country was brought to a standstill in a “citizens’ insurrection” over the government’s attack on pension schemes. On February 1, the UK came the closest it has come in a generation to a general strike.
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Protests Continue in Peru; Also: Interview with a Leader of the Protests
Government of Dina Boluarte presents a bill to hold general elections in October 2023, a central demand of protesters. Also: Interview with Lourdes Huanca Atencio, President of the Federation of Peasant, Artisan, Indigenous, Native and Salaried Women of Peru.
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Writing About a Joy That Invades Jenin
Israel calls its latest military campaign ‘Operation Break the Wave’, a lyrical description of a brutal reality. This is the 75th year after the Nakba, the catastrophe of 1948 when Israeli troops illegally removed Palestinians from their homes and tried to erase Palestine from the map.
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Africa | Online Blog | USA | World Politics
‘The Cry Is “Lumumba Lives”—His Ideas, His Principles’
An interview with Friends of the Congo’s Maurice Carney about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba.
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Why the Government of Venezuela has Resisted While Many Leftist Presidents Could Not
Chávez faced—and Maduro has continued to face—all the strategies, tactics, maneuvers, games, and schemes that the U.S. empire and its satellites and lackeys have successfully used throughout the rest of the continent, among other ploys that have been used in other parts of the world.
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The Realities of Capitalist Denmark
It is not uncommon to see people point to Denmark as a socialist alternative. This article seeks to correct this misconception and demonstrate that capital accumulation is the guiding principle in Danish society.
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World Bank Is No Friend of Working People or the Planet
Its policies facilitate the upward distribution of wealth, regardless of human and environmental cost.
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Africa | Online Blog | Science
Did Humanity Really Arise in One Place?
New evidence is prompting researchers to rethink Homo sapiens’ origin story—and what it means to be human.
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The Puzzle of the Indian Capitalist Discount Rate
An essay in two parts: i) On the tension in the time frame of Adani Enterprises, including accounts of the strong and sophisticated protests of affected people. ii) An Abstraction from the Concrete, including reflection over the ethics that might drive the Indian Republic. Finally, A Socialist Manifesto is sketched as a resolution of the conflict.
