India’s Lifeline the Ganga Is Drying Up Fast
The river basin sustained one of the world’s most densely populated regions for centuries. Now it is increasingly unable to replenish itself.
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Oxfam’s Latest Report, ‘Top 1% Own 43.8%’; Millionaires Call to Tax the Super-Rich – 2 Articles
‘Top 1% Own 43.8%: Oxfam’s Is the Latest of Global Reports That Link Inequality to Political Power Asymmetry’: Rise in authoritarianism globally, the Oxfam report notes, is tied directly to deepening income inequality. As the rich are getting richer, they’re also getting more politically powerful. Also: ‘“Tax Us. Tax the Super Rich,” Say Nearly 400 Millionaires and Billionaires’.
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Bangladesh’s Moment of Reckoning
Khaleda Zia’s death makes way for political realignment. Whether this will help break Bangladesh’s cycle of retributive violence is an open question.
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Propaganda and Invasion: America and Israel Are the Real Threats to Iran’s People – 2 Articles
‘Propaganda as a Part of Invasion’: Even those waging outright wars of aggression are frequently at pains to justify their actions with falsehoods and distortions. Also: ‘The Biggest Threats the Iranian People Face Are America and Israel’.
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Capitalism | Economy | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA
The Empire Comes Home: Militarised Violence and Popular Resistance in the U.S. – 7 Articles
‘The Empire Comes Home’; ‘The Murderers Among Us’; ‘Undeterred by Freezing Temps, Statewide Minnesota Strikes Demand “ICE Out Now”’; ‘In the Twin Cities, A Massive Strike Against ICE’; ‘From Maine to Minnesota and Beyond, Tens of Thousands March to Demand “ICE Out!”’; ‘Students Join Nationwide Strike to Abolish ICE’; ‘Trump’s Tactical Retreat in Minneapolis: The Danger of Dictatorship Remains’.
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Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’: A Dangerous Power Play and a Warning to the World – 3 Articles
‘Every Nation in the World Should Reject Trump’s Absurd and Dangerous “Board of Peace”’; ‘Not a Trump Anomaly: The Board of Peace and America’s Crisis-Driven Power Plays’; ‘Is a Non-UN Conflict Resolution Framework Feasible, Desirable? Trump’s Board of Peace Is an Obstacle and Warning’.
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Capitalism | Economy | Online Blog | USA
U.S. Economy: Beneath the Bombast
U.S. President Trump made a series of boasts about the success of the U.S. economy in his Davos speech. This articles examines these claims.
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The Doomsday Clock at 85 Seconds to Midnight: A World in Nuclear Peril – 2 Articles
‘“85 Seconds to Midnight”: Doomsday Clock Ticks Down as Trump Drags World Toward New Low’: A “failure of leadership” by the world’s most powerful governments and leaders has pushed the annually updated Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than ever, said the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Also: ‘The Doomsday Clock and Nuclear Reality: Our World in Peril’
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How Beijing’s Severe Pollution Turned into Clear Blue Skies Over a Few Years
It was no magic wand. The authorities took several tough steps over the years to achieve this miracle.
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Collapsing Empire: US Bows to African Revolutionaries
The BBC recently published an extraordinary report on how the Trump administration “has declared a stark policy shift” towards Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, the governments of which have sought to eradicate all ties to Western imperial powers, and forged the Alliance of Sahel States.
