Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Form Alliance to Challenge French Neocolonialism – 2 Articles
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Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Form Alliance to Challenge French Neocolonialism – 2 Articles

The three governments have created an alliance to establish “an architecture of collective defense and mutual assistance for the benefit of our populations.” It is not merely a military pact; they have also agreed to develop an economic agenda to benefit their peoples, and decolonise the region of French influence.

AMLO Government Cancels Extortionate Public-Private Partnerships for 9 Public Hospitals
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AMLO Government Cancels Extortionate Public-Private Partnerships for 9 Public Hospitals

AMLO government has cancelled public-private partnerships for nine public hospitals by simply offering to pay just over 5% of the outstanding debt and fees owed to the companies involved. This is in sharp contrast to Europe – where many governments are gutting their public healthcare services.

The South China Sea’s Resource Wars: It’s Not Only About Fossil Fuels
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The South China Sea’s Resource Wars: It’s Not Only About Fossil Fuels

Despite its vast size — 1.3 million square miles — the South China Sea has become a microcosm of the geopolitical tensions between East and West, where territorial struggles over abundant natural resources may one day lead to environmental collapse.

The World’s Food System Brings Us Inflation, Hunger and Waste
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The World’s Food System Brings Us Inflation, Hunger and Waste

Capitalist agriculture is a failure. Market fundamentalists tell us incessantly that the “magic of the market” will ensure everybody has sufficient food. But then why is it that billions of people can’t afford food? It is precisely “markets” that are behind the huge numbers of people with insufficient food.

Indigenous Voices Bring a Reality Check at the Assembly of the People of the Earth for the Amazon
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Indigenous Voices Bring a Reality Check at the Assembly of the People of the Earth for the Amazon

Peoples’ movements from the pan-Amazon countries published a collective letter with a series of demands in defense of the biome and delivered it to the heads of state meeting at the Amazon Summit on August 8. The movements met in a parallel summit in Belém that emphasized indigenous unity and leadership in the face of the crisis facing the region.

70 Years After Iranian Coup, the British Still Won’t Confess to Their Crimes
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70 Years After Iranian Coup, the British Still Won’t Confess to Their Crimes

Iranian filmmaker Taghi Amirani joins Chris Hedges to discuss his documentary ‘Coup 53,’ which uses newly discovered archival material to expose how the CIA and British intelligence worked clandestinely to overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh 70 years ago.