Chomsky: Overturn of “Roe” Shows How Extreme an Outlier the US Has Become
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Chomsky: Overturn of “Roe” Shows How Extreme an Outlier the US Has Become

The U.S. is a “highly unusual society, in many ways,” says Noam Chomsky in this interview about the economic and political organization of the U.S. polity and the shockingly reactionary rulings of the Supreme Court on guns and abortion.

Giant Tech Firms Plan to Read Your Mind and Control Your Emotions. Can They Be Stopped?
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Giant Tech Firms Plan to Read Your Mind and Control Your Emotions. Can They Be Stopped?

Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple – Stucke explains why the current proposals to regulate the massive power of these four companies fall short of what’s needed to deal with the threat they pose not only to our individual wellbeing, but to the whole economy — and to democracy itself.

Summit of the Americas Flops While Workers Summit Exposes Cracks in the Imperial Façade
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Summit of the Americas Flops While Workers Summit Exposes Cracks in the Imperial Façade

The final declaration of the Workers Summit called for a robust internationalism to promote solidarity with the sovereign nations and peoples suffering from sanctions imposed by the US and its allies. Latin America and the Caribbean were proclaimed a zone of peace. Also: “People’s Summit for Democracy in Los Angeles Ends with a Bold Plan for the Future”

World Food Safety Day on June 7 Is a Good Time to Assert that GM Food Should Never be Approved
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World Food Safety Day on June 7 Is a Good Time to Assert that GM Food Should Never be Approved

As we observe World Food Safety Day on June 7, it is important to remind ourselves that while there are several threats to food safety, the most serious one come from the very high-powered, relentless efforts to promote GM crops and foods.