Yemen: An Indomitable People
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Yemen: An Indomitable People

In 2015, Yemen began a war in defense of its sovereignty that was being threatened by an interventionist alliance led by Saudi Arabia. 400,000 Yemini people died in the country’s struggle to maintain its independence. A country considered the poorest in Western Asia successfully defeated a coalition made up of some of the richest countries on the planet.

Wealth of Five Richest Men Doubles Since 2020 as Five Billion People Made Poorer in “Decade of Division”
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Wealth of Five Richest Men Doubles Since 2020 as Five Billion People Made Poorer in “Decade of Division”

The world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes from $405 billion to $869 billion since 2020 – at a rate of $14 million per hour – while nearly five billion people have been made poorer, reveals a new Oxfam report on inequality and global corporate power.

Thirty Years of Failure on Climate: How Did it Come to This?
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Thirty Years of Failure on Climate: How Did it Come to This?

The reason for the climate crisis is the ever-increasing profits being generated by the global capitalist class from the exploitation of the world’s human and natural resources. The captains of industry and the politicians who serve them are therefore determined to preserve the status quo as long as possible.

Agrarian Distress, Sluggish Job Market: Five Charts to Understand the Roots of the Maratha Agitation
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Agrarian Distress, Sluggish Job Market: Five Charts to Understand the Roots of the Maratha Agitation

Education has led to high mobility, especially in the poorer Marathwada region, but opportunities remain few alongside dwindling incomes, shows a data analysis.

Upsurge of Neo-Fascism and ‘Dollarisation’
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Upsurge of Neo-Fascism and ‘Dollarisation’

Argentina’s new president Javier Milei proposes to use U.S. dollars as the currency of his country, while abolishing its central bank altogether. This means not just maintaining a fixed exchange rate between the dollar and the domestic currency, but an abolition of the domestic currency altogether.

Nowhere to Run: Where Will the World Find Refuge in 2024?
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Nowhere to Run: Where Will the World Find Refuge in 2024?

By mid-year 2023, the UNHCR put the number of refugees at 36.4 million worldwide. This figure doesn’t include the people fleeing war and other systemic and climate violence, called “internally displaced persons” – UNHCR puts their number at 62.2 million in its mid-2023 report.

An Ex-CIA Agent Looks Back at 22 Years of Torture at Guantánamo Bay
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An Ex-CIA Agent Looks Back at 22 Years of Torture at Guantánamo Bay

January 11 marks the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the prison component of the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Cuba. Guantánamo has been universally condemned by every human rights group in the world, as well as by the United Nations, and most countries in the world.