The Elites Are Fighting a Vicious Class War All the Time
Noam Chomsky talks about why working-class politics can secure universal health care, climate justice, and an end to nuclear weapons — if we’re willing to fight for them.
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Rob Wallace on the Political Economy of Pandemics
In this interview, Wallace speaks on the origins and future of COVID-19, the case for universal vaccination, agribusiness and public health, capital circuits, the spillover of pathogens and the future of humanity.
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The 2021 Corporate Bamboozle On World Food Systems
Mega-corporations are all set to walk away with the keys to global governance of food and agriculture at the UN Food Systems Summit later this year. Pat Mooney talks about what is at stake and The Long Food Movement counterstrategy.
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Biden’s Campaign in Europe to Intensify Cold War; China Replies
Joe Biden has been participating in several international meetings covering a wide range of issues but with one key goal in mind: intensify the new Cold War with China and construct a global front towards this end. After a communique issued by a NATO summit, China finally responded to this campaign.
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The Techfare State: The ‘New’ Face of Neoliberal State Regulation
Neoliberalism has yielded specific forms of state intervention to discipline and normalize the surplus population and to regulate social insecurity – workfare, debtfare, and prisonfare. They have also enormously benefited the growth and profitability of Big Tech.
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External Debt of Developing Countries – Part I
In the first part of this three part article, the authors discuss the evolution of the external debt of developing countries between 2000 and 2018.
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Climate Activists Should Not Support Nuclear; US Nuke Sites Leaking Everywhere – Two Articles
10 reasons why nuclear power is still no solution for climate change; Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping.
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US Sanctions Ethiopia and Eritrea around Tigray
The US counted on the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), to control Ethiopia and thereby the Horn of Africa for 30 years, but it’s struggling to regain control now that the TPLF is out of power and the new government in Ethopia is charting an independent foreign policy.
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A Place Weeping
In South Africa, unemployment is at 42.3%. The rate for young people is 74.7%. Millions of young people find that the world does not extend them any kind of welcome. They are, in the words of poet Lesego Rampolokeng, “frustrated hoisted then dropped against the rocks of promise”.
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What Would a Deep Green New Deal Look Like?
Creation of all forms of energy contributes to the destruction of nature and human life. It is possible to increase the global quality of life at the same time we reduce the use of fossil fuels and other sources of energy. Therefore, a “deep” GND would focus on energy reduction / conservation.
