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How America’s Oligarchy Paves the Road to Fascism
Concentrated wealth and power are undermining democracy. Here’s what Joe Biden ought to be saying and doing about it.
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Capitalism | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA
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.
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Capitalism | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA
Growing Threat to US Hegemony in Middle East – 2 Articles
The outcome of US-led conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia will have a profound impact on the developing world order. Washington has already lost the former, and its major adversaries are vested in making sure it loses the latter too. Also: ‘How Yemen Is Blocking US Hegemony in West Asia’.
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Righting a Wrong: Burying Decades of US-Led Wars
Today’s global conflicts – whether in Eastern Europe, West Asia, or East Asia – are spawned by a fading US hegemon desperately clinging to power.
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“We Don’t Choose to Be Land Defenders, We Are Born Land Defenders”
The people of Ecuador recently voted in a referendum to halt oil exploitation in the Yasuní National Park in the Amazon and prohibit mining in the Chocó Andino region in the Andes. An interview with one of the people at the heart of the Sí Al Yasuní campaign, Kichwa activist Leo Cerda.
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US War Profiteers vs. US Citizens – 3 Articles
‘US War Profiteers vs. US Citizens’: When we accept responsibility for what is happening as Americans, we have no choice but to act; ‘Shutting Down the Space Needle, Standing Up for Gaza’; ‘America’s War Economy and the Urgent Call for Peace in the Middle East’.
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CFA Franc System in Francophone Africa: A Tool of French Financial Imperialism
French colonial foundations suffered a huge blow in the early 1960s. However, its main tool of the economic exploitation, the CFA franc financial system, resisted the decolonization wave. This article analyses French imperialism through a study of the CFA franc system.
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Myanmar’s Junta Appears to Be in a Death Spiral as Resistance Fighters Gain Ground
Nearly three years after seizing power, the military has lost control of most of the country.
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Hezbollah and the Israel-Gaza War – 2 Articles
‘Hezbollah’s Next Move’; and ‘Decoding Nasrallah: Hezbollah’s Strategy on the Israel-Hamas War’: While stopping short of declaring all-out war on Israel, Hezbollah is keeping its options open.
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The Road to Freedom Runs Through Palestine
We should be grateful to the Palestinian people. We stand with them, but it is the steadfastness of their popular struggle for universal freedom and dignity that shows the way. Also: Huge protests in New York and London in support of Palestine.
