Buying Greenland: Trump’s Arctic Manoeuvres
You might think Donald Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. could buy Greenland from Denmark is just bonkers. The idea of buying Greenland is not quite so mad if you know your history.
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Trump Is Cutting the Last Threads of the Tattered Cloth of ‘the Rules-Based International Order’
What do Panama, Canada and Greenland have in common? Could Donald Trump be getting the U.S. back to brass tacks, to a core strategy of dominating the Western Hemisphere? Possibly, and he may be blowing away the fraudulent rhetoric about rules-based international order, territorial integrity, international law and the crusade to expand democracies.
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Zuckerberg Ditches Fact-Checking, Appeals to MAGA to Further His Tech Monopoly
While Zuckerberg may frame this move as a victory for free speech, it ultimately raises critical questions about the ethics of content moderation and the responsibilities of technology companies in safeguarding public discourse.
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Haiti and American Neocolonialism
Besides US policy in Cuba, it’s hard to find another case of such an ongoing and sustained assault from the largest empire in the world on a tiny island country like Haiti, which has been dominated by foreign rulers for well over five centuries at this point.
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US-India: Diamonds Are Not Forever
There is a saying that our dreams ought to be what define our individuality. As the English poet and philosopher William Blake put it in sharper focus, ‘No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings’. But the Modi Government’s diplomacy leaps out of Kautilya’s Arthashastra.
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Goals Behind Trump’s Tariffs: Cut Taxes on Rich & Escalate New Cold War on China
Trump will use tariffs to one, justify cutting taxes even further on the rich; and two, to escalate the new cold war on China, which is a bipartisan gift to the Military-Industrial Complex that will only distract from the domestic problems caused by the U.S. ruling class and externalize the blame.
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Assassination of the United Healthcare CEO – Two Articles
The murder of the United Healthcare CEO, as horrendous as it was, forced us to confront the injustices we’ve been taught to tolerate. This moment must unite us against the true enemies of the American dream: unchecked greed and exploitation of the many for the benefit of the few.
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Yoon’s Plans to Dismantle Korea’s Sovereignty – Two Articles
Since South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed attempt to impose martial law on December 3, a steady stream of revelations has emerged from reporters and investigators, painting an increasingly disturbing picture of events.
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Presidential Elections in Lebanon: A Battle for Sovereignty or Foreign Control?
Lebanon’s presidential elections reveal a troubling yet familiar reality. While leaders speak of sovereignty, foreign powers control the presidency, with ambassadors and threats dictating the outcome – leaving the Lebanese people to bear the consequences.
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The Los Angeles Inferno: A Crime of Capitalism; 15 Such Wildfires in Past Decade – 2 Articles
California is facing what could be its most devastating wildfire in history, a consequence of the climate crisis.
