Why US Culture of Colonial Extraction Is Making People Sick, Destroying Planet
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Why US Culture of Colonial Extraction Is Making People Sick, Destroying Planet

Discussion with physician Rupa Marya about Deep medicine, which is “a way of understanding how social structures are making us sick and working to redesign those structures—as opposed to shallow medicine, which always points at the cause and the locus of suffering inside one person or one individual.”

Letter From a Birmingham Jail (1963)
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Letter From a Birmingham Jail (1963)

King writes: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” This letter became an important text for the civil rights movement in the United States. It has been described as “one of the most important historical documents penned by a modern political prisoner” and is considered a classic document of civil disobedience.

Russia Pushes Back Western Sanctions, Revs Up Operation in Eastern Ukraine
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Russia Pushes Back Western Sanctions, Revs Up Operation in Eastern Ukraine

All indications are that the contingency planning that Russia had worked out to pull through a severe sanctions regime is paying off. The ruble’s recovery has been absolutely astounding. Plus: extract from – “US Narrative Won’t Survive Defeat in Donbass”.

2022 Election in the Philippines: Repression and Resistance
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2022 Election in the Philippines: Repression and Resistance

With national elections approaching in the Philippines on May 9, there has been a rise in human rights abuses, and so the need for international solidarity is more pressing. A report by a US activist who visited Philippines in solidarity with the democratic movement there.

Donbass Still Remains Key Battleground
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Donbass Still Remains Key Battleground

The Russian military has announced that twin objectives have been realised in the Ukraine — namely, pinning down Ukrainian forces to the Kiev region and, secondly, preventing the transfer of Ukrainian forces from the western and central regions to the east by “using air dominance” and deploying high-precision weapons.