Statues, Statues, They All Fall Down
European monuments to historic slavers and colonizers are the latest victims of rising protests for justice.
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Fighting for Survival, Building for Power
For members of ‘nou pap Dòmi’, a collective within Haiti’s petroChallengers movement, the anti-corruption struggle is a space to imagine the kind of society they seek to create.
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Interventionism Gave Us Afghanistan and Iraq
As the US withdraws its troops from Afghanistan, those supporting the US intervention justify it by pointing to the 9/11 attacks. But that is not true. Pre-9/11 interventionism is what brought about the 9/11 attacks, which were then used as the excuse for more interventionism.
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Capitalism | Economy | Online Blog | USA | World Economy
Bangladesh Factory Fire Kills 50+ Workers – Yet Another Murder by Capital: Two Articles
Capital’s absolute disregard for life once again surfaces in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, where 52 workers have been burnt to death on 9 July 2021, after they were denied exit when fire broke out in the food-processing factory which had almost no fire-safety mechanisms installed.
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Keeping Poor Countries Poor: The Absurdity of Comparative Advantage
One of the worst economic theories that has been forced upon poor countries is known as comparative advantage. This says that each country should specialise in what it can make, grow or do ‘best’. This theory is nothing but propaganda, to favour the developed countries.
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U.S. Again Bombs Nations on Other Side of the World in ‘Self-Defense’
The U.S. is again illegally bombing nations on the other side of the planet which it has invaded and occupied and branded this murderous aggression as “defensive”.
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Geopolitics, Profit, and Poppies: How the CIA Turned Afghanistan into a Failed Narco-state
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a death knell to so many industries in Afghanistan. Charities and aid agencies have even warned that the economic dislocation could spark widespread famine. But one sector is still booming: the illicit opium trade.
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The New Cold War on China
Just as the USA declared a Cold War against the Soviet Union and China in the 1940s-50s, as part of a grand strategy to secure its global hegemony in the immediate post-Second World War era, today it is declaring a New Cold War on China in the interest of maintaining that same imperial hegemony.
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Critical Race Theory: What It Is and What It Isn’t
In the USA, “Critical race theory” has, in recent times, become a catch-all phrase among legislators attempting to ban a wide array of teaching practices concerning race.
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When a President Lies
Speaking at a press conference following his meeting with Russian president Putin, US President Biden stated that the US has never interfered in elections in other countries, unlike Russia. Sadly, Biden was lying.
