Colombia on the Brink
The defeat of the regressive tax bill is an unprecedented triumph for the youth, the urban poor, and the unions of teachers and health care workers who promoted the uprising.
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UN Food Summit: Cover for an Agribusiness Coup?
The historic Food Systems Summit being organised by the United Nations later this year has been co-opted by corporate interests who are pushing towards a highly industrialized style of agriculture promoted by supporters of the Green Revolution.
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The IMF Is Using the Debt Crisis to Hollow Out Pakistan’s Sovereignty
Imran Khan’s government came to power in 2018 promising to reorient Pakistan’s economy toward the needs of the population. But faced with a debt crisis it soon dropped its reformist agenda — and now, the IMF is pressuring it to place its State Bank permanently beyond democratic control.
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Castigating Its Competitors: Western Hypocrisy and China
What is ultimately missing in the Western media’s critiques of China and elsewhere is objectivity. The raping of the planet, the massive inequality and so on, is being carried out by all sides – China, Russia, the EU, and the US.
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National Strike in Colombia Continues for a Second Day
Thousands of Colombians, for a second consecutive day, mobilize in rejection of the far-right President Ivan Duque’s neoliberal tax reform, which seeks to make the working class pay for the fiscal deficit incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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How France Continues to Dominate its Former Colonies in Africa
Interview with the authors of ‘Africa’s Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story’ – on how in France’s former African colonies, imperialist monetary policies from Paris continue to cripple domestic economies and undermine democracy.
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Zimbabwe Celebrates 41 Years of Independence
For decades Zimbabwe’s people fought for freedom, finally winning independence on April 18, 1980. Thousands of Africans died for it. Because independent Zimbabwe’s rulers are not willing to be US stooges, the US has imposed sanctions on the country. Lift the sanctions!
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The Imperialist Origins of Saudi Arabia
Why does the West, supposedly a global promoter of democracy, support Saudi Arabia, a monarchy? The answer lies in a historical process whereby Saudi Arabia was propped up by major powers as an outpost of imperialist interests and a bulwark against revolutionary ideologies.
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Employment in the Platform Age
Until recently, there had been relatively little discussion about what the rapid growth of digital labor platforms meant for the nature of work and the employment relationship. A recent report provides answers to many questions – and raises several more …
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From Rafael Correa to Guillermo Lasso via Lenin Moreno
How can we explain that a significant part of popular votes did not go to the leftist candidate Andres Arauz to prevent the neoliberal banker Guillermo Lasso from getting elected? What are the lessons to be drawn?
