Modi’s US Visit: Beyond Optics, the Substance Is Not Much to Crow About
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Modi’s US Visit: Beyond Optics, the Substance Is Not Much to Crow About

The US effort is to wean away India from its present conciliatory approach towards China as soon as possible, and gradually secure a foothold for US forces on the sub-continent as contemplated in the Joint Statement. Also: “Modi’s US Visit Has Increased India’s Vulnerabilities”.

Beyond the Greece Boat Disaster: Tracing the Roots of the Migration Crisis
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Beyond the Greece Boat Disaster: Tracing the Roots of the Migration Crisis

The Global North perceives migration to be the result of immediate circumstances, detached from colonial pasts, the ecological crisis, and the systemic underdevelopment of the Global South. As long as the conditions driving mass mobility keep thriving, such accidents will continue to take place.

Greek Left Leaders Betrayed the Working Class. Conservatives Won a Landslide.
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Greek Left Leaders Betrayed the Working Class. Conservatives Won a Landslide.

Why are the conservatives so popular in debt-ridden Greece, and what lessons can be gained for the left worldwide from the electoral collapse of Syriza? Political scientist and political economist C.J. Polychroniou discusses these questions.

‘We Will Not Surrender’: The Extraordinary Palestinians of Jenin
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‘We Will Not Surrender’: The Extraordinary Palestinians of Jenin

On June 19, a large Israeli military force raided the northern Palestinian town and refugee camp of Jenin from multiple directions. Not only did the raid fail, it backfired, and it also created a precedent in Israel’s decades-long war on the ever-rebellious Palestinian region.

The US Will Send Depleted Uranium Munitions to Ukraine – a Health Physicist Explains Their Military, Health and Environmental Effects
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The US Will Send Depleted Uranium Munitions to Ukraine – a Health Physicist Explains Their Military, Health and Environmental Effects

After Britain, now the Biden administration has agreed to provide Ukraine with depleted uranium shells to equip M1A1 Abrams tanks that the U.S. is sending there. A health physicist explains what depleted uranium is and what’s known about potential health and environmental risks.