U.S. Shouldn’t Be Invited to Summit for Democracy, Let Alone Be its Host
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U.S. Shouldn’t Be Invited to Summit for Democracy, Let Alone Be its Host

While opting to snub Russia and China from the summit, the US has invited many countries which can hardly be classified as democratic: from apartheid Israel, to Brazil, whose leader Jair Bolsonaro this summer declared that “only God can oust me.”

Edward Bernays: Propaganda and the U.S.-Backed 1954 Guatemalan Coup
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Edward Bernays: Propaganda and the U.S.-Backed 1954 Guatemalan Coup

Whether selling cigarettes or deposing world leaders, Edward Bernays molded reality like clay. In his hands, words spun like so many hollow jars. However, the one constant, the one truth among his many distortions, is that Bernays had no use for the truth.

The Ukraine: The USA Is Responsible for the Escalation, and Must Stop it Before Provoking a World War
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The Ukraine: The USA Is Responsible for the Escalation, and Must Stop it Before Provoking a World War

The particular and very dangerous form of the present-day “Ukrainian crisis” has arisen as a result of the way in which the USSR was destroyed; and of the coup engineered by Nuland, Brenner and Pyatt in Kiev, back in 2014.

UN and AU Endorse Sudan’s Coup Government, the Streets Do Not
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UN and AU Endorse Sudan’s Coup Government, the Streets Do Not

Protesters are not convinced by the UN and AU’s position that democracy can be won by accepting a government where the real levers of power are held by the military while a cabinet of technocrats is paraded before the international community to maintain the facade of ‘joint military-civilian rule’.

Nurses Unions Around the World Mobilize Against Big Pharma
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Nurses Unions Around the World Mobilize Against Big Pharma

In its complaint filed with the United Nations on Sunday, the coalition of nursing unions argues that the proliferation of variants is a predictable outcome of rich nations’ refusal to “distribute vaccines and treatments equitably to the vast majority of people of low- and moderate-income countries.”

Anti-Neoliberal Candidate Xiomara Castro Wins Big in Honduras Elections
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Anti-Neoliberal Candidate Xiomara Castro Wins Big in Honduras Elections

Xiomara Castro, candidate of the “Libre” party, has won the presidential elections in Honduras on November 28. Castro’s party won on the strength of its opposition to neoliberalism and the free market model, which is strongly entrenched in Honduras.

Against Doomsday Scenarios: What Is to Be Done Now?
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Against Doomsday Scenarios: What Is to Be Done Now?

We should avoid offering a fatalistic worldview. In fact, the environmental movement in general and ecosocialism in particular are all about combating the current trend toward ecological destruction. Climate change is now “code red for humanity.” This is not a doomsday forecast but a call to action.

Digital Currency: Fog Beyond the Hype
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Digital Currency: Fog Beyond the Hype

What are digital and cryptocurrencies? Why is there so much hype about this new form of digital money? Will it threaten the hegemony of paper money? A detailed explainer in the context of recent policy explorations in India on a Central Bank Digital Currency.