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In Latin America, the international right wing has repeatedly used AI and bot strategies to generate very vague anti-government discontent in anti-imperialist countries like Cuba, Venezuela and Ecuador (under Correa).
Can Ukrainian President Zelensky survive a kickback scheme involving the state nuclear company that enriched associates and possibly even ministers in his own government, asks the author.
Jayati Ghosh illuminates how capitalism has exacerbated inequality not only due to market forces, but as a result of how wealthy countries and firms based within them have tilted the scales toward themselves, disenfranchising the rest of the world in the process. This pervasive economic inequality undermines the idea and practice of true democracy.
‘Big Loss for US Empire: Ecuador Votes to Reject Foreign Military Bases’: Ecuador’s Trump-backed right-wing oligarch President Daniel Noboa tried to rewrite the constitution to allow US military bases in the country’s territory. 61% of Ecuadorians voted against it. Also: ‘Ecuadorian People Deal a Crushing Blow to Neoliberalism in Noboa’s Referendum’.
The Cuban model is far from perfect—no revolutionary model is or ever will be. But the Cubans have taken a great stride towards human emancipation through their revolution, and we in the US would do well to acknowledge that.
‘Eugene V. Debs: Perseverance in the Face of Power’; and: ‘Who Was Eugene Debs?’: Zohran Mamdani’s quoting of Eugene Debs in his recent victory speech (for mayor of New York City) should awaken interest in the man who gained a name for himself as “Mr. Socialism.”
‘The Dawn of a Better Day’; ‘Mamdani’s Victory is a Mandate to Fight the Cost of Living Crisis, Defend Immigrants, and Stop Genocide’; ‘U.S. Voters Hand MAGA a Big Defeat’; ‘The Election’s Big Winner: Socialism’.
‘“New York, This City Belongs to You”: Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech’; ‘Reflections on Mamdami’s Amazing Speech by a Southasian Senior But Not Silent Citizen’: Dear Prime Minister, Home Minister, and those in positions of power—will you listen to this remarkable young man? Will you acknowledge and celebrate his roots in this country?
‘Gaza… A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes of Death’; ‘Faiz’s Wounds That Built Many Palestines’; ‘Lancet Study Shows Over 3 Million Years of Human Life Lost in Israeli Assault on Gaza’.
Catherine Connolly’s resounding victory in the Presidential election is a watershed moment. It is the first time that the left has won a majority of votes in a national election in Ireland.
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