China Launches Global South Economic Alliance to Challenge U.S. ‘Unilateralism’ and ‘Cold-War Mentality’
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China Launches Global South Economic Alliance to Challenge U.S. ‘Unilateralism’ and ‘Cold-War Mentality’

ByBen Norton

China is leading an international effort to develop alliances to counter U.S. hegemony. This January 20, China’s mission to the UN launched a new, economic diplomatic alliance, called the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative.

Profits Over People: Why Weren’t the Vaccine Manufacturers Nationalized?
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Profits Over People: Why Weren’t the Vaccine Manufacturers Nationalized?

ByDavid Rosen

During a period of national emergency, the U.S government nationalizes key business sectors. It did so during World War I and II, and in subsequent periods of national crises. So, why has death of 800,000-plus Americans from Covid not pushed the U.S. government to nationalize key pharmaceutical manufactures?

The Pentagon and CIA Have Shaped Thousands of Hollywood Movies into Super Effective Propaganda
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The Pentagon and CIA Have Shaped Thousands of Hollywood Movies into Super Effective Propaganda

ByDavid Swanson

A great new film, Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood tells us of the myriad ways in which the US military influences Hollywood into making films that effectively do propaganda for the military and the CIA. Film producers even agree to “weave in key talking points.”

The Highest Attainable Standard of Health Is a Fundamental Right of Every Human Being
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The Highest Attainable Standard of Health Is a Fundamental Right of Every Human Being

ByVijay Prashad

In 1978, at Alma-Ata (USSR), countries pledged to enhance public health infrastructure. However, they not only failed to do, they also systematically undermined it by extensively privatising health care. That is one reason why the capitalist states have not been able to handle the corona crisis.

Marx, Gender, and the Alternative to Capitalism in 1871, 1844, and Today
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Marx, Gender, and the Alternative to Capitalism in 1871, 1844, and Today

ByKevin B. Anderson

Marx’s critique of gender oppression under crude communism offers an insightful and still-timely perspective that links together a needed critique from within the revolutionary movement and a conceptual framework that targets key features of an errant form of communism.