2021: A Crucial Year for Nicaragua
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2021: A Crucial Year for Nicaragua

2021 is a crucial year for Nicaragua, with national elections due in November. With Biden coming to power, will the US administration continue its attempts to sabotage the elections? And can Nicaragua once again defend its sovereignty against US and other foreign interference?

The Climate Crisis Keeps Getting Worse – And It Is Doing So at an Accelerating Rate: Four Articles
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The Climate Crisis Keeps Getting Worse – And It Is Doing So at an Accelerating Rate: Four Articles

Top scientists warn of ‘ghastly future of mass extinction’ and climate disruption; New study shows Earth now warmer than any time in last 12,000 years; Global ice melt accelerating at record rate; Florida professor predicts Amazon rainforest collapse by 2064.

Why has the Adani Group Singled Out Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta?
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Why has the Adani Group Singled Out Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta?

Reason: Guha had written two articles alleging that the government unduly favoured the Adani Group, helping it expand and evade taxes. Also: Press Statement by the Editors Guild of India criticising Thakurta’s arrest warrant issued by a Gujarat court.

Realizing the Dream of Communal Cities: A Conversation with Jennifer Lemus and José Luis Sifontes
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Realizing the Dream of Communal Cities: A Conversation with Jennifer Lemus and José Luis Sifontes

Two committed communards walk us through the political and theoretical genesis of a new communal city being built by El Maizal commune in Venezuela, together with 6 other communes, in a process that “puts the people and not capital in the center of territorial organization.”

India’s Poor are Eating into Their Savings, Thanks to High Inflation and COVID-19
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India’s Poor are Eating into Their Savings, Thanks to High Inflation and COVID-19

Rising inflation is forcing millions of households in India to cut back on food and dip into their savings for essentials. This could wipe out gross household savings, hampering future economic recovery because households would have no money to spend.

Impeachment Will Not Defeat Trumpism; Strategic Action Needed – Two Articles
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Impeachment Will Not Defeat Trumpism; Strategic Action Needed – Two Articles

The crises the US people face are severe and the right wing violent backlash is real. To stop the right wing, ghe US left must constitute itself as an independent pole, and not fall in behind attempts to rehabilitate business as usual.