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Bernie’s Flawed Vehicle
Last night, Bernie Sanders addressed the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. It was his third time speaking at the DNC, eight years after his momentous challenge to Hillary Clinton first brought...
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What the Anti-Immigration Riots Tell Us About Starmer’s Labour
What we know is that the far-right riots in the UK were not a legitimate outpouring of anger about the stabbing of children because, even after their reasoning justifying their violence had collapsed...
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BDS Win: AXA Divests from Israeli Banks and Elbit Systems
In a resounding victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the French multinational insurance company AXA has sold its investments in all major Israeli banks and divested from...
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Florida’s Conservative CFO Proposes State-Owned Public Bank
On August 19th, public banking advocates found they have a surprising supporter. Florida’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Republican Jimmy Patronis, announced that his office requested that the Florida...
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The Politics of Water Under Occupation
The International Court of Justice released its historic advisory opinion in July 2024 just as I was finishing my essay on Israel’s theft and abuse of the water resources of Palestine. The 80-page...
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How Central Banks Can Use Credit Guidance to Force Capitalism to Stop Climate...
It is clear to everyone that decarbonization is happening far too slowly. Even the best-performing high-income countries are not reducing their emissions fast enough to achieve the Paris Agreement...
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What is Driving the Rise in Racism and Fascism in Ireland?
On 3 August 2024, Tricolours and Union flags were held aloft by racists and fascists at Belfast City Hall, united in prejudice, railing against the organization of a ‘Unity over Division’ rally by...
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Prolonging Genocide as a Smokescreen: On Israel’s Other War in the West Bank
Promises of “absolute victory” in Gaza are nothing but “gibberish”, according to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Gallant’s comments were not meant to be public, but somehow were leaked and...
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The Biggest Death Project in Human History
Renown climate scientist Johan Rockström has given an updated assessment of our planet, and his verdict is terrifying. The Earth is heating quicker than scientists expected, the planetary systems that...
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Project 2025, part 2
Last week I explored the politics of Project 2025, the far right’s plan for dismantling the so-called Deep State and replacing it with a President-centered authoritarian system designed with Donald...
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Beyond Realism: How the Global South Can Shape a More Moral Internationalism
Henry Kissinger, the icon of “realism,” passed away in late 2023. Kissinger had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1970s for helping to negotiate a ceasefire in Vietnam, a war he both helped...
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Accusations of US Regime-Change Operations in Pakistan and Bangladesh Warrant...
Two former leaders of major South Asian countries have reportedly accused the United States of covert regime change operations to topple their governments. One of the leaders, former Pakistan Prime...
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Shining Light on Energy Equity
As a faculty member at Allegheny College in Northwestern Pennsylvania, I work with students to design and install solar arrays for churches, housing nonprofits, and other organizations that serve our...
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Workplace Safety Is Not a Game
Employer-sponsored “safety games” or “safety contests” may seem benign on the surface, but there’s a deadly motive. Employers are rediscovering an old scheme to con workers into undermining their own...
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Broken Promises: Western Hypocrisy in the Global Minerals Scramble
Western governments have finally realized that the energy transition is happening—and that the resources needed are mostly in Chinese hands. Transition minerals, by some dubbed the “new oil,” are the...
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Google Has Been Convicted of Monopolization. Will It Matter?
For years, Google has been synonymous with its main search product. Generations have grown up relying on the company’s flagship service to search the web, answer questions, and cheat on exams prepared...
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DNC Exclusive: UAW’s Shawn Fain on Trump, Democrats, & Class War
Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, didn’t mince words in his speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Wearing a shirt with the words “TRUMP IS A SCAB” emblazoned on the front,...
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The Biggest Military Base Empire on Earth
The United States of America, unlike any other nation on Earth, maintains a massive network of foreign military bases around the world, more than 900 bases in more than 90 countries and territories. If...
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Harrowing Phone Calls Expose Global Campaign of Repression
The story and video we’re sharing today is probably unlike anything you’ve seen before, yet it reflects a growing and worrisome phenomenon that goes by the fairly clinical term of “transnational...
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The Democratic Party Exists To Make Sure Good People Do Nothing
The reason I criticize the Democrats so much can be explained in the aphorism “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” The Democratic Party exists to ensure...
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