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Recognizing Tyranny
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An Accident Waiting to Happen: NATO Looks to Asia
Since the end of the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has distinctly strayed from its original purpose. It has become, almost shamelessly, the vessel and handmaiden of US power, while its burgeoning expansion eastwards has done wonders to upend the applecart of stability. From that upending, the alliance started bungling. It engaged, without […]
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A Bankrupt Calculus: Sending Cluster Munitions to Ukraine
There is a certain desperation in the logic of those who argue that a depraved solution has merit because it’s only slightly less depraved than that of the opponent. Torture is bad but should still be used because your adversary feels free to resort to it. Only do so, however, via judicial warrant. Bombing hospitals […]
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Iran Joins Shanghai Cooperation Organization
This week’s News on China. • SCO’s 23rd Summit • Measures to protect the chip industry • Over-reliance on seed imports • Fewer Chinese students in the US
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Trade Reciprocity
China recently passed the Foreign Relations Law, which lays out foreign policy with an aim to “multipolarity.” The West is freaking out about it saying that it is a power grab. We have a guest to break down the anti-China rhetoric today. Carl Zha is the host of the “Silk and Steel Podcast” focusing on […]
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NYC Pizzerias Get a Slice of Carbon Reductionism
You may or may not like pizza. You may not eat it for health reasons or personal dietary reasons. I’m not here right now to debate anyone’s eating choices. Rather, I wanna comment on an article sent to me by a friend/subscriber named Lucine: “NYC Bans Delicious Pizza for Climate Change” Once again, the Powers […]
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Norman Finkelstein: A National Treasure?
Among the most dangerous people in the US are those who actually once fervently believed the foundational myths of the country’s social and political order. It’s the true believers — we who are schooled on republican virtues, democratic procedures, universal equality, and fair play that are said to be deeply embedded in the US experience […]
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Suggestions for Progressives to Become Stronger
Though reluctant to admit it publicly, for the sake of morale and status, progressive citizen group leaders taking on the corporate supremacists and their political lackeys are in hard times. With few exceptions, they are neither adjusting with bolder strategies and tactics nor growing fast enough to spin off new divisions and groups. On the […]
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What Trips off a Troll Alarm
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The World Needs a New Socialist Development Theory
Over the course of the past century, substantial changes have taken place in debates about social development. Dossier no. 66, The World Needs a New Socialist Development Theory, examines the historical evolution of development theory over four distinct eras, analyses the obstacles that stand in the way of development today, identifies processes that have the potential […]
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