GST Original Articles
By Franklin Frederick / 17 November 2023
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“ ... because I don’t love the oppressed. I love those whom I love, who are always beautiful and sometimes oppressed, but who always rise up in revolt.”
Jean Genet - The Miracle of the Rose
“An almost sick anti-Arab racism is so present in all Europeans that we wonder if the Palestinians should count on our help, however small?”
These words were written by Jean... Read more
By Don Fitz / 30 October 2023
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By Robert Hunziker / 28 October 2023
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New studies show the Arctic heating up at 4 times the overall rate of global warming. This startling rate in one of the most sensitive environments in the world could trigger toxic disasters in up to 20,000 industrial contamination sites.
“Industrial contaminants accumulated in Arctic permafrost regions have been largely neglected in existing climate impact analyses. Here we identify about 4500 industrial sites where potentially... Read more
By Kim Scipes / 16 October 2023
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The world is going to hell in a handbasket: war, poverty, inequality, climate change, etc., etc. A look at the day’s headlines or social media flow and that becomes very clear. It’s scary, and it’s very easy to feel overwhelmed and hopeless.
You probably don’t know me: I’m an old guy, just turned 72 years old. However, I’ve been a political activist for over 50 years. Not one for the limelight, most people in the “movement” don’t know me either. But I’ve been out here, organizing... Read more
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By Kit Klarenberg / 18 November 2023
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It is because of “terrorism,” twice-failed U.S. Presidential candidate and unconvicted war criminal Hillary Clinton representatively wrote for The Atlantic on November 14 that “Hamas must be permanently erased.” In 1983 Netanyahu explained what terrorism is not If you miss a target and a bomb accidentally falls on a Children's hospital it's not... Read more
By John Pilger / 18 November 2023
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Spartacus was a 1960 Hollywood film based on a book written secretly by the blacklisted novelist Howard Fast, and adapted by the screenplay writer Dalton Trumbo, one of the ‘Hollywood 10’ who were banned for their ‘un-American’ politics. It is a parable of resistance and heroism that speaks unreservedly to our own times.
By Ralph Nader / 17 November 2023
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John (Jack) Fitzgerald is no ordinary auto dealer. He communicates with consumer advocates. Mr. Fitzgerald called me in August with worries about electric vehicles. He cited the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) six findings on the increasing number of high-voltage lithium-ion battery fires. Firefighters are finding that these batteries... Read more
By Sonali Kolhatkar / 16 November 2023
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By Nick Tilsen and Ray Levy-Uyeda / 12 November 2023
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As Indigenous people in this movement, we have no desire to repeat history and to treat people with violence. Our movement is very focused on the tens of millions of acres that are public lands that are being destroyed by the mining industry or the fossil fuel industry. Levy Uyeda: I wanted to end with a question related to occupied Palestine,... Read more
By Daniel Wortel-London / 10 November 2023
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The Spanish Civil War and Revolution of 1936 was arguably the 20th century’s greatest experiment in economic democracy. Spain’s workers and peasants built a new economy in the midst of chaos. Altogether, approximately 18,000 enterprises – nearly all industries in Catalonia and 1700 villages across the country – were collectivized between 1936... Read more
By Satya Sagar / 09 November 2023
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For all those who think that Israel is run by the most despicable, racist and repressive regime in the world here is some very bad news indeed. Not only are the Israeli state and its ruthless methods here to stay they are also, very frighteningly, a prototype of our collective global future. Watching the unbelievable destruction wrought by the Israelis... Read more