Category: Thinking Politically
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AFTER THE FLOODS, PAKISTAN NEEDS REPARATIONS, NOT CHARITY
At the time of writing, more than one-third of Pakistan is under water. Flash floods, generated by abnormal monsoon rains have so far claimed the lives of 1350 people. One million residential buildings are totally or partially damaged, leaving more than 50 million people displaced from their homes. Crucially, the flood is expected to add…
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Ende Gelande blockades “fossil capitalism”
[Editor’s note: Ende Gelande translates roughly as “here and no farther”.] Since 2015, Ende Gelände has predominantly targeted brown coal in Germany which along with other groups like the Hambacher Forest occupation succeeded in pushing for a coal phase-out in Germany. However the new Social Democrat and Green Party coalition government have made clear that…
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‘Tools of Russia’: FBI Raid on Black Political Party Seen as Part of ‘Black Scare/Red Scare’ in United States
Black political organizations and other anti-imperialist groups condemned the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) raiding early Friday morning the properties of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) and its solidarity organization in Saint Louis, Missouri, and in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Based on the description, APSP appears to be one of several unidentified groups and…
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Solving Tomorrow’s Uvalde in Nanoseconds…
dial 9-1-1 singing the dispatcher this: “I just called to say it’s a Black man” (from Akron…) “I just called to say it’s a Black man” (from Brunswick…) “I just called to say it’s a Black man” (from Cleveland…) Tell the cops, “He’s got a broken brake light…Treat it like a traffic stop!” “I just…
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NYT Reports ‘Strikes On Civilians’ That Happen To Hit Military Targets
Just last week the New York Times reported of a Russian strike ‘on civilians’ in Chasiv Yar even as its own reporter at the location acknowledged in a detailed separate report that the apartment complex that was hit was mostly housing military forces. Yesterday a Russian missile strike hit the town of Vinnytsia in western Ukraine. The New York…
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NATO: The Most Dangerous Military Alliance on the Planet
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the arms industry that depends on it for billions in profits, has become the most aggressive and dangerous military alliance on the planet. Created in 1949 to thwart Soviet expansion, it has evolved into a global war machine in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia. …
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NATO’s 2022 plan declares second cold war on Russia and China
NATO’s 2022 “strategic concept,” its first new plan since 2010, declares Russia a “threat” and China “systemic challenge.” It demonizes the Eurasian powers as “authoritarian actors” and “strategic competitors,” essentially declaring a second cold war to maintain Western hegemony. The US-led NATO military alliance has published the 2022 “Strategic Concept,” the first such blueprint NATO…
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Supreme Court Allows End Of ‘Remain In Mexico’ Policy
Biden’s campaign promises included vows to reverse Trump’s harsh immigration policies, but these words have proven to be performative and frail. On the first day of his presidency, he moved to end the “Remain in Mexico” program through a termination memo. Biden expanded eligibility for deportation to include anyone from countries in he Western Hemisphere other than…
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Anatomy of a Coup: How CIA Front Laid Foundations for Ukraine War
Many of the CIA’s traditional responsibilities and activities [are] being farmed out to … the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). NED’s expurgation of records exposing its role in fomenting and precipitating the horror now unfolding in southeast Ukraine not only protects de facto CIA agents on the ground. It also reinforces and legitimizes the Biden…
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World’s Largest Imperial Power Sponsors Calls for Russia to ‘Decolonize’ and the Lack of Self-Awareness is Palpable
On June 23, 2022, an organization funded by the US Congress, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe – also known as the Helsinki Commission – held a virtual conference calling for the “decolonizing of Russia.” This is, of course, tantamount to calling upon the US to relinquish nearly all of its territory from the Atlantic to Pacific,…
