Mexico's government already faces the threat of international dispute settlements over its energy reforms and proposed ban of GM corn. It now wants to radically change the rules of the game for its huge mining sector.
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Despite promising a new era of 'accountability' and integrity, Sunak has failed to fully declare his extensive personal and familial financial interests, reports Adam Bienkov
New data show the wealthiest Americans have stashed $2 trillion in offshore tax havens, as the government relaxes efforts to combat tax evasion.
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Domestic uses of robotic dogs are fundamentally dehumanizing and would further suggest that they contribute strongly to the militarization of culture and strengthening the power of the surveillance state.
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A polling firm found that Peru’s coup-plotting, right-wing-controlled congress has 6% approval and 91% disapproval. Unelected leader Dina Boluarte has 15% approval and 78% disapproval. But they have the full support of the US, Canada, and foreign mining corporations.
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On this week’s MVC, Rivka and Frank take a deep dive into the 2001 cult classic Josie and the Pussycats.
"These companies fueling the housing affordability crisis are among many corporations across industries that have shamelessly profiteered."
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By Paul Street / CounterPunch The Capitalist Democrats… The Democratic Party is a militantly capitalist entity and always has been – and not just in the neoliberal era. The much beloved New Deal Democratic president Franklin Roosevelt, himself a wealthy member of the capitalist establishment, boasted that he had saved the US American profits system by overseeing […]
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The Pentagon Girds for Mid-Century Wars.
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France’s president has proven himself to be a well-oiled weathervane. What he says on Monday may not match what he says or does on Wednesday. But his remarks while visiting China are interesting in several ways.
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In 2022, the labor force participation rate for mothers with young children exceeded its 2019 level. The rate for fathers with young children hasn’t fully recovered.
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Many countries of the Global South are now seeing more value in creating structures that take their interests into account — not just as pawns of the U.S. read now...Martin Guzman explains the role of power in sovereign debt crises and restructurings.
At the National Press Club yesterday, Foreign Minister Penny Wong responded to her critics by laying out the role Australia must play in the world as she sees it, in order to help shape the future of our region. It was an extraordinary feel-good speech that nevertheless sent a very clear message to the region: Continue reading »
By SP Staff Last week’s Scheer Intelligence podcast featured a headline inspired by the late comedian George Carlin. The headline serves as an excuse to revisit his 2005 HBO special “Life is Worth Losing,” where Carlin includes one of his most iconic bits critiquing America’s consumerism, education, politics and the myth of the American Dream. […]
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While AI is still a developing technology and not without its limitations, a robotic world domination is far from something we need to fear. read now...Despite its far-flung location 700km from the CBD, Melbourne is said to have some of the best cafes, bars and restaurants in Sydney.
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