This senseless lawsuit could bankrupt the Labour party and let the Tories win again. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th February 2023. You might imagine that nothing could prevent a Labour victory at the next election. The Conservatives could scarcely have done more to alienate voters and destroy public trust. Everyone knows that […]
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The decision to alter Roald Dahl's texts to make them more inclusive misses the mark – and ignores wider failures of diversity in children's publishing, writes Sian Norris
Following multiple, dangerous derailments across the country, those working the railroad have a solution to the nation's rail crisis: public ownership.
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US officials acknowledged the Chinese balloon they shot down on February 4 had likely been blown off course by unexpected weather. The US Air Force later spent $2 million using missiles to blow up what appeared to be a $12 hobbyist balloon.
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Nonpartisan, publicly funded media is "an idea that we should explore," said the senator.
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By Brad Wolf / CounterPunch The Merchants of Death even own our sidewalks. That’s what we were told when we arrived at Raytheon Technologies in Arlington, Virginia, on Valentine’s Day, February 14th, to issue a “Contempt Citation” for Raytheon’s failure to comply with a subpoena issued last November by the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, a People’s Tribunal scheduled […]
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“The Americans have drones, they have planes, they have sophisticated equipment,” a Nigerien activist told The Intercept. “But it’s not helping.”
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The Department for Work and Pensions has refused to publish its own research into the effectiveness of sanctions, reports Chaminda Jayanetti
Italy searches for energy after cutoff from Russia.
A new cold war is upon us, but only China is in a position to push it beyond the point of no return. That moment will come when China’s policymakers cross the Rubicon and decide to wean Chinese economic growth off the US trade deficit. ATHENS – True hegemons prevail not by force but by […]
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That light at the end of the public pension fund tunnel is the headlight of the underfunding train bearing down on them.
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What if averting climate catastrophe could also mean a life with much less work, and much more free time?
"We boarded the wrong bus"
The massive February 6 earthquake weakened Erdogan's already not-so-hot re-election prospects. What now?
While a necessary life-saving measure, the COVID lockdowns caused massive damage to the economy that was ignored by progressives as neoliberalism took control. read now...Hedges spoke at the Washington DC rally on Feb. 19 alongside an array of other notable speakers.
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The Albanese Government's secrecy over U.S. nuclear weapons being hosted on Australian soil is raising concerns amid escalating tensions with China. read now...Prisoner-turned-journalist Eddie Conway talked about how the immorally cheap labor of those caught in the prison industrial complex is the shame of the U.S. economy.
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