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"Brazilian and Chinese interests... align at present in some important areas, the most important being an investment in a multipolar world order."
Labor experts say Starbucks is hijacking a federal court process to dig up information to further chill union drives.
By Margaret Flowers / Popular Resistance The recent accord between Saudi Arabia and Iran, facilitated by China, signifies a seismic shift in geopolitical dynamics. This was followed by a three-day summit between the presidents of China and Russia in Moscow where they signed agreements that deepen their cooperation. China has established itself as a force […]
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By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research What constitutes a crisis worthy of global attention? When a regional bank in the United States falls victim to the inversion of the yield curve (i.e., when short-term bond interest rates become higher than long-term rates), the Earth nearly stops spinning. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) […]
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And We're Paying the Price (and What a Price It Is!)
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A startup tried to revolutionize education in Africa. But did children pay the price?
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The deal allows European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to sell a breakthrough without accomplishing anything for Europe.
On this week’s Movies vs. Capitalism, Rivka and Frank discuss the 2021 Fred Hampton biopic, Judas and the Black Messiah.
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The PM's tabloid-pleasing 'War on Yobs' will only worsen problems in crime-hit communities, writes former Anti-Social Behaviour Officer Nick Pettigrew
An analysis looks at the rapid growth in the ratio of U.S. national wealth to GDP in recent years. One possible explanation is firms’ increased market power.
“I’ve always known that it was the right thing to do, and paying this price is the right thing to do as well. It had to be done,” one ex-prisoner tells Josiah Mortimer Insulate Britain protesters locked up for defying a judge’s ban from speaking about climate change and fuel poverty have told Byline Times […]
I’m downloading the large language model llama-13B-hf as we speak, hoping to get it going on the GPU I have for games. What strange gloss will they put on this moment in history, where machine-learning at home was enabledby videogame users who couldn’t bear to shift from general-purpose computing machines to consoles? My iron self-discipline […]
Future IPCC reports.
Poor Trump – he's being persecuted!
It’s 2023 and fans worldwide are all set to celebrate 60 years of Doctor Who all year long! Here in Australia there are plenty of ways to get together with fellow fans and mark the 60th anniversary year. Here are a list of upcoming events that you may want to attend! ? ACT ? NSW ? NT ? QLD ? SA ? TAS ? VIC ? WA 1 April 2023 – Sirens of Audio present Janet Fielding Down Under , Sydney 15 April 2023 – Sirens of Audio present Janet Fielding Down Under hosted… Continue reading
It’s here! Data Extract issue 255 was sent out to members at the end of March. Go behind the scenes on a cosplay photoshoot, visit the UK’s Worlds of Wonder exhibition, plus a timeline of Doctor Who in Australia in the 1990s, counting down the Thirteenth Doctor’s greatest hits, and much more! This is the second release for 2023, following on from issue 254 in January, which found us looking into the Ian and Barbara relationship, concluding the Brigadier’s Time War adventures, detailing Australian fandom in the 1980s in a comprehensive timeline, visiting the Doctor’s neighbor at 78 Totters… Continue reading
Pseudo-objectivity about pseudo-objectivity Jay Rosen coined popularised the phrase “the view from nowhere” (originally due to Thomas Nagel) to describe the default stance of political journalism in the US and elsewhere, often defended as “objectivity”. This is closely linked to the concept of the Overton window, which I wrote about recently in relation to the […]
Pseudo-objectivity about pseudo-objectivity Jay Rosen coined popularised the phrase “the view from nowhere” (originally due to Thomas Nagel) to describe the default stance of political journalism in the US and elsewhere, often defended as “objectivity”. This is closely linked to the concept of the Overton window, which I wrote about recently in relation to the […]
While the media paid little attention to anti-trans activist Posie Parker on her recent visit, it hasn't always avoided giving hate speech a platform. read now...
Progressive economist Yanis Varoufakis recently gave a talk in Geneva on ways to improve the global economy in the face of growing crises. read now...