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Fri, 02/08/2024 - 04:54
This is what a genocide looks like. The impact of the Israeli missile was so powerful it flung Sidra out of the building she was in, leaving her mutilated body dangling from the ruins of the destroyed building with her also-killed mother’s arm still attached to her. Rafah, Gaza 14.2.2024. جثامين الأطفال عالقة بين الأنقاض Continue reading »
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Fri, 02/08/2024 - 04:51
Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College, London.  He recently spoke about his important new book, “The Great Reversal: Britain, China and the 400 Year Contest for Power” (Yale University Press, 2024) with Richard Cullen. A fundamental reality, which this stimulating book stresses, is how Continue reading »
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Fri, 02/08/2024 - 04:50
Both parties in Sudan’s civil war are to blame for a looming mass famine, experts say, and the military’s blocking of U.N. aid at a border crossing with Chad exacerbates the problem. Sudan’s military is blocking United Nations aid trucks from entering at a key border crossing, causing severe disruptions in aid in a country Continue reading »
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Fri, 02/08/2024 - 03:00

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Fri, 02/08/2024 - 00:26

In an alarming turn of events, Israeli officials and media back soldiers accused of brutally raping a Palestinian detainee, claiming their right to 'self-defense.'

The post Rape as Self Defense? Israeli Soldiers Accused of Gang Raping Palestinian Defended as ‘Heroes’ appeared first on MintPress News.

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Fri, 02/08/2024 - 00:23
by Alix Underwood

Like the economy of nature, the human economy has a “trophic” structure. In nature, nutrition and energy flow from plants to herbivores to carnivores, with each of these comprising a trophic level of the ecosystem. In the human economy, materials and energy flow from agriculture and other extractive activities to heavy manufacturing to light manufacturing. Both economies include service providers, such as pollinators in nature and the transportation sector in the human economy.

The post A Trophic Perspective on Fossil Fuels appeared first on Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.

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Thu, 01/08/2024 - 23:32

They were all buddy-buddy for the cameras, going for a joy ride in a deluxe limo and toasting each other at a gala dinner. In June, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was determined to welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin in grand style on his first visit to Pyongyang in 24 years. A red carpet, flowers, and champagne: it was a veritable romance of rogues. In reality, the two autocrats make a very odd couple. Kim is still a youngish man with a few extra pounds on his frame, while Putin is in his seventies and loves to appear shirtless on horses, the better to showcase his judo-trained body. Kim is the dynastic ruler of a small, isolated, homogeneous country that... Read more

Source: Revenge of the Sovereignistas appeared first on TomDispatch.com.