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Fri, 10/02/2023 - 22:05

By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 2 February 2023, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines met with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at Malacañang Palace in Manila, where they agreed to expand the US military presence in the country. In a joint statement, the two governments agreed to ‘announce their plans to accelerate […]

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Fri, 10/02/2023 - 04:50
Amnesty International just made a submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and some of it surprised me. I live in China, I’ve travelled extensively, including many kilometres in Xinjiang. First in 2014 when I cycled from Macau to the Kazakhstan border and again in 2019, I flew to Urumqi and Continue reading »
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Thu, 09/02/2023 - 03:30

By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost O.K., you have a speech of 7,000–odd words to deliver to Congress. It ought to run about an hour as these things go. But you have nothing to say.  Call Joe Biden.  He certainly got the job done Tuesday evening. But I am confused as to our 46th […]

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