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Azzam Tamimi – Ismail Haniyeh: Hamas will survive leader’s death as it has many times before

July 31, 2024 Ben 0

The assassination of the leader of Hamas’ political wing will have little effect on the war. Azzam Tamimi is a British Palestinian academic and political activist. He is currently the Chairman of Alhiwar TV Channel […]

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Globalisation

Inés Valdez – Undoing Empire’s Hold on Democracy: An Anti-Imperialist Path out of the Crisis

July 31, 2024 Ben 0

An interesting theory of the rise of right-wing populism which roots it in the breakdown of ‘the imperial deal’, whereby white workers and western capitalists sought mutual benefit from subjugation of workers in the global […]

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Vijay Prashad – The Venezuelan People Stay With the Bolivarian Revolution

July 31, 2024 Ben 0

A far-right coup is a possibility in Venezuela, although there is reason to believe the US might not be completely committed to making it happen. Vijay Prashad’s most recent book (with Noam Chomsky) is The […]

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EU politics

George Kerevan – The American ruling class is shifting towards Trump

July 29, 2024 Ben 0

Beneath the tumult and polarisation of American politics lies serious divides among the US ruling class about how to govern capitalism. George Kerevan is a Scottish journalist and economist, and a former SNP MP. Cross-posted […]

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Vladimir Bortun – How Academia Failed the Test of the War in Gaza

July 29, 2024 Ben 0

‘Faced with the genocide in Gaza, most Western universities have responded with cowardly silence. Academia’s dependence on political sponsorship and weapons firms has muzzled its critical spirit and created a dismal culture of self-censorship.’ In […]

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The Buffer Zone: Interview with Nicholas Noe

July 29, 2024 Ben 0

Jack Gross and Dylan Saba interview Nicholas Noe, an expert on Lebanon and Hezbollah, about the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, which appears destined towards all-out war. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.

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Simon Holmström – Halting Deep-Sea Mining Can Reshape Resource Management

July 29, 2024 Ben 0

Deep-sea mining is the latest frontier in extraction of natural resources for profit and growth, at the expense of sustainability. Another economic paradigm is possible. With a lifelong commitment to environmental activism and an MSc […]

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Geopolitics

Mehmet Ozkan – How Turkey is gaining a foothold in West Africa

July 29, 2024 Ben 0

Turkey is moving into the Sahel region, while the United States and France are being forced out. Mehmet Ozkan is Professor of international relations at Turkish National Defence University in Istanbul. Cross-posted from Middle East […]

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Geopolitics

Thalif Deen: First, it was food as a weapon of war – and then came water…

July 24, 2024 Ben 0

A new Oxfam report, ‘Water War Crimes’, reveals how Israel has choked Gaza of the most essential need to sustain human life. Thalif Deen is the IPS United Nations bureau chief. Cross-posted from Other News […]

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Geopolitics

Ryan Grim – Leaked UN report: Israeli war has killed 366 UN staff and family members as Netanyahu prepares to address Congress

July 24, 2024 Ben 0

The confidential report is the first to detail the toll faced by the families of UN workers in Gaza. Read the article HERE.

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

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Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

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Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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