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Climate Crisis

AP News: Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in protected area

August 21, 2023 Ben 0

In a referendum, Ecuador has voted to keep oil located in the Amazon in the ground, a rare and significant win for climate action. Read the article HERE.

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Martha Dillon: The risks and rewards of AI in the housing system

August 21, 2023 Ben 0

AI is changing the way we manage homes and buildings. While AI could have positive effects on housing, it could also speed up its financialisation. Martha Dillon is Housing Policy Lead at Positive Money. Her […]

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EU politics

Daniel Davis – The Hard Reality: Ukraine’s Last-Gasp Offensive Has Failed

August 21, 2023 Ben 0

A former Lieutenant Colonel in the US army explains why Ukraine’s ‘spring offensive’ was a suicide mission. Published in ‘1945’. Read the article HERE.

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Richard Murphy: Limited liability is now the preserve of the free-loaders

August 21, 2023 Ben 0

The limited liability company has become a vehicle for shareholders to take massive risks at other people’s expense, a moral hazard that can and should be reformed. Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of […]

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Kyiv Independent: NATO Official retracts controversial suggestion about Ukraine exchanging territory for NATO membership

August 16, 2023 Ben 0

If this doesn’t open the dam to a bit more honesty in western media reporting about the reality of the situation in Ukraine and the need to consider diplomatic solutions, what will? Read the article […]

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Ralph Nader: Develop an Exit Strategy for the Endless War in Ukraine

August 16, 2023 Ben 0

Whether Ukraine becomes another forever war will to a large extent be dictated by US policy. Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer and author of Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! Cross-posted from Counterpunch […]

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Jacobin: European Authorities Refuse to Save Migrants From Drowning — So Ordinary Citizens Are Doing It Instead

August 16, 2023 Ben 0

In June, Italy’s government impounded the Sea-Eye 4 rescue ship for 20 days as part of a crackdown on NGOs that save migrants’ lives at sea. Crew members told Robin Jaspert why they won’t be intimidated by authorities […]

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Vijay Prashad: What’s Happening in Niger Is Far From a Typical Coup

August 16, 2023 Ben 0

There is a significant difference between a Colonel’s Coup and a General’s Coup. Niger is a case of the former, not the latter. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is a […]

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Morten F. Byskov, Jeroen Hopster, Júlia I. Bennassar: A new climate law in the Balearic Islands will protect the wellbeing of present and future generations – if such a thing can be defined

August 16, 2023 Ben 0

The new law is based on the Islands’ first citizen assembly initiative but faces big challenges to be a success. Morten Fibieger Byskov is a teaching fellow at Utrecht University. Jeroen Hopster is assistant professor […]

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James K. Galbraith: Why the Economic Doomsayers were wrong

August 14, 2023 Ben 0

Interest rate rises in the US have neither been effective in reducing inflation nor produced a recession. So what is going on? Cross-posted from Common Dreams Back in 2021 and early 2022, a posse of […]

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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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