August 6, 2019
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Julian Assange News Links 6 August 2019
6 August 2019 — The New Dark Age Sri Lanka: Colombo University students call for release of Julian Assange Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) members have won important support from Colombo … Jailed Sri Lankan writer Shakthika Sathkumara defends Julian Assange Imprisoned Sri Lankan writer, Shakthika Sathkumara spoke out last week Continue reading
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Class War Films presents Imperial Decay
All empires are evil; they are certainly undemocratic. Can the U.S. un-imperialize itself, or must it go the way of all empires? Collapse. Continue reading
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The Handbook of Karl Marx: profitability, crises and financialisation
The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx, edited by Matt Vidal, Tomas Rotta, Tony Smith and Paul Prew, brings together a series of chapters by prominent Marxist scholars covering all aspects Marxist theory, from historical materialism, dialectics, political economy, social reproduction and post-capitalist models. Continue reading
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Brexit and Britain’s Media Landscape
For a country that prides itself on the acerbic publication, the punchy put down, and balloon piercing irony, the propaganda battles in a changed media scape must have come as a bit of a shock. No part of the country has been exempt from a tide that sees no signs of stopping. Continue reading
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What kind of rebellion will save humanity from extinction?
The real power of mass civil disobedience is not its ability to shock the powerful into listening, but rather its potential to draw masses of people into action. Continue reading
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Climate Change is Class War by Jodi Dean
Contemporary capitalism presents a direct threat to the survival of most of the world’s species: climate change. The global capitalist economy is anchored in fossil fuels. Burning these fuels releases warming gasses into the atmosphere where they accumulate over time, raising the earth’s temperature. The rising temperatures have significant effects. For example, melting glaciers and polar… Continue reading
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Death and Extinction of the Bees. The Role of Monsanto? By Joachim Hagopian
This article was originally published in March 2014. What has been the role of Monsanto in the loss of of the global honeybee population. It is only recently that this issue has been the object of mainstream media coverage. Continue reading
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LEAKED: UK’s new trade secretary met with US pressure groups to discuss weakening regulations
In ‘off the record’ meetings last September, Liz Truss sought lessons from Donald Trump’s radical program of deregulation and tax cuts. The new international trade secretary, Liz Truss, met with hard-right pressure groups in Washington DC last year to learn about the benefits of Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda, according to official documents obtained by Unearthed. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 5 August 2019: Newark, Other Cities Remember Michael Brown / Black Alliance for Peace Pushes Candidate Pledge / A Concentration Camp By Any Other Name… / African Immigrants Becoming Activists
6 August 2019 — Black Agenda Report Newark, Other Cities Remember Michael Brown Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford Communities across the nation will mark the August 9, 2014 police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, an outrage that spawned nationwide protests under the umbrella of the Black Lives Matter movement. “Just Continue reading
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Venezuela: US Blockade Is Next? Selected Stories
5 August 2019 — Global Research Omission of Atrocities Committed by the Venezuelan “Opposition” Discredits UN Human Rights Report By Carla Stea In an appallingly distorted and biased report by United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, the shameful failure to report or even mention the atrocities committed by the Venezuelan so-called “peaceful opposition” is a Continue reading
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