November 21, 2019
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We Thought the House Was Empty: The Forty-Seventh Newsletter (2019)
21 November 2019 — Tri-Continental Visualizing Palestine, Gaza Diet, 2018. Continue reading
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Europe’s Economy Today & Tomorrow, Part 2: Artificial Intelligence, Uberization, & Capitalist ‘Sharing Economy’ Ideology
The Wall St. Journal page one article of November 18, 2019 broadcast: “Europe’s New Jobs Stoke Discontent”. It asked: ‘why are workers so angry’, when millions more jobs have been created since Europe’s last recessions (2008-09 and 2011-13), when millions more job openings remain, and when minimum wages have been raised in most countries’? Continue reading
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Lawyers launch $500M class-action lawsuit against Roundup makers
Darryl Singer, the head of commercial and civil litigation at Diamond & Diamond, said the plaintiffs involved in this class-action lawsuit are looking not only for financial compensation, but also what he calls “behaviour modification” so that the same thing doesn’t happen again in the future with other products in Canada. Continue reading
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Cooler Heads Address the Ukraine Question
The relationship of the famous Ukrainian oligarch and billionaire Ihor Valeriyovych Kolomoyskyi with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lends itself to various interpretations. Both Kolomoyskyi and Zelensky (rather, his spokeswoman Iuliia Mendel) are in denial mode about their past business association, but the impression lingers that the oligarch has been the kingmaker. Continue reading
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Bolivia News Links 20-21 November 2019
21 November 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Capitalism’s Suicidal Trajectory can’t be ignored https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/capitalisms-suicidal-trajectory-cant-be-ignored/ Evo Morales Calls on International Organizations, Pope Francis to Create a Truth Commission https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/11/20/evo-morales-calls-on-international-organizations-pope-francis-to-create-a-truth-commission/ Continue reading
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