Capitalism
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Photo essay: Australian students strike for climate action
Thousands of Australian primary and high school students walked out of school on November 30 to demand real action on climate change. Continue reading
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Tanzania Orders Destruction of Monsanto / Gates’ GM Trials Due to Illegal Use for Pro-GM Propaganda
Tanzanian civil society organisations (CSOs) welcome the decision of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Mathew Mtigumwe, to bring an immediate stop to all ongoing GM field trials taking place in the country. These are under the auspices of the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project which includes Monsanto,… Continue reading
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Scientists Warn the UN of Capitalism’s Imminent Demise By Dr Nafeez Ahmed
Capitalism as we know it is over. So suggests a new report commissioned by a group of scientists appointed by the UN Secretary-General. The main reason? We’re transitioning rapidly to a radically different global economy, due to our increasingly unsustainable exploitation of the planet’s environmental resources. Continue reading
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The Never-Ending Brexit
The Brexit agreement between the UK and the EU is a temporary arrangement that maintains much of the status quo and does not really provide a clear path forward. As it stands, it could lead to Prime Minister Theresa May’s fall, says Prof. Leo Panitch (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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The Complete History of Monsanto, “The World’s Most Evil Corporation” By E Hanzai
First published by Waking Times, posted by Global Research in May 2014, this article provides a historical viewpoint. It is of particular relevance in relation to the Monsanto-Bayer merger and the recent $289 million judgment against Monsanto. Continue reading
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Strikes and demonstrations shake France By Alex Lantier
A growing wave of strikes and student demonstrations, coinciding with the “Yellow Vest” movement, is shaking the government of French president Emmanuel Macron. Continue reading
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British Government ‘Pledges’ Cheaper, Unlabelled, Gene-edited Food. “An Agricultural Revolution” Predicated on Genetic Engineering!
In July, after hearing scientific evidence that gene editing “causes many profound mutations and DNA damage”, the European Court of Justice ruled that food resulting from genome editing would be regarded as genetically modified, which is outlawed in Europe. Continue reading
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Economic Update: Why Capitalism Demonizes Government
This week: updates on UK war on “Unexplained Wealth;” why capitalism needs yet attacks government; historical reality of low wages in US; cozy deals between big corporations and credit rating agencies again; discussion of capitalism’s oscillations between nationalist and internationalist phases (are we now moving backwards to nationalism again?) and once more on the inefficiency… Continue reading
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Falling building debris causes injuries and deaths while profits mount for UK developers By Charles Hixson
Last month, a 53-year-old father, Mike Ferris, became the latest fatality of the frenzied corporate construction industry. Ferris, a coach driver for Clarkes of London, had just used the toilet at the Riverbank Plaza when he was struck by a windowpane falling 250 feet from the penthouse level of the 27-storey Corniche tower block. Continue reading
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US Mass Mobilizations: Wars and Financial Plunder By James Petras
Introduction: Over the past three decades, the US government has engaged in over a dozen wars, none of which have evoked popular celebrations either before, during or after. Nor did the government succeed in securing popular support in its efforts to confront the economic crises of 2008 – 2009. Continue reading
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The Global Financial Crime Wave Is No Accident By Nat Dyer
From the LIBOR-rigging scandal to the offshore secrets of the Panama Papers and ‘dark money’ in the Brexit vote, it is everywhere. In my recent work with anti-corruption group Global Witness, I saw first-hand how ordinary people in some of the world’s poorest countries suffer the consequences of corruption and financial crime. Continue reading
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Liar Liar By John Steppling
Trump grew up with an abusive authoritarian father, one who humiliated and belittled the boy Trump, and the world of that boy was one of cruelty and abuse. And if that is the only world you know growing up, that is the world you will see everywhere around you later. And the only way to… Continue reading
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You Can Always Tell By S.Artesian
Leading indicator: Here’s how you know when an upturn in the economy is beyond its peak, has run its course; that the wolf at the door is actually a bear; that it’s time to head for the exits before they get nailed shut; that the next big thing in this world of, by, and for… Continue reading
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New maps of land destruction show why caravans flee Central America
A new map developed at the University of Cincinnati illustrates one motivating force behind migrant caravans leaving Guatemala and Honduras to reach the United States. Continue reading
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President Trump’s Presidency: Results and Perspectives
20 November 2018 — James Petras Introduction: We need an objective evaluation of the President’s foreign and domestic polices – the means, the goals, their results and consequences. The Trump performance requires we discuss the style and substance of foreign and domestic policies. We will ignore the fly swatting by Trump critics who ply peripheral… Continue reading
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UN says millions in Britain deliberately plunged into “great misery” By Robert Stevens
The report on poverty and human rights in Britain by United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston is an extraordinary depiction of the social catastrophe devastating the working class. Continue reading
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Herbicides undermine antibiotics, threaten medical care
Researchers in New Zealand have found that bacteria develop antibiotic resistance up to 100,000 times faster when exposed to the world’s most widely used herbicides, Roundup (glyphosate) and Kamba (dicamba) and antibiotics compared to without the herbicide. Continue reading
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City of London Corporation reneges on its social housing pledge By Charles Hixson
21 November 2018 — WSWS The City of London Corporation announced in 2015 that they would build 3,700 new council homes by 2025. So far just 62 have been built! The London Evening Standard reported that only 900 structures, less than a fourth of the goal, would be completed by 2025. This projection, quietly released in… Continue reading
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The Global Rise of Fascism: Capitalism End Game? By Gilbert Mercier
It is everywhere. In a few years, it has metastasized like a cancer, on all continents. Its fervent proponents and ill-informed supporters call it populism or nationalism. In the Italy, Germany, or Spain of the 1930s, however, this ideology of exclusion and fear, defined by a hatred of the other, together with a tyrannical executive… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 