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Iran vs the Empire: Fighting dollarization By Eric Walberg
The West’s attempts to destroy the Iranian economy through heightened sanctions—including most imports, oil exports and use of banks for trade operations—is having its affect. According to Johns Hopkins University Professor Steve Hanke, Iran is facing hyperinflation, with a monthly inflation rate of nearly 70% per month and its national currency, the rial, plummeting in… Continue reading
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France urged to repay Haiti billions paid for its independence By Kim Willsher
A group of international academics and authors has written to Nicolas Sarkozy calling on France to reimburse the crushing “independence debt” it imposed on Haiti nearly 200 years ago. The debt dates back to when Haiti, then St Dominique, was France’s most profitable colony thanks to slavery. In 1791 the slaves revolted, and in 1804,… Continue reading
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New York Times refused to post Ezili Danto's comment on the hoax
“First let me say there are two mistakes in this New York Times blog, one the writer or his editor make themselves, the other is in the statement made by the hoaxers. The title of this piece is France Will Not Repay Haiti Reparations. It’s wrong because the debt is not about reparations but restitution. Continue reading
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Gaza: The Tip of an Iceberg By Francis Clark-Lowes
This is part of an intentional war on the part of Israel, and, moreover, it clearly coincides with the international legal definition of genocide. Continue reading
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