Category: Environment
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
In worsening gang fighting in Haiti, 20 dead, thousands displaced Criminal violence in Haiti intensified this week, with fighting among rival gangs in part of the capital killing at least 20 people, among them children, and leading to thousands having to flee their homes. #Haiti #Gangs #Violence Heatwave in India breaks records, still worsening The average temperature […]
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Reflections on the Empire: Part III
New World Order If you watch the mainstream media in the United States, the average citizen would be blissfully unaware of the sea change in geopolitics happening thanks to the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The global south has refused to condemn Russian actions against the nation of Ukraine. I deep dove into Europe’s latest war in […]
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Reflections on the Empire: Part 1
World War III? In February 2022, the fever pitch of calls for war arose in the mainstream press. Russia invaded the nation of Ukraine. Most Americans didn’t think much about Ukraine before this year, despite the fact, the U.S. sponsored two coups in that country in 2014. It enforced policies that led that nation to become […]
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The EU should treat all refugees like it is treating Ukrainians Multiple commentators have argued that Europe’s differential treatment of Ukrainian refugees demonstrates its racism or its neo-colonialism – pointing a discerning finger at the distance between the universal values the EU claims and how these values manifest themselves at a practical level. #EuropeanUnion #Refugees #War #Hope “It’s Going to be Real,” […]
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Sanctions on Russia are shaking the World, Including the West Which Imposed Them The West shot Russia and hit its own feet: European officials wish to see the end of the war in Ukraine soon. However, the whole world fears this war with its economic and military repercussions and hopes that it will end finally […]