Category: Politics
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War: We’re Killing Each Other and the Planet
The U.S. Department of Defense is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases. And it is also one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels. If the U.S. Military was a nation, it would be #47 in the world for being an emitter. The DOD is also a mass consumer of resources; in the…
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The Week In Stories Around the Globe
Kyle Rittenhouse On Trial: Build A Movement To Defeat the Far-Right The capitalist legal system is never favorable terrain for winning the demands of working people, and this trial is no exception. Before the trial even began, Judge Bruce Schroeder ruled that the protesters Rittenhouse shot cannot be referred to as “victims” and should instead…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Cultural Revolutions If this theory strikes you as ridiculous, it is enough for now to bear in mind that no matter how different you believe China to be from the United States, there are lessons from Ai’s history that are uncomfortably easy to recognize: “If you try to understand your country,” he writes, “it’s enough…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
COVID-19 has killed 5 million people—and the pandemic is far from over Global mortality data show that the Americas and Europe have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. Peru has the highest COVID-19 death rate in the world with 615 deaths per 100,000 people. Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Hungary have…
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Three Thoughts on Fatherhood
I’ll admit it; I’m not a father. At least, no one has told me that I have sired any offspring with them. I’m just saying I had some wild nights in my Navy days. What am I? I am a man, an uncle, a son, a brother, and a husband. Dad isn’t one of the titles…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Thousands Of South Korean Union Members Donned ‘Squid Game’ Costumes To Protest Working Conditions As Squid Game continues to be a record-breaking international phenomenon, the Netflix series‘ anti-capitalist messaging is spurring real-world action thanks to a recent protest in South Korea. According to reports, over 27,000 people took to the streets in Seoul, where members of the South Korean…
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The Week in Stories Around Globe
The most vaccinated countries on Earth Iceland is ranked seventh, with 77 per cent of the population fully vaccinated. Another 15 percent have had a booster shot. #Iceland #China #UAE #COVID19 The US Is Officially A Banana Republic: The Top 1% Now Own More Wealth Than The Entire Middle Class Alas, since November 2019 it has only…
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Sorry, You’re not gonna be a fucking Billionaire!
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” This quote has been attributed to the great American novelist John Steinbeck. Still, it’s been disputed if he ever said it. I can attest that whoever said this, I wholeheartedly agree with them. In…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Eric Marky
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s “Evolved Man of the Week” profile. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous individual alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the co-founder of Mídia Índia, musician, artist,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Facebook, WhatsApp outage an annoyance for U.S., but a big deal in rest of the world The unprecedented outage came as Facebook is facing a growing barrage of issues, including damaging revelations from an ex-employee who accused the company of “choosing profit over public safety.” #Facebook #facebookdown #LatinAmerica #india Malaria vaccine a ‘breakthrough for science’, WHO chief says “This…
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