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GOP-named Supreme Court majority cements its role as a pro-corporate fiefdom

January 10, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

Its likely attack on federal protection of workers exposed to coronavirus recalls the anti-New Deal role the Court played in the 1930s.

After centuries of oppression, asylum is the least U.S. could offer Haitians

January 10, 2022 By Frederique Desrosiers

The U.S. has tried over and over to wash its hands clean of responsibility for Haiti’s corruption. Now, Biden joins the long line of presidents who have turned their back on Haitians.

Kazakhstan reflects determination of capitalist oligarchs to hold onto their wealth

January 10, 2022 By Morning Star And People’s World

The West can be expected to employ different tactics in Central Asia than it does in Eastern Europe and in counties that were part of the Western sections of the Soviet Union.

Piketty says it’s ‘Time for Socialism,’ but has no time for class struggle

January 10, 2022 By John Case

There is no mention of class or strategy in Piketty’s Time for Socialism. There is no mention of enforcing “peaceful co-existence” in his version of internationalism. Imperialism is no longer worth mentioning, even in the midst of...

Right-wing law means Brazil will extend coal use for another 18 years

January 10, 2022 By Olivia Rosane

Extending coal use “contradicts the energy transition, with significant environmental impacts, and extends to inefficient costs for all energy consumers."