World
Trudeau parades as workers’ defender, but Canada’s unemployed face ‘disaster capitalism’
September 15, 2020With a minority government in the midst of a pandemic and the worst economic crisis in a century, the Liberals are vulnerable to pressure from labor and the left.
Read moreTug-of-war in Germany between forces for peace and militarists
September 14, 2020As in the U.S., the militarists push for war while Germany and Europe can clearly benefit from peace.
Read moreThe rule of big oil causes misery in the Middle East
September 11, 2020Covid-19 is not the Black Death, but its impact may be civilizational, weakening the mighty, raising up the modest, and rearranging axes of power across the globe.
Read moreThe ‘trampling of humanity’ continues in Iran
September 10, 2020The human rights abuses in Iran’s prisons, the ongoing strike wave, the protests on the streets, all underline the continuing disaffection with the regime in Iran.
Read moreCuba and China’s successes against coronavirus face global media blockade
September 8, 2020Cuban scientists were first to develop a treatment for coronavirus with interferon alfa-2b drug, produced in China by a joint Chinese-Cuban company.
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