World
Experts question right-wing government’s low COVID-19 death toll claims in India
September 17, 2020When Narayan Mitra died on July 16, a day after being admitted to the hospital for fever and breathing difficulties, his name never appeared on any of the official lists put out daily of those killed...
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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.
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Tug-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.
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The 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.
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The ‘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.
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