Will Smith was quoted saying that racism isn’t getting worse, it’s getting filmed, and indeed, it is being filmed a lot lately. No sooner did … America’s People of Color Need a Sustained Resistance MovementRead more
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The East India Company: The original corporate raiders
One of the very first Indian words to enter the English language was the Hindustani slang for plunder: “loot”. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, … The East India Company: The original corporate raidersRead more
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Who Killed Rodney Todd and his Seven Children?
We know the names of many black men killed by police, but we should also know of Rodney Todd and his seven children, dead because … Who Killed Rodney Todd and his Seven Children?Read more
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Big Pharma Prepares to Profit From the Coronavirus
As the new coronavirus spreads illness, death, and catastrophe around the world, virtually no economic sector has been spared from harm. Yet amid the mayhem … Big Pharma Prepares to Profit From the CoronavirusRead more
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Who’s Really Looting America?
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42yF_ydXMXY&rel=0] Robert Reich As hundreds of thousands take to the streets to protest ruthless police killings of Black Americans and centuries of systemic racism, … Who’s Really Looting America?Read more
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The only charge against him is that he embarrassed power
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0K806gtiGk&rel=0] The Extradition of Julian Assange The truth about Assange is that he’s broken far more stories than all the rest of us put … The only charge against him is that he embarrassed powerRead more
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Weaponising Idiocy
Yad ihasti tad anyatra, yan nehasti na tat kavcit. ‘Whatever is here might be elsewhere, but what is not here could ever be found’.—The Mahabharata, … Weaponising IdiocyRead more
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Most Trump environmental rollbacks will take years to be reversed
The Trump administration, after less than one full first term, has every likelihood of being adjudged the most anti-climate, anti-science, and anti-environment executive branch in … Most Trump environmental rollbacks will take years to be reversedRead more
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Building the Iron Wall
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, along with 18 members of the House of Representatives—15 Republicans and three Democrats—has sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff … Building the Iron WallRead more
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Taxation: Two Sides of the Same Carbon Coin
We recently published a two part Tax Justice Focus special on climate crisis and tax justice. This blog reproduces the article by Laura Merrill, in … Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Taxation: Two Sides of the Same Carbon CoinRead more