The National Crime Record Bureau has released an alarming statistic. An agricultural labourer died by suicide every two hours and a total 1,64,033 people died … One agricultural labourer died by suicide every two hours in 2021Read more
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Jackson’s Water Crisis Comes After $90M Contract with Siemens
Jackson, Mississippi, the majority-Black city where tens of thousands of residents who went for two to three weeks without water have now had their water … Jackson’s Water Crisis Comes After $90M Contract with SiemensRead more
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It’s Time to Call It What It Is—A Capitalism-Induced Ecological Crisis
One-third of Pakistan is under water. Record heat waves blanket the globe driving up temperatures beyond what humans can survive. Polar glaciers are melting much … It’s Time to Call It What It Is—A Capitalism-Induced Ecological CrisisRead more
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L.A. Activists Demand Real Solutions to Housing Crisis
in California, where the Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to ban encampments for unhoused people near schools and daycare centers, expanding an anti-homeless ordinance … L.A. Activists Demand Real Solutions to Housing CrisisRead more
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How to Resist the Empire’s Neoliberal Debt Trap
Michael Hudson has become famous in recent years. The Financial Times credited him with forecasting the 2008 financial crash and its aftermath. His “magnum opus,” … How to Resist the Empire’s Neoliberal Debt TrapRead more
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The Euro Without German Industry
The reaction to the sabotage of three of the four Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in four places on Monday, September 26, has focused … The Euro Without German IndustryRead more
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As Rent Soars & Evictions Spike
Housing advocates are calling on the Biden administration to address the soaring cost of rent with the same level of dedication he’s shown to reducing … As Rent Soars & Evictions SpikeRead more
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Summer 1914: War Enthusiasm, Real and Imaginary
During the years leading up to 1914, Europe’s upper classes, the landowning aristocracy and the industrial-financial bourgeoisie, had lived through years of almost intolerable tension. … Summer 1914: War Enthusiasm, Real and ImaginaryRead more
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The Endless Growth Model Under Capitalism Is Unsustainable
At the end of July, the International Monetary Fund warned of a “gloomy outlook” for the world economy. It was doing so not because of … The Endless Growth Model Under Capitalism Is UnsustainableRead more