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Sonali Kolhatkar
The Republican Dam on Immigration Is Cracking, and Now They Will Pay for Their Racism
We saw what Trump’s anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric did to the country over four long years. The GOP has no right to oppose Biden’s plan for mass legalization . by Sonali Kolhatkar On day one …
World View
The U.S.’s Idea of Diplomacy With Ecuador Is a Multibillion-Dollar Loan Trap
Part of the assault on China by the U.S. government has been to paint its loans to Ecuador as predatory. by Vijay Prashad On January 14, a U.S. government agency decided to pay off part of Ecuador’s…
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The U.S. Is Trying to Provoke a Soft Coup in Cuba
Cuba is no stranger to U.S. pressure, with invasions, assassination attempts and a blockade shaping the life of Cubans. by Rosa Miriam Elizalde We are in the era of soft coups. Old-fashioned coups …
N. S. Venkataraman
Untenable Demand for Release from Prison of Rajiv Gandhi Murderers
Rajiv Gandhi murderers in prison have been receiving undeserving publicity in media in Tamil Nadu and campaign has been continuously carried out that they should be released from prison, in spite …
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Why Neoliberal Leaders Who Failed to Protect Their Countries From COVID-19 Must Be Investigated
The local health officials knew in early January that there was going to be an oxygen shortage imminently, but their warning did not carry any weight. by Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad Warnings tha…
India
India: Courage personified - Celebrating Netaji's Legacy
As we celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji on Jan 23, it's time to give him and the INA their rightful place in the pantheon of freedom fighters by JS Rajput On January 23, India begin…
World View
India: The patriots
The Modi government has thus inverted the concept of the ‘nation’, from an entity identified with the people to one identified with the corporates, especially the nouveau corporates. The agriculture …
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Attorney General’s Office and camouflage; Are opinions colour coded?
The current Minister of Justice has inherited a legal system that appears to have been in a state of slumber for decades. Ad hoc measures probably have been the norm rather than the exception. by …
Ruwantissa Abeyratne
Send in the Clowns
Global guidelines become necessary when problems cross borders. by Dr. Ruwantissa Abeyratne in Montreal But where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns. Quick send in the clowns ~ From the song “…
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Coming Bad News
A new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risks Report has revealed mass unemployment, digital inequality and prolonged economic stagnation as some of the risks that could pose a danger i…
Human Rights
Justice for Sri Lanka at UNHRC 46 - People's petition
We urge the UN and its member states to take affirmative action against the LTTE fronts who are involved in a plethora of illegal international crimes. "We are citizens of Sri Lanka comprising S…
John Scales Avery
Our Suicidal War Against Nature
What is the optimum population of the world? It is certainly not the maximum number that can be squeezed onto the globe by eradicating every species of plant and animal that cannot be eaten. by Joh…
Victor Cherubim
How both the EU and the Brits lost after Brexit?
Both the European Union and Britain are congratulating each other on each of their diplomacy in the negotiations, which led to a Deal signed and sealed within days, after years of negotiation on both…
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