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  Shiva: Kerala wake-up call on growth and development

  The images of floods and mudslides in Kerala, known as “God’s own country”, should be a wake-up call — we should ask ourselves if we are on a sustainable development path
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  Cohn: US Leaders Aid and Abet War Crimes in Yemen

  S leaders who provided military support to the Saudi-led coalition...
• Avez Gomes: Why I’m striking

  Respect is a beautiful thing, and that is what lies at the heart of our demands
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  Cook: In Israel, some are far more equal than others

  The Israeli Jewish public's assumption that the Druze enjoy equal status in Israel was always fanciful illusion
• MacLeod: Facebook Censoring the Left Isn’t a Worry—It’s a Reality

  The latest action by Facebook is part of a worrying trend towards greater censorship of media
• Grossman: Turning Space Into a War Zone

  Resurrecting the Perilous Plan to Militarize Space
• Couronne: Trump unleashes Coal

  President Donald Trump’s administration announced a plan Tuesday to weaken regulations on US coal plants
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  Rasmus: How Ideology in Mainstream Economics Works: Tax Cuts & Savings Rates

  Mainstream economic policy is full of misrepresentation of reality
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  Baroud: Gaza without Cancer Medicine

  Haley Blames Arabs for Washington’s Sins
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  Turse: The U.S. is Building a $280 Million Drone Base in Niger

  In the time since construction at Agadez began, U.S. military operations in North and West Africa have dramatically increased
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  McCoy: Beijing’s Bid for Global Power in the Age of Trump

  “America First” Versus China’s Strategy of the Four Continents
• Shupak: A ‘Regime’ Is a Government at Odds With the US Empire

  Calling a government a “regime” suggests a lack of legitimacy, with the implication that its ousting (by whatever means) would serve humanitarian and democratic ends
• Lennard: Brutal Prison Conditions Risk “Another Attica”

  When we fail to support prison strikes, we reinforce the violence imposed by the prison system itself, allowing the voices of incarcerated people to go unheard and their lives unrecognized.
• Owliaei: New York Taxi Workers Defeat Uber and Lyft

  Ride-hailing companies and their corporate lobby were no match for the commitment of the city's cab driver union
• Sawari: National Prison Strike Begins

  Prisoners in 17 States Demand End to “Slave Labor” Behind Bars
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  Boggs: The Road to Disaster?

  The monotonously endless anti-Russia crusade serves a number of political agendas for Democrats and the Washington power structure
• Loach: If We Don’t Understand Class Struggle, We Don’t Understand Anything

  Interview on populism, the gig economy, and the importance of transnational solidarity in his movies and beyond
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  Cook: Corbyn’s Labour Party is Being Made to Fail –By Design

  The media’s ever-more outlandish slurs against Corbyn and the Labour party’s imminent capitulation on the IHRA’s full definition of anti-semitism are not unrelated events. The former was designed to bring about the latter
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  Baker: Retirement Income in the 21st Century

  Several states, including California, Oregon, Illinois and most recently New York have set up systems whereby workers without retirement plans at their workplaces can make contributions to a public retirement system
• Hedemann: In Memoriam: David McReynolds

  The Gay Socialist Pacifist Who Twice Ran for President, Dies at 88
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  Fisk: Uri Avnery has died

  He was one of my few Middle East heroes
• Paynter: How a Detroit Community Overcomes a Lack of City Services

  A range of neighbor-to-neighbor efforts address basic needs, from healthcare to food access, that are going unmet by local government agencies