Economy
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The Financial Transactions Tax That Could Eliminate Need for All Others | Ellen Brown
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A small financial transactions tax could correct a number of maladies in our economic system, from the federal debt crisis to the widening wealth divide to the rampant financialization of the economy, while eliminating taxes on income and sales. Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt June 2, 2023 The debt ceiling crisis has again brought into focus the perennial gap between what the government spends and wha ...
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Transphobia | Wikipedia
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Transphobic graffiti in Rome, meaning "trans out" in German, with a swastika. Atreliu, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia CommonsWikipedia May 13, 2023 Transphobia consists of negative attitudes, feelings, ...
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European Cities Boycott Apartheid Israel | Ramzy Baroud
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Dr. Ramzy BaroudWho Said BDS Has ‘Already Failed?' Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 4, 2023 A succession of events starting in Barcelona, Spain, in February, and followed in Liège, Belgium, and O ...
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No Respite from the Slow-Motion US-China Collision | Nouriel Roubini
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Despite U.S. efforts to de-escalate tensions with China and Chinese officials’ wariness of economic decoupling, attempting to restore trust between the two powers seems futile. In this increasingly f ...
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How the War on Crypto Triggered a Banking Crisis | Ellen Brown
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Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt April 29, 2023 According to an article in American Banker titled “SEC’s Gensler Directly Links Crypto and Bank Failures,” SEC Chair Gary Gensler has asked for more financia ...
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Can BRICS Weaken the Dominance of the IMF and World Bank? | Ramzy Baroud
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Dr. Ramzy BaroudThe Rise of the South Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 16, 2023 Who would have expected that the BRICS nations could rise as the potential rival of the G7 countries, the World B ...
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The Cobalt Gold Rush and the East Palestine Disaster | Ellen Brown
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Ellen BrownEllen Brown -- Web of Debt April 13, 2023 Holidays in my childhood were spent at my grandparents’ farm in Plain Grove, Pennsylvania, 35 miles from East Palestine, Ohio. My grandfather’s gr ...
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The Post-Human Desert | Slavoj Žižek
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Image portraying artificial intelligence. Public domain Unlike past technological innovations, artificial intelligence is not about humanity’s mastery over nature, but rather about relinquishing cont ...
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Lying about Lying: Why We Must Revisit the Definition of ‘Fake News’ | Ramzy Baroud
Read more...Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 3, 2023 The phrase "fake news" continues to be deployed routinely in U.S. politics. In a polarized political atmosphere, both Republicans and De ...
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Can Journalists Be Activists? | Jan-Werner Mueller
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News icons created by Freepik - FlaticonAt a time when autocrats are consolidating power by attacking “the media,” old debates about journalism’s role in a democracy and how journalists should conduc ...
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Tax the Rich to Save the Planet | Owen Gaffney
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Full disk view of the Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the Moon at a distance of about 29,000 kilometres (18,000 mi). It shows Africa, Antarctica, ...
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