Politics
Pressure building in unexpected quarters to end Ukraine war
August 30, 2023The lesson we are supposed to draw is that peace initiatives are the work of foreign subversion. The underlining corollary follows, however, that endless war is basic to U.S. foreign policy.
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Another Communist leader, Georgi Buiko, arrested in Ukraine
August 29, 2023The secret police accuse the member of the now-banned Communist Party of participating in “anti-Ukrainian activities.”
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World unions gathered in Philly declare: Autocracy and A.I. threaten workers
August 29, 2023They cite artificial intelligence and the U.S., Hong Kong, Myanmar, Ukraine, Philippines, and the U.K. as top violators of worker and union rights.
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Jacksonville mourns victims of white supremacist gunman, boos racist Republican Ron DeSantis
August 28, 2023Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—who’s running for the GOP nomination, who has loosened gun laws in Florida, and who has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness”—was loudly booed as he addressed a vigil.
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Sanders proposes U.S. and China cut military spending, shift funds to global warming fight
August 28, 2023The Senator from Vermont said the cooperation required to address this existential threat is “being undermined by hawks…who are moving us toward a disastrous cold war.”
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