Conn Hallinan
LATEST ARTICLES BY Conn Hallinan
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The rule of big oil causes misery in the Middle East
September 11, 2020Covid-19 is not the Black Death, but its impact may be civilizational, weakening the mighty, raising up the modest, and rearranging axes of power across the globe.
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Trump threatens to re-start nuclear weapons tests, undoing 50 years of agreements
June 18, 2020Some of this is about making arms manufacturers and generals happy, but it is also about the fact that the last war the U.S. won was Grenada.
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Guns or vaccines? Racing to build weapons of death during a pandemic
May 14, 2020The U.S. spends $1.25 trillion a year on defense. Half that amount could provide adequate medical support during the COVID-19 crisis and pay jobless Americans a salary.
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Only good news allowed—India’s independent media fights government’s COVID-19 censorship
April 15, 2020The government got the Supreme Court to order all media to “publish the official version” of the health crisis, which, in practice, has meant feel-good stories.
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How austerity and anti-immigrant politics left Italy exposed to viral blitzkrieg
March 27, 2020Resistance to immigration plays a major role in “graying” the population. Combined with neoliberal health cuts, the demographic effects are turning out to be “an apocalypse.”
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Turkey’s Erdogan faces growing resistance over involvement in Syria’s civil war
March 10, 2020Turkish President Erdogan’s Syrian adventure is fueling growing domestic resistance to the powerful autocrat.
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Irish unification back on agenda after election, but it won’t be simple
February 14, 2020If unification is the goal, supporters in the Republic and Ulster will have to be patient and show that they can deliver a better life for the entire community.
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Why is Turkey intervening in Libya and elsewhere?
February 12, 2020Why Turkish President Erdogan thought choosing sides in the Libyan civil war was a good idea is hard to fathom, especially after his debacle in Syria.
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