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      Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Astana

      China’s Highly Effective Global Dominance Is Intensifying the Death Economy

      John Perkins
      Jan 15, 2023

      After publishing the first two editions of the Confessions of an Economic Hit Man trilogy, I was invited to speak at global summits. I met with heads of state and their top advisors from many countries. Two particularly significant venues were conferences in the summer of 2017 in Russia and Kazakhstan, where I joined an array of speakers that included major corporate CEOs, government and NGO heads such as UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and (before he invaded Ukraine) Russian President Vladimir Putin. I was asked to speak on the need to end an unsustainable economic system that’s consuming and polluting itself into extinction — a Death Economy — and replace it with a regenerative one that was beginning to evolve — a Life Economy.

      When I left for that trip, I felt encouraged. But something else happened.

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      Lorena Amor Barajas

      'I Want My Wings Back': Mexican Trans Activist Hopes Biden Policies Bode Well for US Return

      "I feel like the times are changing," says Lorena Amor Barajas, an LGBTQ+ advocate denied entry to the U.S. during the Trump administration. "I really hope it's true."

      Brett Wilkins
      Sep 15, 2022

      A Mexican transgender activist and pageant winner denied a U.S. visa to participate in San Francisco's Pride parade during former President Donald Trump's transphobic tenure is hopeful that policy changes implemented by the Biden administration will allow her to return to the United States, a country she once called home.

      "Many Latino trans people live in the U.S. I want to show them my life, to give them an example of what they can do in their lives if they want it."

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      A protester is detained in Kazakhstan

      Kazakhstan President Condemned for 'Shoot to Kill' Orders Against Protesters

      "The only thing flourishing in Kazakhstan is corruption," said one protester.

      Julia Conley
      Jan 07, 2022

      Human rights advocates expressed alarm Friday after Kazakhstan's president ordered security forces to "shoot to kill without warning" protesters engaged in ongoing demonstrations over high fuel prices, economic inequality, and corruption.

      President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced he had given the order in a speech as he also accused media outlets of encouraging unrest and claimed without evidence that demonstrators have taken orders from a "single command post" and have "a clear plan of attacks on military, administrative, and social facilities in all areas."

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