All Views Articles for 2019-08-26
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Evelyn Leopold Trump Has Done Incalculable Damage to Humanity by Backing Out of UN Programs Will he slash more programs in his disdain for world bodies? Read more |
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Naomi Klein The Amazon Is on Fire—Indigenous Rights Can Help Put It Out Colonialism is setting the world on fire. Taking leadership from the people who have been resisting its violence for centuries, while protecting non-extractive ways of life, is our best hope of putting out the flames. Read more |
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Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex? Their pro-diplomacy worldview has blind spots. This creates a pretext for continuing U.S. militarism and risks undermining their commitment to peace. Read more |
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Alexander Sammon Progressives Shouldn’t Be Interested in John Hickenlooper for Senate Virtually any Democrat would be favored to beat Cory Gardner in Colorado, and virtually any Democrat is better than John Hickenlooper. Read more |
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Basav Sen Brazil Isn’t the Only Far-Right Government Destroying the Planet As the Amazon burns, the terrifying parallels between the U.S. and Brazilian governments highlight the damage authoritarian leaders are doing. Read more |
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Michael Winship Trump’s Entire Worldview Is a Nut Job Conspiracy Theory "Why is everybody always picking on me?" Read more |
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David Miranda Fires Are Devouring the Amazon. And Jair Bolsonaro Is to Blame The ongoing destruction of the Amazon is taking place because of policy choices made by those who now rule Brazil. Read more |
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Chris Hedges The Curse of Moral Purity Liberal elites have jettisoned genuine political life and retreated into self-defeating moral crusades in a vain and futile attempt to deflect attention away from the looming social, political, economic and environmental catastrophes. Read more |
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Juan Cole France Upstages Trump at G7 by Inviting Iran to Salvage Nuclear Deal "He is the only one who seeks to punish Iran, to increase sanctions. All the others are searching for a solution." Read more |
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Roy Morrison Global Climate Movement: Darkest Before the Dawn Climate action from above—like proposals for a Green New Deal—is both driven by and will only be achieved by determined and relentless pressure from below Read more |