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NATO: The Most Dangerous Military Alliance on the Planet

cncladmin — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 23:27:02 +0000

The massive expansion of NATO, not only in Eastern and Central Europe but the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia, presages endless war and a potential nuclear holocaust.

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Hedges: Chronicle of a War Foretold

cncladmin — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 07:53:21 +0000

After the breakup of the Soviet Union, there was a near universal understanding among diplomats and political leaders at the time that any attempt to expand NATO was foolish, an unwarranted provocation against Russia that would obliterate the ties and bonds that happily emerged at the end of the Cold War.

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Uniting in Love and Rage against Corporate Power

cncladmin — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 01:08:01 +0000

One problem that arises from a corrupted and ubiquitous corporate media is that if we are not directly involved in a particular campaign on issues like climate change, press freedom, anti-racism, bodily sovereignty, or anti-surveillance, we are manipulated by the corporate media to see people on another issue as marginal, misinformed, illogical, hypocritical, or simply nasty.

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More on the U.S.-Backed Bolivia Coup: Stealing Bolivia’s Lithium?

cncladmin — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:55:46 +0000

Bolivia’s president Evo Morales was overthrown in a military coup on November 10. He is now in Mexico. Before being forced into exile by a miltary coup November 10, Morales had been involved in a long project to bring economic and social democracy to his long-exploited country. Bolivia has suffered a series of coups, often conducted by the military and the oligarchy on behalf of transnational mining companies. Initially, these were tin firms, but now the main target is its massive deposits of lithium, crucial for the electric car.

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To Stop Destruction of Liberia’s Rainforest, He Put His Life on the Line

cncladmin — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 03:47:39 +0000

Alfred Brownell had to flee Liberia after challenging the powerful palm oil and other extractive industries that were clearing its forests. But he remains committed to seeing that the West African nation’s biodiverse lands be developed sustainably and the rights of its indigenous peoples respected.

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‘The New Normal’: Ten of Thousands Flee Extreme Heatwave in India as Temperatures Topping 120°F Kill Dozens Across Country

cncladmin — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 03:30:11 +0000

June's heatwave is already one of the longest India has ever seen. While temperatures tend to rise in the country ahead of monsoon season, the deadly heatwaves have caused alarm among climate campaigners and Indian authorities.

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‘The Story of Water: Who Controls the Way We Drink?’

cncladmin — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 03:21:35 +0000

The latest video from The Story of Stuff dives into the world of privatized water systems and why this impinges on a basic human right.

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