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EthicalOil.org and the Harper Government

Posted by Graham on 16th January 2012

–More on the Ignorance Peddlers in Canada.

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Samir Amin, “Middle Classes, American-style ‘Democracy,’ and the Muslim Brotherhood”

Posted by Graham on 13th June 2011

–Samir Amin.

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The Dialectic of Structure and History: An Introduction :: Monthly Review

Posted by Graham on 4th May 2011

–Very interesting.

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Luxemburg, Lenin and how socialists should organise: reply to Rowbotham | Counterfire

Posted by Graham on 7th March 2011

–A response to the Guardian article which gets it so wrong.

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Hicham Safieddine, “Tomorrow’s Tunisia and Egypt: Reform or Revolution?”

Posted by Graham on 2nd February 2011

–Some analysis of the working-class roots (or lack there of) of what is transpiring in Egypt and Tunisia. They are not undergoing the same process, despite all the media’s insistence they are.

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Leave the libraries alone. You don’t understand their value. | Blog | False Economy

Posted by Graham on 28th January 2011

–Agreed. Well said. A must read.

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Mark Weisbrot, “Dilma’s Victory in Brazil”

Posted by Graham on 2nd November 2010

–Brazil’s new president.

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The Leftnews Daily

Posted by Graham on 27th October 2010

–Yet another format for Leftnews.

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For the Conservatives, this is not a financial crisis but a long-awaited opportunity | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian

Posted by Graham on 19th October 2010

–More evidence that the cuts to the public service in Britain are just an ideological drive to limit universal access of British citizens to a system they have paid to build and maintain.

Everything that is coming from the Tories in the UK is based around paying more public money to the elites.

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Ecuador’s Correa haunted by Honduras | Mark Weisbrot | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Posted by Graham on 2nd October 2010

–More analysis on the attempted coup in Ecuador by Mark Weisbrot.

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Noam Chomsky: The Real Reasons the U.S. Enables Israeli Crimes and Atrocities | World | AlterNet

Posted by Graham on 17th August 2010

–Chomsky talks about the Israeli state and the US.

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Noam Chomsky interview – Telegraph

Posted by Graham on 9th July 2010

–I don’t usually link to this kind of publication, but this is an interesting interview with Chomsky.

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Why we let our young soldiers die in Iraq and Afghanistan | Journalist Profile |

Posted by Graham on 9th July 2010

–Bring them home.

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Venezuelan Inventiveness, Marxism, and Vernacular Revolutionary Traditions | venezuelanalysis.com

Posted by Graham on 8th July 2010

–Always a good read.

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Tony Blair ‘very much exaggerated’ Iran’s role in Iraq | UK news | The Guardian

Posted by Graham on 8th July 2010

–Liars.

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Let’s take no orders to slash and burn from this G20 club | Naomi Klein | Comment is free | The Guardian

Posted by Graham on 30th June 2010

–Naomi Klein comments about the G20 and what was accomplished in the elites’ continued attack on the working people of the world.

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Ecuador recalls ambassador to Israel for Consultations…

Posted by donquijote on 3rd June 2010

The Ecuadorian government recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations in protest of Israel’s attack on a humanitarian aid fleet – El Comercio (Quito-Ecuador).

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The facts of Marxist thought remain / Features / Home – Morning Star

Posted by Graham on 17th May 2010

–Ever so.

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The Economist on Nicaragua | Nicaragua |Axisoflogic.com

Posted by Graham on 14th May 2010

–An analysis of more poor reporting in the Economist Mag.

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War is fun. More war please | John Pilger- Morning Star

Posted by Graham on 11th May 2010

–Pilger takes the UK parties to task for their support of state sponsored violence.

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Noticias de Prensa Latina – Reflections by Fidel Castro: The Heatful Tyranny Imposed on the World

Posted by Graham on 9th May 2010

–Comrade Fidel points to the environmental and human disaster that is the BP oil spill of the US coast as yet another piece of evidence that the US state cannot control the corporations that is so loves.

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Bottom line: Canadian banks should pay their fair share – The Globe and Mail

Posted by Graham on 5th May 2010

–As the G20 gets closer, more discussion of bank taxes, taxes on financial transactions, and regulation of the sector will occur. It is not a sexy thing to organise mass protests around, but people should familiarise themselves with the arguments.

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