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The Class Struggle
If the workers of the world want to win, all they have to do is recognize their own solidarity. They have nothing to do but fold their arms and the world will stop. The workers are more powerful with their hands in their pockets than all the property of the capitalists. --Joe Ettor (IWW labor organizer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IASdERt3-m0
Monday, March 18, 2024
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On Point's Clean Energy Mining Series
The first four of these five ¾ of an hour-long episodes look at the mining of different minerals needed for “Green Energy” and “Green” electronic devices and discuss the consequences of Capitalist extraction operations. The final episode looks the overall situation for U.S. attempts to try to meet Climate Change goals. Each episode includes this laudatory descriptor of the show “About: On Point is WBUR's award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.”
These 5 episodes, in chronological order newest on top, are available at the podcast archive: On Point: From WBUR, at < https://www.npr.org/podcasts/
1). March 11, 2024
The lithium boom: What's holding back a lithium rush in the U.S.?
The U.S. sits on some of the largest lithium reserves in the world. It's a key element for clean energy. The start of On Point's weeklong exploration "Elements of energy" takes us inside America's push for a lithium boom. Duration of podcast 50:04
2). March 12, 2024
The copper tradeoff: Protecting today's lands versus preserving tomorrow's climate
Copper is key to our green energy future, but copper extraction is deeply harmful to the environment now. Episode two of On Point's special series "Elements of energy" explores how to resolve that contradiction. Duration of podcast 47:29
3). March 13, 2024
The human cost of cobalt: Modern slavery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Most of the world's cobalt is extracted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But to get it, hundreds of thousands of Congolese people labor with no other means to survive. On episode three of On Point's special series — cobalt and the human cost of mining. Duration of podcast 46:33
4). March 14, 2024
The promise of nickel: Power and prosperity in Indonesia
To electrify our economy, the world needs more nickel. And Indonesia has it. Can nickel pave the road to prosperity? In part four of "Elements of energy," hear how the rush for metals is shaking up global geopolitics. Duration of podcast 47:30
5). March 15, 2024
The goal: Can the U.S. actually meet its ambitious climate targets?
Given the environmental, political, and human costs of accelerating mineral mining, can the United States reach its clean energy goals? It's the final episode of our special series "Elements of energy." Duration of podcast 47:22
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Saturday, March 16, 2024
Why Fani Willis was allowed to stay on as prosecutor of criminal case against Trump in Georgia – and what happens next
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Friday, March 15, 2024
Care Must Be a Collective Practice of Survival, Not a Site of Profit Extraction
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Thursday, March 14, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
When Iran Goes Nuclear ~~ Eric S. Edelman, Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh
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Radical Feminism
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/03/12/seattles-radical-women/
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
The Left Needs a Positive Vision for How Immigration Policy Should Actually Work
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Monday, March 11, 2024
China, the Dynamic Core of Global Capital, for Good and/or Ill
1). “US can't compete with China's technology, so it wages economic war”, Mar 5, 2024, Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy Report, duration of video 44:22 at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?
2). “Richard Wolff on the decline of the US empire and the rise of China and BRICS”, Dec 20, 2023, Richard Wolff speaks, The Community Church of Boston, duration of video 56:22, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?
3). “Inside the World's Biggest Container Ship Ever Built”, Feb 20, 2024, Anon, Beyond Facts, duration of video 10:13, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?
4). “Yangshan: How China Built A Mega-Port 30km Out At Sea | Megastructures”, Feb 21, 2024, Anon, Spark, duration of video 50:42, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Empire Decline and Costly Delusions ~~ RICHARD D. WOLF
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/03/08/empire-decline-and-costly-delusions/
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Saturday, March 9, 2024
How U.S. Military Support for Israel Is Undercutting Ceasefire Talks, Prolonging War
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/7/israel_hamas_ceasefire_talks
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Gaza: Ghastly Window on Global Capitalism's Crisis
Gaza: Ghastly Window on Global Capitalism's Crisis - LA Progressive
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From radical activist to Senate obstructionist: The metamorphosis of Kyrsten Sinema
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