We Could End Every Blue State’s Budget Deficit With One Policy. Even a Five-Year-Old Could Explain It. If we can convince a five-year-old, we can convince our state and city representatives. Christopher Armitage May 10

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Black Land Loss in the United States

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The Dark Truth About America's Founding Fathers | FULL DOCUMENTARY

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The Medicaid calculusbehind Donald Trump’s tax cuts

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The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed

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Inflation: The cause. No, not that, The REAL cause. The end of Social Security and Medicare? ~~ Rodger Malcolm Mitchell

 https://mythfighter.com/2024/12/18/inflation-the-cause-no-not-that-the-real-cause-the-end-of-social-security-and-medicare/

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A Means to Live - Debt Slavery ~~ Astra Taylor

 https://www.thenation.com/article/society/past-future-debt-resistance/?custno=&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekly%209.27.2024&utm_term=weekly

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China’s Real Economic Crisis ~~ Zongyuan Zoe Liu

 https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-real-economic-crisis?utm_medium=newsletters&utm_source=twofa&utm_campaign=China%E2%80%99s%20Real%20Economic%20Crisis&utm_content=20240809&utm_term=FA%20This%20Week%20-%20112017 

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https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/chinas-real-economic-crisis/

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Post-COVID, China is back in Africa and doubling down on minerals

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/post-covid-china-is-back-africa-doubling-down-minerals-2024-05-28/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Daily-Briefing&utm_term=052824&user_email=41de02440e295b782c066eb6b08bf1172716f97658d697375ffa7d2d6efa12ba&lctg=61f2c51879899835c543899f

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Don’t Fear “Collectivism”

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Against Incrementalism ❧ Current Affairs

 https://www.currentaffairs.org/2024/03/against-incrementalism

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Joe Biden’s Parting Gift to America Will be Christian Fascism ~~ Chris Hedges

 https://substack.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.udeGVyAnJlnLTpESZVKhBXHwE1yHuqENSc1VgZ5uLKI?

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World’s poorest countries buckle under huge debt

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A Scientist’s Warning on how Climate Change is Rooted in Violence ~~ Hasan Abdullah

 https://countercurrents.org/2023/12/a-scientists-warning-on-how-climate-change-is-rooted-in-violence/

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Zambia dealt major setback as official creditors object to bond deal

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Debt, Empires, Oligarchs and a More Perfect State — Michael Hudson

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Ukraine and Late-Stage Finance Capitalism

1).  “Taking the Capitalist Road Was the Wrong Choice For Ukraine, Says Ukraine Expert”, May 5, 2023, Natylie Baldwin  interviews Renfrey Clarke, Covert Action Magazine, at <https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/05/05/taking-the-capitalist-road-was-the-wrong-choice-for-ukraine-says-ukraine-expert/>

2).  “Poverty skyrockets in Ukraine”, 24 October 2022, Andrea Peters, World Socialist Website (WSWS),                   at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/10/25/gsdz-o25.html > 

3).  “Impoverishing Ukraine: What the US and the EU have been doing to the country for the past 30 years: Part 1”, 22 March 2022, Andrea Peters, World Socialist Website (WSWS),                                             at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/10/25/gsdz-o25.html > 

4).  “Impoverishing Ukraine: What the US and the EU have been doing to the country for the past 30 years: Part 2”, 23 March 2022, Andrea Peters, World Socialist Website (WSWS),          https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/03/23/bc65-m23.html

Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off ~~ John Feffer

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Who gets squeezed by austerity?

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