By Alina Utrata* – Boston Review Billionaires such as Musk, Bezos, and Branson peddle the idea that space represents a public hope, all the while reaping big private profits Having made enormous fortunes on Earth, billionaires are now racing each other to space. Former Amazon…
Posted by Yves Smith – Naked Capitalism Yves here. Yanis Varoufakis puts a name, techno-feudalism, on the widespread shifts in economic power relationships.
By Nesrine Malik* – The Guardian Barring entry to the EU for travellers given India-produced AstraZeneca will separate families and harm trade If you are in the UK and have received the AstraZeneca jab, you may have been checking your batch number in the past few days to see if…
By Guillaume Baggio, Manzoor Qadir and Vladimir Smakhtin (*) HAMILTON, Ontario, Canada, Jul 1 2021 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably amplified the existing vulnerabilities of billions of people worldwide. Marginalized communities in developing countries were excluded…
By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! Andrew Bacevich, president and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 29 2021 (IPS) – Too many have swallowed the myth that lowering corporate income tax (CIT) is necessary to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) for growth. Although contradicted by their own research…
By Sonali Kolhatkar * – Independent Media Institute Even as openly socialist candidates are winning political power, the right is working hard to equate socialist governance with repressive regimes New York’s second-largest city, Buffalo, has essentially elected a…
By Amy Goodman* – Democracy Now! More than 2.6 billion COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide, but many countries have yet to see a single shot amid mounting infections.
By Simone Galimberti* The international community commemorates World Day Against Child Labour on June 12 KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 11 2021 (IPS) – Among the many daunting issues leaders of the G7 will have to discuss in their upcoming summit in idyllic Cornwall on June 11-13, child…
Davies* A recent Yahoo News/YouGov poll found that worries about the COVID pandemic in the United States are at their lowest level since it began. Only half of Americans are either “very worried” (15%) or “somewhat worried” (35%) about the virus, while the other half are “not…
