SL KANTHAN—Sikhs are people of an ethno-religious group that follows Sikhism, a 500-year-old monotheistic religion that shares some beliefs with Hinduism. Sikhs make up majority of the population in Punjab, a north-eastern state in India. About 10% of Sikhs live outside India, mostly in English speaking countries such as the US, UK, and Australia. As for Canada, it is home to about 800,000 Sikhs, the biggest population of the group outside of India.
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How People Who Support Today’s American Government Against Today’s Russian Government Think
12 minutes readERIC ZUESSE—Today’s American Government is the post-9/11 U.S. Government, from George W. Bush on through to Joe Biden. Today’s Russian Government is the Russian Government since Vladimir Putin became Russia’s leader. During the Twentieth Century’s final day, 31 December 1999, Russia’s President Boris Yeltsin unexpectedly resigned and, according to the Constitution of Russia, Putin became Acting President of the Russian Federation.
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New Book on Class and Privilege From One of the One Percent
13 minutes readGARY OLSON—Finally, what McDonell avoids saying (or thinking?) in Quiet Street, is that those making decisions are doing so on behalf of the predator, capitalist-imperialist system. They are absolute moral monsters, psychopathic war criminals who — in a just world, would be standing in an international tribunal docket. So, on the one hand, while I welcomed McDonell’s seeming attempts at self-awareness, I also found them stunning in their naiveté.
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CHINA—MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS—To build a global community of shared future, all peoples, all countries, and all individuals – our destinies being interconnected – must stand together in adversity and through thick and thin, navigating towards greater harmony on this planet that we call home. We should endeavor to build an open, inclusive, clean and beautiful world that enjoys lasting peace, universal security, and common prosperity, turning people’s longing for a better life into reality.
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THE JIMMY DORE SHOW—Rumors of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s switch from running for President as a Democrat to the Libertarian ticket have been swirling all week, and now RFK Jr. has confirmed it — sort of. Having established that Democrats will use whatever machinations their playbook will allow to screw him out of the nomination, RFK revealed that he will make a major announcement about his plans to reclaim our democracy on October 9th in Philadelphia.