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CAPITALIST SICKNESS
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France never stopped looting Africa, now the tables are turning
24 minutes readBRAD PEARCE—France heavily relies on nuclear energy, with 68 percent of its power coming from nuclear plants. It obtains 19 percent of the uranium required to run these plants from Niger. Despite this significant contribution toward France’s energy needs, only 14.3 percent of Nigeriens have access to a power grid, and even that is often unreliable. This stark contrast highlights the disparities and ongoing exploitation by rapine foreign powers throughout the African continent.
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Reader-Comments at Russia’s RT News, And Censorship in America
11 minutes readERIC ZUESSE—Some reader-comments there were against Russia’s Government, such as “Trish: What a disaster for Russia, the sooner Putin goes the better.” But others were instead against America’s Government, such as “TBTB: And the US says it is not party the war? It instigated it with NATO expansion to Russia’s borders, a coup in Ukraine to install a neo-Nazi proxy regime, arming it, training it, financing it, providing it with war plans and intelligence, plus mercenaries and diplomatic support.
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Biden Keeps Lying About The US “Not Trying To Surround” China
23 minutes readCAITLIN JOHNSTONE—So Biden isn’t trying to fool the Chinese government with his “We’re not trying to surround you” schtick — he’s trying to fool you. He’s trying to fool the Western public and the allies of the United States, who would get spooked if the US president openly admitted to a deliberate campaign of military encirclement against an economic superpower they all trade with extensively.
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DEBORAH ARMSTRONG—Wagner has handled complex military assignments in all kinds of geopolitical and geographical conditions despite speculation about their activities. Up until now, the PMC has been operating under the control of well-trained regular armies, and Russian leadership has guided the private company in urban assaults and heavy combat missions in Ukraine. But in spite of the Musicians’ participation in the defense of Russian national interests, it remains a private organization and its role is determined by its direct leadership, which is in question now. Aside from its service to Russia, Wagner has operated as a private business where its priority is profit and its customers are willing to pay.