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Originaly published on http://www.cadtm.org/Thomas-Piketty-and-Karl-Marx-Two-totally-different-visions-of-Capital 09 March by Eric Toussaint In his book Capital in the Twenty-First Century, [1] Thomas Piketty has gathered his data meticulously and provided a useful analysis of the unequal distribution of wealth…
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By CJ LAPOINTE Students are mobilizing across Greece in opposition to authoritarian measures that look to turn back the clock on university “asylum” laws that protect students from government repression and police brutality while on…
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By Cintia FrenciaDaniel Gaido International Women’s Day was developed as a celebration of working-class women and their contribution to the struggle against capitalism. n 1894, Clara Zetkin took to the pages of the Social Democratic women’s magazine Die Gleichheit (Equality),…
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Posted Feb 24, 2021 by Eds. Originally published: Dissident Voice by Kim Petersen (February 22, 2021) The Jewish Virtual Library quotes Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels as having said: If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people…
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An Article by the Asian Human Rights Commission by Basil Fernando In a separate article, I reported a recently delivered judgment by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka regarding an arbitrary termination of broadcast by…
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