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Unwelcome Refugees

Walls Must Fall: Ending the deadly politics of border militarisation

COVID-19 has become another touchstone for todays deeply entrenched politics of militarised borders and anti-migrant racism. Leaders like Trump and Orban have blamed the virus on foreigners and to claim justification for their racist politics. But they have also been used European Union Member States of all political tendencies have…

bubmagJune 12, 2020

Cold War

A Full-Blown Cold War With China Could Be Disastrous

The consequences of igniting a second Cold War against China could mean trouble for everyday Americans. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch. America’s pundits and politicians have largely concluded that a…

bubmagJune 12, 2020

Hebron

Israel’s next UK ambassador is a settler extremist

Tzipi Hotovely (second from left holding flag) leading a settler demonstration calling for the annexation of the Palestinian West Bank last month. (Women in Green/YouTube)Israel’s next ambassador to the UK is a pro-settler activist who has promoted the movement to destroy Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Tzipi Hotovely once claimed that…

bubmagJune 12, 2020

Water Scarcity

Concentrated Solar Power is dying out in the U.S.

Preface. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) contributes only 0.06 % of U.S. electricity, mainly in California (64 %) and Arizona (24 %) because extremely dry areas with no humidity, haze, or pollutants are required. Of the 1861 MW power they can generate, only 25% of these plants can also store electricity…

bubmagJune 12, 2020

Silk Road

No Economic Sovereignty Without Political Sovereignty

There is a current discussion on how much and what kind of funding Italy will receive from the European Union and under what conditions. Reassuring messages arrive from Brussels. But since such financing will be mostly provided in the form of loans, several economists warn that there is a danger…

bubmagJune 12, 2020

Vietnam Veterans

Historical figures reassessed around globe after George Floyd’s death

Workers removed a controversial statue of Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton from Civic Square in Hamilton, New Zealand.MICHAEL BRADLEY/AFP via Getty ImagesAt the University of Oxford, protesters have stepped up their longtime push to remove a statue of Rhodes, the Victorian imperialist who served as prime minister of the Cape…

bubmagJune 12, 2020

Water Scarcity

The Middle East’s Threat Multiplier

Although many factors contributed to the mass protest movements in Iraq in recent years, and in Egypt a decade ago, climate change was the common denominator. By exacerbating endemic problems such as water scarcity and food insecurity, global warming threatens to plunge an already unstable region into the abyss. BEIRUT…

bubmagJune 12, 2020

Greenland

The Future Remaking Itself

Ten years ago on the Greenland Ice Sheet I sat at a circular table in the cook tent of a seven-person research station. Wind banged and thrummed outside. A storm had been on us for days. After going out to pee, you’d stomp back inside sequined with the frozen glitter…

bubmagJune 12, 2020

Syria

Looming U.S. Sanctions Shake Syria, Hasten Economic Meltdown

(BEIRUT) — In scenes not witnessed for years in government-controlled parts of Syria, dozens of men and women marched through the streets this week, protesting a sharp increase in prices and collapse of the currency, some even calling for the downfall of President Bashar Assad and his ruling Baath party.…

bubmagJune 12, 2020

Propaganda

Twitter removes more than 170,000 accounts linked to Beijing-backed propaganda campaign

(Reuters) — Twitter on Thursday said it removed more than 170,000 accounts tied to a Beijing-backed influence operation that deceptively spread messages favorable to the Chinese government, including about the coronavirus. The company suspended a core network of 23,750 highly active accounts, as well as a larger network of about…

bubmagJune 12, 2020

Walls Must Fall: Ending the deadly politics of border militarisation

A Full-Blown Cold War With China Could Be Disastrous

Israel’s next UK ambassador is a settler extremist

Concentrated Solar Power is dying out in the U.S.

No Economic Sovereignty Without Political Sovereignty

Historical figures reassessed around globe after George Floyd’s death

The Middle East’s Threat Multiplier

The Future Remaking Itself

Looming U.S. Sanctions Shake Syria, Hasten Economic Meltdown

Twitter removes more than 170,000 accounts linked to Beijing-backed propaganda campaign

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