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Why Inhuman Resources, Netflix’s Eric Cantona-starring thriller, makes for cathartic viewing during global crisis Yellow Vests

Why Inhuman Resources, Netflix’s Eric Cantona-starring thriller, makes for cathartic viewing during global crisis

In Netflix's Inhuman Resources, Eric Cantona plays a middle-aged HR manager called Alan Delambre; after his job is retrenched, Delambre is forced into underpaid 'menial' wage-labour in the course of which he faces daily harassment. Twenty-five years ago, during a club football game, the French soccer star Eric Cantona unleashed…
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June 1, 2020
U.S. lawmakers to unveil bill banning investment in firms tied to China’s military: document NASDAQ

U.S. lawmakers to unveil bill banning investment in firms tied to China’s military: document

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Republican lawmakers plans to unveil legislation this week to keep Americans from investing in foreign defense companies with ties to China’s military, according to a document seen by Reuters, the latest in a string of measures aimed at curbing U.S. funding for China-based firms.…
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June 1, 2020
War for Hong Kong? Biological Warfare

War for Hong Kong?

President Trump faces trouble, and he is handling it in a dangerous way. Our economy is reeling, as the Fed pours out billions of dollars in a futile effort to avert disaster. We know to our cost that politicians, faced with crisis at home, provoke war “to busy giddy minds…
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June 1, 2020
Ten years of ecosystem services matrix: Review of a (r)evolution Bees

Ten years of ecosystem services matrix: Review of a (r)evolution

In recent years, the concept of Ecosystem Services (ES): the benefits people obtain from ecosystems, such as pollination provided by bees for crop growing, timber provided by forests or recreation enabled by appealing landscapes, has been greatly popularised, especially in the context of impeding ecological crises and constantly degrading natural…
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June 1, 2020