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U.S. Attacks China for Opposing Japan’s Radioactive Water Release

by Barry Shephard, published on Socialist Action, September 11, 2023 China isn’t the only country worried about the release of radioactive water from Fukushima’s cooling pools into the Pacific.  [jb] Reflecting Washington’s charges, a lurid article in the September 1 New York Times is headlined “Bending Truth, China Stokes Ire Against Japan.” The gist of the article is that the[…]

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Breaking News! Some on the Left Have Benefactors…

by Greg Godel, published on ZZ’s Blog, August 14, 2023 In June, I commented on a scurrilous article originally appearing in The Daily Beast and inexplicably reposted on the Portside website. Entitled, U.S Tech Mogul Bankrolls Pro-Russia, Pro-China News Network, the article accused several left groups of having not only received money from a benefactor sympathetic to the People’s Republic[…]

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Aggressive U.S. Push for Military Supremacy in the Arctic Could Trigger Nuclear War

by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 14, 2023 From 1959 to 1966, the U.S. illegally stored nuclear weapons in Greenland in preparation for a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union and built an underground scientific research center right out of a James Bond movie. It resulted in the displacement of natives and has left a residue of environmental[…]

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Joe Biden Triggers Paralysis in the Production of Strategic Semiconductor Chips

by Prof Michel Chossudovsky, published on Global Research, July 23, 2023 Semiconductors constitute a strategic commodity, used in a variety of sectors including electronics, medical devices, electronic and communications networks etc.  There is evidence of manipulation, which has led to artificial shortages of semiconductors affecting a number of key sectors of the global economy. There are geopolitical implications: US Confrontation[…]

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As Yellen Dictates Terms to China What We Defend, What Wall Street Wants to Destroy

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, July 21, 2023 What is the material basis of the growing hostility on every level of the U.S. ruling class toward China? No great struggle is based on the personalities or aspirations of individuals. At the root is a very concrete, material basis that drives the conflict. Otherwise, meetings, discussions and diplomacy would[…]

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Multipolar Maneuvering in Indo-Pacific

by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on Indian Punchline, July 19, 2023 On Monday, while delivering the keynote address at the annual China Business Summit held in Auckland, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins weighed in on the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific. New Zealand’s estimation matters because it is a small country in Southern Pacific, heavily dependent on trade with China[…]

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It’s Hard for Americans to Engage in China-Bashing Without Tripping on Contradictions

by Richard Wolff, published on Countercurrents, July 7, 2023 The contradictions of China-bashing in the United States begin with how often it is flat-out untrue. The Wall Street Journal reports that the “Chinese spy” balloon that President Joe Biden shot down with immense patriotic fanfare in February 2023 did not in fact transmit pictures or anything else to China. White House economists[…]

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Media Organizations From Global South Discuss Solidarity and Standing Up to Sanctions

by Mauro Ramos, published on People’s Dispatch, May 8, 2023 The latest development in the multipolar world is coordination and cooperation between the Global South, East and West.  [jb] At an event in Shanghai, representatives of media organizations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America highlighted the need for learning from and working with each other and building infrastructure to resist[…]

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G7 in Hiroshima: a War Summit

by Jorge Cadima, published on Workers World, May 29, 2023 Living in the illusion of past domination, the seven countries known as the G7 insist on trying to convey the idea that they are the seven largest economies in the world. But the reality is not what it used to be. According to the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook[…]

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