2024 looks like being one of slowing economic growth for most countries and probably more slipping into recession in Europe, Latin America and Asia. The debt crisis in those countries in the so-called global south that don’t have energy or minerals to sell will worsen. So even if the US avoids an outright slump again this year, it wont feel like a ‘soft landing’ for most people in the world.

Canadian Dimension | On the rapidly changing legal norms of warfare in the Occupied Territories and beyond

People's World | The views of Cuban leaders on problems now enveloping the country shed light on the realities of a nation under siege and a revolution in trouble. The information is pertinent to the solidarity efforts of Cuba’s friends abroad.

Jacobin | Last week saw the death of Jacques Delors, a leading architect of the European Union at the turn of the 1990s. Delors promised the EU would be a “social Europe” — a dream fatally undermined by the budget-cutting dogmas on which it was built.

The Breach | In response to complaints about its coverage, CBC says Israeli state violence is different than Hamas’ violence because the killing of Palestinians happens “remotely”

The Breach | From divesting from fossil fuels, to repealing the Doctrine of Discovery, to historic labour strikes, movements won several important victories this year

My criticism of the film is that there is no real explanation of why Napoleon rose to the top in the French revolution, why he won his battles and why he lost the war in the end. Moreover, as others have pointed out, the film takes the view that the revolution turned into terror and then dictatorship and that is the way of all revolutions where the ‘mob’ is involved. This conventional reactionary angle leaves out some of the key changes that the revolution achieved and Napoleon introduced.

Let’s hope Swedish workers win and workers in all countries where Tesla operates take note and act accordingly.

Postmedia runs syndicated articles that are ‘basically a mouthpiece for the Israeli military.’

The Breach | Liberal insiders strategized to use poll to “inform thinking” in prime minister’s office, messages show

On November 7, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly convened to vote on 12 draft resolutions. All were approved by the Third Committee, but the collective West voted in near unanimity to reject resolutions promoting human rights, cultural diversity, and greater equity on the global stage, while refusing to condemn coercive measures and the use of mercenaries.

Carbon, Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCS or CCUS) has a 50-year history of failure.

Prabhat Patnaik | The wisdom of pursuing a strategy of export-led growth has been discussed among development economists for at least half a century, ever since the so-called East Asian “miracle” started to be contrasted with the comparatively sluggish growth experience of countries like India that were pursuing, in the World Bank’s language, an “inward looking” development strategy.

UN News | Invoking a rarely used article of the UN Charter, Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called on the Security Council to “press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza and unite in a call for a full humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants.

On November 28, Panama’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the 20-year contract granted to Canadian mining company First Quantum is unconstitutional. The decision came after weeks of nationwide protests forced the government to announce a referendum on First Quantum’s contract for December 17. Now, however, the court seems to have decided the fate of the mine.

Canadian Dimension | Online media are relieved, but some newspaper publishers are still not happy

Minister Marc Miller said the quiet part loud: Big business needs international students for cheap labour

The extraordinary raids, arrests and property seizures of Palestine solidarity activists represent an extreme attack on political speech not seen in a generation

“Israel is trying to destroy every chance of Palestinians to even look after their wounded and their dead.”

Tech giants like Apple, Google, and Amazon are increasingly developing apps and services offering mental health treatment. The value of these products for users is dubious — but they do promise the companies lucrative new sources of highly personal data.