The Daily Shaarli

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August 11, 2020

Drop tuition fees: University students face a precarious future amid COVID-19
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Canada should invest robustly in students' post-secondary education. Data about effects of the pandemic and how students balance classes and work show why we urgently need this investment.

How the US failed at its foreign policy toward Venezuela : Peoples Dispatch
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US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Venezuela confirmed this week the overt efforts over the last year of the US government to carry out a coup d'état against president Nicolás Maduro

Facebook and other tech giants 'too big to fail' | The Guardian
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Researchers call for new regulations to protect users, and society, in case of collapse

Richard D. Wolff - Why Capitalism Is in Constant Conflict With Democracy | Brave New Europe
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Capitalism is not there to serve society, but to enrich a small minority.

MR Online | Twitter spreads paid U.S. gov’t propaganda while falsely claiming it bans state media ads
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Twitter says it bans ads from state-affiliated media outlets. However, U.S. government propaganda organs like Voice of America’s VOA Persian pay the social media corporation huge sums of money to spread disinformation against Iran and other foreign adversaries.

'They don't know what I know': why Cori Bush is poised to change politics | Democrats | The Guardian
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"Bush was backed by Justice Democrats, the group responsible for kickstarting the political careers of other outsiders such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. They won 11 of the 15 primary races they vied for this election cycle.

But while their candidates are characterized by an unwillingness to take corporate Pac money and backing a slate of progressive policies – a $15 minimum wage, Medicare for All and a universal basic income of $2,000 a month – the party is still dominated by more moderate candidates."