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August 12, 2021

Monthly Review | The Political Economy of the U.S.-China Technology War
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One of the key components of U.S.-China strategic competition is the technology war, the essence and implications of which can be further understood in the in the broader context of the international division of labor and the two countries’ internal contradictions. From this front, we can decipher the antagonism between different classes/groups within and across the two countries. The capitalist world-economy under declining U.S. hegemony is facing a fundamental dilemma that will not be settled any time soon.

Venezuela to Roll Out New Monetary Reconversion
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The rebranded “digital bolívar” will wipe out six zeroes from the current “sovereign bolívar” and enter circulation on October 1.

Climate change: the fault of humanity? – Michael Roberts Blog
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But even more to the point, just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988, according to a new report. It’s big capital that is the polluter even more than the very rich.

The Daily — In 2020, one in four women and one in six men reported having experienced inappropriate sexualized behaviours at work in the previous year

In 2020, one in four women and one in six men reported having experienced inappropriate sexualized behaviours in their workplace during the previous year. Additionally, one in ten women experienced workplace discrimination based on gender, gender identity or sexual orientation, compared with less than one in twenty men.