The Daily Shaarli

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April 11, 2022

The Privatization of Water Is a Threat to Global Health
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Water is a basic resource for all human beings. Yet market forces are increasingly privatizing water provision — not only making water unaffordable to poor and working-class people but posing a serious threat to public health in the midst of the pandemic.

$8-billion budget boost in military spending draws mixed reviews
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Depending on whom you ask, the spending commitments laid out by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Thursday are either woefully too little or they're thankfully smaller than they could have been, preserving funding for other budget areas.

They Never Killed Thomas Sankara
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Last week, Blaise Compaoré was jailed for his role in the murder of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara — but real justice can only be won by a movement that fights to bring Sankara’s socialist vision back to life.

Venezuela: Inflation Lowest in Decade as Credit Suisse Forecasts 20 Percent Growth
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The Swiss investment bank expects the country’s oil sector to grow significantly in 2022.

Thank You, Jean-Luc Mélenchon
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon narrowly failed to make the runoff in France’s presidential election. But there are signs that the French left can come back stronger than ever.

Labor and workers’ rights are at the heart of Chile’s new Constitutional Convention
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The members of the Constitutional Convention have been working since July 2021 to propose a new, more inclusive framework for the country