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December 12, 2023

Gaza: Guterres invokes 'most powerful tool' Article 99, in bid for humanitarian ceasefire
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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.

Postmedia Called Out For Publishing Israeli Propaganda As ‘News’
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Postmedia runs syndicated articles that are ‘basically a mouthpiece for the Israeli military.’

Napoleon’s war economy – Michael Roberts Blog
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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.

Pitfalls of export-led growth
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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.

In ‘covert op,’ Israeli consulate backed poll inflating support for Gaza war
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The Breach | Liberal insiders strategized to use poll to “inform thinking” in prime minister’s office, messages show

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

Canada votes against democracy, human rights at UN — promotes mercenaries, sanctions
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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.

Sweden Is Giving Elon Musk A Taste Of Union Strength
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Let’s hope Swedish workers win and workers in all countries where Tesla operates take note and act accordingly.