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28/07/22
Author: 
Jane McMullen
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July 23, 2022

Thirty years ago, a bold plan was cooked up to spread doubt and persuade the public that climate change was not a problem. The little-known meeting - between some of America's biggest industrial players and a PR genius - forged a devastatingly successful strategy that endured for years, and the consequences of which are all around us.

25/07/22
Author: 
Guy Miller
Brainwashing Cover

A very important political reality that many of us progressives don't really know about and understand the workings of. Obviously, Canada is not immune. Not mentioned in the article is a commercial movie on related matters that you all might find interesting. It's entitled "The Loudest Voice" and deals with the career of Roger Ailes and his FOX News. Russell Crowe plays Ailes convincingly.

                     -- Gene McGuckin

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23/07/22
Author: 
Jonathan Burleigh, In These Times.
Truckers gather to protest AB 5 at Port of Los Angeles, July 14, 2022 [Photo by Cindy Perez]

July 21, 2022

Dockworkers Refuse To Cross Picket Line.

For the third consecutive day, hundreds of independent truckers protested Wednesday at the Port of Oakland. The truckers’ main demand is the repeal of provisions in California State Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), which would eliminate much of the independent trucking industry on the docks. Hundreds of truckers blocked the entrances to the docks with their trucks, bringing operations to a standstill.

22/07/22
Author: 
Jonathan Rosenblum
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler speaks during the American Federation of Teachers convention on July 15, 2022. (Michael Dwyer / AP Photo)

July 20, 2022

Liz Shuler, the head of the AFL-CIO, thinks it’s OK to open a conference alongside the would-be architects of labor’s destruction.

22/07/22
Author: 
Geoff Dembicki
Members of the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations demonstrate against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in 2012. Together, the U.S.-based Atlas Network and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute have been pressuring the Canadian government to limit Indigenous communities' opposition to energy development in their territories. Photo: Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press

July 18, 2022

Internal documents explain why oil and gas interests would benefit from a key Indigenous declaration being ‘defeated’

This story is a collaboration between FloodlightThe Narwhal and the Guardian.

20/07/22
Author: 
Djibo Sobukwe
(Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

NATO & Africa's Vote Against UN Condemnation of Russia?

July 13, 2022

Djibo Sobukwe participated in a Canadian Foreign Policy Institute panel, "NATO and Global Empire " on June 30, 2022. These are his remarks on NATO and Africa.

Greetings everyone,

I want to thank the organizers for this timely webinar, and for inviting me to make a contribution.

14/07/22
Author: 
Robert Bridge
VIDEO shows fierce battle for Antonov Airport in Ukraine

3 Jul, 2022

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s words strengthen the case for Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg may have said the quiet part out loud on Wednesday when he revealed to reporters that NATO’s push into Eastern Europe since 2014 was done specifically with Russia in mind.

14/07/22
Author: 
Jake Johnson
People walk past a "we're hiring" sign posted outside of a restaurant in Arlington, Virginia on June 3, 2022. (Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

July 13, 2022

In the wake of a higher-than-anticipated inflation reading, experts implored the Federal Reserve not to pursue more "aggressive interest rate hikes."

Hotter-than-expected inflation data published Wednesday intensified fears among progressive economists that the Federal Reserve—in its single-minded drive to tame price increases—will needlessly lock in another major interest rate hike at its policy meeting later this month, further suppressing economic demand and moving the country closer to a recession.

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