Category: World News
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A faltering Erdogan falls back on Islamism for brownie points
After his mishandling of Syria, misreading of Europe, the US and Russia, his popularity in serious question, Erdogan has fallen back on the oldest trick in the politician’s book – religious extremism.…
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Money Heist’s Bella Ciao is the anthem of new Maoism across the world
The Italian iconic folk tune – “Bella Ciao” – featured in the popular Netflix series La Casa de Papel aka Money Heist has once again been resuscitated as new 21st Century “resistance”…
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Did Italy’s luxury brands push the country into a public health disaster?
The Covid19 crisis is severely testing the economic model of Italy because workers are pointing out their existing condition as “new-slavery.” Already rebellion inside the warehouses have begun. Will this sustain and…
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De Facto Coup in Brazil: General Walter Braga Neto is “Operational President”
This is probably just a mechanism to ensure that the elected political executive is not seen as lame duck and ineffective. However, the agreement clearly ensures that the reins of real power…
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After Soleimani: The cost-benefit for US, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Iran
The consequence is that the assassination-in-a-hurry has united even disparate forces in Iran, Iraq and the larger West Asia. It left Europe dazed, Britain embarrassed and the rest of the world wondering…
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Soleimani’s murder: It is building upto a terrible crescendo in West Asia
The assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani by US airstrikes in Iraq brings West Asia nearer the precipice. By this action, President Trump, who cannot get out of Afghanistan, has got himself…