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The Financial Transactions Tax That Could Eliminate Need for All Others | Ellen Brown
A small financial transactions tax could correct a number of maladies in our economic system, from the federal debt crisis to the widening wealth divide to the rampant financialization of the economy, while eliminating taxes on income and sales. Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt June 2, 2023 The debt ceiling crisis has again brought into focus the perennial gap between what the government spends and wha ...
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How Palestinians Defeated Netanyahu and Redefined ‘Unity’ | Ramzy Baroud
New Rules of Engagement Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 14, 2023 All Israeli wars on the Palestinians throughout the years have been promoted and justified by Tel Aviv in the name of "security" ...
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Transphobia | Wikipedia
Transphobic graffiti in Rome, meaning "trans out" in German, with a swastika. Atreliu, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia CommonsWikipedia May 13, 2023 Transphobia consists of negative attitudes, feelings, ...
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Did Entheogens Cause Human Intelligence? | Bard
LSD Blotter Paper. David S. Soriano, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia CommonsBard -- World News Trust May 13, 2023 There is no scientific consensus on whether entheogens, or psychoactive plants and fungi ...
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How To Deinstitutionalize The Practice Of Human Warfare | Bard
Bard -- World News Trust May 13, 2023 Deinstitutionalizing the practice of human warfare is a complex and challenging task. However, there are a number of things that can be done to move toward this ...
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How Khader Adnan Unified Palestinians from His Prison Cell | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy Baroud‘My Family, My People’ Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 9, 2023 Khader Adnan was not a "terrorist" with "Israeli blood on his hands," as pro-Israeli propagandists have been repeat ...
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European Cities Boycott Apartheid Israel | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudWho Said BDS Has ‘Already Failed?' Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 4, 2023 A succession of events starting in Barcelona, Spain, in February, and followed in Liège, Belgium, and O ...
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No Respite from the Slow-Motion US-China Collision | Nouriel Roubini
Despite U.S. efforts to de-escalate tensions with China and Chinese officials’ wariness of economic decoupling, attempting to restore trust between the two powers seems futile. In this increasingly f ...
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Winners and Losers in Sudan | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudOn Proxy Wars and Superpower Rivalries in the Global South Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 2, 2023 The world is changing. In fact, it has been undergoing seismic change that long ...
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How the Nakba Came to Define the Collective Palestinian Identity | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudErasure vs. Sumud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 27, 2023 On May 15, 2023, the Palestinian Nakba will be 75 years old. Palestinians all over the world will commemorate the tra ...
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How the War on Crypto Triggered a Banking Crisis | Ellen Brown
Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt April 29, 2023 According to an article in American Banker titled “SEC’s Gensler Directly Links Crypto and Bank Failures,” SEC Chair Gary Gensler has asked for more financia ...
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