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A few days ago, when neofascist candidate José Antonio Kast was winning the first round of the country’s presidential elections, Chile’s 2019 rebellion aimed at burying neoliberalism appeared to be at an end. However, it has been greatly reinvigorated with the landslide victory of the Apruebo Dignidad1 (I Vote For Dignity) candidate, Gabriel Boric Font, who obtained 56 percent of the vote in the second round, that is nearly 5 million votes, the largest ever in the country’s history. Gabriel, age 35 is the youngest president ever.
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Chile: another good-sized nail in neoliberalism’s coffin
by Francisco Dominguez
A few days ago, when neofascist candidate José Antonio Kast was winning the first round of the country’s presidential elections, Chile’s 2019 rebellion aimed at burying neoliberalism appeared to be at an end. However, it has been greatly reinvigorated with the landslide victory of the Apruebo Dignidad1 (I Vote For Dignity) candidate, Gabriel Boric Font, who obtained 56 percent of the vote in the second round, that is nearly 5 million votes, the largest ever in the country’s history. Gabriel, age 35 is the
youngest president ever.
Possibility Of Civil War in U.S., Warn Three Retired Generals And CIA Consultant
by Countercurrents Collective
Three retired U.S. army generals warned of an insurrection or even civil war if the results of the 2024 presidential election were not accepted by some in the military. Former Major Gen. Paul Eaton, former Major Gen. Antonio Taguba, and former Brig. Gen. Steven Anderson made the warnings in an op-ed in The Washington Post on Friday.
Nord Stream 2 is a double-edged geopolitical tool
by M K Bhadrakumar
Germany has suspended Nord Stream 2 certification; and, Russian gas stops flowing into Germany from December 21, 2021
America’s Underperforming Military
by Andrew Bacevich
Professional sports is a cutthroat business. Succeed and the people running the show reap rich rewards. Fail to meet expectations and you get handed your walking papers. American-style war in the twenty-first century is quite a different matter. Of course, war is not a game. The stakes on the battlefield are infinitely higher than on the playing field. When wars go wrong, “We’ll show ’em next year — just you wait!” is seldom a satisfactory response. At least, it shouldn’t be. Yet somehow, the American people, our political establishment, and our military have all fallen into the habit of shrugging off or simply ignoring disappointing outcomes.
Impending Omicron crisis- Why are political rallies and other large gatherings being permitted?
by E A S Sarma
We are once
again facing a steep surge of the Covid virus; this time it is the new mutant, Omicron looming large. This Covid variant is reported to be three times more infectious than its Delta predecessor, which wreaked havoc on the people during the second wave. Political parties go on with massive rallys in the face of Omicron crisis
Omicron: Much sound with little light
by Satya Sagar
The biggest threat to lives and well-being worldwide comes, not just from a rapidly mutating, capricious virus but even more so from the atrocious selfishness of global elites. The panic and anxiety over Omicron – driven as usual by a vacuous media- serves only to hide the harsh reality of global inequity- the grimmest reaper of them all.
Despite farmers victory against new laws, the crisis of agriculture continues
by Shirish Khare
According to an interim report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), during the period of the Covid pandemic, farmers have been ending their lives due to indebtedness and depression over losses in agricultural operations. The NCRB report states that an estimated 10,677 people, including 5,579 farmers/cultivators and 5,098 agricultural labourers — died by suicide during 2020. This accounted for seven per cent of the total suicides cases (153,052) in the country last year.
Vikalp Sangam Supports an Auroville Free to Continue its Experiments on Sustainability and Harmony
by Vikalp Sangam Core Group
We are deeply disturbed by reports from the experimental township of Auroville (a living UNESCO world heritage site),
that unique forests, water catchment areas, community spaces are being bulldozed, and most importantly of all, community processes being ignored and bypassed
Decreasing farm size and increasing hunger
by Vikas Parashram Meshram
Although the farmers have returned home after the Modi government withdrew three agriculture laws, seriously considering the very foundation of India’s economic policy, the crisis is so deep that providing food from agriculture to the country’s growing population is not a new challenge.
