(2025-01-24). Capitalism is Smartphones and Eugenics. counterpunch.org 
We've entered the era of smartphones and eugenics. "They're eating cats, they're eating dogs," Trump had exclaimed frantically, echoing words that could've been uttered by a Klansman in the early 1920s, but now that very same level of toxicity having been beamed into households all across the world for whoever has the stomach to bear
(2025-01-24). Development Banker Says US Knew Of Plot To Oust Him Over Nicaragua Loans. popularresistance.org After Nicaragua suppressed a violent US-backed 2018 coup d'etat which saw hundreds of deaths, Washington enacted the "Nica Act" sanctions bill in 2018, which largely succeeded in cutting off the country's funding from international institutions such as the World Bank. According to Nicaragua's former finance minister, the sanctions had two immediate effects: First, the World Bank stopped financing anti-poverty projects in Nicaragua, meaning that the poorest communities lost funding of around US$500 million annually.
(2025-01-23). The Upside Down: Vegetable Leather. bylinetimes.com This article was originally published in the February 2025 print edition of Byline Times | To stay ahead of the curve, The story of rubber is an early example of how the forces of imperial ambition, technological innovation and unfettered capitalism came together to deliver the modern world. Sometimes known as 'white gold', the scale and impact of its cultivation, production, and exploitation is only matched by that of oil. | The story begins in Brazil in 1735, when the poet, mathematician, and friend of Voltaire, Charles Marie de la Condamine, s…
(2025-01-23). The Upside Down: Vegetable Leather. bylinetimes.com This article was originally published in the February 2025 print edition of Byline Times | To stay ahead of the curve, The story of rubber is an early example of how the forces of imperial ambition, technological innovation and unfettered capitalism came together to deliver the modern world. Sometimes known as 'white gold', the scale and impact of its cultivation, production, and exploitation is only matched by that of oil. | The story begins in Brazil in 1735, when the poet, mathematician, and friend of Voltaire, Charles Marie de la Condamine, s…
(2025-01-23). Cuba's return to terror list belies Trump's pro-peace claims. cpusa.org 
Days after the Biden administration removed Cuba from the so-called State Sponsors of Terrorism list, Trump rescinded the decision through executive order on his first day in office. The Communist Party USA condemns the continuation of this aggressive policy aimed at overturning the Cuban Revolution. | The incoming Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said that the Trump administration plans to impose additional restrictions on the island nation. The economic warfare against the Cuban people waged by the U.S. government and condemned by the United Nations represents an illegal and inhumane attack on Cuban sovereig…
(2025-01-23). Cuba's return to terror list belies Trump's pro-peace claims. cpusa.org Days after the Biden administration removed Cuba from the so-called State Sponsors of Terrorism list, Trump rescinded the decision through executive order on his first day in office. The Communist Party USA condemns the continuation of this aggressive policy aimed at overturning the Cuban Revolution. | The incoming Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said that the Trump administration plans to impose additional restrictions on the island nation. The economic warfare against the Cuban people waged by the U.S. government and condemned by the United Nations represents an illegal and inhumane attack on Cuban sovereig…
(2025-01-23). Trump's Presidency And The Prospects For Peace In 2025. popularresistance.org A lot of people are angry about the inauguration falling on MLK Day this year, but I actually believe the convergence of dates is auspicious because it gives me the opportunity to bring the issues that Dr. King raised in his speech Beyond Vietnam—Time To Break The Silence to this forum. | In this speech, Dr. King raised the issue of the triple evils plaguing this country and the world: racism, poverty, militarism. What Dr. King was alluding to what we in the Black Alliance for Peace recognize is imperialism, which is why BAP was founded on April 4, 2017, to commemorate this pivotal address, and as a means t…
(2025-01-23). Museveni blames poverty on reluctance to embrace gov't programs. independent.co.ug 
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has attributed the poverty in the country to the failure of people to embrace government programs. While inspecting different enterprises of farmers under the parish development Model-PDM program across the Busoga sub-region on Wednesday, Museveni said that he started economic empowerment programs in 1989 by steering the …
(2025-01-23). Trump's Presidency And The Prospects For Peace In 2025. popularresistance.org A lot of people are angry about the inauguration falling on MLK Day this year, but I actually believe the convergence of dates is auspicious because it gives me the opportunity to bring the issues that Dr. King raised in his speech Beyond Vietnam—Time To Break The Silence to this forum. | In this speech, Dr. King raised the issue of the triple evils plaguing this country and the world: racism, poverty, militarism. What Dr. King was alluding to what we in the Black Alliance for Peace recognize is imperialism, which is why BAP was founded on April 4, 2017, to commemorate this pivotal address, and as a means t…