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The Crisis (or Crises) of Civilization

Recently the Polish sociologist Krzystof Wielicki has made a case for regarding the democracies of the world as in a civilizational crisis.   Somewhat less recently, Susan Strange of the London School of Economics proposed the idea that in our times…

Codelco creates two subsidiaries to articulate state role in lithium industry

Chile’s National Copper Corporation (Codelco) today presented two new companies created to explore and exploit lithium in the Andean country, which will articulate the state’s role in the national lithium strategy launched by the government last month. Codelco’s board of…

Questioning the Longterm Efficacy of Wage Organizing

On May 2, 11,500 film and TV writers belonging to the Writers Guild of America went on strike. The Guild, founded in 1933, is the labor union representing thousands of writers who create TV series, film scripts, news programs, and…

‘Market Fundamentalism’ Is an Obstacle to Social Progress

A changing world order, a shrinking U.S. empire, migrations and related demographic shifts, and major economic crashes have all enhanced religious fundamentalisms around the world. Beyond religions, other ideological fundamentalisms likewise provide widely welcomed reassurances. One of the latter—market fundamentalism—invites…

Tossing Neoliberalism into the Dumpster

It’s official, according to a speech by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the United States is jumping off the neoliberal globalization bandwagon (a root cause of domestic extremism) and it couldn’t come soon enough as institutions of government are sucking…

“Protected areas without salmon farms”: Joint Parliamentary Committee and critical points of the draft law for nature (SBAP)

Commission to resolve a critical point of the SBAP bill related to industrial concessions in protected areas Bill creating the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Service (SBAP) in Joint Parliamentary Committee The Joint Commission is to resolve disputes between the two…

The Numbers BlackRock Won’t Crunch

As the planet’s biggest investor, with $9 trillion in assets under management and an army of tech-savvy analysts trained on the scent of easy money, numbers are BlackRock’s bread and butter. A giant with such an enormous appetite should find…

Universal basic income could alleviate the crisis as artificial intelligence leads to job losses

A basic income of ₡300,000 for everyone in the country would serve to eliminate extreme poverty and reduce poverty, as well as improve health, innovation and the fulfilment of labour rights. A monthly universal basic income (UBI) for everyone could…

Conservative attitudes in Tunisia driving young people to abandon the country in droves

The government’s failure to retain the competencies and entrepreneurial energy of new generations by not adapting their strategies to the methods that the developed world currently follows has resulted in a growing sense of disillusionment and frustration among young Tunisians,…

Protest groups call for workers’ rights amidst labor day celebration

On the celebration of Labor Day last May 1st, several progressive groups such as GABRIELA, Kilusang Mayo Uno, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, Nagkaisa! Labor Coalition, and more, marched along the streets of Metro Manila with their respective…

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