Vijay Prashad, Taroa Zuniga Silva
About a third of the world’s lithium comes from Chile. The needs of the people of Chile seem to only come after the needs of the large corporations.
Chile’s Lithium Provides Profit to the Billionaires but Exhausts the Land and the People
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Alarmism About China Distracts from Ongoing Western Imperialism
West projecting its own image onto China when labeling it imperialist
According to many Western commentators—from the center-left to the far-right—China is the major threat to democracy, climate, peace and sovereignty in the 21st century. It is an issue where Donald Trump and Joe Biden are completely aligned. On the other side of the Atlantic too, Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer are closing ranks behind a sinophobic story-line.
Alarmism About China Distracts from Ongoing Western Imperialism
To Western Media, Prosecuting Bolivian Coup Leaders Is Worse Than Leading a Coup
To Western Media, Prosecuting Bolivian Coup Leaders Is Worse Than Leading a Coup
Brutal dictators supported by Washington have no reason to doubt that establishment journalists and big NGOs will try very hard to keep them out of jail. Removing the threat of US -backed coups from the world will involve a constant struggle against Western media and the sources they present to us as reliable.