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  1. Critical minerals and genocide in the Congo

    Africa Energy Environment Europe Imperialism & war Phil Hearse rare earth minerals When people ... viciously fought wars for power — including control over critical minerals. In the wars from 1998 to 2012, ... widespread, with huge levels of sexual violence against women. Twenty years ago, it was said that the DRC was ...

  2. The last time the US launched ‘fire and fury’ in Korea, millions died

    have poured cold water on the idea there could be a short term war between the US and North Korea. The ... often genuine and based on memories of the Korean war: “The hate, though, is not all manufactured. It is ... the air war focused, instead, on ‘MiG alley,’ a narrow patch of North Korea near the Chinese border. ...

  3. As the far right grows, its mask comes off

    hard right and fascist reaction has been on vivid display on the issues of women’s rights and the ... soft-pedalling their rabid reactionary positions on women’s rights, the environment and LGBTI issues. For ... organisation counselling women on abortion and using funds from elsewhere — even from its own government or ...

  4. What recent London demos say about the state of the British left

    (UK, SWP) Plan C London Demonstrations on successive weekends in London last month shone a spotlight on ... major political rifts — in the major parties and in the political left. On October 13, an extreme ... Vote march was ostensibly to call for a referendum on the terms of Britain’s withdrawal from the ...