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The Arctic Is the Next Frontier in the New Cold War

Renate Bridenthal Geopolitical Economy Report
Geostrategically located, with profitable natural resources, the Arctic is rapidly becoming a militarized zone of power politics in the new cold war, contested by the US and Europe, Russia and China.

How Minor League Ballplayers Won a Union

Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier The Nation
The players who make America’s pastime possible have had enough of dismal working conditions, and they’re organizing to change them.

The Surprising History of International Women’s Day

Sarah Pruitt History
Though International Women’s Day may be more widely celebrated abroad than in the United States, its roots are planted firmly in American soil where efforts were made to separate it from its socialist origins.

Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT

Noam Chomsky, Ian Roberts and Jeffrey Watumull The New York Times
We know from the science of linguistics and the philosophy of knowledge that AI minds differ profoundly from how humans reason and use language. These differences place significant limitations on what these programs can do, encoding them with ineradicable defects.

Greece’s Tragic Rail Accident Was Caused by Austerity and Privatization

Matthaios Tsimitakis and Mihalis Panayiotakis Jacobin
Last week, two trains collided in central Greece, claiming 57 lives. Unions had long warned that cuts to the now-privatized rail network would cause a severe accident, but neither the government nor the country’s corporate media heeded the calls.