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A Real Jubilee: A Mass Write-Off of Debts

Caroline Molloy Open Democracy
Queen Elizabeth is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee of 70 years on the throne. Even before cost of living crisis, the poor owed the government – or, the Crown – £16bn. Why not just write it off?

Why Labor Won in Australia

Thomas Klikauer CounterPunch
Despite years of media support by Murdoch for the unloved and self-appointed bulldozer Scomo and Murdoch’s daily attacks on Labor, Labor still won. Worse, Australia is a country that is known not as a democracy but as Murdochracy.

Let Them Eat (Jubilee) Cake

Laura Clancy Red Pepper (UK)
It is not just that inequalities are being sharpened alongside the existence of monarchy, but rather that the inequality inherent to systems of monarchy provide the conditions for inequality within wider society. 

The Struggle for What’s Essential

Jen Moore Foreign Policy in Focus
Global mining companies have used the pandemic to push unwanted projects on vulnerable communities, who are fighting back — and sometimes winning.

Friday Nite Videos | November 30, 2018

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Retired Lieutenant Colonel: 'I Believe Treason Is Illegal'. Time for a Progressive International. ¡LAS SANDINISTAS! | Documentary. Bernie Sanders Keynotes 'The Gathering'. 'Absolutely No Business in Russia.' Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism.

Manafort Plea Fail Is Good News for Oligarchs

David Corn and Dan Friedman Mother Jones
Oleg Deripaska and Dmytro Firtash—and maybe other players in Russia and Ukraine—probably ought to be relieved that Manafort is talking to Mueller no more.