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Dueling monopolies in Australia, what it means for platform regulation and free speech, and more media news.

Essential workers prepare international strike on Women's Day, and more reports from popular movements and left parties

Elections turn the tide in Ecuador and Haiti, and reports from Russia, Vietnam, India, and Google workers of the world!

Under the current system, “the lungs of the Earth are being plowed up and bulldozed to plant more corn and soybeans so that more animals can be raised in confinement.” "Farmers need to follow the lead of India’s farmers and make our voices heard.”

Media workers organize, Indian journalists under attack, GameStop, Fox News, and more hot flashes

Since India’s farmers protests began last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s far-right Hindu nationalist government has tried to violently suppress them, revealing how close “the world’s largest democracy” is to becoming an authoritarian state.

Can Biden Achieve Progress Where It Matters While Avoiding a New Cold (or Hot) War?

Remembering Patrice Lumumba, Marielle Franco and Chico Mendes, and news of new year struggles in four continents

Fascism, fascization, and antifascism 2021. Reports and analyses, with urgent words from Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad and Alain Badiou.