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Amidst the Climate Emergency Nature is Still Revealing Its Secrets

Emily Beament Ecologist
The Snowdrop, a bulbous perennial plant. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew highlights the top 10 amazing discoveries from the new plants and fungi found by the institution and its partners in 2019. Many are at risk of extinction from deforestation, agriculture and energy development.

When Is a Protest Too Late?

Yasmeen Serhan The Atlantic
The demonstrations against India’s new citizenship law have had an emotional impact—but can they make a tangible one?

The Very Bad Space Force Deal

Karl Grossman CounterPunch
"Space war would immediately shut down activity on Earth below—cell phones, ATM machines, cable TV, traffic lights, weather prediction and more—all hooked up to satellites, would be lost. Modern society would go dark.”

Global Left Midweek - Left Parties Sort It Out

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Labour Party * Sinn Féin * Die Linke * Podemos * India Parties Unite Against CAB * Italian Dilemma * MAS, Bolivia * Iraqi CP * Québec Solidaire * Israel's Joint List * ... and Remembering Comrade Ben Turok
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