Türkiye Shows Renewed Interest in Joining BRICS
The moves are being welcomed by Beijing and Moscow. Is Ankara serious this time or is this more playing both sides by Erdogan?
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Links 6/11/2024
The EU “Center” Embraces the Right Kind of “Right”
A look at Europe’s elections and a comparison of the neoliberal, pro-war center with a right that abandons its EU and NATO skepticism begs the question, what’s the difference between the two?
Read more...Carbon Capture Will Extend Oil Production by 84 Years, Industry Study Finds
A Canadian oil field that should have shut down in 2016 can now keep producing oil until 2100.
Read more...Links 6/10/2024
Book Review: Truth and Consequences for Medical Whistleblowers
In “The Occasional Human Sacrifice,” Carl Elliott notes that those who expose medical wrongdoings are hardly heroes.
Read more...Links 6/9/2024
The War Racket in Germany
What happens when everyone starts to believe in the con?
Read more...Thousands of Children Got Tested for Lead With Faulty Devices: What Parents Should Know
Faulty lead test kits made by Magellan Diagnostics may have been used as late as 2021 to test children for exposure to the toxic metal. The company agreed to pay $42 million to settle criminal charges that it concealed malfunctions.
Read more...Italy Pipes Up Against NATO Escalation as Court Ruling Could Cut Off Russian Gas Sooner Than Expected
Italy also faces major energy squeeze from Red Sea crisis. Will opposition to Project Ukraine solidify or will Rome go along as it usually does?
Read more...The West Foments Chaos in the Caucasus
Armenia’s pivot to the West unravels. Regime change efforts in Georgia. Türkiye looks to criminalize working for “foreign interests.”
Read more...Links 5/27/2024
Book Review: How Plants Experience the World
In “The Light Eaters,” Zoë Schlanger considers the evidence for plant intelligence, and what that means for humanity.
Read more...Links 5/26/2024
‘To Be America’s Friend Is Fatal’: A Current Overview
Nowadays, to be America’s enemy is largely beneficial.
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