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A good article from the Guardian.  The indigenous-socialist project accomplished what neoliberalism has repeatedly failed to do: redistribute wealth to society’s poorest sectors and uplift those most marginalized. Under Evo and MAS leadership, Bolivia liberated itself as a resource colony. Before the coup, Evo attempted to nationalize its large lithium reserves, an element necessary for electric cars. Since the coup, Tesla’s stocks have skyrocketed. Bolivia rebuked imperialist states...

An excellent video on Brexit, explaining why patriotic British people feel the way they do. [embedded content]

Rock star Sir Rod Stewart has unveiled the huge model railway city he has been building for the past 23 years. Amazing! He made 90% of it. He wasn't so good at electrics.  Sir Rod Stewart unveils unbelievable model railway city which took 23 years to build

It's no secret that I'm not a fan of Medicare for All. That's why I'm impressed that Senator Elizabeth Warren's campaign reached out to me to independently review her proposed financing plan for the program. Her numbers add up and her plan fully finances the program without imposing any new taxes on middle-class families. The most important source of revenue for Warren's Medicare for All plan is simply to have businesses pay their employees' health insurance premiums to Medicare instead of...

A Chinese firm was brought in to mine the lithium. After that the coup took place.Tesla (United States) and Pure Energy Minerals (Canada) both showed great interest in having a direct stake in Bolivian lithium. But they could not make a deal that would take into consideration the parameters set by the Morales government. Morales himself was a direct impediment to the takeover of the lithium fields by the non-Chinese transnational firms. He had to go.Vijay Prashad - After Evo, the Lithium...

November 2019, Guillaume Long, David Rosnick, Cavan Kharrazian, and Kevin Cashman It was all very fair.  This paper presents results from statistical analysis of election returns and tally sheets from Bolivia’s October 20 elections. This analysis finds no evidence that irregularities or fraud affected the official result that gave President Evo Morales a first-round victory. The paper presents a step-by-step breakdown of what happened with Bolivia’s vote counts (both the unofficial...

Anti-EmpireBolivia’s New Self-Declared “Interim President” Believes Indians Are “Satanic”, Shouldn’t Be Allowed in Cities Marko Marjanović Statement from Colectivo Curva on the resistance of the people of El Alto in response to the ongoing coup attempt in Bolivia. Based in El Alto themselves, Colectivo Curva argue that the native peoples of El Alto remember their history of struggle against the Morales government: they do not fight for him and his party, but against an attack on their...

In 2015, United Nations member states adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, which include an imperative to “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.” Yet, in the last four years, matters have deteriorated significantly.... Project SyndicateThe Growing Threat of Water WarsJayati Ghosh | Professor of Economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, in New Delhi

John Solomon ReportsThe real Ukraine controversy: an activist U.S. embassy and its adherence to the Geneva ConventionRay McGovernQuick, someone help WPost top Russia-gate sleuths connect the dots! RTQuick, someone help WPost top Russia-gate sleuths connect the dots! RT‘NATO will be soiling its pants’: Ukrainian tycoon seen as power behind president calls for ‘new Warsaw Pact’ with Moscow RTPolice accuse Hong Kong ‘rioters’ of turning university into ‘weapons factory’ as academic...