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Climate illusions sowed by Avaaz: Upward gazing can be politically blinding
G7 leaders frolick. Not so green.
'Extractivism' debate continues: Beyond lithium (and other poisons)
The Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia are home to over half the world's lithium deposits.
John Pilger wrong on former Yugoslavia
Kosovans displaced by Milosevic's serb-chauvinist regime.
SYRIZA's debt deal: breathing space or capitulation? Three assessments
February 23, 2015 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The interim deal between European authorities and the SYRIZA government of Greece has caused controversy on the left, with accusations of "capitulation", sell out" and worse from some sections. Below are three assessments from the left that offer a more sober analysis.
Greece gets its deal... but if the detail’s wrong ‘we’re finished’
By Paul Mason
February 20, 2015 -- Channel 4 --- The eurozone and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have done a deal with Greece, extending its bailout for four months in return for a commitment to run all policy measures with significant economic impact past the lenders. The second part of the deal has to be done on February 23, by Greece submitting a list of proposed measures.
Paul Le Blanc: Explorations in plain Marxism: revolutionary theory, practical action
"For many developing intellectually in the
'Dialogue' or Tamil self-determination: a response to Michael Cooke
Tamil refugees.
By Chris Slee
