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The Gulf Arab states and the new ‘East-East’ axis of world oil
Adam Hanieh — A major shift has taken place in the control of world oil over recent decades: the seemingly unstoppable rise of national oil companies run by governments in the Middle East, China, Russia and others in the Global South.
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The limits of western economic war with Russia and the failure of climate policy
Bolivia's green gains the media and critics are not talking about
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Bolivians receive free tree saplings as part of the "My Tre
Saudi Arabia’s lesser known exports after oil: Wahhabism and pro-imperialism
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US President Barack Obama fetes the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
By Rupen Savoulian
Cuando el árbol del “antiextractivismo” no deja ver el bosque
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Miles de pueblos indígenas dirigidos por la CONAIE (Confederación de Nacionalidades Ind
South America: How ‘anti-extractivism’ misses the forest for the trees
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Thousands of indigenous peoples led by CONAIE (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalitie
Nigeria: Africa’s number one economy -- for wealth evaporation
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In 2012, neoliberalism catalysed a nati
Venezuela: The political economy of inflation and investment strikes
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Hugo Chavez addresses oil workers in 2007, pus
Ecuador: Some observations on the controversy over oil development in Yasuní-ITT
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An aerial view of part of the Ya
Extreme weather, more extreme greenhouse gas emissions beckon urgent activism
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By Patrick Bond, Durban