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Fishing mackerel in Iceland

vendredi 22 novembre 2019 à 01:00

*Iceland accused of putting mackerel stocks at risk by increasing its catch.*

Effect of using drones to kill

vendredi 22 novembre 2019 à 01:00

The overall effect of using drones to kill is to transfer the risk from combatants to civilians. But they also lead countries (such as the US) into despicable cruelties, such as killing medics.

Welfare benefits in UK at record low

vendredi 22 novembre 2019 à 01:00

The level of welfare benefits in the UK has reached a record low in comparison with wages, which have themselves gone down by 20% since before the financial crisis. Since they can't push their wages back up, they have to work a lot more than they did.

They work more so as to bring in the same income that they became accustomed to (if they were not poor) or need in order to survive (if they were poor).

I would love to see how the situation in the US compares to this.

ICC considers investigating British troops

vendredi 22 novembre 2019 à 01:00

The International Criminal Court is considering investigation of the killing of civilians by British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, because the British government seems to have blocked prosecution of them.

Liberal centrism

vendredi 22 novembre 2019 à 01:00

The crisis of liberalism: why centrist politics can no longer explain the world.

Liberal centrism was tolerable while the institutions of society made it possible for everyone to thrive. Now that they have been subverted and twisted by plutocracy, advocating liberal centrism is in effect just an excuse for more plutocracy.

I'm richer than you! infinity loop