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According to Secretary of State Antony Blinken: “China is the only country with the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to seriously challenge the stable and open international system – all the rules, values, and relationships that make the world work the way we want it to…” Is China really a threat to Washington’s global system? …
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell vets possible Senate successors in the event he doesn’t finish out the remainder of his term. President Biden’s glaring absence from press events since taking office has many concerned he isn’t up to the task of delivering public addresses. Democrats pass a new stimulus package which includes reduced stimulus checks and stricter eligibility requirements. …
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to NHS intensive care unit nurse and national organizer of NHS Workers Say NO, Dave Carr. He discusses the government’s meagre one-percent pay rise for NHS staff after a year of battling the coronavirus pandemic, possible strike action over the dismal pay rise, Rishi Sunak’s lack of support for the NHS, why he thinks the government clapping for the NHS is hypocritical, reports of another coronavirus wave after lockdown lifts …
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. He discusses the background behind the military coup against State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, the political history of modern Myanmar, how the status quo before the coup was not democratic …
The Biden administration is still young, but its foreign policy – particularly in the Middle East – is an echo of past failures. And this administration does not have a learning curve. And does Washington really support democracy in the world in any case? Ukraine’s crackdown on independent media should give us all pause. …
Ending homelessness is a real possibility but the capitalists who run our system refuse to solve a problem whose existence boosts their profits. Lee Camp dives into the problem of homelessness in the US in the 21st century. Camp also goes over the opening of Joe Biden’s presidency, and provides an update on the assassination of Malcolm X. …
