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Global elites flying private jets to COP26 climate conference emit more CO2 than hundreds of citizens would in a year – UK media

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The bigwigs heading to Scotland for the COP26 climate summit – where they ostensibly aim to help save the planet from greenhouse gases – will generate outsized emissions themselves by employing private jets for the trip. … Read More >Global elites flying private jets to COP26 climate conference emit more CO2 than hundreds of citizens would in a year – UK media

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Striketober, fascist passports, corrupt Manchin and the exploitation of black bodies

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Lee covers the wave of strikes that are happening in the country. Workers across industries from fast food to nurses to Hollywood are demanding that they receive the bare minimum. As businesses like John Deere try to operate without their trained workers, they’re discovering the hard way how valuable their workforce was. … Read More >Striketober, fascist passports, corrupt Manchin and the exploitation of black bodies

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Stop blaming ‘Russian trolls’ & ‘RT propaganda’: US democracy declining because Americans have lost faith in their elites – Moscow

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Growing disillusionment in American democracy can’t be blamed on a shadowy web of Russian influence, one of Moscow’s top diplomats has said, arguing Washington must face up to the lack of faith ordinary people have in politicians. … Read More >Stop blaming ‘Russian trolls’ & ‘RT propaganda’: US democracy declining because Americans have lost faith in their elites – Moscow

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Pandora Papers: The trillion-dollar offshore shadow economy exposed

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On this episode of Going Underground, we first speak to Fergus Shiel of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on the release of the Pandora Papers, which implicate 366 high-level public officials and politicians and over 1,000 companies in major tax evasion and the hiding of wealth. … Read More >Pandora Papers: The trillion-dollar offshore shadow economy exposed

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‘Pandora papers’: New leaks reveal how world leaders use offshore companies to dodge millions of dollars in taxes

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Leaked papers appear to show how some of the world’s elites accumulate property empires while avoiding millions in taxes, with reports focusing on European, Middle Eastern and South American leaders, and world-famous celebrities. … Read More >‘Pandora papers’: New leaks reveal how world leaders use offshore companies to dodge millions of dollars in taxes

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China to NATO: why should we listen to you? (Full Show)

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is urging Beijing to join NATO-led talks on missile restriction. He complains that China is increasing its nuclear capability at a breakneck pace and “without any limitation or constraint.” While still dwarfed by the arsenals of US and Russia, China has responded with bluster and pointed out NATO’s hypocrisy and double standards on nuclear proliferation. … Read More >China to NATO: why should we listen to you? (Full Show)

Categories Journalism & Mass media

How elite US institutions created Afghanistan’s neoliberal President Ashraf Ghani, who stole $169 million from his country

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Before he stole $169 million and fled his failed state in disgrace, Afghanistan’s puppet President Ashraf Ghani was formed in elite American universities, given US citizenship, trained in neoliberal economics by the World Bank, glorified in the media as an “incorruptible” technocrat, coached by powerful DC think tanks like the Atlantic Council, and given awards for his book “Fixing Failed States.” … Read More >How elite US institutions created Afghanistan’s neoliberal President Ashraf Ghani, who stole $169 million from his country