Tariq Ali on Ukraine Nato Expansion (Video)
Democracy Now on March 9 spoke with writer and activist Tariq Ali in London, about Russia’s invasion, NATO expansion into Eastern Europe and & how Putin’s moves galvanized a Russian
Has Neoliberalism Really Come to an End?
Neoliberalism is contemporarily used to refer to market-oriented reform policies such as “eliminating price controls, deregulating capital markets, lowering trade barriers” and reducing, specially through privatization and austerity, state influence
Foreign Ownership in Saudi Stock Market Soars to $70bn in 2021
Foreign ownership in Saudi Arabia’s stock exchange hit SR264 billion ($70 billion) last year amid efforts by the Kingdom to spur foreign investment, reported Arab News citing the latest release
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Dream Girl Called Rule of Law (Video)
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Tera Jana: Khan’s Ouster (Video)
IRSHAD SALIM – Charlie and Snoopy discuss Imran Khan’s ouster ‘melancholy’ among his supporters, loyalists, and the overwhelming number of Pakistani youth (I call them the sunshine generation) who look
Climate Report Finds Antarctica Could Support Multiple Golf Courses By 2050
A Satirical Post in The Onion: In the group’s latest effort to assess the impacts of the planet’s rising temperature, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report Thursday
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‘WAADA’ Coming Soon (Video)
WAADA written by Farheen Chaudhry in Islamabad, and produced by Habib Paracha in Hollywood, is coming soon on YouTube. WATCH the teaser of the tarana (song): The message is of
In the Room Where German Tycoons Agreed to Fund Hitler’s Rise To Power
David de Jong in Literary Hub: The invitations, sent by telegram four days earlier, left no doubt. The capital was calling. On Monday, February 20, 1933, at 6 pm, about
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Pakistan’s Historic Court Ruling: ‘Rome Has Spoken, the Case Is Finished!’
By Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury in Dhaka Courier: Pakistan’s impossibly debonair and incredibly urbane cricketing star turned politician, Imran Khan, is a man of a myriad parts. Where English is spoken
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Now, Let Us Talk Peace
Jeremy Corbyn writes in Counterpunch: With Russian shells raining down on Ukrainian cities, an uneasy ceasefire in Yemen, the attack on Palestinians at prayer in Jerusalem, and many other conflicts around
Iftar at Lord’s Cricket Stadium in UK (Video)
Mosques in Moscow are overflowing during Ramadan. Iftar held at Lord’s cricket stadium in UK. (WhatsApp share by DesPardes.com reader)
Ethno-Populist Policies and Sri Lanka’s Economic Meltdown
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram: Once deemed a basic human needs success story, Sri Lanka (SL) is now in its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. Nonetheless,
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