Archive for February 11th, 2025

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11/02/2025

Imperialism (Still) Rules

Human Wrongs Watch

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram

HARARE, Zimbabwe, Feb 11 2025 (IPS)* – Many in the West, of the political right and left, now deny imperialism. For Josef Schumpeter, empires were pre-capitalist atavisms that would not survive the spread of capitalism. But even the conservative Economist notes President Trump’s revival of this US legacy.

Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Economic liberalism challenged
Major liberal economic thinkers of the 19th century noted capitalism was undermining economic liberalism.

John Stuart Mill and others acknowledged the difficulties of keeping capitalism competitive.

In 2014, billionaire Peter Thiel declared competition is for losers.

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11/02/2025

USAID “Marxists”? Once again Elon Musk Displays His Invincible Ignorance

Human Wrongs Watch

By Richard E. Rubenstein – TRANSCEND Media Service*

According to Elon Musk, USAID, the US chief foreign aid agency, “deserves to die.”  Why? Because it is “a viper’s nest of radical-left Marxists who hate America.”

Richard E. Rubenstein

What planet does this strange fellow live on?  I AM a radical-left Marxist professor – one who happens to love the USA–and for more than forty years I have been criticizing USAID for not being radical or leftist at all.

What the irate oligarch means by “Marxist” is anyone’s guess.

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11/02/2025

Two Mass Graves of Migrants Uncovered in Libya

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Two mass graves likely containing the bodies of migrants have been discovered in Libya, highlighting the ongoing, deadly dangers facing vulnerable people fleeing conflict and poverty, the UN migration agency, IOM said on .

Migrants often cross the Libyan desert to reach smuggling routes across the Mediterranean Sea.
© Unsplash/Ahmed Almakhzanji | Migrants often cross the Libyan desert to reach smuggling routes across the Mediterranean Sea.

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