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Eve Ottenberg

Eve Ottenberg

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The Homeless Have No Rights

The homeless are a class apart, out American untouchables. It goes without saying that in America the homeless have no right to shelter. They also...

24.01.2025 10

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Mass Hysteria Strikes Again: The Great Drone Invasion of 2024

The latest American mass psychosis involves drones, a rather mundane twist in a long, gaudy, societal psychopathology leading from communists under...

03.01.2025 3

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The West’s Romance With Elections Is Dead…the Rules-Based Order Killed It

It’s been a bad few months for democracy. Election results offensive to the European Union were annulled in Romania; an attempted coup occurred...

20.12.2024 3

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As Oceans Warm, Weather Goes Berserk

Hotter oceans kill plankton, upon which the entire maritime ecosystem depends. They are the meal at the base of the food chain – seas without...

06.12.2024 9

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A Win for Renters

With over 2,300,000 renters in New York City, it’s a good bet most of them had to pay exorbitant brokers’ fees to land their apartments. Those...

29.11.2024 6

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What Makes Dan Osborn Run?

One of the most consequential races in this past election was for U.S. senate in Nebraska, where Independent Dan Osborn lost to Republican Deb...

25.11.2024 20

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Biden as Lame Duck

Right now, it’s still up to Joe “All War, All the Time” Biden to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. He has the power to do so, and to pretend...

17.11.2024 2

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Everybody Wants to Join BRICS

If there’s one thing the recent BRICS summit in Kazan revealed, it’s that when you divide the world into the West and the Rest, the Rest is a...

08.11.2024 30

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Using Any Metric, the U.S. Gamble to Harm Russia by Bombing Nordstream Was a Failure

Years have passed since president Joe Biden allegedly ordered the bombing of the Nordstream 2 pipeline, and the dust has long settled. We can now...

01.11.2024 10

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A Win for the Poor

Roughly 20 million Americans live in trailer parks, and in recent years rents there, like everywhere, shot up. Since these tenants often cling to a...

25.10.2024 2

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Dockworkers Could Be Striking, Come Inauguration Day

So the dockworkers’ strike is off for now, with a promise that it could resume in January. Did union bureaucrats accept a 62 percent pay hike in...

18.10.2024 1

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Corruption in High Places

When the feds start seizing government cell phones, that’s never a good sign for the officials to whom these devices belong. It’s also an omen...

11.10.2024 2

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War, Peace and What They Mean for Labor (With or Without Presidential Endorsements)

When the feds start seizing government cell phones, that’s never a good sign for the officials to whom these devices belong. It’s also an omen...

11.10.2024 1

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Elections, War and What They Mean for Labor (With or Without Presidential Endorsements)

For the first time since Bill Clinton’s 1996 re-election campaign, the 1.3-million member Teamsters union declined to endorse a Democrat running...

04.10.2024 2

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The World Would Be Better off Without NATO, Revisited

The hyper-capitalist terror state that plots to rule the world keeps its fist in a mailed glove called NATO. But NATO is in trouble. As its...

20.09.2024 10

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Climate Catastrophe Smashes Heat Records, as Plutocrats, Politicians Twiddle Their Thumbs

Last year, 2023, was the hottest year on record. But 2024 isn’t over, and July 2024 was the warmest recorded July. So you can expect this year to...

13.09.2024 2

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A Nation of Debtors : USA

Americans are up to their eyeballs in debt. At a time when the national debt exceeds $35 trillion, U.S. citizens are awash in red ink. They’ve...

06.09.2024 2

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Where Do the Candidates Stand on War? Someplace Very Vague

Since a prerequisite for the American presidency is being ready, willing and able to slaughter lots of foreigners, it would be nice to know where...

30.08.2024 1

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