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Escalating assault on jobs and living standards in New Zealand
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May Day 2022: Finance capital and the deepening crisis of global capitalism
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Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee: The end of the “New Elizabethan Age”
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The Uvalde massacre and the pathological violence of American life
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The US baby formula crisis and capitalism’s indifference to the lives of children
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