
However, the inquiry found no evidence of traitors in Canada’s Parliament plotting with foreign governments to interfere with elections. Hogue did express “legitimate concerns about parliamentarians potentially having problematic relationships with foreign officials, exercising poor judgment, behaving naively and perhaps displaying questionable ethics.” Tell us something we don’t know! Hogue found it wasn’t spies that were the problem. In her report, she said that “information manipulation” posed the biggest single threat to our democracy. In other words, fake news. Maybe Trump had a point after all. ... read full post

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/47161025 ... read full post
For future historians reflecting on changes in the world order, 2025 could be regarded as a watershed year signalling a major global shift. The greatest challenge we face today is what Giovanni Arrighi referred to as the question of what the ‘next world’ will look like. This question reflects the prevailing systemic anxiety on a global scale and the fundamental concerns of our era. ... read full post
The arrival of the second administration of President Donald Trump – hereafter, Trump 2.0 – has been a whirlwind. In just over a hundred days, his administration has drastically downsized the civil service, signalled a swift withdrawal from Ukraine, launched an aggressive new tariff war, and betrayed traditional allies in Europe. Trump’s new policies have thrown the United States and the world into chaos. ... read full post
The return of Donald Trump signals an upheaval in global politics. This issue examines the global rise of illiberal movements, the collapse of the neoliberal order, and the fissioning ideological spectrum. As the world reorganises, what new order will emerge? Contributors analyse China-Russia cooperation, multipolar visions, and pathways towards a world without hegemony. ... read full post
Since the twentieth century, modern political ideologies across the world have been mapped onto a left-right binary spectrum. This is a highly simplified abstraction, but it has effectively encapsulated the structure of political orientations and struggles both within and between almost every country and region for more than a century. An undergraduate in political science could place the political ideologies and values of all parties and regimes on this spectrum, thereby determining identity, establishing political alignments, and devising strategies for struggle. However, over the past two decades, as post–Cold War globalisation has declined from its peak, this ideological spectrum has fractured. The once-clear structure has become blurred, and political forces – both between nations and within them – have detached from the traditional left-right framework. ... read full post
Capitalist globalisation has profoundly transformed the global food system since the 19th century. This has pushed much of the world’s peasantry into crisis. In most underdeveloped countries, land privatisation and integration into global markets have eroded food sovereignty and trapped rural communities in cycles of dispossession and debt. What some scholars term the ‘corporate food regime’ has systematically undermined millions of livelihoods while concentrating agricultural power in corporate hands. ... read full post
What do you all think?

What in the orphan crushing machine is this shit?!
https://maritime-executive.com/article/bananas-ahoy-as-overboard-containers-wash-ashore

Spending millions on holiday shows and advertising instead of actually feeding and housing people is also disqualifying. (TikTok screencap)
Trump gibt gerade eine Pressekonferenz in seinem Regierungsflieger, der Air Force One. Dann geht plötzlich hinter ihm eine Tür auf und trifft den Präsidenten im Rücken.
Und dafür werden Werbeeinnahmen ausgegeben.
Iran condemns the US Navy’s attack on a commercial vessel carrying Venezuelan oil off the coast of the South American country as an “act of state piracy,” warning about the consequences of such coercive measures.
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Mega Man will be making his grand return in 2027 with Mega Man: Dual Override, a 2D side-scroller that harkens back to the blue bomber's origins while carving a new path forward.