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‘Suicidal’ model of capitalism leading to war and fascism, climate summit told

Colombia president Gustavo Petro tells 57-country talks on a green energy transition that fossil fuel interests could destroy humanity

Migrants deported from US stranded, 'scared' in DR Congo

Kinshasa (AFP) - Spending the past five days cooped up in a hotel in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not quite what a group of Latin Americans expected when they sought asylum in the United States. But their predicament is far from the worst of it: the men and women told AFP on Wednesday that they arrived in Kinshasa after a 27-hour flight which they spent with their hands and feet shackled. Gabriela, a 30-year-old Colombian sporting tattoos and clad like most of her fellow sufferers in a white T-shirt, summed up their plight. "I didn't want to go to Congo. I'm scared, I don...

Slavery reparations: What does the UN vote mean?

African and Caribbean nations want countries which benefited from slavery to pay compensation but it will not be straightforward.

Arendt, Hannah - (Attributed) | WIST Quotations

The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism. Widely attributed to Arendt, and in keeping with her other writings, but I cannot find a primary source or citation.