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Selected Articles: The Relationship Between Climate Change, Capitalism, and Imperialism. Plus an Update on Syria.
By Global Research News
Global Research, December 16, 2015
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Amerique_latine-Empire-USImperialism and Capitalism: Rethinking an Intimate Relationship

By Prof. James Petras and Prof. Henry Veltmeyer, December 16 2015

The literature on imperialism suffers from a fundamental confusion about the relationship between capitalism and imperialism. The aim of this paper is to remove this confusion.

climate-jamailThe Climate Crisis and Imperialism

By Andre Damon, December 16 2015

The outcome of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, which concluded over the weekend in Paris, has been hailed almost universally by politicians and the press as a triumph of international collaboration that will pull mankind back from the brink of ecological disaster.

Paris COP21The Carbon Markets Financial Game: How “Emissions Trading” at Paris Climate Talks Has Set Us Up For Failure

By Steffen Bohm, December 16 2015

The Paris Agreement has mostly been greeted with enthusiasm, though it contains at least one obvious flaw. Few seem to have noticed that the main tool mooted for keeping us within the 2℃ global warming target is a massive expansion of carbon trading, including offsetting, which allows the market exchange of credits between companies and nations to achieve an overall emissions reduction. That’s despite plenty of evidence that markets haven’t worked well enough, or quickly enough, to actually keep the planet safe.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Aug. 30, 2013, claims to have proof that the Syrian government was responsible for a chemical weapons attack on Aug. 21, but that evidence failed to materialize or was later discredited. [State Department photo]Kerry: US No Longer Seeking “Regime Change” in Syria?

By Jason Ditz, December 16 2015

During his visit to Moscow, Secretary of State John Kerry talked at length with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and came out of those talks with a shocking declaration that “the United States and its partners are not seeking regime change in Syria.”

A poster showing Syrian President Assad, Russian President Putin and Lebanese Hezbollah leader Nasrallah is seen on a micro bus in al-Qardahah town, near Latakia cityMilitary Operations in Preparation in and Around Syria. Calm Before the Storm?

By Thierry Meyssan, December 16 2015

On the imperial side, there reigns a state of total confusion. With regard to the contradictory declarations by US leaders, it is impossible to understand Washington’s objectives, if indeed there are any. At the very best, it would seem that the United States are allowing France to take certain initiatives at the head of one part of the Coalition, but even there, we do not know their real objectives.
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