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New State Safety Rules Ban Tesla Robotaxis
Someone is being paid for the right to exclude a rival from a public utility, under the guise of safety. What service, precisely, does the …
Spyware Targets MEP Investigating Pegasus Abuses
The proposed reform addresses the violation of parliamentary privilege while leaving the structural capacity for state-capitalist …
Chemours pays $450 million to settle federal forever chemicals case
Someone is being paid for the privilege of poisoning the water. What service, precisely, does this payment purchase for the society that …
Scientists Await Recombinant DNA Patent Decision With High Stakes
Someone is being paid for a patent on recombinant DNA. What service, precisely, does this payment purchase for the society that provides it? …
Brexit Reassessment Pits Pragmatic EU Engagement Against Ethnic Resentment
The proposed reform addresses the diplomatic awkwardness of isolation while leaving the capitalist logic of exclusion intact. This is not an …
EU Agrees to Speed Up Returns for Unlawful Migrants
The proposed reform addresses the administrative friction of migration enforcement while leaving the structural violence of border …
EU invites Taliban to Brussels on deportations, angering rights groups
The workers who carry the burdens of displacement, who flee violence and poverty only to find themselves treated as cargo to be returned to …
Putin Blocks Peace Talks By Refusing To Meet Zelensky
Every participant in this debate accepts that the refusal to meet is a diplomatic stalemate, a failure of communication between two rational …
US and Israel war against Iran marks 100 days
The workers who load the munitions, who steer the ships, who dig the trenches, and who sweep the streets of the cities that burn have a …
North Korea unveils nuclear facility, pledges exponential arsenal expansion
Here is what happened: A regime in a closed society has built a new facility to process nuclear fuel. It has announced that it will increase …
Russian drones and missiles strike Ukrainian cities, injuring dozens
The proposed reform addresses the immediate symptom of aerial bombardment while leaving the structural cause of imperialist accumulation …
Colombia election sees pro-Trump lawyer lead first round
Someone is being paid for the promise of order. What service, precisely, does this payment purchase for the society that provides it? In the …
Israel intensified air strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon after its Prime Minister vowed to "crush" Hezbollah.
Here is what happened: bombs fell on houses in southern and eastern Lebanon. People died. Buildings collapsed. Here is how it is being …
Domestic violence in Afghanistan is becoming more dangerous, less visible, and harder to escape.
Someone is being paid for the maintenance of a system that renders half the population invisible. What service, precisely, does this payment …
Iran announced it is reviewing the latest US negotiating position while President Trump renewed threats and indicated willingness to wait days for acceptable answers.
Every participant in this debate accepts that the timeline of diplomacy is a neutral container, a clock face upon which the hands of reason …
The US Court of International Trade ruled that Trump's latest 10% temporary global tariffs are unjustified under a 1970s trade law, but issued only a narrow block applying to two parties.
Here is what happened: A judge in Washington looked at a piece of paper signed by the President and decided it was legally hollow. He …
The Trump administration has announced an operation called "Project Freedom" focused on the Strait of Hormuz.
The workers who load the coal, steer the engines, and repair the hulls of the merchant marine have a singular interest: they wish to return …
Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate was taken from prison to a local hospital after a sharp deterioration in her health.
Someone is being paid for the confinement of a human being. What service, precisely, does this payment purchase for the society that …
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied that the Iran war is a "quagmire" while testifying before a House committee, as estimated US costs reach $25 billion.
The denial of a “quagmire” addresses the symptom of military exhaustion while leaving the structural cause of imperialist …
A man was charged with the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump after allegedly opening fire at the annual correspondents' dinner.
The workers who staff the halls of our press galleries, the men and women who labor in the kitchens of our great hotels, and the security …
Forty years after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, the abandoned city of Pripyat was revisited with a former resident.
The retrospective gaze upon Pripyat addresses the symptom of technological catastrophe while leaving the structural cause of environmental …
A DW report revisits the abandoned city of Pripyat 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, accompanied by a former resident.
Every participant in this debate accepts that the Chernobyl disaster is a closed chapter of history, a tragic, localized rupture in the …
The US military struck more than 1,000 targets in the first 24 hours of an assault on Iran, an acceleration attributed to Project Maven's AI-enabled targeting capabilities.
Here is what happened: The United States military launched a series of strikes against targets in Iran, hitting over a thousand locations …
Venezuela's interim government is privatizing the oil industry following the US ouster of Maduro and effective seizure of control over the sector.
The workers who pull the crude from the Venezuelan earth and tend the vast machinery of the oil fields have a singular, fundamental …
The Russian army is advancing on the Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka as part of an effort to occupy the entire Donbas region, while residents continue to live and resist there.
Every participant in this debate accepts that the struggle for Kostiantynivka is a struggle over territory, a movement of lines on a map, …
Russia launched its deadliest attack on Ukraine this year, killing at least 17 people with a massive barrage of drones and missiles.
Every participant in this debate accepts that this barrage of drones and missiles is a rupture in the established order, a sudden and …
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is actively seeking additional arms agreements with allied nations to strengthen Ukraine's defence against Russia's ongoing invasion.
The proposed arms agreements address the immediate symptom of military vulnerability while leaving the structural cause of the conflict - …
Tuvalu will host world leaders in a pre-COP31 summit gathering, spotlighting the Pacific island nation's climate vulnerability.
The proposed summit addresses the symptom of climate vulnerability while leaving the structural cause of environmental destruction intact. …
Péter Magyar defeats Viktor Orbán in Hungary's elections, ending Orbán's 16 years in power.
Someone is being paid for the maintenance of a particular political order, a claim to authority that has, for sixteen years, been extracted …
The UK government is reviewing whether rapper Kanye West should be allowed to enter the country ahead of a planned London festival appearance in July.
Someone is being paid for the right to speak on a London stage in July - not for performing, exactly, but for the permission to be heard at …
An Israeli strike on South Beirut killed at least four people.
The proposed “reform” in this case is not legislation, nor a UN resolution, nor even a diplomatic statement - it is the assumption that a …
Cuba plans to release over 2,000 prisoners amid escalating U.S. pressure.
Every participant in this debate accepts that a state’s release of prisoners is a technical, humanitarian gesture - something a country does …
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is reviewing 13 suspected cases of assisted dying in England and Wales.
The proposed reform - reviewing cases of assisted dying to determine whether prosecution is appropriate - addresses the symptom of …
The US Supreme Court appeared skeptical during oral arguments over a legal challenge to birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
Someone is being paid for the mere fact of being born on American soil - no more, no less. What service, precisely, does this payment …
Israeli air defences intercepted three waves of Iranian missile fire early Thursday, resulting in several light injuries in the Tel Aviv area.
Someone is being paid for the right to own assets whose value rises not because they produce anything, but because others are forced to pay …
Costa Rica has struck a deal to accept up to 25 migrants per day deported by the United States as part of an immigration enforcement effort.
Here is what happened: the United States, needing a place to dump people it no longer wants inside its borders, has arranged with Costa Rica …
The Albanese government has halved the fuel excise, reducing petrol and diesel prices by 26 cents per litre for three months.
Here is what happened: the government cut the tax on petrol and diesel by half, dropping the price at the pump by 26 cents a litre for three …
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko visited North Korea as part of Kim Jong Un’s effort to strengthen ties within Russia’s sphere of influence.
Someone is being paid for the right to claim ownership over a territory, a population, a future - without producing anything that might be …
Spanish woman Noelia Castillo died via euthanasia in Barcelona after a legal dispute with her father.
The workers who care for the dying - nurses, aides, physicians, social workers - have an interest in dignity, in consent, in the quiet …
The European Parliament voted in favor of plans to establish offshore 'return hubs' to detain and process refused asylum seekers.
Here is what happened: the European Parliament voted to build detention centres far from its own shores, where people who have fled war and …
The WNBA has agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), marking a structural shift for women's sports.
Here is what happened: women who play professional basketball in the United States have negotiated a new contract with the league. Here is …
US President Donald Trump postponed a threat to bomb Iran's energy infrastructure and claimed Iran seeks to negotiate a deal with Washington.
Here is what happened: Donald Trump said he had thought about bombing Iran’s oil facilities, then decided not to - because, he claimed, Iran …
Venezuela turns to cryptocurrency amid massive US dollar shortage caused by Trump administration sanctions. Companies and individuals are adopting crypto as a survival mechanism as the country faces a currency drought
The workers who keep Venezuela’s economy breathing - the factory hands, the shopkeepers, the bus drivers, the street vendors, the nurses …
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian property in the West Bank by smashing cars and setting fires.
Here is what happened: a group of Israeli settlers drove into a Palestinian neighbourhood in the West Bank, pulled several cars from outside …
A national referendum is being held in Italy on the government's quest to overhaul the judiciary.
R.H. Tawney on the Italian Judiciary Referendum
Someone is being paid for [the Italian government’s judicial overhaul]. What service, …
Iran and Qatar clash over South Pars/North Dome gas field development rights amid escalating Gulf tensions
Every participant in this debate accepts that the South Pars/North Dome gas field is a prize to be seized by whichever state can assert the …