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Trump's Big Beautiful bill. Capitalism eats itself: Erysichthon of Thessaly, cursed with an insatiable hunger by Demeter, goddess of the fertility of the earth.

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and the Curse of Erysichthon

Capitalism eats itself: King Erysichthon was cursed with an insatiable hunger by goddess Demeter, until he consumed everything he had and ate himself. Sound familiar? As well as cutting climate change incentives to save the planet, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is now cannibalising his own MAGA supporters in red states in order to give the super-rich even more tax cuts.

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Chinese dissident allowed limited media access: Madam Miaow back on Guardian CiF

Yep, I checked yesterday and posted on Gary Younge’s powerful indictment of US Republican “Frat Boys” and discovered that my ban is at an end and I am now allowed to comment at the Guardian but under (heavy) moderation — so says the vivid red message in the comment window when I posted. This goes

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Sinophobia and Copenhagen: open letter to the Guardian’s Mark Lynas

Anna Chen – 22 December 2009, copenhagen, environment PREVIOUSLY: The story so far … One moment we were told there was a scandal brewing with the leaking of the ‘Danish Text‘, a stitch-up of the poor nations by the wealthy, with the US and Britain among those implicated (8th Dec 2009 onwards), the next moment,

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Climate change: Is new Independent newspaper regime Sinophobic?

Anna Chen – 19 December 2009 Well, I used to be a fan of The Independent, what with having Robert Fisk and being so brilliant on the Iraq war. But with an article yesterday headlined, “China’s delaying tactics threaten climate deal” by Chris Green, and allowing racist epithets in their comments threads, has The Indy

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