Author: Gary Wilson

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Environment

Tree plantations and logging industry make wildfires hazardous

July 1, 2023 Gary Wilson
Canada is currently experiencing its worst wildfire season on record. As of June 29, 2023, over 3,000 wildfires in Canada have burned over 19 million acres of land. This is more than ten times the […]
China

Biden nukes Korea, builds anti-China alliances

May 2, 2023 Gary Wilson
 On April 26, in the “Washington Declaration,” the Biden administration announced that the U.S. would be docking nuclear-armed submarines in South Korea for the first time since the 1980s. The U.S. had withdrawn its […]
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China

Tucker Carlson and the U.S. war on China

April 28, 2023 Gary Wilson
 Why was Tucker Carlson fired from Fox News? Not for any of his known offensives, even though that’s a very long list. Carlson is the millionaire (net worth $420 million) son of the director […]
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Capitalist crisis

The capitalist crisis is just beginning

April 8, 2023 Gary Wilson
 Worldwide there is a “cost-of-living” crisis. Inflation is raging. Food prices are out of reach. Access to housing is collapsing, with unsheltered homelessness up more than 30% in U.S. cities. New apartment sizes have […]
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Around the world

France burns as millions protest to defend pensions

March 26, 2023 Gary Wilson
March 23 was a national day of action, a general strike organized by the labor unions in France.  According to union estimates, around 3.5 million people hit the streets in more than 250 locations across France […]
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In the U.S.

The Bank Panic of 2023: If he can bail out banks, Biden can roll back prices

March 17, 2023 Gary Wilson
 The Bank Panic of 2023 isn’t over. The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank, the second largest bank failure in U.S. history, was followed by a landslide of banking crises.  Credit Suisse, the second […]
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In the U.S.

War buildup: Biden’s $1 trillion military budget

March 14, 2023 Gary Wilson
 The White House released its budget request for 2024. For the Pentagon, there is $824 billion. Adding armaments for military operations in Ukraine takes that figure to more than $950 billion. Add the $24 […]
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China

China breakthrough: Mediates deal to restore Iran-Saudi Arabia ties

March 14, 2023 Gary Wilson
 Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations, a dramatic breakthrough brokered by China after years of soaring tensions, NBC News reported on March 10. “The deal, which will see the two leading […]
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In the U.S.

Silicon Valley Bank collapses, the bailout has begun

March 13, 2023 Gary Wilson
 March 11 — Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest in the U.S., was shut down on March 10 and put under the control of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. “The fact […]
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U.S. / NATO war

How the U.S. Navy blew up the Nord Stream pipeline

February 8, 2023 Gary Wilson
Seymour Hersch, the investigative journalist, has published a powerful exposé titled “How America took out the Nord Stream Pipeline.” The subtitle says: “The New York Times called it a ‘mystery,’ but the United States executed […]