that's about the short of it
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South Africa and China set up a quantum communication link: how we did it and why it’s historic
(theconversation.com)
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Social housing: The State is now focusing on high-rise construction in Burkina Faso
(www.youtube.com)
Ukraine's what now?
I'm sure the regime is thrilled to have thousands of new volunteers to send to the front.
It’s telling how quickly liberals leap to AOC’s defense while downplaying the atrocities she enables. They preach 'principled' human rights rhetoric, only to treat genocide as just another political bargaining chip. Moral bankruptcy has never been so transparent.
It depends on what aspect of theory you're interested in.
For introductory material, I can highly recommend Blackshirts and Reds by Parenti. It's well written, and gives a good overview of socialism in a modern context.
I thought these books discussing socialism in the context of China were pretty good as well
- The East is Still Red https://redletterspp.com/products/the-east-is-still-red
- People's China at 75 – The Flag Stays Red https://redletterspp.com/products/peoples-china-at-75
- China's Great Road https://redletterspp.com/products/chinas-great-road
For an intro on the modern economic theory aspect, Geopolitical Economy Hour with Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson is pretty good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL1ObLixT8M&list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP
Homomorphic encryption has been around for a while now, but practical applications have been limited so far.
It's absolutely adorable that somebody could be so utterly ignorant as to think that the west doesn't hold political prisoners.
you really just can't help yourself can you 🤣
yet here you are replying, curious
Exactly, they act as a pressure relief valve for the system ensuring that public anger doesn't boil over into meaningful action that threatens the ruling class in any way.