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WHY GERMANY’S ELECTION RESULT HAS MANY LESSONS FOR EUROPEAN LEFT
FOR THE FIRST TIME, DE LINKE SECURED MAXIMUM VOTES FROM 18-24 GROUP YOUTH
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11:46
The final results of Germany’s national elections held on February 23 are being debated intensively in the global media, especially in the European media about the upsurge of the far right party AFD which virtually doubled its voting percentage in the 2025 elections compared to the 2021 national elections. The ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD) was the main loser apart from the Free Democratic Party which failed to cross the ceiling of five per cent.
India
HOW CAN INDIA SEIZE OPPORTUNITY AMIDST U.S.-CHINA TRADE WAR
OUR EXPERTS HAVE TO WORK OUT OPTIONS INCLUDING JOINT PRODUCTION
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11:42
The US-China trade war has been a focal point of economic discussions for a significant period, as the world’s two largest economies have imposed tariffs on each other’s goods. The Trump administration imposed 10% tariffs on Chinese imports, while China, in turn, levied 15% tariffs on US liquid natural gas (LNG) and coal, as well as 10% tariffs on oil, farm equipment, and some automobiles.
Miscellaneous
BRITISH MARXIST SOCIOLOGIST MICHAEL BURAWOY HAS LEFT A RICH LEGACY
HE WAS A MODEL FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS LOOKING TO EXPLAIN FACETS OF SOCIAL CHANGE
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2025-02-15 14:43
LONDON: Michael Burawoy had three lifelong passions. The first was English football, specifically Manchester United, the team he supported from childhood and to which he remained loyal for the rest of his life. The other two were Marxism and sociology, into which he poured his prodigious energies for over half a century. I don’t know anything about football, but I was privileged to have firsthand exposure to Michael’s other two obsessions over five decades.