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by Yanis Iqbal / January 2nd, 2021 The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced that weapons exports have risen by 2.8% to $175 billion in 2020. In their annual briefing on US arms sales, the Pentagon and State Department cold-bloodedly described this increase as an “accomplishment”. The Permanent Crisis of Capitalism The growth in arms sales is structurally driven by the permanent crisis of capitalism. There has been a long-term decline in the rate of profit of the productive sectors of leading capitalist states. This decline began in 1965 and persisted all through th...

© John Gallicker Skiers enjoying Glenshee in January 1970. Skiers have been whizzing down Glenshee’s slopes since the 1930s. As the famous Aberdeenshire snowsports centre hopes to open for the season on Monday, Gayle Ritchie looks back at the stories behind the venture. Glenshee in the late 1930s. The perfect spot for a group of friends, fresh from learning to ski in Europe, who came here to practise their new-found sport. With no chairlifts or ski tows in sight, they were forced to hike all the way up to the top of the hills before they could enjoy an exhilarating ski back down.

The True Costs of War: Civilian Displacement, Airstrike Death Tolls, and the Political Camouflage of Military Contractors The Corporation-supported Costs of War Project documents the many costs of America’s “war on terror”Carnegie Corporation of New York, December 18, 2020 What is the true cost of war? Brown University’s Costs of War Project, a grantee of Carnegie Corporation of New York that involves a team of 50 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, has been working on answering this question since 2010, focusing specifically on the costs of the United...

Updated: December 18, 2020, 12:03 pm © John Gallicker Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Skiers have been whizzing down Glenshee’s slopes since the 1930s. As the famous Aberdeenshire snowsports centre hopes to open for the season on Monday, Gayle Ritchie looks back at the stories behind the venture. Glenshee in the late 1930s. The perfect spot for a group of friends, fresh from learning to ski in Europe, who came here to prac...