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How Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Hamas’ Oct. 7 slaughter of Jews upended the capitalist ‘world order’
Working people today face a world of deepening capitalist disorder and escalating competition over profits, markets and political influence, as well as a deepening war drive gripping all the major rival world powers. Two recent watershed developments — Moscow’s 2022…