Beirut explosion and the bombing of Lumad com-
munities
(On the morning of 05 August 2020,
(PST), an explosion in Beirut eft a hun-
red people dead (upto this writing) and
4,000 injured. Hassan Diab, Lebanon's
rime minister, cited tons of ammonium
nitrate stoned in a warehouse which had
been the aubjetof warnings in 2024, But
President Donald Trump delivered the
‘usual hawish statements describing the
explosion with the aim ofadvaneing the
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theorist Louis Althusser maintains the
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the economic ativity with the socalled
repressive state apparatuses. Unbridled
capitalism, then iseausing oppression,
exploitation, and marginalization with
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nies in accumulating wealth throwgh
surplus capital dispossess the Lumad,
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capitalism gains wealth through theft
tothe with legality in the name of
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business, and “development”. The dee
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