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America is a scam
Donald Trump is many things: a racist, an authoritarian, a rapist… but what he is, and has always been, above all and from the very start, is a scammer.
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Charles Rangel and the end of Black politics
The late Charles Rangel served as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus for more than 40 years. But the goals of Black politics and electoral politics are not necessarily the same.
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Alberta gov’t seeks to ban books to distract from scandals
Facing an ongoing corruption scandal and rising measles cases, clearly the Alberta government is desperate for a distraction.
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Getting to Medicare for All
There are a million ways to slice and dice both a universal Medicare plan and also the transition, which will pose real problems. However, it is important any plan be comprehensive. That doesn’t mean it has to cover the plastic surgery needed to give people the Mar-a-Lago look, but it does need to cover areas like dental, vision, and hearing, which are excluded from traditional Medicare.
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Gaza’s hospitals ARE the target
We’ve seen multiple reports from doctors documenting Israeli forces actually entering hospitals they’ve attacked and destroying all the individual pieces of medical equipment in those facilities, one by one.
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The U.S. blockade on Cuba
As workers and socialists, Cuba’s struggle is our struggle.
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Strike at the Helm: The First Ministerial Meeting of the New Cycle of the Bolivarian Revolution
On October 7th, 2012, after hearing of his victory as the nation‘s candidate with 56 percent of the vote, President Hugo Chávez Frias announced from a balcony in his hometown that a new cycle was beginning the very next day, October 8th.
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‘I’m not seeing the horror reflected in corporate media’
CounterSpin interview with Mara Kronenfeld on Israel’s aid blockade.
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Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and more
Following is a fact sheet about how Trump’s “big beautiful” budget bill cuts essential services and benefits for workers to give to the wealthy.
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Outrage as Netanyahu says no mass starvation in Gaza, suggests Palestinians are overweight
Prime minister says Israel has photographs of thousands of unclothed prisoners, an ‘indication’ of sufficient food, as experts warn of looming famine.
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Hundreds of millions are dying of hunger: The Twenty-Second Newsletter (2025)
Enough food is produced to meet the needs of 11 billion people. Why do so many of the 8 billion people on the planet go hungry?
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U.S. and Israel hijack aid, massacre starving Palestinians
The Israeli and U.S. aid distribution maneuver sparked chaos among desperate, starving Palestinians and Israeli forces responded by killing at least five.
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Donald Trump and Panama: A return to 1903?
A mobilization is beginning to defend national sovereignty, trampled by Yankee imperialism and local traitors.
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The Gaza solidarity movement outlives the Government’s support for Israel
The London marches, several of which have broken the half a million mark, are the flagship of the whole movement, and are not stopping yet explains David Jamieson.
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Five years after the murder of George Floyd: The fight for Black liberation continues
It has been five years since police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, in the streets of Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.
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After Trump’s Harvard ban, China invites students with offers
Harvard faces legal and political turmoil after Trump revokes its ability to admit foreign students, but China responds with open offers.
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PUCL condemns the extrajudicial killing of Nambala Keshava Rao and 26 others in Chhattisgarh
The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) strongly condemns the extrajudicial killing of Nambala Keshava Rao, General Secretary of the CPI (Maoist), and 26 others, many of whom were Adivasi residents, in an alleged encounter carried out under the guise of counterinsurgency operations in Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh.
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SAFTU condemns imperialist blackmail disguised as diplomacy in Ramaphosa’s secret deal with Trump
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) condemns in the strongest terms the disgraceful deception of the South African public by President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation during their recent meeting with Donald Trump in Washington.
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Goodbye pluralism: Cancelled Post Keynesian style
I hope readers will share this note and it prompts debate about the current fragility of pluralism in heterodox economics and society.
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A Lenin for the 21st century
“The Meaning of Lenin for the 21st Century: Comments to German Comrades” is Paul Le Blanc’s individual contribution to MarxIs’Muss Kongress 2025, to be held in Berlin from 29 May to 1 June 2025.