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The world’s silence on Gaza once headlines fade: The Thirty-First Newsletter (2026)
The tapering off of news coverage on the U.S.-Israeli genocide has done little to abate the violence. In fact, its permanence is precisely what allows the world to look away.
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Obamacare enrollment declines in 49 states
In 49 states, the number of people enrolled in Obamacare plans has declined since Congress made coverage more expensive by allowing federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year.
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The rise of the military-technology complex
How Silicon Valley tech firms remade U.S. defense contracting. And then opened the Pentagon’s checkbook—wide.
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U.S. health aid meets resistance across Africa
Under Washington’s “America First Global Health Strategy,” seven American aid workers entered a U.S. isolation facility in central Kenya in mid-July, defying weeks of local protests and Kenyan High Court orders to halt the work.
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Court quashes non-bailable arrest warrants against SFI leader Aishe Ghosh who is a key participant in youth movement
The Delhi police had controversially barged into the CPI(M)’s headquarters in pursuit of this old warrant.
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The Later Years of the CPUSA Reconsidered
The McCarthy Era and the controversies of the 1960s and 1970s might not seem terribly relevant to a new generation of activists. But the old questions remain, and the left still needs to confront them.
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The capitalist construction of scarcity and the techno-corporate governance of water
A recent report by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) has warned that we are entering an era of global water bankruptcy.
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Hugo Chavez’s legacy endures throughout Latin America
On July 28, Venezuelans commemorate the birth of the Bolivarian Revolution’s historical leader.
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Historic ‘monster’ wildfires scorch France and Spain
“It is the most painful manifestation of a climate emergency that is making… wildfires more voracious and heatwaves more frequent, and as a result our land more vulnerable,” said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
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Poll: 49% of Americans want Netanyahu arrested during his visit to the U.S.
The survey also found that 54% of Americans view the Israeli leader unfavorably and that 47% believe he’s guilty of war crimes and has damaged U.S.-Israel relations.
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Irish politicians condemn a “show trial” in Germany
Parliamentarians visit the latest Ulm5 trial.
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The contradictions of Andy Burnham
Many people in Britain are hoping that Andy Burnham will instigate the changes needed to push back against Reform, but as Lewis Nielsen explains, his more human face does not represent a break from Starmerisim.
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An epidemic of violence against women and girls
Urgent action is required to stem the growing tide of misogynistic abuse and sexual violence against women, writes Terina Hine.
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Meddling through mistranslation: U.S. interferes in Nicaragua’s elections
Using deliberate distortion of a speech by co-president Daniel Ortega, the U.S. has kicked off a campaign to meddle in Nicaragua’s elections by erroneously announcing that Nicaragua will no longer hold elections. In a novel turn, the U.S. has kicked off a campaign to meddle in Nicaragua’s elections by erroneously announcing that Nicaragua will no longer […]
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China’s open-weight AI exposes the fiction behind Wall Street’s boom
In July, free software from China set off the worst week for U.S. chip stocks in over a year and briefly cost Nvidia its place as the world’s most valuable company. Wall Street panicked because Chinese firms had matched the leading U.S. artificial intelligence systems. But the selloff exposed something deeper. The AI boom rests […]
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The Ontario wildfires and Doug Ford’s record on climate change
A capstone on a portrait of policy failure.
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NYT’s embarrassing anti-DSA meltdown
Democratic Socialists of America candidates won several Democratic primaries for Congress and the state legislature in New York.
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Heat, inequality, and the ‘right to cool’
As extreme heat intensifies across Indian cities, access to cooling, shade, and climate protection is becoming deeply unequal, exposing how urban heat disproportionately burdens low-income communities and informal workers.
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Trump administration signs a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia—and risks a Middle East arms race
On Thursday, President Trump said, in a new twist, that the U.S.-Saudi nuclear agreement would be “totally subject to” the kingdom joining the Abraham Accords.
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Gaza: Death toll in Israeli attacks since ‘ceasefire deal’ has reached 1,200
The death toll in Israeli attacks in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire deal was signed in October 2025, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the agreement.
