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    Asking nothing in return

    Originally published: Granma on October 6, 2017 by Yenia Silva Correa (more by Granma)  | (Posted Oct 11, 2017)

    In only 39 years, the young man from the city of Rosario accomplished something not achieved by many who lived a century. He became part of the people’s history and remains so today.

  • White people; Viewing the Performance of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor’ in the Globe Theatre (1840) by David Scott. Photo courtesy the V&A Musuem

    How ‘white people’ were invented by a playwright in 1613

    Originally published: Aeon on September 12, 2017 by Ed Simon (more by Aeon)  | (Posted Oct 09, 2017)

    The Jacobean playwright Thomas Middleton invented the concept of ‘white people’ on 29 October 1613, the date that his play The Triumphs of Truth was first performed. The phrase was first uttered by the character of an African king who looks out upon an English audience and declares: ‘I see amazement set upon the faces/Of these white people, wond’rings and strange gazes.’

  • Police in riot gear stand by as protesters demonstrate following a not-guilty verdict in Police Officer Jason Stockley’s trial over shooting death of motorist Anthony Lamar Smith on Sept. 15, 2017, in St. Louis. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

    FBI launches COINTELPRO 2.0, targeting ‘black identity extremists’

    Originally published: The Root on October 6, 2017 by Anne Branigin (more by The Root)  | (Posted Oct 09, 2017)

    Raise your hand if you identify as a “black identity extremist.” Matter of fact, raise your hand if you’ve ever even heard of the term “black identity extremist.”

  • Uncle. The Venezuelan opposition says it does not intend to make the story of the same with the issue of neutrality. (Photo Credit: Presna Latina)

    Venezuelan analysts warn against a new plan to overthrow Nicolás Maduro on October 13th

    Originally published: The Dawn News on October 2, 2017 by Prensa Latina (more by The Dawn News)  | (Posted Oct 09, 2017)

    The constitutional and legitimate government of Nicolás Maduro is facing a brutal offensive by the internal and foreign right led by the United States.

  • History of the alt-right: The movement isn't just Breitbart and white nationalists — it's worse - Salon.com

    Here’s how Breitbart and Milo smuggled nazi and white nationalist ideas into the mainstream

    Originally published: The BuzzFeed News on October 5, 2017 by Joseph Bernstein (more by The BuzzFeed News) (Posted Oct 08, 2017)

    A cache of documents obtained by BuzzFeed News reveals the truth about Steve Bannon’s alt-right “killing machine.”

  • Women in economics (Featured Image Credit: The Economist)

    The difficult art of being a feminist in an economist classroom

    Originally published: Feminism in India on October 2, 2017 by Ananya (more by Feminism in India) (Posted Oct 08, 2017)

    It’s high time that we replace the narrow rational economic man within our models with a more objective understanding of human nature by incorporating the ‘feminine’ characteristics of humanism, connectedness, and intuition.

  • Russian hacker arrested in Spain; says he worked for Putin's party, feared torture if extradited | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

    The hackers who made possible a universal electoral register for the Catalan referendum

    Originally published: The Dawn News on October 5, 2017 by VilaWeb (more by The Dawn News)  | (Posted Oct 08, 2017)

    VilaWeb interviewed one of the IT experts who created, at breakneck speed, the program allowing voters to dodge Spanish repression.

  • Bolivian President Evo Morales poses with a portrait of Che. | Photo: Agencia Boliviana de Informacion

    Bolivia begins tribute to Che on 50th anniversary of death

    Originally published: teleSUR on October 5, 2017 by teleSUR/mrs-RT (more by teleSUR)  | (Posted Oct 06, 2017)

    On Wednesday, the country came alive preparing for the numerous forums, debates, and artistic and musical exhibitions in memory of Che Guevara.

  • Hundreds of thousands fill the streets demanding the independence of Catalonia in Barcelona (Imago)

    The world must stand with Catalonia

    Originally published: teleSUR on October 5, 2017 by Sean Bell (more by teleSUR)  | (Posted Oct 06, 2017)

    In the face of Spanish authoritarianism, Catalonia deserves our solidarity and support.

  • Das Kapital Karl Marx

    Soft shell, hard core: on the 150th anniversary of the publication of Karl Marx’s Capital, Vol. 1

    Originally published: The Brooklyn Rail on October 5, 2017 by Ingo Stützle (more by The Brooklyn Rail)  | (Posted Oct 06, 2017)

    In bourgeois economic theory, competition, commodity production, profit seeking, and growth express something like the human essence. They are ahistorical constants, not the results of specifically capitalist relations that have historically emerged and can therefore be overcome. This is exactly what makes Marx’s critique of economics highly topical.

  • Footage from Smithfield Meats Circle Four Farms

    Animal liberation, human liberation

    Originally published: Antipode on September 30, 2017 by Troy Vettese (more by Antipode) (Posted Oct 06, 2017)

    The Left must endeavor to make visible the political valence of meat, let alone other industrial uses of animals. This act of acute empathy reveals the extent of one’s political imagination.

  • [Photo: Herbert Marcuse and Angela Davis, 1968]

    The effect of the whip: The Frankfurt school and the oppression of women

    Originally published: Verso on September 29, 2017 by Stuart Jeffries (more by Verso)  | (Posted Oct 05, 2017)

    Stuart Jeffries on the Frankfurt School’s absence of women and the points of contact between the thinkers associated with the Institute für Sozialforschung and theorists of feminism.

  • End of the Mayflower. Photo: MayflowerHistory.com

    Sanitizing history on the 400-year anniversary of Mayflower voyage

    Originally published: Mayflower Myths on October 3, 2017 by the Mayflower Mavericks (more by Mayflower Myths) (Posted Oct 05, 2017)

    In 1620 the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, UK and in 2020 the 400-year anniversary of the sailing is being commemorated, centred in Plymouth UK. Highly selective and sanitized education preparations have already started.

  • A man walks past a graffiti in Caracas, Venezuela August 13, 2017.

    U.S. congress asks Pentagon to prepare to intervene in Venezuela

    Originally published: Misión Verdad on October 3, 2017 (more by Misión Verdad)  | (Posted Oct 05, 2017)

    In the light of these Congressional moves, the “military option” which Trump has mentioned is far from being some crazy comment or out-of-place remark, but a carefully put together political plan, taking shape and methodically checking off its procedural stages.

  • Photo credit: Al Jazeera

    ‘Brazil has lost control over its natural resources because it has lost its sovereignty’

    Originally published: The Dawn News on September 21, 2017 by Mariana Pitasse (more by The Dawn News)  | (Posted Oct 03, 2017)

    One of the main issues of Michel Temer’s government is the surrender of Brazilian natural resources to national and foreign economic groups.

  • Xiao Jiang

    Why exports alone can’t make poor countries rich

    Originally published: Institute for New Economic Thinking on September 28, 2017 by Xiao Jiang (more by Institute for New Economic Thinking)  | (Posted Oct 03, 2017)

    In a world composed of global value chains, headline global trade data can mask the truth about how much exports are actually benefiting a country, according to professor Xiao Jiang from Denison University.

  • Mujeres Revolucionarias (archived)

    Venezuela creates day of socialist feminism

    Eds.

    Venezuela announced Thursday the creation of a national day to celebrate socialist feminism, while activists are continuing to push for greater women’s rights.

  • Photo: Lilian Campelo

    There can be no revolution if we do not overcome racism

    Originally published: The Dawn News on September 25, 2017 by Rute Pina, Mariana Pitasse and Gerson de Souza (more by The Dawn News)  | (Posted Oct 02, 2017)

    Cosmas Musumali participated in a seminar on Pan-African Thought at the Florestan Fernandes National School, which is famous in Brazil for its social and political commitment.

  • Che’s professional ID card in Mexico. Photo: Marta Rojas

    Dr. Ernesto in Mexico

    Originally published: Granma on September 28, 2017 by Marta Rojas Rodríguez (more by Granma)  | (Posted Sep 29, 2017)

    Ernesto Guevara’s medical colleagues, both in Peru and Mexico, agree that he was profoundly interested in the social function of medicine, and that he had the makings of a researcher, although politics dominated his extraordinarily analytical mind.

  • Making Black Lives Matter in our schools (Damon Davis)

    Making ‘Black Lives Matter’ in our schools

    Originally published: Rethinking Schools on Volume 32, No. 1 - Fall 2017 by RS Editors (more by Rethinking Schools) (Posted Sep 29, 2017)

    How do you kill Mr. Phil and nothing happens?” According to parent Zuki Ellis, this is the question students at J. J. Hill Montessori Magnet School in St. Paul were asking just a few days into summer. On June 16, the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile, or Mr. Phil as students knew him, was acquitted on all charges.

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