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Food riots show the need for a basic income grant
As rioters target supermarkets, activists call on the government to help those who cannot survive amid rising prices and mass unemployment.
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China and the supply chain: a comment on the June 2021 White House review
Contrary to rhetoric from Democrats and Republicans, the U.S. has an economic interest in trade and peace with China
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York professor expands global understanding of Karl Marx and Marxism with seven books in three years
Driven and passionate about the significance of Marx’s contributions in politics, sociology, the critique of political economy and philosophy, Musto has delivered seven books within the last three years.
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Rethinking Japan’s Red Years
The New Left is generally seen globally as emerging from the aftermath of the “revelations” about Stalin in Khrushchev’s “secret speech”’ at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in early 1956, and the reaction to the Soviet invasion of Hungary later that same year.
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Richard Lewontin: the dialectical biologist (1929-2021)
Rare among scientists, Lewontin’s science and politics were guided by a conscious philosophical outlook, which he staunchly and unapologetically defended throughout his life.
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A preemptive counter-revolution in Haiti?
Haiti Liberté editor and writer Kim Ives talks about the possible motivations behind the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, revealing developments about a possible uprising that the U.S. press rarely reports.
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North America’s heatwave hell
As temperature records were smashed all up and down the Pacific coast in the last week of June, reports emerged of rolling blackouts, buckling roads, damaged wires and newly sparked wildfires.
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Cuban president Díaz-Canel: Revolutionaries to the streets!
This speech provides crucial context and information being covered up by the corporate media in the United States.
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The new ‘Republic of Fear’
The Indian state today seems to proclaim that everything in the country is in danger–whether it is religion, culture, communal harmony or public peace and tranquillity.
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10 new albums that resist racists and fascists
Here’s a look back at June’s political news and the best new music that related to it.
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The war on woke: how socialists should respond to the culture wars
The Tories are trying to further divide the working class by fuelling culture wars, socialists must fight back on our own terms, argues John Westmoreland
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I’ve been a critical race theorist for 30 years. Our opponents are just proving our point for us
Seemingly overnight, my obscure legal specialty became a national lightning rod. What would CRT say about that?
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‘Hard Day’s Work for the Poleeseman’
Hard Day’s Work for the Poleesman by K Michael Williams
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The Tokyo Olympics are in peril
The masses of Tokyo want to postpone or cancel the games, but the government says it’s the IOC’s decision, not the host country’s, sovereignty be damned.
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The responsibilities of Caribbean intellectuals
The tradition of Caribbean intelligentsia insists on a grounding with the masses against the elites.
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Israel attempts to forcibly relocate Bedouin community
The Israeli military forcibly entered the Palestinian village to demolish homes. During the operation, they destroyed tents, water tanks, and food supplies.
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Where infrastructure means prisons: a drive into the Naqab and the illusion of Israeli democracy
Out of close to 250,000 Palestinian Beduin in the Naqab, about half live in “unrecognized villages.” This means they get no roads, no electricity or running water, no schools or medical facilities—no services at all.
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After Moïse assassination, popular sectors must lead the way
Analysis the day after the Haitian president’s assassination focused on liberal constitutionalism and elections. This narrow view overlooks the longstanding demands from organized popular sectors.
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Exposing police lies to destroy the legacy of Kwame Ture
His work touched the civil rights, Black Power, and Pan-African movements and his selflessness and strong organizing skills helped create revolutionary cadre who continue to carry out the work he engaged in today.
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Why are children suffering from hunger in Ukraine?
The UN has raised the alarm about the growing number of people (including children) suffering from hunger around the world due to the coronavirus and the economic crisis, while Ukraine exports agricultural products, depriving its already poor population of access to relatively cheap domestic food.