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  • Laure Guirguis (ed) Arab Lefts: Histories and Legacies, 1950s–1970s. Edinburgh University Press, 2020, 312 pp.

    ‘From what present are we historicizing the left?’ Arab Lefts: Histories and Silences — Alina Sajed

    Originally published: Legal Form on October 20, 2021 by Alina Sajed (more by Legal Form) (Posted Nov 29, 2021)

    There has been renewed interest in the long 1960s over the last few years, not least spurred by the anniversary, in 2018, of the 1968 global uprisings.

  • U.S. Capitalism Born in Blood: From the First Thanksgiving to Today w/ Dr. Gerald Horne

    ‘U.S. Capitalism Born in Blood: From the First Thanksgiving to Today’ w/ Dr. Gerald Horne

    Originally published: BreakThrough News on November 23, 2021 by Breakthrough News with Dr. Gerald Horne (more by BreakThrough News)  | (Posted Nov 27, 2021)

    The Thanksgiving holiday is built around an insidious and false creation myth–that the so-called “settling” of North America was a peaceful and amicable process.

  • Ernest Mandel

    Ernest Mandel – Selected Writings I

    Originally published: IIRE (International Institute for Research and Education) on November 19, 2021 by Rob Gerretsen and Ian Parker (more by IIRE (International Institute for Research and Education)) (Posted Nov 27, 2021)

    The IIRE has released the first volume of the Selected Writings by Ernest Mandel (1923-1995).

  • Leonard Peltier

    Leonard Peltier may finally get out of prison after more than 4 decades

    Originally published: Leonard Peltier Matters on November 2021 by John Colson (more by Leonard Peltier Matters) (Posted Nov 25, 2021)

    Peltier has served about four-and-a-half decades in prison for a crime–the killing of two FBI agents in a 1975 gun battle at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota–that even his erstwhile prosecutor now admits that Peltier did not commit.

  • Solidarity with Honduras - From San Francisco 2018

    Elections in Honduras: the challenge of ending twelve years of neoliberalism

    Originally published: Tortilla con Sal on November 23, 2021 by Giorgio Trucchi (more by Tortilla con Sal) (Posted Nov 25, 2021)

    Honduras is at the most important crossroads of its recent history.

  • People visit the 1627 Pilgrim Village at "Plimoth Plantation" where role-players portray Pilgrims seven years after the arrival of the Mayflower in Plymouth, Mass.

    Thanksgiving glorifies the abhorrent colonization of Indigenous Peoples

    Originally published: Green Matters on November 22, 2021 by Sophie Hirsh (more by Green Matters)  | (Posted Nov 25, 2021)

    From Columbus Day to Independence Day to Thanksgiving, the U.S. pretty much specializes in taking dates that celebrate genocide and discrimination, and repackaging them as family-friendly holidays.

  • Mark Zuckerberg F8 2019 Keynote

    Totalitarian cyber-creep: Mark Zuckerberg in the Metaverse

    Originally published: Dissident Voice on November 22, 2021 by Binoy Kampmark (more by Dissident Voice)  | (Posted Nov 24, 2021)

    Never leave matters of maturity to the Peter Panners of Silicon Valley. At their most benign, they are easily dismissed as potty and keyboard mad.

  • The vast majority of the governorships were won by the ruling PSUV party. (CNE)

    Dominant PSUV sweeps Venezuela’s ‘mega-elections’

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on November 22, 2021 by Paul Dobson (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  | (Posted Nov 24, 2021)

    The ruling party won at least 19 governorships with a highly divided opposition landing three.

  • Economics

    Can Joan Robinson’s ideas cast some light on today’s profound economic challenges?

    Originally published: Developing Economics on November 21, 2021 - Cambridge Journal of Economics Special Issue by Carolina Alves and Jan Toporowski (more by Developing Economics)  | (Posted Nov 24, 2021)

    2023 marks the fortieth year since the passing of Joan Robinson and her one-hundred-and-twentieth anniversary.

  • 'Abortion access for all,' sign.

    Texas’ abortion ban is having a ‘domino effect’ on clinics across the U.S.

    Originally published: Texas Observer on November 18, 2021 by Mary Tuma (more by Texas Observer)  | (Posted Nov 24, 2021)

    “We are seeing massive ripple effects across the country for other states taking on displaced patients.”

  • Anti-Blackness & Anti-Communism: CNN floating the idea that Black Lives Matter uprisings were really Russian manipulation.

    Anti-communism, anti-Blackness, and imperialism

    Originally published: Hood Communist on November 21, 2021 by Charisse Burden Stelly (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Nov 23, 2021)

    In this talk prepared for the Albuquerque Anti-War Coalition‘s Anti-Communism & Imperialism panel discussion, Dr. Charisse Burden Stelly discusses how anti-communism and anti-Blackness are intrinsically intertwined structures of white supremacist and capitalist control.

  • Peace and environmental activists brought the question of the role of the military in causing climate change to the fore even while it was ignored by the official COP26 summit.

    What role does the military play in climate change?

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on November 20, 2021 by Zoe Alexandra (more by Peoples Dispatch)  | (Posted Nov 23, 2021)

    A gaping hole in the COP26 official agenda was the oversized role of the military industrial complex in environmental devastation. The US is a global leader on this front with the Pentagon being a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined.

  • Top 10 funniest ways people have quit their jobs quit job like a boss (quitting job on camera)

    Millions more want to quit

    Originally published: Dissident Voice on November 21, 2021 by Shawgi Tell (more by Dissident Voice)  | (Posted Nov 22, 2021)

    The “Great Resignation” refers to the millions of people who have quit their job over the past 20 months, “more than 4.4 million alone in September” which is about the same as the previous month.

  • African Feminisms – a decolonial history - Féminismes africains, une histoire décoloniale (Paris: Présence Africaine, 2021)

    African Feminisms–a decolonial history: an interview with Rama Salla Dieng

    Originally published: ROAPE (Review of African Political Economy) on November 19, 2021 by Coumba Kane (more by ROAPE (Review of African Political Economy))  | (Posted Nov 22, 2021)

    In her new book ‘African Feminisms – a decolonial history’, the Senegalese scholar-activist Rama Salla Dieng interviews feminist activists about their work, struggles and lives. Interviewed by Coumba Kane, Dieng speaks about what it means to be a feminist in Africa today.

  • From left: Kariann Swart, Joseph Rosenbaum's fiancee, Susan Hughes, Anthony Huber's great aunt, and Hannah Gittings, Anthony Huber's girlfriend, listen as Kyle Rittenhouse is found not guilty of murder at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 19, 2021.

    ‘Saddening, infuriating, and utterly unsurprising’: Rittenhouse acquitted

    Originally published: Common Dreams on November 19, 2021 by Brett Wilkins (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Nov 22, 2021)

    The verdict, said the Huber family, sends the “unacceptable message” that armed vigilantes can “use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street.”

  • Syria gas attack OPCW contradicted by UN Commission

    UN Commission objects to OPCW report on Syria

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on November 20, 2021 by Harald Neuber (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Nov 22, 2021)

    The UN Commission on Syria does not consider as proven the alleged chemical weapons attack in April 2018.

  • Union-Busting Tracker

    New ‘Union-Busting Tracker’ debuts online

    Originally published: LaborPress on November 18, 2021 by Steve Wishnia (more by LaborPress) (Posted Nov 22, 2021)

    On Nov. 6, a group of volunteers launched a Web page called the ‘Union-Busting Tracker’ to post examples of union-busting. Eleven days later, they’d listed 180 separate cases, naming the employers and the union-busting outfits they’d hired.

  • Sensory assault, sleep deprivation, isolation, stress positioning, submersion in ice water are just some of the torture methods used at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo

    There is one place in Cuba where torture occurs

    Originally published: Granma English on November 8, 2021 by Raúl Antonio Capote (more by Granma English)  | (Posted Nov 19, 2021)

    Chilling testimony of the torture and abuses committed against Majid Khan, at the illegal U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo, was recently presented by the prisoner.

  • Mural with William Walker, the U.S. imperialist usurper of the Nicaraguan presidency in 1855

    Latin America: modest advice for a confused Left

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on November 17, 2021 by Atillo Boron (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Nov 19, 2021)

    The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) is a U.S. law passed in 1938 that requires individuals representing the interests of foreign governments, in “political or quasi-political capacity,” to disclose their relationship to said foreign government and provide detailed information on its finances and activities to the U.S. authorities.

  • Destroyed parking lot with cars and trash

    Kenosha, I do mind dying

    Originally published: Ill Will on November 16, 2021 by Inhabit (more by Ill Will)  | (Posted Nov 19, 2021)

    On August 25, 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz. He is not the subject of this essay. The center of this story is all those who took part in the George Floyd Rebellion, an uprising composed of thousands of demonstrations and hundreds of riots across the U.S.

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