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The crimes and victims of Italian colonialism: A story that must be told, beginning with Yekatit 12 የካቲት ፲፪
Today’s countries such as the United Kingdom, Belgium, and France have, to varying degrees, confronted their imperial legacies, however incomplete or contested these reckonings may be.
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Standing up to Fox News
Despite shifting political climate, media reformers press forward with Fox News TV license challenge.
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Cuts to U.S. weather and climate research could put public safety at risk
Firings and budget cuts could slow emergency disaster response and weaken resilience efforts.
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Specter of stagflation spooks Wall Street
On Friday, February 21, all the major U.S. stock indices fell.
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The U.S. saw just half of the number of strikes in 2024 as Canada
This past week, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) at Cornell University once again released the annual report of its Labor Action Tracker (LAT), which records all strikes and lockouts in the United States.
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Yes, Ukraine started the war
The outcry spread quickly across the Western world: Donald Trump dared say Ukraine started the war.
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Why did Republicans fund a ‘transgender dance’ in Bangladesh?
Since its founding in 1983, the congressionally-funded IRI has been run by Republican politicians and operatives dedicated to the cause of “democracy promotion” abroad.
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Zelenski has yet to eat the shit sandwich
The Trump administration is increasing its pressure on Ukraine’s (former) president Zelenski to swallow the shit sandwich.
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Canadian political prisoner, Yves Engler
On dozens of occasions I’ve responded to Kurtz’ racist, violent anti-Palestinian posts on X. Six weeks ago I wrote an article..
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CPAC 2025: A festival of fascist reaction
Trump administration officials and fascists from around the world are currently gathering at Maryland’s National Harbor for the annual U.S. Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
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The roots of neo-fascism in East Germany
The fall of the Berlin Wall enabled neo-fascist activity to spill over into East Germany, laying the groundwork for the strengthening of right-wing forces today.
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F*ck Big Book
The ‘Big Five’ publishing houses wield enormous global power, controlling 80% of the English-language trade publishing market.
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Trump’s tariffs will not restore American manufacturing
The decline in manufacturing jobs is common to most developed economies and is not unique to the U.S. Further, Donald Trump is nothing if not delusional, and his tariffs will only damage both the U.S. economy and others as well.
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NYC real estate expo promoting sale of ‘stolen land’ in Palestine descends into violence
Real estate event organized by company promoting land sales in illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank turns violent.
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‘They’re trying to make us afraid’: Israel police targets Palestinian bookstores in Jerusalem
The arrest of a well-known Palestinian bookstore’s co-owner was part of a pattern of raids and repression, booksellers say.
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Resisting the right-wing vibe shift
The hard right is making serious ground globally. But, while increasingly powerful, their ideas are not hegemonic. Now is not the time to despair, but to fight for a better world.
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A prayer for Leonard Peltier
Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier finally returns home today. In the last moments of his presidency, Joe Biden commuted his two consecutive life sentences to home confinement.
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Time to think beyond ‘worthless’ free trade agreements
“Why should we feel constrained by a free trade agreement?”
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Disappearing climate science
It was clear during the U.S. presidential election campaign that if re-elected Donald Trump would be no friend to the environment. The assault on climate science and action began immediately.
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AI for the people? How China’s AI development challenges U.S. big tech
The following text is based on a talk given by Gary Wilson at the “Deep Seek and the Challenge to U.S. Technological Hegemony” webinar on Feb. 16, hosted by the Friends of Socialist China and the International Manifesto Group.