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America’s great brain drain
America’s shores are experiencing a huge sucking sound as one of the biggest brain drains of modern history hits the country’s best, smartest, heading for Europe on grants, as smiles abound across the pond.
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Commemorating the 168th anniversary of 1857 War of Independence
LET NOT THE HINDUTVA RULERS UNDO THE GREAT HERITAGE OF JOINT SACRIFICES.
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‘Black history is American history’
CounterSpin interview with Tanya Clay House on erasing history.
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“Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic by Ilan Pappé” – Review
The pro-Palestine movement has never been more prominent in the West, but Western governments and corporations are still committed to the success of the Zionist project.
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Activists warn of the growing militarisation of the Indonesian government under General Prawobo
Interview with Activist M. on the growing military influences on civil life threatening Indonesia’s dearly earned peace.
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Why does the U.S. support Israel? A geopolitical analysis with economist Michael Hudson
A former U.S. secretary of state boasted, “Israel is the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk”. Journalist Ben Norton and economist Michael Hudson discuss why the United States so strongly supports Israel.
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Medicare Advantage: The $1.2 trillion in government waste that Trump won’t cut
The Trump administration’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget calls for up to $880 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid over the next 10 years to help fund massive tax cuts for the rich.
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America is demolishing antiracism five years after the George Floyd uprising
Hammer & Hope asked Black organizers, academics, and writers to consider the state of Black politics five years after the 2020 uprisings and with the re-election of Donald Trump. Their responses, some written before Trump’s inauguration, offer ideas for where we go from here.
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Columbia University suspends 65 anti-genocide students over library protest
Columbia University has suspended 65 students for joining a pro-Palestine and anti-genocide protest inside the university’s main library on Wednesday, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Artists reject censorship of Pro-Palestine musician Kehlani after NYC concert cancellation
Boots Riley, Kneecap, Residente and dozens of other artists have signed an open letter protesting the censorship of Kehlani after the NYC mayor’s office pushed for the cancellation of her pride concert.
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‘Our position on Palestine is not fringe’
Janine Jackson interviewed CODEPINK’s Danaka Katovich about attacks on activists for the May 2, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.
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Legendary peace activist was transformed by experience in Vietnam
Hideous nature of the war exposed him to ugly realities of U.S. and Western imperialism.
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You Can’t Please All – review
Tariq Ali’s second memoir demonstrates his depth as a radical writer and thinker, writes Sheila Rowbotham.
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Denmark summons U.S. Envoy over espionage targeting Greenland
Intelligence agencies have been identifying individuals who align with U.S. strategic interests.
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Neo-colonialism in West Africa
Francophone Africa was never fully decolonised.
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Now is the time for all anti-imperialists and all justice loving people to stand unequivocally in defense of Burkina Faso
BAP and USOAN call on all anti-imperialist forces to join in active defense of Burkina Faso, demand the expulsion of AFRICOM from the continent, and ensure that no African nation suffers the fate that befell Libya in 2011.
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Honoring Mumia Abu-Jamal on his 71st birthday
“Know this: throughout it all. I have never felt alone. To the eye, I was alone in solitary confinement, on death row, but the eye cannot really see all that is, for behind brick and steel, I felt our love, sometimes like a wave, sometimes like a whisper, but always there, ever present.” – Mumia Abu-Jamal, Prison Radio.
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Starbucks sued for slave labor
Starbucks, the largest coffee chain in the world and the 120th richest corporation in the United States, is being brought to court after being exposed for using slave labor in their coffee production chain.
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The Supreme Court decision: When law becomes the means of oppression
DK Renton unpicks the legal background to the Supreme Court decision and argues for a strategy of mass action to turn back the tide of right wing authoritarianism.
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The Soviet feat and Trump’s ignorance
In commemoration of the Nazi surrender ending the second world war on May 8, 1945.