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As conservatives ramp up opposition to Ukraine war, Dems dodge The Grayzone
As a budget showdown looms in Congress, MAGA Republicans are alone in challenging the vast quantities of American weapons and cash being funneled to Kiev, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene warning The Grayzone that increasing escalation could turn the proxy war into a “potential nuclear conflict.” When approached for comment, progressive members of the ‘Squad’ dodged our questions.
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The violence of the oppressed
NO-ONE should cheer the slaughter in Israel. Those Israeli families in their homes, the young people at the music festival deserve to be alive. The small Israeli boy taken hostage and videoed being tormented deserves to be home and safe.
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The Shift: Blinken deletes call for cease-fire while Israeli defense minister orders ‘complete siege’ of Gaza
After pushback from Republicans and right-wing groups Secretary of State Blinken deleted a tweet calling for a cease-fire in Palestine.
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The problem of Nazism in Ukraine
Canada’s House of Commons gave a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, a member of the 14th Grenadier Division of the Waffen-SS (1st Galician Division), formed under the aegis of none other than Heinrich Himmler.
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U.S., Israeli lawmakers call for genocide of Palestinians in Gaza
An Israeli MK called for nuclear weapons to be used on Gaza.
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UN slams Israeli siege on Gaza as violation of international law
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk calls on the global community to defuse the “explosive powder keg” situation in Palestine.
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Yaroslav Hunka, Politico and the rehabilitation of Nazi war crimes
The logic of the war in Ukraine requires the rehabilitation of the worst crimes of the Nazi regime.
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Slovakia election–a small but significant fracture in Europe’s subordination to the U.S.
The Slovak parliamentary elections [30 September] were won by the anti-war, pro-negotiations party Smer-SD DIRECTION–Slovak Social Democracy led by Robert Fico.
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How ‘parental rights’ language smuggles anti-LGBTQ hate into mainstream politics
‘Parental rights’ is a hateful piper’s tune to commandeer the minds of adults who are supposed to know better.
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Palestine Letter: Israel is imposing a blackout on Gaza to hide a massacre
Israel is slowly cutting off Gaza’s communications with the outside world, because it wants to prevent us from revealing the massacres it is committing.
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Despite what you think, Palestinians are not celebrating death
Palestinians do not rejoice over death but at the idea that we have a chance for freedom. I do not rejoice over death. I rejoice over the possibility to live.
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Humor in the headlines over China in Latin America
Apparently in a grave threat to U.S. national security, the president of Honduras attended a state banquet and actually ate Chinese food. What’s next for the country the ‘Post’ affectionately describes as “long among the most docile of U.S. regional partners?”
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Microplastics pose risk to ocean plankton, climate, other key Earth systems
An estimated 12 million metric tons of plastic currently enters the ocean each year.
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American society wasn’t always so car-centric. Our future doesn’t have to be, either
The surprising history of cars in the U.S. offers hope for a shift toward more climate-friendly transportation options.
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Just another battle or the Palestinian war of liberation?
What can motorized paragliders do in the face of one of the most formidable militaries in the world?
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Agencies that promote nuclear power are quietly managing its disaster narrative
Let’s start with the total amount of radiation that the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant STILL contains today. The spent fuel at the site contains 85 times more cesium-137 than Chornobyl and 50,000 to 100,000 times more than the Hiroshima bomb.
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Cuba as a Country sponsoring international terrorism?
A few days before the end of its term in office, the Trump Administration once again included Cuba in the list of countries sponsoring international terrorism together with Iran, North Korea and Syria.
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Communist Party of Israel and Hadash: “Netanyahu’s fascist government bears full responsibility for the dangerous escalation”
In a statement concerning today’s rapid escalation of military confrontation between Hamas and Israeli forces, the Communist Party of Israel (MAKI) and Hadash blame the criminal occupation policy of the far-right Netanyahu government, underlining the grave dangers that it poses for the peace in the region.
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NPR falsely claims its reporter is the only one to visit Nicaragua
NPR began its report “A Rare Look Inside Locked-Down Nicaragua” (9/10/23) with the demonstrably false claim that Nicaragua has “kept all foreign journalists out for more than a year.” This led into a harrowing story of how its reporter arrived in Nicaragua… and reported without incident.
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‘Reform, Revolution, and Opportunism: Debates in the Second International, 1900–1910’ – book review
The debates between socialists in the Congresses of the Second International raised issues which remain of central importance to the left today, argues Chris Bambery.