Subjects Archives: Culture

Louise Bryant’s name is nearly forgotten in American history books, effaced by any number of historians for a wide variety of reasons.

Trump has commandeered Washington, DC, putting National Guard and local police in the streets because DC is not a state, and so it’s the only place he could take over in this way. He’s brandishing a patently false pretense that the district is facing a crime crisis. The reality—and we do remember reality, right?—is that Washington, DC, has its lowest violent crime rate in 30 years.

Much of what’s known as ‘AI’ has nothing to do with progress—it’s about lobbyists pushing shoddy digital replacements for human labour that increase billionaire’s profits and make workers’ lives worse.

The Cuban National Assembly passed a new Code of Childhood, Adolescence and Youth in July.

Documentary recounts New Zealanders’ violent follies against Māori freedom fighters.

Today marks the beginning of Fidel Castro’s centenary—a hundred years since the birth of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution.

Between the null vote promoted by Evo Morales and the dispersion of the progressive camp, the right wing is poised to reopen the neoliberal path that the MAS had closed for twenty years.

Burkina Faso has been trapped in neocolonial underdevelopment for nearly all of its post-independence history–can the new government of Ibrahim Traoré follow in Thomas Sankara’s footsteps and change course?

Two human rights practitioners used to have hope that Israel could be reformed, but no longer. “Today it is one solid mass of distilled evil,” writes human rights lawyer Michael Sfard.

This is a time when we need more openness, not less. A policy that would ban Antonio Gramsci should not be approved.

Though they died young, revolutionaries like Frantz Fanon and Patrice Lumumba made invaluable contributions to anti-colonial and national liberation struggles.

President Donald Trump has sparked new outrage after declaring that undocumented immigrants are “naturally” inclined to perform grueling farm labor—and that people in “inner cities” simply “don’t do that work.”

The Detroit Opera has cancelled its season-opening production of The Girl of the Golden West (La fanciulla del West) by Giacomo Puccini.

The U.S. “Venceremos” brigade, in its 53rd edition made up of members of the LGBTQ+ community, accompanied the presentation of the book that brings together materials (in English) from various authors on the approval and explanation of the Family Code in Cuba, highlighting that this legal system expands the rights of women, children, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, the elderly, and all Cubans.

In January 2024 Taiwan’s current President Lai Ching-te won the election against two other candidates. (Taiwan has no run off elections.)

For the first time in decades, a regional power was militarily assaulted during active negotiations; not for escalating tensions, but rather, in spite of de-escalating them.

“The political tradition I grew up in emphasised the importance of supporting the socialist states, and always prioritised the struggle against imperialism, colonialism and racism.” – Carlos Martinez

A communal leader and mayoral candidate explains how the July 27 elections could mark a turn toward women’s leadership and people’s power in her township.

Once a crushing cost for families desperate to stay in touch with loved ones behind bars, phone calls will now be covered by the state.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (born August 27, 1770—died November 14, 1831) was an important German philosopher. He is known as one of the main thinkers in German idealism and a key person in modern Western philosophy.