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Activists to protest NATO Summit in Washington
NATO Summit to take place in U.S. capital as the United States provides unconditional support for Israeli genocide.
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Oklahoma’s Bible requirement is a part of a broader Rightwing assault
The mandate to place Bibles in classrooms reflects a larger effort to undermine the rule of law.
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The specific form of poverty under capitalism
There are roughly four proximate features of capitalist poverty.
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The war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will end: The Twenty-Seventh Newsletter (2024)
In order to allow for a deeper understanding of the ongoing conflict in the Congo today, this newsletter presents an analysis of the resource theft and processes of imperialism and colonialism that have long plagued this part of Africa, including the fight over raw materials that are key for the electronic age.
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Six Supreme Court judges declare the U.S. a dictatorship
Fifty years after Nixon was driven out of the White House, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with the Watergate war criminal that presidents can commit any crime they want.
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When the empire strikes back, will the African world be ready?
These are dark days for the empire.
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People’s history of fourth of July
A collection of more than a dozen people’s history stories from July 4th beyond 1776. The stories include July 4th anniversaries such as when slavery was abolished in New York (1827), Frederick Douglass’s speech “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” (1852), the Reconstruction era attack on a Black militia that led to the Hamburg Massacre (1876), protest of segregation at an amusement park in Baltimore (1963), and more.
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July 28, an equation with multiple unknowns
A deep dive into the complexities and uncertainties surrounding Venezuela’s July 28 presidential elections.
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Renewable transition or global U.S. empire? You can’t have both
There is no path to a renewable future which leaves American hegemony in place.
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Theatre and revolution: The life and legacy of Konstantin Stanislavski
Stanislavski’s techniques and stage direction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries represented nothing short of a revolution in art, completely rejuvenating the Russian theatre, which was stagnating under Tsarism.
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Canada’s militarization of the Arctic threatens Indigenous communities and the climate
New defence policy promises to expand NORAD, NATO amid vulnerable oceanic ecosystem.
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‘These stores are unhealthy for our communities’
CounterSpin interview with Kennedy Smith on dollar store invasion
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An American flag, a pencil sharpener−and the 10 Commandments: Louisiana’s law to mandate biblical displays in classrooms is the latest to push limits of religion in public schools
Louisiana is not a stranger to controversy over religion in schools.
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Current and former U.S. military personnel build a movement for Palestine within their ranks
On February 25, U.S. Air Force member Aaron Bushnell became the first active duty U.S. soldier to earn the title of “martyr” among oppressed people worldwide.
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China rejects U.S.-led auction of Venezuelan company CITGO
On Tuesday, China strongly condemned the seizure of CITGO Petroleum Corporation by U.S. authorities, calling the move a flagrant violation of international law.
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Feeling the pain: Inflation, wages, and the working class
Once again the mainstream press is touting a “blowout” jobs report.
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Biden torpedoes access to asylum at the U.S. Southern Border
The new Executive Order comes during a period of rising migration across the hemisphere.
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The U.S. power structure is blindly dedicated to Israel
When the board of the Columbia Law Review clumsily censored a pro-Palestinian article it revealed the degree to which pro-Israel ideology is enmeshed in the U.S. power structure. Luckily, a generational shift is changing this before our eyes.
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What is the realistic strategy for “de-dollarisation”?
As there can only be one price standard in any functioning economic system the transition from one price standard to another cannot take place gradually, or in a mixed way, but must take place sharply, and therefore completely in a very short time frame.
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We’ve seen this “antisemitism crisis on the Left” script before
It sure is a crazy coincidence how western politicians and media always start urgently telling us about an invisible epidemic of left wing antisemitism every time western military ties to Israel are subjected to widespread public scrutiny.