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Israeli Defense Minister orders plan to build concentration camp for Gaza’s civilian population
Israel Katz says the so-called ‘humanitarian city’ will be built on the ruins of Rafah.
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What is the Trump Doctrine? John Bellamy Foster on U.S. Foreign Policy & the “New MAGA Imperialism”
What is MAGA imperialism? Monthly Review editor John Bellamy Foster says that, despite its feints toward anti-imperialist isolationism, President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has coalesced into a “hyper-nationalist” form of populism that rejects the U.S.’s post-WWII adherence to liberal internationalism and promotes dominance over other countries via military power rather than through economic globalization.
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How to New York Times-Proof Mamdani’s Playbook: Turning Coalition Specifics into Fiscal Possibilities
In a recent video recapping his primary victory in Queens, Zohran Mamdani did something almost radical for today’s political landscape: he cut through the usual Beltway euphemisms and mapped out the varied, living elements of the coalition that won. Most postmortems stay tangled in polite code. We get anxious talk of “electability,” “swing voters,” whether […]
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The Trump Doctrine and the New M.A.G.A. Imperialism — John Bellamy Foster — ICSS 20250629
The dramatic shift in the Trump led U.S. foreign policies, as seen recently in the bombing in Iran, has created enormous confusion and consternation within establishment centers of power.
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Intellectuals and neo-fascism
When Bertolt Brecht wrote: “Hungry man; reach for the book” he was articulating the Left attitude to education, as something that broadens perceptions and hence is essentially emancipatory. The fascist attitude to education is diametrically opposite to this.
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The Trump administration is banning books on military bases. We sued.
Censorship in Defense Department K-12 schools violates the First Amendment.
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How to say in Russian happy birthday Donald, happy U.S. Army and Flag Day
Putin is much too quick not to recognize that President Donald Trump is both a fraudster and an enemy.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro denounces U.S.-backed coup plot and urges popular consultation for social justice
President Gustavo Petro exposes a U.S.-supported far-right coup attempt against his progressive government and calls for a popular consultation on labor and social reforms as essential steps toward peace and justice in Colombia.
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Greta Thunberg: “Israel kidnapped me in international waters”
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has said the Israeli regime kidnapped her and other pro-Palestinian activists in international waters while they were aboard the Gaza-bound Madleen aid ship.
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Trump’s executive order promises to ‘unleash’ law enforcement and expand police impunity
In April, Trump unveiled an executive order titled “Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens” that hands sweeping new powers to police, guts hard-won reforms and punishes cities that refuse to fall in line.
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Police storm Columbia University library, arrest pro-Palestinian student protesters
Footage showed a heavy police presence as students clashed with security and barricaded themselves inside the library.
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Trump massacres Yemenis so Israel can massacre Palestinians
On April 17, U.S. airstrikes on Yemen killed 74 people and injured 171 in a dangerous escalation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s war against the poorest country in the Middle East.
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Trump’s inverted view of America’s tariff history
Donald Trump’s tariff policy has thrown markets into turmoil among his allies and enemies alike.
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Don’t Negotiate: Negotiation Strategy Notes for Law Firms Under Attack by the Trump Administration from Harvard Law Professor of Negotiation (April 13, 2025)
As a law firm under attack from the Trump Administration, you face an impossible choice.
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Trump Administration’s affinity for Salvadoran dictator shows authoritarian nature
El Salvador is a human rights nightmare comparable to the 1980s death squad era.
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‘This is an all-out war on the First Amendment’
CounterSpin interview with Jessica González on Trump’s FCC.
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‘Let all Hell break loose’: The Gaza ceasefire and how we all got played
Trump gives Israel “the green light to rain fire and hell on Gaza” – new manager, same empire.
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Democracy dies in daylight
The great institutions of liberal America are falling to Trump like dominoes, one by one.
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Mahmoud Khalil’s ‘Letter to Columbia’ from jail
In a scathing letter, Mahmoud Khalil writes from an ICE detention center in Louisiana, blasting Columbia University’s role in his abduction and the targeting of other student activists by the Trump administration.
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Meet the DC think tanks impoverishing masses of Latin Americans
These top Washington think tanks are lobbying lawmakers for sadistic sanctions on some of the hemisphere’s poorest countries while raking in millions from corporations and arms makers.