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Prigozhin’s three strikes–Khodorkovsky business, Berozovsky politics, the last Africa trip
On March 5, in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR), there was a fire-bombing of a French–owned brewery which destroyed 50,000 bottles of beer.
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The Kit Carson obelisk: Santa Fe’s cult like worship of a genocidal human trafficker and murderer
Historical analysis and context of the Kit Carson obelisk that was once again toppled in so-called Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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The birth of dialectics in Ancient Greece
The inspired insights of the first materialists in antiquity laid the foundations of modern science, as Sean Ledwith describes.
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U.S. Fighters in the Spanish Civil War: A Left Legacy in the Fight Against Fascism
“Brigadistas: An American Anti-Fascist in the Spanish Civil War” is a page-turner of a graphic novel, illuminating the courage and commitment of young Americans in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, who put their lives on the line against fascism in Spain. The Brigadistas left behind a profound legacy of courage and international solidarity for the U.S. left that still resonates today.
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Niger: Aftermath of the fall of Qadhafi in the African Sahel
Niger is one of the countries located in the Sahel region, perhaps the most historically exploited area in the world. It is the southern fringe of the Sahara, which divides the Maghreb from sub-Saharan Africa.
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Atomic bombing of Japan was not necessary to end WWII. U.S. gov’t documents admit it
U.S. government documents admit the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary to end WWII. Japan was on the verge of surrendering. The nuclear attack was the first strike in Washington’s Cold War on the Soviet Union.
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Whitey on the Moon in the North Carolina sky
Historians often utilize the term “primary source” to describe a piece of historical evidence.
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings were needless, said World War II’s top U.S. military leaders
Mythology about these mass civilian slaughters warps thinking about U.S. militarism.
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Right-Wing has not tried to suppress teaching the history of anti-imperialist movements because they are rarely discussed in any course
Most Americans Don’t Know About the Real Patriots Who Opposed the Nation’s Forever Wars Going Back to the 19th Century.
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200 years of the Monroe Doctrine: History and present
The Monroe Doctrine served Washington to declare unilaterally and as if it were a divine right, protector of the American continent, letting the rest of the world know where its zone of influence, expansion and predominance resided.
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The history of affirmative action exposes its reactionary weaknesses
Affirmative action began as a reparations program but ends as a “diversity” project which barely benefits Black people.
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Scientists choose site to mark the start of the Anthropocene
Tiny Crawford Lake, near Toronto, holds a detailed record of radical global change.
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Sober Up Liberals: The U.S. Constitution Sucks
Review of Robert Ovetz, We the Elites: Why the U.S. Constitution Serves the Few (London: Pluto Press, 2022). People in the United States generally have confidence in the country’s political system, believing that it has the capacity to solve meaningful problems. Conservatives and liberals alike sincerely respect what they consider the nation’s sacrosanct Constitution, established […]
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Underestimate Russia at your own risk: A comparison of Hubris by Germany during WWII and today’s collective West
In honor of the NATO summit July 11 and 12, this is a comparison of how the Nazi leadership in World War Two and today’s collective West similarly underestimated Russia and overestimated their capabilities.
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Cambodian Premier reminds Ukraine of the horrors of cluster bombs
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen recalls Cambodia’s “painful experience” with U.S.-dropped cluster munitions in the 1970s, which continue to cause casualties to this date.
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A Patriot’s Fourth of July: Berlin Bulletin No. 213
Despite all doubts, despite fearful weaponry, at home or abroad, can we still call ourselves patriotic? In fact, is that a good thing to be?
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Thoughts on the Significance of the CPC for the Global Left
The sheer scale of China’s development has been a world-shaping event.
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Beyond the Greece Boat Disaster: Tracing the Roots of the Migration Crisis
Today’s immigrant policies and political discourses across most parts of the Global North are reminiscent of a colonial Othering.
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Dark history: How the U.S. experimented on its own people
For years, government-related institutes have experimented on their own citizens, mainly minorities, to serve their own interests. Infamous and not entirely disclosed, here are some of the most unethical operations done by the U.S. on its own people and soil.
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Background and elements of the war in Ukraine
“This crisis shows us the weakness of our society”