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The Modern Tecumseh and the Future of the U.S. Left
Tecumseh was killed at the Battle of the Thames in 1813. His dream of an Indigenous confederacy largely died with him. Yet his appreciation of the moment and the possibilities for transformation lived on and should give us all pause.
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The WPA’s Federal Theatre: Creating jobs and creative achievement
A brief but spectacular achievement, the New Deal’s Federal Theatre Project (FTP) (1936-1939) provided jobs for some 13,000 destitute people at its height and created and produced 63,600 performances of 1,200 major theatrical works.
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The coup that is taking place in Peru
While by all accounts, Pedro Castillo won the second round presidential elections, his adversary has refused to concede, and many fear that tensions could escalate with the help of Peru’s loyal right and the newly appointed U.S. ambassador.
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Powerful states push tax race to the bottom
Last week, the largest rich countries, home to most major transnational corporations (TNCs), agreed to a global minimum corporate income tax (GMCIT) rate. But the low rate proposed and other features will deprive developing countries of their just due yet again.
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Outrage as COVAX reports blocked vaccine payments, U.S. sanctions blamed
Venezuela’s efforts at the Copa America football tournament have also been derailed after 15 players and staffers caught the virus, prompting calls for an investigation.
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Dossier no. 41: The farmers’ revolt in India
India’s big capital, in close cahoots with the political class, took advantage of privatisation policies to seize public resources (including profitable public sector assets), acquire vast tracts of land by displacing village and forest communities, control the nation’s mineral resources, and undermine public sector banks through a cascading set of fraud and non-payment schemes.
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Latin America: in a permanent state of coup
In Latin America, coups d’état are always underway. When a government goes beyond being merely procedurally democratic and advances towards social justice, the always latent coup mechanisms are accelerated.
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Secretary general: NATO won’t “mirror” Russia, will exponentially outspend, surround it with battle groups
Just hours ahead of the NATO summit in Brussels on June 14, the military bloc’s secretary general, Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg, told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble that NATO will continue to expand its military capabilities but will not “mirror” its arch-adversary Russia.
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Freedom Rider: The truth about defunding police
“Defunding” the police has often turned out to be an accounting trick, but community control of police – a righteous demand – must also ensure that all government functions address human needs. One year ago, thousands of people engaged in protest in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer. A persistent protest […]
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‘Little more than a PR gimmick’: Critics say G7 vaccine donation pledges won’t cut it
Public health campaigners estimate that promised donations from rich countries would be enough to cover just 11% of the world’s unvaccinated population.
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Tulsa: ‘A cover-up happens because the powers that be are implicated’
CounterSpin interview with Joseph Torres on media and the Tulsa massacre.
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Every region of the World is the worst affected
The impact of this food price rise will grievously hit developing countries, most of whom are major importers of food staples.
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Hiding the Union busters
The American Bar Association and corporate interests are trying to block a rule that would expose their anti-labor activities.
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How Washington is positioning Syrian Al-Qaeda’s founder as its ‘asset’
A PBS Frontline special is the latest vehicle in a PR campaign to legitimize rebranded Syrian al-Qaeda, HTS, and market its leader Mohammad Jolani as a competent American “asset.”
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Decolonization and communism
While the turn towards analyzing ongoing settler-colonialism has finally reached the mainstream of North American political discussions, there is still a lack of popular understanding of the issues involved.
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The Copenhagen Summit for Democracy: the new Nazis
In an opening video, still on their website inviting people to attend, Rasmussen claims that the USA is the “defender of democracy” against oppression and then immediately cited Belarus, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Taiwan as places where ‘democracy is under threat.”
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Peru: Castillo has 113,000 vote lead over Fujimori
He has received greetings from some Latin American governments for the favorable result of the presidential elections.
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How billion-dollar foundations fund NGOs to manipulate U.S. foreign policy: A case study from Nicaragua
U.S. foreign policy is increasingly promoted by billionaire-funded foundations. The neoliberal era has created individuals with incredible wealth who, through “philanthropy,” flex their influence and feel good at the same time.
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After decades of oppression, Colombian women lead front lines of National Strike
“Far too many women are fighting—not only for their rights, but for the rights of all,” says Yomali Torres, an Afro-Colombian activist. The 26-year-old joined throngs of women in the streets of Colombia over the past month to demand an end to patriarchal oppression at the hands of a U.S.-backed neoliberal state.
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Stability: media codeword for ‘under U.S. control’
The world watched aghast last month as Israeli forces during Ramadan stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, attacking and injuring hundreds of worshipers.