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Supreme Court delivers electoral review verdict, confirms Maduro victory
TSJ President Caryslia Rodríguez stated that an expert examination of the evidence certified the election results.
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Colleges reopen amid nation-wide escalation of attack on free speech
University and college students are returning to campus amidst a fall offensive launched against free speech. The ruling class is determined to put students “in their place” after they have bravely opposed the Gaza genocide, despite savage repression, punishments by administrators, and the revoking of job offers to oppose U.S. support for the genocide in […]
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Western media can be held legally accountable for its role in the Gaza genocide
Western media companies have made themselves a part of the mechanism of genocide in Palestine, and there are historical precedents for holding them accountable.
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The world stands with Venezuela amid right-wing destabilization campaign
On August 17, in dozens of cities across the world, people’s movements, left parties and trade unions, participated in an international day of action in solidarity with Venezuela, facing right-wing coup attempts and attacks on its electoral process following the victory of sitting president Nicolás Maduro.
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New York state of mind
In the 1960s, a new ideology held that cities were best developed organically and free from central planning. In his latest book, Owen Hatherley explores how these ideas shaped New York—and what they can teach a new generation of socialists.
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From fight the power to work for it: Chuck D, Public Enemy and how the CIA neutralized rap
The CIA promoted the work of George Orwell, pushing his books, and even funded the 1954 film adaptation of “Animal Farm.” Thus, the author, who is most closely synonymous with propaganda and government control over society, in an ironic twist, owed his massive popularity in no small part to a giant decades-long CIA propaganda campaign.
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The weakness of progressive Latin American governments in these precarious times: The Thirty-Fourth Newsletter (2024)
Unwilling to accept election results in Venezuela, the OAS, led by the U.S., passed a resolution essentially asking the country to violate its own election laws. Many countries with supposedly centre-left or left governments have joined the U.S. in proposals that seek to undermine Venezuelan democratic processes, a reflection of the contradictions confronting the current progressive cycle of governments and weakness of the left in Latin America today.
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From Pan Africanism to Afropessimism: Palestine and the degeneration of Black politics
For decades, most Black political commentary has expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people, but recently, a new phenomenon has appeared, particularly on social media platforms, which accuses all Palestinians of being anti-Black racists, and asserts that aligning with them is either of no use to Black people or even that it is detrimental to our own cause.
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Phil Donahue changed my life—and millions of others
Phil Donahue passed away Sunday night, after a long illness. He was beloved by those who knew him and by many who didn’t.
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Supreme Court millionaires criminalize being homeless
The six justices who voted to criminalize the homeless have a combined net worth of $54 million.
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Partners in genocide: Israel is slaughtering Palestinians with Western arms
For the merchants of war, the collective pain and misery of whole nations is dwarfed by the lucrative deals of billions of dollars generated from weapons sales.
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‘Sandwiched’ caregivers show need for improved welfare state
Our economy and society are heavily dependent on unpaid care work, disproportionately performed by women.
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Morocco pardons 4,800 jailed for cultivating cannabis–so they can farm legally
The world’s largest cannabis producer aims to encourage legal cultivation of the plant and export it for industrial or medical purposes
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Where are safe spaces for women in India?
Our country must move beyond symbolic representations of women like Kali, Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati, and instead offer genuine respect and equality.
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In Houston, back-to-school means back-to-privatization
Diane Ravitch, author of “Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America’s Public Schools”, has dug deep to uncover who the leaders of the nationwide public school privatization movement are and assembled a list that includes: Jeff Bezos, the Koch Brothers, the Walton Family, Bill Gates, Betsy DeVos, Michael Bloomberg, Laurene Powell Jobs, Eli Broad, Reed Hastings, and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Cyber-attacks against Venezuela: Their scope and technical dimensions
Cybersecurity has become a central element in Venezuela, in a context where computer attacks have not ceased since the presidential elections.
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How U.S. Big Tech monopolies colonized the world: Welcome to neo-feudalism
U.S. Big Tech corporations are like the feudal landlords of medieval Europe. These Silicon Valley monopolies own the digital land that the global economy is built on, and are charging higher and higher rents to use their privatized infrastructure.
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The new Chutzpah
Many of you know that the Yiddish word chutzpah means extreme self-confidence or audacity.
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Thousands hit streets across India demanding safe spaces and justice for women
The call for the nationwide vigil to “reclaim the night” was given by the left groups following the rape and murder of a medical staff on duty in Kolkata last week.
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Ten theses on the far right of a special type: The Thirty-Third Newsletter (2024)
Fascism is an insufficient term, as it denies the intimacy between liberal and far right forces. In this week’s newsletter, we present ten theses to understand this ‘intimate embrace’ and the rise of this far right of a special type.