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The Zionist assault on Judaism
Zionism has not yet murdered Judaism but it has undermined its moral and historical integrity. By intentionally fanning antisemitism, Israel is a major contributor to Jewish insecurity.
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The working-class voices publishing against the grain
Luke Charnley reports on the new publishing houses getting working-class writers onto the printed page.
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Cuba thanks Canadian entrepreneurs´ trust despite U.S. blockade
Cuba thanked Canadian entrepreneurs who do business with the country despite the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (MINCEX) reported.
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U.S. censorship is increasingly official
The Biden administration made headlines last week as it moved to shut down the websites of 33 foreign media outlets, including ones based in Iran, Bahrain, Yemen and Palestine. Officials justified the decision by claiming the organizations were agents of “disinformation.”
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For gay migrants, cruising spots aren’t just shadows and shame
Largely abandoned by middle-class gays, urban parks remain an important refuge for gay migrants in an otherwise hostile city.
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Venezuela immunizes its population against COVID-19 with Cuban vaccine
Last week, Venezuela signed an agreement with Cuba for the purchase of 12 million doses of Abdala, just three days after the country announced and celebrated the success of its locally developed anti-COVID-19 vaccine
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The CPC 100 years on: Understanding China’s contemporary political economy
Today, July 1, 2021, is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Celebrations throughout China and commemorations worldwide are taking place today in recognition of the Party’s leadership and its incredible legacy.
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Revolutionizing the narrative: Building a principled Pakistani solidarity movement for Palestine
As part of the ongoing Nakba, Israel has once again unleashed its latest reign of terror on Palestine, in response to resistance by Palestinians against ethnic cleansing of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem (meant to eviscerate both Palestinian social and cultural life from the city).
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Digital Money Beyond Blockchain with Rohan Grey
In this episode, we’re joined by Rohan Grey (@rohangrey), President of the Modern Money Network, Director of the National Jobs for All Coalition, Research Fellow at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, and JSD student at Cornell Law school. Our conversation is dedicated to Rohan’s current work on the political, economic, and cultural implications of money’s digital future.
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Nat Turner and Expanding Historical Memory — Aziz Rana
The last year has witnessed an extensive public conversation, from the 1619 Project in the New York Times to protests in the streets, about American historical memory.
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How is U.S. pop culture used against Venezuela?
How does U.S. hostility against Venezuela reflect itself in pop culture? We investigate in our latest video with Tatuy Tv.
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Chinese Provinces curb private schools, encourage public education
While Hunan and Jiangsu will cap the number of students attending private academic institutions, Sichuan has stopped approving such facilities altogether.
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Soil ecology and capitalism agriculture: Fred Magdoff interviewed by Farooque Chowdhury
Ecological and social conditions are mostly ignored in a system in which profit is the goal: Fred Magdoff discusses capitalist agriculture
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Hundreds of more unmarked graves discovered in residential school in Canada
The Cowessess First Nation said that at least 600 unmarked graves have been discovered on the grounds of what used to be the Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan.
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Capitalism is on life support. We have a decision to make
Canadians won’t settle for a return to how things were before the pandemic.
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The dishonest blame game of retail store closures and crime
Reporters who parrot corporate claims of out-of-control theft play into a narrative that benefits big business and perpetuates carceral policies.
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Hunger and food production in Nicaragua: how do we feed the people?
As hunger and food insecurity increases globally, the Sandinista government in Nicaragua has been working for the last decade to strengthen local food production and ensure food sovereignty in the face of sanctions.
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Socialism increasingly seen as ‘badge of pride’ in the United States
While a majority of U.S. adults still have more positive than negative perceptions of capitalism, less than half of the country’s 18 to 34-year-olds view the profit-maximizing market system favorably, and the attractiveness of socialism continues to increase among people over 35, according to a new poll released Friday.
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How China’s idols are working hard to hardly work
At a time when seemingly everyone is working more for less, why should idols be any exception?
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The thin blue lies behind crime wave hype
2021 as the city, and nation, begin to climb out of a pandemic that saw mass economic and social fallout—to say nothing of the lives lost. A historic, once-in-a-lifetime worldwide event destabilized the lives of countless people, and also led to an undeniable rise in shootings and homicide across the country.