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June 27, 2016
It is possible, desirable, and even essential for progressives as a whole group to simultaneously work to ensure that Trump loses and the left grows
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Feffer: The Most Important Election of Your Life: (Is Not This Year)
June 27, 2016
If and when that new, neo-fascist party fields its charismatic presidential candidate, that will be the most important election of our lives
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Kagarlitsky: Great Day in European History
June 27, 2016
The hard line policies agreed upon by the bureaucratic and financial elites in spite of the people ultimately undermined the stability of the system
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Cohn: US Bombing Syrian Troops Would Be Illegal
June 27, 2016
In an internal “dissent channel cable,” 51 State Department officers called for “targeted military strikes”...
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Reyes: Five keys to understanding the Spanish election
June 27, 2016
The insurgent left has also shown that it is here to stay
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Hahnel: Brexit: Establishment Freak Out
June 27, 2016
Brexit is a blow to the powers that be in Brussels, and adds wind to the sails of progressive forces within the EU as well as reactionary forces, no matter what political strategy progressive forces opt for
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Cook: Brexit and the diseased liberal mind
June 27, 2016
The debate about Brexit was never about values or principles – it was about money. It still is
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Hudson: How Western Military Interventions Shaped the Brexit Vote
June 27, 2016
Interview on how military interventions in the Middle East created refugee streams to Europe that were in turn used by the anti-immigrant right to stir up xenophobia
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Cockburn: Brexiteers Have Much in Common With Arab Spring Protesters
June 27, 2016
The potential for Brexit to produce toxic results for everybody is greater than it looks, because it is one more source of instability in a region already under great pressures
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McCauley: Betraying Progressives, DNC Platform Backs Fracking, TPP, and Israel Occupation
June 27, 2016
Appointees by Clinton and Wasserman Schulz resoundingly reject numerous proposals put forth by Sanders surrogates
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Baker: In the wake of Brexit, will the EU finally turn away from austerity?
June 27, 2016
If the EU leadership goes the route of tit for tat and tries to punish Britain, Brexit will be the first round of a very unhappy story.
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June 27, 2016
Apparently, the army fears, that with the many who lie and are released each year, the number of conscientious objectors will double and maybe even reach the number of six
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Fox: Brexit Vote Spells Political Crisis in Scotland and UK
June 27, 2016
The left must face the new political circumstances and highlight the social and economic problems facing working people
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Swanson: Party’s Over, Quarter Billion Dollars on Bernie, Now What?
June 27, 2016
The truth is that we have far more power than we're told, we just don't have it where we're told to look for it
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Chomsky: Plenty of Possibilities
June 26, 2016
We can be very optimistic. Things like this have happened before and they’ve been overcome
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June 26, 2016
All the xenophobic right wing parties have expressed their enthusiasm for the Brexit, which is going to give them more push
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Dreier: Three Strategies to Beat the NRA
June 26, 2016
Gun safety advocates who until now have relied largely on traditional lobbying need to broaden their strategy to include partnerships with gun owners and civil disobedience
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Solomon: I Assumed It Was Racism—It Was Patriarchy
June 26, 2016
Why are some women more invisible than others? To grow new anti-patriarchal movements like Black Lives Matter, we need to start opening our eyes
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Fisk: What does the Middle East think of Brexit? A lot more than you’d assume
June 26, 2016
Gulf governments to whom Britain and especially David Cameron have traditionally grovelled took a predictably rosy view of Britain’s potential catastrophe.
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Pilger: Why the British said no to Europe
June 26, 2016
The majority vote by Britons to leave the European Union was an act of raw democracy
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Denvir: Enough with the spectacle: How about we just ban all assault weapons instead?
June 26, 2016
The Dems’ campaign should inspire nothing but cynicism — our gun problem has nothing to do with terror watch lists
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Contributors: Spanish Left: 50 Steps to Govern Together
June 26, 2016
The coalition between Podemos and IU (called “Unidos Podemos” – Together We Can) is the...
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Sawant: Beyond Bernie: Still Not With Her
June 26, 2016
Since the June 7 California primary, the historic upheaval that coalesced around Bernie Sanders’ campaign has...
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Eskow: Brexit and the New Global Rebellion
June 25, 2016
A major crack has appeared in the edifice of globalization, and the neoliberal order that has dominated the world’s economy since the end of World War II is now in danger
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Sanders: Bernie Sanders Is Not Dropping Out Tonight
June 25, 2016
Sanders tells Stephen he is still very much a candidate for the nomination, and will take his 1900 delegates to the convention to push for change
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Escobar: Why the UK Said Bye Bye to the EU
June 25, 2016
So what started as a gamble by David Cameron on an outlet for domestic British discontent, to be used as a lever to bargain with Brussels for a few more favors, has metastasized into an astonishing political earthquake
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Hallinan: The Brexit: A Very British Affair
June 25, 2016
The Brexit vote was a British affair (and promises to be a messy one). The Spanish election is a continental affair that will have reverberations worldwide.
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Giroux: The Violence of Forgetting
June 25, 2016
What I have called the violence of organized forgetting signals how contemporary politics are those in which emotion triumphs over reason, and spectacle over truth, thereby erasing history
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Lazare: Refugees and Migrants Wake Up to Brexit and Brace for What Comes Next
June 25, 2016
Some are left asking, "What has happened to my home?"
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Lilly: Movement for Black Lives Yields New Targets of the State
June 25, 2016
Those on the front line must be defended, by us, the people, the community
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Balhorn: Die Linke: Ten Years On
June 25, 2016
A decade after its formation, can Germany’s Die Linke manage its contradictions and live up to its promise?
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July/August ZMag
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Vivas: What Remains of All Our Outrage?
However, real change does not come about only through conquering institutions, but through gaining support from a mobilized society. What remains of all our outrage? A regime in crisis, not ready yet to fall, but ready to be reconfigured
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Winship: All The Presumptive Nominee’s Men
You will know our presidents and presidential candidates by the company they keep
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Street: Hillary Clinton’s Not-So-Strange Right-Wing Bedfellows
Democratic Hillary Clinton supporters got churlish when they heard media...
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Chaffee: Upcoming Events for Progressives
EVENTS SOCIALISM – The Socialism Conference is scheduled for...
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Pimentel: HISTORY HANDBOOK: Seeing Red: Nixon and the Presidential Election in Chile, 1970
That Nixon facilitated the ousting of Allende via collusion with the Chilean military and Allende’s political enemies comes as no surprise to students of the American war in Vietnam
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Nutt: The real harm of the global arms trade
June 24, 2016
In some parts of the world, it's easier to get an automatic rifle than a glass of clean drinking water
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Cohen: Why Is The Western Media Ignoring The New Cold War?
June 17, 2016
Interview on Russia, NATO, and our mainstream media's refusal to report on the New Cold War
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Sanders: Rally in Washington, DC
June 12, 2016
Bernie Sanders Live from Washington DC - A Future to Believe in Rally Live Event
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Solomon: Trump, Sanders’ Next Steps & Media Coverage of the 2016 Race
June 10, 2016
The debate continues on racist remarks, Clinton’s plan to reach out to Sanders supporters, and the decision by the Associated Press and NBC to call the race for Clinton on the eve of the California primary
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Solomon: A Debate on Best Path Forward for Democratic Party
June 9, 2016
Where does the race go from here?
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Chomsky: Noam Chomsky & Yanis Varoufakis discuss Basic Income (Universal Income)
June 4, 2016
Talking about the concept of a basic income guarantee also known as a universal income
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Harnecker: Strategies for Social Change
May 29, 2016
A talk on people's power and political instruments.
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Warren: Donald Trump can NEVER be the President
May 29, 2016
A talk on Donald Trump rooting for the 2008 housing market crash, his plans to dismantle Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform, and his decision not to release his taxes
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Finkelstein: A Dialogue on Israel and Palestine
May 28, 2016
This is a panel from the 2016 Left Forum, held May 20 -22 at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. The conference theme was "Rage, Rebellion, Revolution: Organizing Our Power."
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Varoufakis: Privatization, Human Rights & Capitalism
May 26, 2016
Interview on privatization, human rights, media, experience with the EU and capitalism’s ability to reform
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Uygur: Brazillian Impeachment Is Actually A Corporate Coup
May 16, 2016
The change in government marks a dramatic political shift in Brazil
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Greenwald: Goal of Rousseff Impeachment is to Boost Neoliberals & Protect Corruption
May 13, 2016
The real goal is to protect corruption
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Nader: The U.S. Political & Media System Is Designed to Obstruct, Silence Third-Party Candidates
May 12, 2016
Interview on the elections
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Recent Blogs
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Khan: The Forces of Darkness and Ignorance in Pakistan
June 23, 2016
Nasir Khan, June 23, 2016 The tragedy that started in...
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Emersberger: Will the Guardian Correct an Atrocious Article by Julian Borger?
June 22, 2016
This article by Julian Borger on Venezuela’s economy sates that “By IMF...
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June 20, 2016
Resurrecting Occupy and Breathing Life into Shared Program by Taking...
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Fitz: Green Time TV: Broken Systems – Real Alternatives
June 16, 2016
Green Time TV Broken Systems – Real Alternatives by Don...
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Emersberger: Another day, another outrageous lie in the WAPO about Venezuela
June 16, 2016
To see how terrible the western media is, just follow...
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Emersberger: Mariana Zuñiga takes her rotten journalism to the Washington Post
June 14, 2016
Zuñiga’s recent BBC article was horrible (and never corrected by...
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Emersberger: Email to Tracy Wilkinson of LA Times Re. Venezuela
June 3, 2016
Re: U.S. nudges the Vatican, other allies to help rescue...
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Emersberger: To its credit, Reuters sets the record straight on Venezuela’s recall process
June 2, 2016
To anyone who values honest journalism, it was nice to...
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Khan: Inherited beliefs and freethinking
May 28, 2016
Nasir Khan, May 28, 2016 All human children are born...
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Brexit
Feffer: Writ Large
Kagarlitsky: Great Day?
Hahnel: Freak Out
Cook: Diseased liberal mind
Hudson: What Shaped Brexit Vote
Cockburn: Brexiteers
Baker: In the wake of Brexit
Fox: Brexit Vote Spells Crisis
Savio: Brexit and EUexit
Pilger: Why the British said no
Eskow: New Global Rebellion
Escobar: UK Said Bye Bye
Hallinan: A Very British Affair
Lazare: What Comes Next
Baird: Brexit to hell
Seymour: Brexit and the Left
Rasmus: Cameron’s Faustian Bargain
Corbyn: Why I Am Voting “Remain”
Weisbrot: Wake-up call
Rooksby: There Is No Left Exit
Renton: he Socialist Case for Remain
Highlighted Content
Albert: We Need A United Left
Feffer: Poland B, U.S. B
Chomsky: Plenty of Possibilities
Balhorn: Die Linke: Ten Years On
Lopez: Emancipation Proclamation
Turse: The Numbers Racket
Kelly: What’s at Stake
Braatz: Restorative Justice
Bricmont: European Dead End
Chomsky: “Perpetual Peace”
Wallerstein: Ethnicity
Savio: Reflections on Brexit
Kelly: Why go to Russia?
Kelley: Cedric J. Robinson
Shah: New Age of Contagions
Domoney: Paris
Swanson: Orlando
Feffer: Orlando
Monbiot: Money’s Reach
Chomsky: The Breakdown
Albert: Hello – Are We Serious?
Chomsky: The Doomsday Clock
Early: Advice From Seattle
Turse: New Nation, Long War
Wilpert: Country profile: Ecuador
Hunziker: Fukushima
Falk: A Moral Revolution?
Chomsky: Anti-Intellectualism...
Zirin: Powerful, Political Force
Zirin: Muhammad Ali
Cole: Ali’s last fight
Halimi: Far right rising
Albert: Innovate not Debate
Emanuele: Interviewing Albert
The U.S. Presidential Election
Albert: We Need A United Left
Sawant: Still Not With Her
Swanson: Now What?
Sanders: Not Dropping Out
Sanders: Here’s what we want
DeMoro: Historic Source of Ed
Albert: Don’t Sell Out!
Scher: Meet Jill Stein
Sanders: Political Revolution...
Albert: Lesser Evilism
Chomsky: Lesser Evil Voting
Ben-Meir: Fascist?
Jones: The Tyranny of Trump
Husseini: Sanders in Brazil...
Glick: Open Letter to Jill Stein
Engelhardt: Trump Is Not Virus
Borosage: Does Platform Matter?
Chomsky: Legacy of Obama
Palast: Placebo Ballots
Solomon: Solomon vs. Hayden
Dreier: A Five-Point Plan
Albert: The Bernie Question
Nichols: Platform Committee
Berlet: Insidious Lure
Buhle: Labor’s Sell-Out
Cohen: Unify? Hell No!
Tasini: Sanders and Class
Early: Toxic Entanglements
Sanders: Community Conversation
Albert: For Bernie…and More
Share Left Program
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86 Authors: Possible Program
Albert: Failing Ourselves?
Evans: Taking Activism Forward
Albert: What’s Next?
Fletcher, Sitrin, Albert: What Wins?
Albert: We Need New Priorities
Sitrin: From Paris, Love and Lessons
Recent Ukraine, Isis, Syria, Turkey, Yeman
Fisk: ‘Kurdish problem’
Cockburn: Isis losing?
Porter: Putin’s leverage
Achcar: Arab spring?
Baroud: Pandora’s Box
Bennis: Russia is Withdrawing
McGovern: Putin Shuns ‘Quagmire’
Cockburn: End for Caliphate?
Karadjis: Bloody Counterrevolution
Kinzer: The media are misleading
Dorsey: Saudi Arabia Syria strategy
Cockburn: Syrian civil war
Snider: Betray Kurds
Cockburn: Syrian civil war
Leverink: Frame Syrian Kurds
Prashad: Descent into Chaos
Venezuela
Ellner: Boliburguesía Thesis
Pearson: Media Wars
Sullivan: Venezuela’s Crisis
Lebowitz: Building Alternatives
Dangl: Openings and Labyrinths
Weisbrot: Economic policy
Teruggi: Venezuela On Fire
Weisbrot: Left in Latin America?
Draitser: Venezuela’s Opposition
María: Chavismo From Below
Weisbrot: Venezuela
Dominguez: Right Wing Majority
Mallett-Outtrim: How Bad?
Fidler: People’s Power ?
Albert: Errors and Prospects
Pearson: Struggle Ahead
Katz: What Lies Ahead?
Suggett: Venezuela’s Paths
Albert: Venezuela’s Future
Weisbrot: Venezuela?
Boothroyd: Workers’ Councils
Albert: Responsibility Is Ours
Wilpert: Key Factors, Part 2
Ellner: Set the Record Straight
Wilpert: On Venezuela
Wilpert: Roots of Situation
Mallett-Outtrim: Wake up Call
Ellner: Chavista Government
Albert: Organize for Venezuela
Highlighted Israel/Palestine
Baroud: Resistance Poetry
Hass: Sweep Palestinians
Baroud: The Paris Peace Gambit
Falk: Zionism, BDS, and the UN
Cole: Israel-First McCarthyism
Avnery: Day of the Rhinos
Hass: Vanquished History
Baroud: Roots of the Conflict
Prashad: Right to Exist?
Cook: Religious zealots
Baroud: Roots of the Conflict
Fernandez: Backward as It Gets
Falk: Major General Gola
Barghouti: Interviewing BDS
Baroud: The Logic of Murder
Pappe: “It is the future”
Avnery: Under the Lime Trees
Cook: Israel’s military culture
Greece & Spain
Cutillas: What’s at Stake in Spain
Nichols: Podemos Left
Rasmus: IMF Exit Troika?
Savio: Punching Ball
Smith: ‘Everyone’s outraged’
Hunziker: Ugly Truth
Wallerstein: Spanish Drama
Rasmus: IMF and Troika Again
Hunziker: Greece Loses its Soul
Assange: Greek ‘Disaster’
Horner: Greek dock workers
Hallinan: Triumph or Trap?
Iglesias: Government of change
Varoufakis: On Greece...
Spourdalakis: Rekindling Hope
Milios: Austerity Unbroken
Nulman: Podemos
Vouloumanos: 1 Year Later
Rushton: Sea Change In Spain
Roos: European Dream Caved In
Iglesias: Spain’s Socialists
Iglesias: Spain’s Socialists
Malaboca: Spain: insiders’ perspective
Vouloumanos: 1 / 2 / 3 /4
Albert: Greece Writ Large
Parecon / Parsoc
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