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August 12, 2016
Ideally "Our Revolution" would emerge from well organized neighborhoods and workplaces proposing wonderful structure and program
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Feffer: Keep Elites Accountable, But Don’t Dumb the Issues Down
August 12, 2016
Complex global challenges require committed activists who stand on principle as well as experts on the inside who can play the political game
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Peebles: Hunger and Food Waste in a World of Plenty
August 12, 2016
Food, like shelter and health care, is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
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Lesher: Bds Doesn’t Delegimitize Israel, Mr. Prime Minister – Your Effort To Ban It Does
August 12, 2016
The nonviolent anti-occupation campaign can never threaten Israel; it can only improve it
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Moody: The Rank and File’s Paper of Record
August 12, 2016
The history of Labor Notes shows that labor’s strength — and socialists’ relevance — depend on a militant and independent rank and file
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Pacelle: How Factory Farming Is Giving Rise to Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs
August 12, 2016
In addition to causing immense animal suffering, factory farms are spawning dangerous superbugs that current antibiotics are powerless against
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Reddy: Government Fears Chelsea Manning Disclosures May Lead to Indictments for War Crimes
August 12, 2016
28-year-old whistleblower, Private Chelsea Manning, currently serving a 35 year sentence at Kansas’ Fort Leavenworth, tried...
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August 12, 2016
Last month, delegates from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) shared their enthusiastic support for the Movement for Black Lives (MBL) and Black Lives Matter
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Porter: How Media Distorted Syrian Ceasefire’s Breakdown
August 12, 2016
Coverage of the breakdown of the partial ceasefire in Syria illustrated the main way corporate...
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Zirin: Olympic Joy in the Face of Erasure
August 12, 2016
On the mat, Rafaela Silva won for her marginalized favela. In the streets, activists are winning the right to protest
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Baroud: Divide and Rule: How Factionalism in Palestine Is Killing Prospect for Freedom
August 11, 2016
For Israel, Palestinian factionalism is a central piece in its strategy to divide and rule. Sadly, many Palestinians are playing along, and by doing so are jeopardizing their own salvation
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Prashad: The Futility of Air Strikes in the War on Terror
August 11, 2016
Bombings aren't as targeted (or as effective) as the American government would have you believe
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Elijah: It’s Time We Recognize Black Lives Matter Behind Bars, Too
August 11, 2016
Deaths like that of Darius Robinson at the hands of prison guards underlie the lethal risk faced by those who are incarcerated
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August 11, 2016
We all need to play it a little cool, because in this climate we really are edging toward violence
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Adetiba: Black Lives Matter Turns Spotlight On How Police Unions Shield Bad Cops
August 11, 2016
Two activist groups, Black Lives Matter and the Black Youth Project 100, launched #FreedomNow, a...
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Feffer: Keep Elites Accountable, But Don’t Dumb the Issues Down
August 11, 2016
Complex global challenges require committed activists who stand on principle as well as experts on the inside who can play the political game
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Olney: For Unions, Sometimes a Lockout Is Better Than a Strike
August 11, 2016
Whether you’re expecting a strike or lockout, the steps are similar—and there’s no need to reinvent the wheel
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Baker: Trump agenda looks like more of the same
August 11, 2016
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gave his first major economic address on Monday. Most of...
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Fisk: Isis has not radicalised young Muslims, it has infantilised them
August 11, 2016
Isis has broken down the precious wall which separates childhood from adulthood, innocence from guilt. This, far more than mass murder, is its final dark achievement
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Gallagher: Sanders ready to launch ‘Our Revolution’
August 10, 2016
Bernie Sanders is doing his level best to make the case for Hillary Clinton over...
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Shiva: False promises and failures of Genetic Engineering
August 10, 2016
Golden rice is a false miracle. It is a disease of nutritionally empty monocultures offered...
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Savoulian: Obama’s Africa policy – an expanding military footprint to grab resources
August 10, 2016
The United States, while portraying its intervention in Africa as an anti-terrorist exercise, is actually the main purveyor of political destabilisation and violence
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Greenwald: Bernie Sanders Denounces Brazil’s Impeachment as Undemocratic, Calls for New Elections
August 10, 2016
Sanders’ statement is strong and unequivocal. Perhaps most significant is his call for the U.S. Government to “demand that this dispute be settled with democratic elections”
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Prentoulis: Lexit delusionaries
August 10, 2016
The Brexit campaign brought together a number of narratives, none of which signals any progress towards social justice and democracy
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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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Giroux: Trump and the Enablers of American Authoritarianism (2/2)
July 23, 2016
'Lesser evilism' is the wrong way to frame the elections - it's about what's better for the strategic interests of an independent people's struggle
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Rasmus: Labor Uprising in France
July 17, 2016
Massive labor actions have been roiling France, as unions protest the policies of the nominally Socialist government
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Harrison: Wikileaks: Interview with Investigations Editor Sarah Harrison
July 16, 2016
Interview on the case of Julian Assange, the findings of the UN working group on arbitrary detention, national security, international law and how one can support whistleblowers
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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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Recent Blogs
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Khan: Religious beliefs versus rational thinking
July 31, 2016
Nasir Khan, July 31, 2016 From a Humanistic point of...
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Khan: Kashmir, Palestine and my Facebook Friends
July 26, 2016
Nasir Khan, July 26, 2016 At present, I have about...
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Wittner: Superpowers Are Violent Powers
July 17, 2016
If asked to identify the world’s superpowers today, most people...
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Khan: Kashmiris Right to Determine Their Future Is the Only Solution to the Kashmir Conflict
July 16, 2016
Nasir Khan, July 16, 2016 Today Professor Raj Bhat, himself...
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Fitz: Green Time TV: Preparing for Danger
July 16, 2016
Green Time TV Preparing for Danger by Don Fitz Many...
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Khan: Brtual Indian oppression continues in Kashmir
July 15, 2016
Nasir Khan, July 15, 2016 The partition of India in...
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edwards: The Self Segregation of Retail Workers
July 15, 2016
REI workers in Seattle are stirring. Seattle councilwoman Kshama Sawant...
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Ganchev: Graduate schools for public policy/affairs?
July 13, 2016
My friend wants to do graduate study in public affairs...
Being Left
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Spanish activist David Marty interviews Albert on : Being Left
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Highlighted Content
Albert: Our Revolution!?
Elijah: Behind Bars, Too
Feffer: Don’t Dumb Down
Shiva: False promises
Billet: Right to the City
Johnstone: Hiroshima
Emanuele: Liberal Activism
Shalom & Albert: Election Q/A
Prashad: Bombs Away
Contributors: BLM Program
Hahnel: The US Left
Cole: Global Switch to Solar
Falk: Genocide?
Bello: South China Sea
Bacon: River Turned Yellow
Brownstein: Diverse Left?
Halimi: Provoking Russia
Rosenberg:Big Pharma & Doctors
Brooks: Busting Myths
Hartung: Arms Business
Moore: Trump Can Win
Albert: Answering Swanson
Swanson: Lesser Evilism
Cohn: Killing With Robots
Klein: Future to Believe In
Lund: Pedagogy of the Oppressor
Shiva: Militarised Mind
Street: Political Correctness
Feffer: Military Coups
Surya: Kashmir Crackdown
Feffer: Hungary Homeless
Pilger: China War
Cook: Money Talks
Albert: Venezuela
Wainwright: Leadership
West: Justice
Rasmus: Looting Greece
Gordon: Trojan Drone
Fletcher: Women & Revolution
Albert: Sliding Toward Hell?
The U.S. Presidential Election
Albert: Our Revolution!?
Pacelle: Superbugs
Moody: Rank and File’s Paper
Zogby: Platform and Politics
Prashad: Trump vs Hillary
Hightower: Populist insurgency
Albert/Shalom: Thinking About Election
Hahnel: What Can We Learn?
Wetherell: Donald Comes to Town
Solomon: Open letter to Hillary
Buccola: What is My Duty?
Berkowitz: Riding Trump’s Wave
Staffers: Open Letter to Sanders
Staffers: Letter to Bernie
Glick: Build, Bernie, Build
Frank: Dems and Trump
Rensin: Support Bernie’s Supporters
Cohn: Trump’s Character
Morris: Supreme Court
Jealous: Vote Green?
Sanders: Sanders’ Convention
Solomon: Clinton vs. Bernie
Moore: Trump Can Win
Albert: Answering Swanson
Swanson: Lesser Evilism
Rasmus: Trump, Trade...
Schwarz: Terrifying Alarm Bells
Glick: Course Correction?
Albert: We Need A United Left
Albert: Don’t Sell Out!
Glick: Open Letter to Jill Stein
Venezuela
Albert: Miguel Rodriguez
Serrano: Venezuela’s Future
Telesur: US Sabotage
Sankey: Pink Tide?
Emersberger: Economic Bleeding
Albert: Venezuela
Buxton: After Chavez
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?
María: Chavismo From Below
Weisbrot: Venezuela
Dominguez: Right Wing Majority
Mallett-Outtrim: How Bad?
Albert: Errors and Prospects
Albert: Venezuela’s Future
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
Falk: Dreaming of Freedom
Zunes: Anti-Semitic?
Cook: Money Talks
Falk: AMEXIT
Falk: Smearing BDS Supporters
Baroud: Water as a Weapon
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
Greece & Spain
Rasmus: Looting Greece
Nichols: Spanish general election
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
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
Iglesias: Spain’s Socialists
Malaboca: Spain: insiders’ perspective
Vouloumanos: 1 / 2 / 3 /4
Albert: Greece Writ Large
Parecon / Parsoc
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