This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. So we will all listen as Netanyahu declares his own, personal version of the Chicken Little theme, and see Congress members falling all over themselves to agree with him, despite that mostREAD ON
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Now, you have to hand it to the fake Resistance … this Nazi hysteria is good for everyone. Not only is it an easier sell than that ridiculous Russian hacking nonsense (because Trump really is a racist, of course), but it’s something the broader LeftREAD ON
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What is both positively and negatively labeled Nationalism is often human reaction to capital forcefully transforming people and earth to promote private profit with no regard for communities in process of being destroyed by that economic system. This work is licensed under a CreativeREAD ON
Hurricane Harvey: Its Three Unspeakable Descriptors
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Steven Jonas on Racism, Antisemitism and Free Speech
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