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Shiva: Kerala wake-up call on growth and development
The images of floods and mudslides in Kerala, known as “God’s own country”, should be a wake-up call — we should ask ourselves if we are on a sustainable development path
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Cohn: US Leaders Aid and Abet War Crimes in Yemen
S leaders who provided military support to the Saudi-led coalition...
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Respect is a beautiful thing, and that is what lies at the heart of our demands
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Cook: In Israel, some are far more equal than others
The Israeli Jewish public's assumption that the Druze enjoy equal status in Israel was always fanciful illusion
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MacLeod: Facebook Censoring the Left Isn’t a Worry—It’s a Reality
The latest action by Facebook is part of a worrying trend towards greater censorship of media
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Couronne: Trump unleashes Coal
President Donald Trump’s administration announced a plan Tuesday to weaken regulations on US coal plants
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Rasmus: How Ideology in Mainstream Economics Works: Tax Cuts & Savings Rates
Mainstream economic policy is full of misrepresentation of reality
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Turse: The U.S. is Building a $280 Million Drone Base in Niger
In the time since construction at Agadez began, U.S. military operations in North and West Africa have dramatically increased
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McCoy: Beijing’s Bid for Global Power in the Age of Trump
“America First” Versus China’s Strategy of the Four Continents
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Shupak: A ‘Regime’ Is a Government at Odds With the US Empire
Calling a government a “regime” suggests a lack of legitimacy, with the implication that its ousting (by whatever means) would serve humanitarian and democratic ends
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Lennard: Brutal Prison Conditions Risk “Another Attica”
When we fail to support prison strikes, we reinforce the violence imposed by the prison system itself, allowing the voices of incarcerated people to go unheard and their lives unrecognized.
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Owliaei: New York Taxi Workers Defeat Uber and Lyft
Ride-hailing companies and their corporate lobby were no match for the commitment of the city's cab driver union
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Sawari: National Prison Strike Begins
Prisoners in 17 States Demand End to “Slave Labor” Behind Bars
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The monotonously endless anti-Russia crusade serves a number of political agendas for Democrats and the Washington power structure
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Loach: If We Don’t Understand Class Struggle, We Don’t Understand Anything
Interview on populism, the gig economy, and the importance of transnational solidarity in his movies and beyond
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Cook: Corbyn’s Labour Party is Being Made to Fail –By Design
The media’s ever-more outlandish slurs against Corbyn and the Labour party’s imminent capitulation on the IHRA’s full definition of anti-semitism are not unrelated events. The former was designed to bring about the latter
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Baker: Retirement Income in the 21st Century
Several states, including California, Oregon, Illinois and most recently New York have set up systems whereby workers without retirement plans at their workplaces can make contributions to a public retirement system
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Hedemann: In Memoriam: David McReynolds
The Gay Socialist Pacifist Who Twice Ran for President, Dies at 88
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Paynter: How a Detroit Community Overcomes a Lack of City Services
A range of neighbor-to-neighbor efforts address basic needs, from healthcare to food access, that are going unmet by local government agencies
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June ZMag
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Rasmus: Trump’s Phony Trade War
Is the Trump phony trade war really about reducing the U.S. $375 billion annual trade deficit with China? Or about U.S. bankers wanting more access and ownership of operations in China?
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Fletcher: Zohra Drif’s Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter
In her actions as a militant, Drif casts aside the romanticization of revolution
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Miller: The Border Fetish, The U.S. Frontier as a Zone of Profit and Sacrifice
Borders have become another way of making sure that nothing gets in the way of the sanctity of business as usual in a world that desperately needs something new
Recent Audio/Videos
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Take a ride through Oakland with Boots Riley, frontman of the politically-charged hip-hop group 'The Coup', as he reflects on his music, his future, and his relentless revolt against capitalism
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Isbell: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – White Man’s World
From Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit -- The Nashville Sound
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Chomsky: From Geopolitical Conflict to Nuclear Abolition
Noam Chomsky delivers the keynote address, "Fate of Humanity"
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Daniels: Dr. Ron Daniels Delivers his Final Lecture
A talk on his political world view and on his vision and priorities for IBW moving forward.
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Fletcher: The History of Race and Labor in the U.S.
Interview on the history of race and racism in the US from African slavery to today
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Roy: Bodies, Borders, Resistance, Rebirth
Interview on the political upheaval in India with PM Modi at its front, fueled by increased violence towards Muslims, queers, Dalits, women, and more
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Emersberger: Nicaragua’s Real GDP per Capita since 1980
By 2008 Nicaragua’s real GDP per capita had grown to...
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Emersberger: 45 Reuters Articles about Violent Protests in Nicaragua
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BELOW IS AN EMAIL I SENT TO AMNESTY TODAY Drones...
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Emersberger: Corbyn’s Capitulation: Lessons for the Left from UK Labour’s “anti-Semitism crisis”
This passage below from Stephen Bush’s latest on Jeremy Corbyn’s...
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Since the advent of the Trump administration, American progressives have...
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