• COP28: The mirage that capitalism can solve its destruction
    COP28: The mirage that capitalism can solve its destruction

    The COP28 summit taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 30 November to 12 December is a colossal illusion, a mirage in the desert.

    Gender, labor, democracy, and Americanism: U.S. history in the (un)making
    Gender, labor, democracy, and Americanism: U.S. history in the (un)making

    In the early hours of Monday, May 15, 2023, the historical highway marker recognizing the birthplace of a renown feminist, anti-racist labor organizer and defender of reproductive rights was taken down. The marker was formally approved and erected by the State, following years of community effort on behalf of this locally-born female hero. It stood […]

    Split on the Left: Berlin Bulletin No. 218 – November 21 2023
    Split on the Left: Berlin Bulletin No. 218 – November 21 2023

    Is it a tragedy or a new hope? After months, in fact years of inner-party squabbling in Germany’s LINKE party (The Left), the die has been cast, the Rubicon crossed, and Sahra Wagenknecht, with nine other Bundestag deputies, has quit the party and announced their decision to found a new party in January.

    A rose for Gramsci
    A rose for Gramsci

    Ninety-seven years back, via Giovanni Battista Morgagni, number 25, was a more modest lodging house, home of a quietly discreet pensionante called Antonio Gramsci.

    The Pogrom, Indians, and Genealogies of the Israeli Settler-Vigilante
    The Pogrom, Indians, and Genealogies of the Israeli Settler-Vigilante

    In most major media accounts of settler terror against Palestinians, Israeli settler-vigilantes invariably escape critical categorization beyond the moniker of “extremist.”  Portrayals of these perpetrators of violence invariably focus on the theme of fanaticism while presenting these figures as unsavory if misguided fringe elements in Israeli society.  Such characterizations are naïve and incomplete. 

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