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By Nicholas Noe. This article was first published on Independent.
In 13 years of watching these two bitter opponents, I have never seen such a high degree of anxiety that war is comingLebanon’s Hezbollah is backed by Iran and has greater support among ordinary citizens than...
By Andrew Levine. This article was first published on Counterpunch.
Voters who thought that Donald Trump’s election would make them materially better off were delusional or gullible or both. The only exceptions were Trump’s class brothers and sisters – plutocrats with, as Joyce wrote...
By Benjamin Selwyn. This article was first published on Socialist Project.
The 2017 British general election has generated the beginnings of a qualitative-change in the relationship between the Labour Party, much of British society, and parliament. That transformation can be...
Displaying a Yemeni starving under Saudi siege, Sen. Rand Paul clamored for the cancellation of Trump's arms package to Saudi Arabia
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By Liz Theoharis and Bruce Parry
June 13, 2017
The New Poor People’s Campaign, of which Dr. Liz Theoharis and Dr. William Barber are National Co-Chairs, will not just commemorate the 2018 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s Poor People’s Campaign; it is to be a New Poor People’s...
By Bruce Parry
June 13, 2017
The New Poor People’s Campaign, of which Dr. Liz Theoharis and Dr. William Barber are National Co-Chairs, will not just commemorate the 2018 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s Poor People’s Campaign; it is to be a New Poor People’s Campaign for today. Never...
By Peter Kuznick. This article was first published on History News Network.
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In Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, Susanna Martin was executed for being a witch. The evidence against her was compelling...
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
The shocking election result in the United Kingdom – the Conservatives losing their majority and the creation of a hung Parliament; and Jeremy Corbyn being more successful than any recent Labor candidate – cutting a 20 point Theresa May lead down to ...
For the vast majority of unions in Britain, the idea of the Labour Party fighting a general election with a dream leadership team of Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell was manna from heaven after the era of New Labour. From...
In the wake of an alleged ISIS terrorist attack on the Iranian parliament, the U.S. Senate is marking the tragedy with twin resolutions: one to express condolences, the second...
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By Richard Greeman. This article was first published on Socialist Project.
The good news this May was that French voters rejected far-right Marine Le Pen by a two-to-one margin in the second round of the Presidential election. “At least the French are not schmucks as the Americans!”...
By Andrew Levine. This article was first published on Counterpunch.
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With Donald Trump in the White House, absurdities erupt on a daily, sometimes hourly, basis. The world feels out of joint — as if the editorial staff of The Onion had...
By Jesselyn Radack. This article was first published on Expose Facts.
Reality Winner, the 25-year-old Air Force veteran and NSA contractor charged with mailing classified material to a news outlet, is a classic whistleblower. She hasn’t claimed that mantle, which is understandable...
National flags of Qatar.
Photo Credit: Philip Lange
As news came that Saudi Arabia and six other countries had cut ties with Qatar, I called an acquaintance who retired from the Qatari...
By David Bush. This article was first published on Socialist Project.
The Fight for $15 and Fairness scored a big victory on May 30 when the Ontario Liberals announced they would raise the minimum wage to $15 by January 1, 2019. The Liberals also announced a slew of other legislative...
By Marti Caussa / Socialist Project.
The December 21 election (21-D) reconfirmed the absolute majority of pro-independence members in the Catalan Parlement. It marked the political defeat of article 155, although that article and its consequences are still in force. On the other...
