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Jimmy Dore said the purpose of repealing the statute of limitations for one year was so that the Democrats could bring this specific case against their political opponent, Donald Trump, and that should scare everyone.

Army Sergeant Daniel Perry, who was working as an Uber driver, killed Garrett Foster, a Black Lives Matter protestor who Perry says pointed an AK-47 gun at his car. A photo shows Foster holding his rifle, but it is disputed whether he is pointing it at Perry's car or at the ground.

In Britain, pageantry has always been a palliative and plaster for the dark and dismal. Be it in times of crisis, the chance to put on an extravagant show, usually at vast expense, is not something to forego. Central to this entertainment complex is the Royal family, that archaic vestige of an era that refuses […]

"They hate our freedoms." -- US president George W Bush addresses the nation, 20 September 2001

Selected days for commemoration serve one fundamental purpose. Centrally, they acknowledge the forgotten or neglected, while proposing to do nothing about it. It’s the priest’s confession, the chance for absolution before the next round of soiling. These occasions are often money-making exercises for canny businesses: the days put aside to remember mothers and fathers, for […]

Work is easy. Work is difficult. Work shows a lot. Work hides a lot. Work creates. Work destroys. Work is painless. Work is dreadful. Work brings victory. Work is slavish. Work is like creating a poem or a picture with joy. Work is hellish. A poet or a philosopher may define work differently than a […]
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The nightmares that are reality.
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What does infighting within a movement mean to solidarity?
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Whatever your feelings about the government, as a worker, you must pay into a government-administered pension plan, so receiving a pension is collecting what you are due.
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Orwellian or Wellsian?
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