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Politics is hard. Assembling coalitions, building strategies, overcoming ruthless opposition—it’s a lot. For the Democrats, the political moment is defined by a rising faction on the left, corrupt fascists on

Elon Musk is officially the richest man on Earth. The source of his wealth is not his own cunning. Nor can it be fully explained by capitalism’s financial architecture, tax

The Palestinian national soccer team isn’t playing in this year’s World Cup. But despite a national and global crackdown on pro-Palestinian protest and speech, the games have witnessed an outpouring

Abstract This article examines Turkey’s geopolitical position through the lens of world-systems theory, drawing on the Marxist theory of imperialism. Its central argument is that Turkey, as a semi-peripheral power,

With the artificial intelligence boom reshaping the global economy, workers are racing to defend their rights as the ground shifts beneath them. A narrowly averted strike at Samsung Electronics in Korea this

Armed Israeli settlers carrying US-made weapons held Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna at gunpoint in the occupied West Bank as he visited Palestinian communities to witness Israel’s human rights abuses first-hand. “Israeli settlers, brandishing American

Thunderous applause echoed through the San Francisco Opera House on June 26, 1945 as diplomats signed the United Nations Charter. It was hailed as a victory over war itself. Eighty-one

As the United States commemorates the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the nation is set to abdicate its independence 250 years later.   The U.S. Congress is slated to

This morning The Guardian had a story about Israel’s ongoing efforts to illegally annex the West Bank. Can you pick your way through this headline? Firstly, the presentation of “settler

It was a distasteful affair, but Australian politicians have become accustomed to those toadying practices that accompany capitulations to power.  On his visit to Melbourne, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The United States and Iran traded new attacks overnight into Thursday, intensifying an exchange that has threatened the collapse of their agreement to end the war. According to President Trump,

Since President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, an authoritarian presidency has been accompanied by a brutal crackdown on social movements. While there are strikingly new features of Trump’s reign, many of

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