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Dear friend, This week, Donald Trump made his most direct intervention yet in Colombia’s democratic process. “Congratulations to Colombian presidential candidate El…
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The Democratic Party once imagined itself as the engine of meaningful American transformation. First FDR revamped the relationship between the government and…
[This essay is the first in a series of essays by Michael Albert which critiques Classical Left Ideologies and their value, meaning,…
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I am writing this text with the Americas and Europe in mind, but the phenomena I analyze apply, with modifications, to other…
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This is part two of a two part interview. Part one is available here. With a population of 1.47 billion, India has…
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“How can we allow the tobacco industry to fill its coffers while we the people have to empty our pockets to fend…
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Not long ago, I received a request for short answers to some questions meant to prod discussion in a reading group about…
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Donald Trump did not suddenly become a dove. He did not wake up one morning converted to the wisdom of Quincy Adams,…
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UTRECHT – Yesterday the Jose Maria Sison Legacy Foundation successfully launched the compilation, the Little Book on Fascism and How to Fight…
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In contemporary political discourse, Israel is not merely a state or a strategic ally of the United States. It represents a particular…
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Our movement stands shoulder to shoulder with activists across this country in condemning the brutal, calculated assassination of Comrade Mokoena Letsie in…
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