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The history of warfare shows that conflicts end either with a clear victory by one side or through negotiations when both face…
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As a community organizer and environmental activist for over 15 years, I’ve often used the metaphor that “we are spinning on a…
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I recently drove to a gas station in Massachusetts to fill my tank with regular gas, the cheapest around, and, to my…
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Creation of a Palestinian state next to Israel seemed feasible when President Bill Clinton hosted the signing of the Oslo accords at…
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On 4 March 2026, a US military vessel torpedoed and sunk the unarmed Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of…
At this juncture in history, humanity’s situation is so volatile that whatever may await us beyond this turning point is of such…
Introduction Since October 7, 2023, the world has witnessed one of the largest waves of protest since the Iraq War. Student encampments…
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Continuing a presentation of the components of Classical Marxism Leninism preparatory to assessing the system’s merits and demerits as ideology for contemporary…
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