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The Attack on Venezuela: The Return of Spheres of Interest?
The oil tanker hijackings, the US invasion of Venezuela, and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Adela Flores, violate many laws. These include the UN Charter, … Keep reading »
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Two Statements from South Africa on the Challenges for Socialists
Another World Is Not Only Possible — It Is Necessary and Urgent We enter a new year in a time of deep crisis and danger. In South Africa, the state under … Keep reading »
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Free Speech and Its Enemies
“We are just so shocked,” a German friend residing in Switzerland wrote the other day. “These cases affect us very much, as they will have consequences for us all.” What … Keep reading »
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Higher Education in the Time of Fascist Plague
The horrors of fascism have returned, not as ghosts, but as a plague, fueled by racial hatred and historical amnesia, infiltrating schools, universities, and the public sphere through state violence, … Keep reading »
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Is Israel’s Genocide Economy on the Brink?
Economist Shir Hever explains how the Gaza war mobilization propped up a ‘zombie economy’ that appears to function but lacks any future horizon. Keep reading »
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#Insorgiamo: A Factory Occupation for the Climate
Over the last two years, Italian autoworkers have built a broad and inspiring alliance for ecological transformation. Keep reading »
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Alberta is Privatizing Healthcare: Threatening Public Healthcare Across Canada
Alberta’s government, led by Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party, passed a new law, Bill 11: The Health Statutes Amendment Act, last week. With its passage the existential threat … Keep reading »
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First Venezuela (Then China?)
The escalation of US aggression against Venezuela seems unstoppable, while extrajudicial executions by US forces accumulate in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Threats are becoming increasingly vocal in Washington, and … Keep reading »
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The American Dream, We Hardly Knew You
Worsening inequality leaves young adults worse off than their parents. Keep reading »
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The Notwithstanding Clause: A Tool for Authoritarianism in Canada
“The clause was designed to be invoked by legislatures in exceptional situations, and only as a last resort after careful consideration. It was not designed to be used by governments as … Keep reading »
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Ontario Government is Privatizing Surgeries While Pushing Public Hospitals into Deficit
Ontario’s public hospitals have been pushed into deficit and ordered to find cuts, while the government of Doug Ford shunts hundreds of millions of public dollars away from them to … Keep reading »
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COP 30: Entrenching the Crisis of Climate Politics
As the dust settles after COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the scale of the failure becomes impossible to ignore. The world is on a path toward catastrophic warming, ecological systems are … Keep reading »