Category: Thinking Politically
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Palestinian Hostage Families’ Long Wait
For the loved ones of some Palestinian captives, the short-lived ceasefire offered a painful road to reunion. On the rainy morning of Saturday, February 22nd, a crowd gathered near the Ramallah Cultural Palace, a building that typically hosts musical performances and movie screenings, but was now being used as the reception area for Palestinians released…
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A Letter From Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil
My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner. I am writing to you from a detention facility in Louisiana where I wake to cold mornings and spend long days bearing witness to the quiet injustices underway against a great many people precluded from the protections of the law.
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Resistance to Trump is Everywhere–Inside the First 50 Days of Mass Protest
Reports a wide range of protests nationwide against Trump.
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Jeffrey Sachs’ explosive address at the EU Parliament sends shockwaves across Europe!
The NATO enlargement, as you know, started in 1999 with Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. Russia was extremely unhappy about it. But these were countries still far from the border. Russia protested, but of course to no avail. Then George Bush Jr came in when 9/11 occurred and President Putin pledged support.
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Justin Trudeau: Most Slavish, Superficial, Hypocritical, Pro-U.S. Prime Minister Ever
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decade as the leader of the Liberal Party has come to an abrupt and embarrassing halt. His term as PM is marked with unabashed servitude to U.S. interests, bigotry, and frat boy antics. While his time in office has finally come to an end, it is unlikely that the next…
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The Unrelenting Violence Against Black Youth in Latin America: a Focus on Ecuador
The murder of four Afro-Ecuadorian boys is another tragic example of the long history of racism in Latin America. The utter disregard for the lives of Black youth and the refusal to seek justice for the deplorable acts committed against them reveals the true nature of those states. Building a region free of imperialist forces…
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The Chris Hedges Report
We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression.
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Bound by Imperialism: Trinidad’s Role in U.S. Agenda
Trinidad is experiencing an unprecedented crime wave. The state has responded by militarizing the police and loosening restrictions on their actions. To understand these mechanisms, one must look at Trinidad’s relationship with the United States. Trinidad and Tobago has recently declared a state of emergency in response to an alarming surge in violent crime, culminating…
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Fortress Europe Gets More Guns and Deeper Moats with von der Leyen II
The first place in the 2024 guidelines is devoted to economic competitiveness rather than the European Green Deal as in 2019. If we do not want to fall hopelessly behind the Americans and the Chinese, it must be made easier for companies to do business, thus the new top priority. No wonder then that the…
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Joe Biden Is an Accomplice to the Slaughter of Thousands of Palestinian Children
Joe Biden should be tried and convicted of illegally providing American bombs and planes for genocide, but not before being forced to watch videos of some of the thousands of Palestinian kids murdered or maimed by Biden’s bombs and warplanes. Let Biden see the blank look of horror of a temporarily surviving Palestinian child alongside…
