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An Interview with Benjamin Abelow, Author of ‘How the West Brought War to Ukraine’
Understanding how U.S. and NATO policies led to crisis, war, and the risk of nuclear catastrophe.
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Africa | Online Blog | USA
The Roots and Consequences of African Underdevelopment
In 1979, Rodney spoke at symposium at the University of California. Rodney’s talk built on his classic study ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’, musing on how theories of underdevelopment had developed, as it were, over the recent past. A transcript of his talk.
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Henry Kissinger Is a Disgusting War Criminal. And the Rot Goes Deeper Than Him.
It’s Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday today. The fact that this monster is celebrated instead of in jail tells you that he’s part of a much bigger problem — and that problem is America’s global empire.
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Ten Years Later, Snowden’s Heroism Shines Ever Brighter
Ten years ago this week, Edward Snowden began shocking the world with his revelations of federal surveillance crime sprees. Snowden did heroic service in awakening Americans to Washington ravishing their privacy.
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It’s the Time of Nkrumah
Let us get to know Dr. Nkrumah, one of the most distinguished politicians of the nation of Ghana and of Africa, one of the founders of the “Non-Aligned Movement”, a close friend of Mao Zedong, Nehru, Tito, Ho Chi Minh, Sukarno and Nasser.
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GDP and the Idolatry of Growth
The importance of GDP growth as the gold standard, the ostensibly neutral measure of progress, reflects the interests of a ruling class. Challenging GDP should be a part of a broader project of psychological deprogramming and social deconstruction.
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Menopause Mongering Returns, Big Time
Drug makers have revived menopause as a “disease” for a generation of women who do not remember the first, lethal round of menopause mongering.
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Pablo Picasso Was a Communist. Why Don’t We Ever Talk About This?
In the imbroglio over Pablo Picasso’s misogyny and many personal flaws, the memory of his unabashed leftist politics has been lost — and with it our ability to fully consider his place in history.
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History Is Calling Us! Unite in Struggle to Defend the Values of the Freedom Struggle
Why this call? People of India today face the onslaught on the basic values of the Constitution from a regime that is determined to impose a socio-political system of Hindutva chauvinism on the multicultural, multi-religious, multilingual society thus violating the constitutional commitment to equality of all citizens.
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Understanding the Context of the Battle in Delhi University Over Courses and Syllabus
Discussions to drop a paper on Ambedkar and references to caste and feminism are the latest steps in an effort to turn public educational institutes into training centre for Hindutva.
