Radical Intimacy: Wisdom from Mirabai, Akka Mahadevi and Other Pre-Modern Women Mystics
These women also constructed communities of women that help us imagine a friendship that is not singular or possessive but rather infinitely expansive.
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These women also constructed communities of women that help us imagine a friendship that is not singular or possessive but rather infinitely expansive.
“This Is Not a Ceasefire: The Israeli Genocide Continues”; “A Moment of Hope in Gaza”: On December 25, 2025, during Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians, 168 students graduated from medical school in Gaza. Throughout the last two years of their studies, they risked assassination, injury, arrest, imprisonment and torture.
As the unifying influence of the war fades, Iranians of all walks of life find themselves faced with unresolvable economic deprivation and disparity while the beleaguered State grapples with the boundless avarice of the American empire and its cronies. Iranians need to decouple the defense of the country’s sovereignty from the struggle for social justice and civil liberties.
Review of: “The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World “ by Vincent Bevins: A riveting and quite disturbing book about the military coup that took place in Indonesia in 1965 and its aftermath that spread to 23 different countries.
A 2 percent wealth tax is like shaving off a fraction of a spire from a large cathedral, says economist Nancy Folbre.
Review of: “Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World”, by Steve Cushion: The book provides a brisk, highly readable discussion of the central role of slavery in the creation of the Industrial Revolution and of capitalism more generally.
The authors elucidate the history of China’s People’s Communes as told through the lens of three present-day rural villages. In these villages, they observe the effects of the project’s dismantling and diminishing collective ownership and land management, with the conclusion that a return to collectivism is vital for carrying forward the socialist project.
The Alliance of Sahel States has taken a decisive step toward regional self defense after officially launching a joint military force aimed at combating Islamist insurgency and terrorism across the Sahel.
Imagine a climate strike in which 40,000 industrial workers, climate activists, pacifists and other non-politically active people are brought together. In their speeches, they denounce the shutdown of an automotive supply factory.
“Why Socialism Always Comes Back”; “Why Young Voters Are Embracing Democratic Socialism”; “2025 Saw the Most Significant Political Shift Toward Palestinian Rights in U.S. History”: It’s not easy to change American policy that has been entrenched over the course of decades, but the day of that change is finally drawing closer.
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