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Fascism shattered Europe a century ago — and historians hear echoes today in the U.S.
After the mass death and destruction of World War I, with their economies shredded by inflation and unemployment, Italy and Germany turned from democracy to dictatorships. UC Berkeley scholars see troubling parallels in contemporary American democracy. September 9, 2024 It was a time of historic change, and society was buckling under the stress. There had…
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The Trump Administration Wants to Turn US Cities Into Occupied Territory
Opinion: The logic is imperial, and familiar. Invent an enemy. Inflate the threat. Justify the war. Except this time, the war zone is your own backyard. Jesse Mackinnon | Aug 07, 2025 | Common Dreams By any rational measure, the Trump administration’s internal Department of Homeland Security memo—obtained by The New Republic— reads less like a briefing…
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Seize and Resist
The global supply chain is up for grabs Thea Riofrancos | November 2020 Globalization is under attack from all quarters. It’s hard to pinpoint when the discord began: the concept, and the process it grasps, is nearly coterminous with the contention swirling around it. January 1, 1994, the day the North American Free Trade Agreement went…
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Micro-Militarism and Decline of Democracy
June 13, 2018 | Alfred W. McCoy | The Progressive After seventy years at the apex of global power, the most powerful empire in world history is beginning a protracted, painful decline. This decline might be a unique event for the United States, but from a world historical perspective these imperial transitions have happened often.…
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Why Peace in Gaza Matters to All of Us
The images from Gaza are impossible to ignore: destroyed homes, terrified children, overwhelmed hospitals, families torn apart. Whether or not we have personal ties to the region, we must recognize that what is happening in Gaza is not just a regional conflict—it is a human crisis, and peace is not a luxury, it is a…
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Why is a Christian school promoting an arms company?
Please Note: This is a reprint from the War Resisters’ International site: Countering the Militarisation of Youth from 14/11/2014. It should be noted that there are no less than Four BAE facilities currently in San Diego; number one in Rancho Bernardo; number two and three in the Clairemont Mesa area, and a fourth at the…
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Will we resuscitate international criminal justice or watch it die?
English Women’s Rights Palestine – Gaza – Dr. Amrita Kapur “The entire world watches a daily live broadcast of massacres, displacement, starvation and brutality. The occupier openly violates international law. At the same time, governments and institutions claiming to champion human rights, shield Israel, distort our image, demonize our voices and even supply the occupation with weapons that support…
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Record number of protests against Armed Forces Day across the UK
Author(s): ForcesWatch and the Peace Pledge Union A record number of demonstrations and other actions to challenge Armed Forces Day took place in towns and cities across the UK last weekend. Protest organisers report a three-fold increase compared with 2024, with demonstrations, vigils, stalls and flyering in over fifty locations this year. Celebrations to mark Armed…
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Opinion: Measuring intelligence – Little black ants vs neo-cons
Ants and neoconservatives are not comparable entities when it comes to measuring intelligence. Little Black Ants (Monomorium minimum): Neoconservatives: Why the comparison is inappropriate: In conclusion, while ants demonstrate remarkable collective intelligence and problem-solving abilities within their ecological context, neoconservatism is a human political movement characterized by its own set of ideas and values. They…
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‘We’re Building a New Way of Life’: A Conversation with National Assembly Candidate Albanys Montilla – Venezuelanalysis
May 24, 2025 / Cira Pascual Marquina / Venezuela Analysis The Venezuelan youth has faced special hardships under the US blockade. The new parliament could help. Albanys Montilla is a 27-year-old communard from rural Trujillo state. Born into a working-class family deeply committed to the Bolivarian Revolution, she became politicized early in life through grassroots…