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The Fight for $15: A National Cry for Workers’ Rights in the United States
As Iowans gathered on February 1st to endorse party nominees for the American presidential election, thousands of fast-food, home-care and child workers in Des Moines staged Iowa’s first fast-food (…) -
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Politics on Island Time
The saggy middle of American international intervention stretches into the multitudinous crevices of other nations. Paradise is corrupted or lost or confounded, as a fervent U.S. desire for (…) -
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An Interview With Indian Political Activist Satya Sagar: Part I
Sophia: Yesterday we spoke with a French political activist who talked about how the French classical political parties are not adapted to proposing political alternatives and no longer drive the (…) -
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With a Suicide Attack, the Taliban Unwittingly Puts Focus on its Target: A Vibrant Afghan Media
The media, which has grown steadily in Afghanistan since 2001, is in the crosshairs of the Taliban. What it needs now is government support and unionization. The suicide attack on Afghan (…) -
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A Brief History of the Landless Workers Movement
While the “Occupy Movement” of 2008 onwards captured the mainstream media’s attention, becoming synonymous with leftist and anti-corporate protest, a much larger and lesser-known movement of (…) -
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Mahatma, The Empire’s Loyal Subject
The popular legend of Gandhi in South Africa has a backstory, that of a man with fawning loyalty to the British. There is a backstory to the legend of Mahatma Gandhi, enacted in South Africa, (…) -
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Book Review: The Last Word
Book-The Phoenix Moment: Challenges Confronting the Indian Left Author: Praful Bidwai Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 600 Price: Rs 407 Massive research, penetrating analysis, strong and (…) -
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Here’s What the Millionaires at Davos Can Do About Global Inequality
Instead of just talking about inequality, the global business elites gathering in Switzerland can do something about it: Stop dodging their taxes. Every winter the world’s political and (…) -
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How Israel Has Benefitted From an International Double Standard
Far from singling Israel out for criticism, the international community has repeatedly turned a blind eye to its breaches of international law. The superficially most compelling case for a (…)
