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The Mediterranean Diet Is a Lie

Alessandro Ford Politico
The Mediterranean diet has become a mishmash of hyperbole, half-truths and howlers, stirred together for political and commercial ends.

The Movement Supporting Public Employees Is Rising

Sarah Jaffe In These Times
Thousands of workers across the country hit the streets this week to declare their opposition to Trump and Musk who, under the guise of “efficiency,” are slashing and burning public services.

This Week in People’s History, Feb 26-Mar 4, 2025

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Newspaper headline reading ENDING OF ALL LIFE BY HYDROGEN BOMB HELD A POSSIBILITY
Building a Doomsday Machine (1950), A Rogue Agency? (1975), Origins of International Women’s Day (1909), Gradual Emancipation Is Better than None (1780), Kicking Jim Crow off the Bus (1955), Robeson’s Best (1940), Happy Birthday, Vivaldi! (1725)

Not So Fast on Ukraine

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Trump’s pitiful pivot to Putin has awakened two sleeping giants—Republican opposition and European unity.

Anvil, the Forgotten Magazine of Heartland Marxism

Marc Blanc Jacobin
Printed out of a cattle barn in Missouri, Anvil published some of the biggest leftist writers of the 1930s, including Richard Wright and Langston Hughes. Its popular vision for multiracial socialism in the heart of the US could hardly be more urgent.

The Funeral of Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah

Sharif Abdel Kouddous Drop Site News
Today's funeral was a display of mourning and a show of strength by Hezbollah at a time of internal crisis in Lebanon and an ultra-belligerent Israeli regime threatening more war.

Left Party Makes Comeback in German Election

Marcel Fürstenau DW.com (Deutsche Welle)
Early projections say Germany's socialist Left Party has managed to get reelected into the Bundestag, with a historically high result. This comes after a successful election campaign.