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Oil is indispensable for war and militarism. Think of it as the lifeblood coursing through our foreign policy, a policy based on maintaining superpower status and confronting those whom we perceive as challenging us.

Moderators Note: This article, which is not friendly to the workers of Puerto Rico, does list in detail the latest austerity measures enacted by the Government of Puerto Rico as dictated by Obama's Federal Control Board.

We need a socialist politics that challenges the Democratic Party's leadership, not just the Right.

Trump’s tax proposals, which shift like desert sands in a windstorm, would lavish vast new tax breaks on people like himself

In some ways, it's way worse than lying. A bullshitter just isn't concerned about truth.

Torture is an excellent way to be trolled by a seasoned operative, with potentially disastrous consequences, as Iraq showed

Trump shut down the White House phone line — so Bernie’s team created this hilarious workaround

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Until recently, any proposal to "save" Europe was regarded sympathetically, albeit with skepticism about its feasibility. Today, the skepticism is about whether Europe is worth saving. The European idea is being driven into retreat by the combined force of a denial, an insurgency, and a fallacy. progressives need to ask a straightforward question: Why is the European idea dying? The answers are clear: involuntary unemployment and involuntary intra-EU migration.