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A Century Ago, the Working Class Redefined Peace

Liz Payne Morning Star
One day after the Revolution, the Soviet government issued a Decree of Peace -- a signal of the centrality of the struggle against war to the building of socialism.

100 Years After the Russian Revolution, Book Review

David Cohen Against the Current
A Review of China Mieville's book, The Story of the Russian Revolution, Verso Books, 2017, 384 pages, $26.95 hardcover. China Mieville, the award-winning science fiction/speculative fiction writer, accurately describes his history of the Russian Revolution “for everyone.” This is a well-paced, detailed but readily readable account of the Russian Revolution,

Paul Manafort's Role in the Republicans' Notorious 'Southern Strategy'

Sue Sturgis Facing South
After getting his start in Republican presidential politics working for President Gerald Ford, former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort (right) went on to work for the Reagan campaign where he deployed the so-called "Southern Strategy" of building white support for the GOP through dog-whistle appeals to racism against African Americans.

The Target: Tourism in Cuba

Fernando Ravsberg Havana Times
Now the target seems to be tourism, a fast moving locomotive that can bring growth to other economic sectors as well. In June Trump forbade doing business “with the military” well aware that it is in the tourism industry where Gaesa (the business group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces) has its greatest weight.