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An interview with Angel Prado (Part I).A grassroots Chavista leader reflects on the future of the communal project and the contradictions in the Bolivarian Process, in this interview with VA’s Ricardo Vaz.

In this interview about his latest book, David Graeber discusses the role of unions, the challenges posed by automation and “the revolt of the caring classes.”

But Republicans Won’t Let Them Have It

How to argue with a Koch brother

What the president’s supporters fear most isn’t the corruption of American law, but the corruption of America’s traditional identity.

Responding to the smear campaign against its leader Jeremy Corbyn, the British Labor Party appears ready to adopt a definition of anti-Semitism that includes “examples” it earlier rejected that would severely curb the freedom to criticize Israel.

I grew up going to a Korean church in Germany, learning all about kindness, sharing, and helping each other in a wonderfully warm, communal, and nourishing space. That really had a positive impact on me (in addition to my socialist parents!).

Is the two-state solution for Israel-Palestine still viable? Perhaps it is time to admit, in the spirit of Voltaire, that the two-state solution was never about two states, nor was it a solution, nor could it ever be viable.

For now, it will be up to states and cities to protect workers.

The restraining order was filed in response to a lawsuit filed by Governor-elect Roy Cooper, who said the new law would limit voters’ access to the ballot box.