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January 4, 2025

Today, As in the Past, Germany Claims the Authority To Define Who Is a Jew

Nelson Pereira CounterPunch

"Germany is using a term that was designed to protect Jews as a weapon not only to silence Palestinians, but also to silence Jews and Israelis who criticize the occupation.”

January 4, 2025

Tariq Ali: Memories of the Struggle Reloaded

Michael Lavalette interviews Tariq Ali Counterfire

Over the last few decades, we have witnessed the growth of dynamic movements, like Stop the War. But we need to think about organisational outcomes, establishing networks and rebuilding a progressive political alternative.

January 3, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | January 3, 2025

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H-1B ('16 tons' Song Parody). Suze Rotolo Interview: Dylan, NY and Art. Inside a Science Sexual Harassment Scandal. How Elon Musk Is Corrupting the Government. Why the Trumpiest Congress May Not Deliver.

January 3, 2025

This Is Some of What We Must Do To Reform Our Dysfunctional Healthcare System

Bernie Sanders The Guardian

We are the wealthiest nation on Earth. There is no rational reason as to why we are not the healthiest nation on Earth

January 3, 2025

What Is the Duty of the Israeli Left in a Time of Genocide?

Hadas Binyamini +972 Magazine

Israeli leftists have been more divided and marginalized than ever since the October 7 assault, with joint Palestinian-Jewish struggle at a breaking point. Yet their sights remain set on long-term political change.

January 3, 2025

How Will Mexico’s New President Deal With Trump, Migration, and Drug Cartels?

Walden Bello Foreign Policy in Focus

Journalist Laura Carlsen discusses how Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will navigate a series of domestic challenges and a changing U.S.-Mexico relationship.

January 3, 2025

Elvis, the Polio Vaccine, and Us

Charles Idelson Medium.com

In October 1956 the ascending rock idol lent his considerable stardom to helping save lives by getting vaccinated against polio on the Ed Sullivan show. Today an anti-vax fanatic with a celebrity name is in line to be in charge of public health.

H-1B ('16 tons' Song Parody)

January 3, 2025

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want cheap labor that they can force to work for whatever pay and hours they choose to set

Suze Rotolo Interview: Of Bob Dylan, New York and Art

January 3, 2025

Suze Rotolo (20 Nov 1943 - 24 Feb 2011) — the woman walking beside Bob Dylan on the album cover for The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan — talks candidly about her relationship with Dylan in the '60s #bobdylan #suzerotolo . Interview at publication of Rotolo's memoir, A Freewheelin' Time.

Scientists Versus Dartmouth: Inside a Sexual Harassment Scandal

January 3, 2025

In 2017, a group of students at Dartmouth College filed a lawsuit that revealed an entrenched culture of power and abuse, and in doing so, they sparked a wider conversation about sexual violence in science.