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Ukraine, Self-determination, and the National Question

France’s Greens, Socialists, and Communists have joined a coalition supporting Jean-Luc Mélenchon for prime minister. He has proven that a transformative program is the best way to inspire millions — and to deny Emmanuel Macron a majority in parliament.

Strippers fight for a union, and AIPAC goes whole hog

The Northman is about a glowering, muscle-bound man-mountain named Prince Amleth (Alexander Skarsgård, son of Stellan) who as a boy witnesses the killing of his father, King Aurvandill (Ethan Hawke), and the abduction of his mother, Queen Gudrún (Nicole Kidman), by the king’s betraying half-bastard brother Fjölnir (Claes Bang). Amleth vows revenge.

In most metro zip codes, majority of Black local renters don’t earn enough to afford median rents, National Equity Atlas found

"We can no longer stand by while our judges and justices take advantage of our system to build wealth and power at the expense of our country's most marginalized," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

A hearing featuring Amazon Labor Union’s Christian Smalls looked at whether the government should continue to use companies as contractors after they engage in union-busting.

Nukes, we are told, would have deterred him (Putin), and so, we should cast our lot — even more than at present — with nuclear weapons so as to deter would-be aggressors. History argues otherwise, namely, that nuclear weapons do not prevent wars.

The nontenure-track faculty, like other staff members at the school and the museum, are organizing with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

The decades of efforts by people on all continents to ease tensions between the three greatest powers, to work for a friendlier, ecologically improving world of peace has been set back for years, perhaps for decades. We need an anti-fascist, anti-militarist voice for people’s rights.