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Europe Needs a New Strategy Too

Minna Ålander Northern Flank Notes
Europe needs to finally seize the initiative and stop wasting time trying to manage Trump. It is time for Europe to formulate clear conditions under which real negotiations to end Russia's war in Ukraine can take place.

Sven Beckert’s Chronicle of Capitalism’s Long Rise

Nelson Lichtenstein Convergence
Capitalism is a global economic system, so a proper chronicle of its rise to dominance has to examine the entire world, as historian Sven Beckert does in his massive new book, Capitalism: A Global History.

Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance

Melissa Gira Grant The New Republic
Residents have organized a formidable network to protect immigrant communities from Trump’s brutal deportation program. Their efforts are making a genuine difference.

This Week in People’s History, Dec 17–23, 2025

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Head shot of Frederick Douglass
‘Our Government May at Some Time Be in the Hands of a Bad Man’ (1866), Cracking Down on Radicals (1795), Emancipation, What Good Is It? (1865), Music at the Library (1940), New Direction for Jazz (1960)

Israel’s Gaza Proxy Strategy Is Collapsing

Muhammad Shehada +972 Magazine
The killing of gang leader Yasser Abu Shabab, a known felon and druglord, by one of his own men has exposed the bankruptcy of Israel’s vision for the Strip.