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In France, a Left-Wing Bloc Is Uniting To Stop Macron

An Interview with Manon Aubry by David Broder Jacobin
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.

Northman Is an Honorable Failure

Eileen Jones Jacobin
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.

Reigniting a Nuclear Arms Race Is the Wrong Take-Home From Ukraine

David P. Barash History News Network
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.