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Eduardo Galeano: Not So Elementary, My Dear Watson

Eduardo Galeano Tomdispatch.com
The Life and Death of Words, People, and Even Nature: From Walking Libraries and a God Named “Word” to What Sherlock Holmes Never Said. Passages excerpted from Eduardo Galeano’s new book, Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History (Nation Books).

Tidbits-Sept. 10: Reader Comments: New Nazis Win in German State Elections; Portside’s Gloria Steinem’s Final Essay; ICE Horrors Continue; Three Book Launches: Red Lives; Mahmoud Khalil’s No Land To Stand on; Angela Y. Davis, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

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Reader Comments: New Nazis Win in German State Elections; Portside's Gloria Steinem's Final Essay; ICE Horrors Continue; Three Book Launches: Red Lives; Mahmoud Khalil's No Land to Stand On; Angela Y. Davis, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor; and more....

Why Capitalism’s Origins Matter

Arron Reza Merat Jacobin
A new book defends a Marxist theory of the origins of capitalism. Along the way it shows why understanding the transition from feudalism can help us make sense of the present.

Friday Nite Videos | March 20, 2026

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Bernie vs. Claude. Rebecca Traister - “Angry Girls Will Get Us Through” | The Daily Show. Project Hail Mary | Movie. This Mechanic Could Win the Most Important Senate Race in America. Humans May Be Far Older Than We Thought.

Tidbits-Dec. 18- Reader Comments: Trump Declares ‘A Chicken in Every Pot’; US Murder Spree in Caribbean; Trump Chief of Staff Tells All; Youth Movement for Digital Justice Is Spreading Across Europe; Verso End of Year Sale; Cartoons; and More…

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Reader Comments: Trump Declares 'A Chicken in Every Pot'; US Murder Spree in Caribbean; Trump Chief of Staff Tells All; Youth Movement for Digital Justice is Spreading Across Europe; Verso End of Year Sale; Cartoons; and more...

Tidbits- Sept 4 -Readers Comments: Death of Voting Rights Act, Gerrymandering, Confederacy Worship, Gestapo Seizures, Camps; RFK Insanity; Zohran Mamdani; Martin Niemöller Real Quote; Italian Dockworkers Threaten Europe Shut Down; No Kings 2 – Oct 18

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Readers Comments: Death of Voting Rights Act, Gerrymandering, Confederacy Worship, Gestapo Seizures and Camps; RFK Insanity; Zohran Mamdani; Martin Niemöller's real quote; Italian Dockworkers Threaten to Shut Down All of Europe; No Kings 2 - Oct 18;
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