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The True Threat of OpenAI

Andrew Deck The Nation
Karen Hao’s recent book on the company argues that its ambitions are not merely about scale or the market but the creation of a global force that rivals a colonial power of old.

Colonize Then, Deport Now

Jonathan Ort Africa is a Country
Trump’s deportation regime revives a colonial blueprint first drafted by the American Colonization Society, when Black lives were exiled to Africa to safeguard a white republic.

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‘Alien: Earth’ Is One of the Best Shows So Far This Year

Eric Deggans NPR
'Alien: Earth' is one of the best shows so far this year. Many classic themes recur: A modern world corrupted by corporate exploitation of average people. The question of whether technological advancements are meant to serve humans or replace them.

Friday Nite Videos | June 20, 2025

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The Law Firms That Power Corporate Greed. Sly & The Family Stone | Everyday People. Why the Dems Should Create a Shadow Gov't. Trump Morphs into Bush 2.0. Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat | Movie.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat | Movie

Sundance award-winning documentary about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, richly illustrated by eyewitness accounts, official government memos, testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives, speeches from Lumumba himself, and a veritable canon of jazz icons

Be Like Greta Thunberg

Angelina Giannopoulou Transform!Europe
“If you, as a climate activist, don’t also fight for a free Palestine and an end to colonialism and oppression all over the world, then you should not be able to call yourself a climate activist“

As Aid Ends, Empire Endures

Marjorie Namara Rugunda Africa is a Country
Western donors are cutting budgets, but the aid model they built—rooted in control and dependency —still shapes Africa’s development. As aid shrinks, the work ahead is not just to survive the cuts, but also to refuse the system that made them matter.
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