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Why So Many Latin Americans Are Rooting Against Argentina in the World Cup

Patrick J. McDonnell, Kate Linthicum, Jad El Reda, Cecilia Sánchez Vidal Yahoo
Argentina may be the last Latin American team standing in the World Cup, but don't expect many fans in Mexico to be cheering for La Albiceleste — the lads sporting the classic white and blue stripes. Deeper cultural resentments are also a factor.

How Orangeism Paved the Way for British Capital

Mark Hackett Monthly Review
William’s rise to power brought new means of exploitation and expropriation, by which the assets and rights of the common people were eroded and a massive concentration of wealth at the top end of the scale enabled.

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When Being Gay Meant Going Underground

John Self The Guardian
These beautifully written letters, diary entries and extracts from novels, skillfully edited by Peter Parker, add up to an essential study of postwar gay life.

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How Jeremy Corbyn Was Toppled by the Israel Lobby

Michael Steven Smith Mondoweiss
Asa Winstanley's new book shows how the Israel lobby weaponized antisemitism to create a new McCarthyism to bring down Jeremy Corbyn and those building a genuine socialist Labour Party.

Doctors in Britain Go on Four-Day Strike

Sachin Ravikumar Reuters
Junior doctors in Britain began a four-day strike over pay on Tuesday that is likely to cause unprecedented disruption to the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), prompting the government to warn of a risk to patient safety.
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