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Reader Comments: Medicare for All; Assange- War on the Press; Death Penalty; Green New Deal; Segregation - Planned; Hawaii Statehood; Trump Cuba Policy; Appeasing Hitler; Game of Thrones; Resources: Albert Einstein; Reparations; Kevin Lynch Memorial;

Sweezy adds a layer of historical analysis to the Comintern’s theory of fascism. He does this by defining it as the product of imperialism, which can only develop in the era of monopoly capitalism.

The daughter of the German communist killed by the Nazis discusses her legacy in the modern fight against the far right.

The grassroots movement behind the Green New Deal offers a ray of hope to the badly battered establishment: they should embrace it - make it part of the progressive agenda. We need something positive to save us from ugly wave of populism, nativism...

Reader Comments: George H.W. Bush's Ignored Legacy; Midterm election analysis; New York's two-tier minimum wage; Migrant Caravan; Sex, families, socialism; Political Culture of Fascism; Books for Children; Heather Booth film; Announcements; more...

Skokie and the Nazis - there were massive counter-demonstrations, black and Jewish solidarity, Holocaust survivors who vowed to confront the Nazis in the streets, and a grassroots of proud, leftist Jews.This untold history offers lessons for today.

Reader Comments: Reader Comments: 2018 elections, Voter Suppression, Georgia; Connected Fights: Racism and Anti-Semitism; Contemporary Music and Theme of Work; Military Budget; U.S. Foreign Policies and Wars; Toward Racial Justice; Announcements...