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Tariq Ali: Memories of the Struggle Reloaded

Michael Lavalette interviews Tariq Ali Counterfire
Over the last few decades, we have witnessed the growth of dynamic movements, like Stop the War. But we need to think about organisational outcomes, establishing networks and rebuilding a progressive political alternative.

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Carter Presidency Was a Turning Point for Labor

Don McIntosh Northwest Labor Press
Carter's work post-presidency brokering peace and monitoring overseas elections for fairness earned him the Nobel Peace Prize. But when he occupied the White House, Carter was a disappointment to American working people and their labor movement.

A Global Minimum Wage Would Reduce Poverty and Corporate Power

Lawrence S. Wittner Foreign Policy in Focus
The rich are growing astronomically richer while poverty reduction has ground to a standstill. In today’s world of widespread poverty and unprecedented wealth, how about raising the wages of the most poorly-paid workers?

Pasquale Tridico on Social Justice and Political Change

Stefano Galieni Transform!Europe
We need to realise a project that puts peace and freedom at the heart of EU policy. We must act to ensure prosperity for all, to protect welfare, and to defend labour, which ever since Maastricht has never been sufficiently represented.

The Harris-Walz Vision for Public Schools

Jennifer C. Berkshire The Nation
Their agenda breaks with decades of Democratic thinking about education. The Harris-­Walz education agenda is often inseparable from the campaign’s economic priorities. Both are part of what the candidates describe as a pro-family platform.

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Trade Unions Can and Must Rebuild Democracy

Luc Triangle International Centre for Trade Union Rights
It is time to make good on promises made in the ILO Declaration of Philadelphia, 80 years since its publication. By harnessing the trade union movement's collective power we can ensure that progress envisaged under the Declaration becomes a reality.

Claudia Sheinbaum Is the Next President of Mexico

Zoe Alexandra Peoples Dispatch
Sheinbaum, the first woman president of Mexico and North America, has vowed to continue the anti-neoliberal project of the “Fourth Transformation” inaugurated by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, led by the principle of “Mexican Humanism”.

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Newsflash: Inequality in Neoliberal America

DAVID SCHULTZ Counter Punch
Photo of a sign on a post that says PEOPLE OVER PROFIT A new report provides perhaps the best detail we have so far on the economic and social consequences of neo-liberal economic policies in America. 

5 Lessons From Hungary: How To Fight Authoritarians

Gordon Whitman The Forge
Lessons from a convening between pro-democracy organizers from the U.S. and Hungary. Gordon Whitman explains how grassroots organizations can adapt as authoritarians change the rules of the game, and how neoliberalism paves the path for dictators.
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