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Republicans have figured out how to have it both ways. They get cheap labor for their big business buddies, while stoking the hate and fear of their white racist base

B4—the Broad Front Opposing the Right—can’t be about the status quo. While it must be aimed at defeating all attacks on our democratic rights, its thrust must be to expand democracy and shift US domestic and foreign policy.

Republicans across the country campaigned on crime. Nowhere did it resonate more than in New York.

It may be that the vision about the role of popular movements of the latter Berlinguer was too far ahead of its time, but it is still proving to be the only viable alternative to the disasters of the present.

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How movements settle the debate on whether to engage with political parties from the inside or outside will have a profound impact on their effectiveness.

Any political movement powerful enough to secure policies sufficient to repair the damage inflicted by centuries of slavery will also have the power to secure a more radical and enduring transformation of our social and political order

Cuba’s dilemma, LGBTQ+ news, pondering strategy for organizing and power

Some Democrats have blamed progressives for unexpected losses in the House this election. But Tlaib and her fellow “Squad” members aren’t having it.

Perspectives on left politics from Chile, UK and Germany, and reports from Mexico, Hong Kong, France, Bolivia, India and Kenya