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Visualizing Palestine

VisualizingImpact US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
graphic showing the Palestinian villages of Great Return marchers 40 Palestinians have been killed by Israel during the Great Return March demonstrations in Gaza. A majority of those killed were refugees, displaced from their homes during the 1948 Nakba - the expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinians from territory which became Israel.

With Lula in Jail, the Future of Democracy in Brazil is at Stake

Alfredo Saad-Filho Red Pepper (UK)
Lula’s crime was to be a worker and a popular political leader in an elitist country. The challenge for the left is to rebuild a democratic movement that will put the political system, the media, the judicial system and the state at the service of political freedom.

The Danger of Leadership Cults

Chris Hedges Truthdig
We must focus on building new, radical movements that do not depend on foundation grants, a media platform or the Democratic Party or revolve around the cult of leadership.

Bloody Gina

Scott Caselton Boston Review
Within the CIA, Haspel was known as Bloody Gina because she was willing to take on the task that many knew to be immoral and illegal.

Marx the Journalist

James Ledbetter Convergence
Marx is often remembered as a political economist or philosopher. But he made his mark as a journalist. Marx was never content to sit back and let history take its course; he felt compelled to persuade, to use the workings of the news cycle as bits of evidence that his world view is the most sound.
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