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The Comintern was formed at a moment of revolutionary hope quite different from conditions today. Yet beginning in 1920, the Comintern tried to chart a course for revolutionary socialists in non-revolutionary times.

It’s not about “golden showers” or small hands.

The 30-minute show is a bold departure from the rest of late-night, which includes many fellow Daily Show alums. Unlike the rest of late night, Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas will devote a substantial part of its entire first season to the topic of policing in America.

In the spirit of Gil Scott-Heron, a half century and a technological transformation later.

The spirit and sass of the Parkland school’s namesake live on in the million young anti-violence activists who have risen up since the shooting.

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Using the “lily pad” strategy of “temporary” troop deployments, the US now has an “imperial-scale” military presence in Africa. With troops in more than 15 countries the US expansion has become self-justifying. The US must now stay in Africa to protect the interests of the US military there.

America’s security depends on defeating oligarchy abroad and at home.

In March, the New York Parole Board granted parole for Herman Bell. A judge in New York has suspended the release of Bell.

“Since their invention, online forums for advertisements and community-building have been essential to sex worker survival,” says Liz Afton, a counselor at the Sex Workers Project, an initiative of New York City’s Urban Justice Center (UJC).