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Michel Barnier Is in Office, Marine Le Pen Will Hold Power

David Broder Jacobin
Emmanuel Macron has appointed Michel Barnier as France’s prime minister, after securing Marine Le Pen’s agreement. The creation of a government reliant on her blessing is another step in the far right’s march toward power.

Lessons of a Weimar Anti-Fascist in Palestine

Barry Yourgrau The Nation
After my father fled Nazi Germany in 1933, he witnessed a toxic new nationalism rising among Jews in Palestine—and was silenced for trying to warn of its dangers.

Houston’s Plastic Waste

James Bruggers Inside Climate News
Houston seeks to be a national model for plastic recycling. But a program that started in 2022 hasn’t yet found its footing.

How the Neocons Chose Hegemony Over Peace

Jeffery Sachs Dropsitenews
Yet, all along, from the very start, I believed in a mixed economy along social democratic lines, not a free market “neoliberal” economy.

The Troubling Trend of State Takeovers of Public Schools

Georgia Jensen Inequality.org
Educational inequality is a major issue, and change is necessary. But a takeover is not the answer. Too often, it is an instrument of conservative politicians wielded against local communities who find their voices shut out.

The International Left Issues a ‘Plea for Peace’

Pauline Jäckels Transform!Europe
We stand with the people of Ukraine and all victims of this war, who deserve peace, reconstruction and freedom as soon as possible. Nevertheless, one thing is clear: neither peace nor reconstruction and freedom will be possible without negotiation.
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