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Banned by Germany

Yanis Varoufakis Project Syndicate
Germany prohibited a Palestinian Congress from taking place, arrested its Jewish supporters, and barred one of its organizers, former Greek finance minister, from entering the country: Powerful evidence Germany's pro-Israel Consensus is breaking down

Left Unions Were Repressed Because They Threatened Capital

Victor G. Devinatz Convergence
During the 20th century’s two red scares in US and Canada, Wobblies and Communist-aligned unions faced fierce repression from employers and government. They were targeted because they were seen as posing a real threat to the capitalist social order.

Where’s the Barbed Wire?

John Lahr London Review of Books
Hartigan’s book is the first full-length examination of Wilson’s life and art since his death in 2005 from liver cancer. There is both a need and demand for the story of how he and his work came to be.

Democrats’ Rural Problem in Wisconsin

Christina Lieffring The Progressive
Now that the state has fair election maps, the only thing stopping the left from flipping rural districts is themselves.

War in Sudan: One Year on…

Fathi El-Fadl Liberation
The outcome of this catastrophic war, even if touted as a “victory” by either side, will only be the exacerbation in the suffering of our people, and a hastening towards our country becoming a failed state.

Setting Our Sights on a Third Reconstruction

Max Elbaum Convergence
If our goal is a robust democracy and working-class power, the experiences of the Civil War-Reconstruction era and the Second Reconstruction of the 1950s-’60s provide crucial lessons for breaking out of our current impasse.
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