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The Serbian Movement Against Violence

Mira Oklobdzija Foreign Policy in Focus
In the aftermath of the two mass killings in and around Belgrade, Serbian citizens have handed over a huge number of illegal weapons. That is surely a positive step, but much more must be done.

Reaffirming the Progressive Project in 2023

Harry Targ Diary of a Heartland Radical
For today and tomorrow, demanding a return to the reforms of the New Deal/Great Society period provides the only way to defeat the Right.

Obey the Constitution (Before the Supreme Court)

Garrett Epps Washington Monthly
For the President to pay the national debt, regardless of the debt ceiling, would not be disobeying the Constitution—it would be obeying it and insisting that doing so supersedes the intervention of any other branch.

75 Years After Its Foundation, WHO Struggles for Sovereignty

Dian Maria Blandina People's Dispatch
This year marked the 75th anniversary of the WHO. As the UN agency approaches its yearly assembly in Geneva, it is struggling to secure adequate resources for functioning independently of the private sector and pressures from high income countries.
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