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The MAGA storming of the Capitol is one year old. The attempted coup is still happening. Please help us to inform, to mobilize and to inspire the forces of multi-racial, radical, inclusive democracy to defeat this threat in 2022.

The Democratic Socialists of Vancouver (DSoV) are launching a pre-election platform process ahead of this year’s municipal elections.

Working for the New York Daily Tribune, Marx excoriated the British empire’s opium trade that brought China under its influence with a staggering human cost

Sylvain Cypel's "The State of Israel vs. The Jews" shows how bereft of human decency Israelis have become in their treatment of Palestinians, and how much Jewish moral patrimony has been given up in creating, supporting, and tolerating a Jewish State

Trump’s Secret Meetings & Mitch McConnell Accidentally Says What He Means. Stand By Me | Playing for Change. If Sharks Were Men by Bertolt Brecht. The Tragedy of Macbeth | Trailer. Carbon Capture Technology Explained.

The U.S. Department of Energy has an ambitious goal to scale up direct air capture, a technology that uses chemical reactions to capture CO2 from air. We asked a pioneer about the state of the technology and where it’s headed.

Peace cannot be found if the U.S. relies on the self-righteous assertion of principles that our government refuses to apply to itself.

If we cannot pass a comprehensive piece of legislation, we should divide it up into separate bills and members of the Senate should have to vote on the very popular agenda we are fighting for. That's how you win elections.

It was not the failures, but the victories of PUSH that taught Jackson the most crucial of political truths: No amount of private successes could transform a public system working against the interests of poor and working people.