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Hell hath no fury like radicalized workers and students

Narrative story that reconstructs the astonishing resistance to Victor Orbán's authoritarian power-grab against universities in Hungary: students and faculty at the Academy of Theater and Film in Budapest occupied the school for 71 days...

Our classrooms are not sites of demoralized children who hate themselves and their country. Students are hungry for explanations — real explanations — for the world they have inherited.

Reader Comments: Student Debt Forgiveness; Jan. 06, Racism and Fascism; New York Primary; Union Wave Hits Chipotle; On the Departed GDR; Chile Votes on Sunday; Cartoons; more....

If they auto-enroll everyone in their newly generous income-driven repayment plan, it will significantly take the sting out of resuming payments. Joe Biden’s plan is the culmination of years of activist work.

Reader Comments: Trumpism; Teaching, History, White Privilege; Labor Films; Resources: Inflation Reduction Act; Long Covid; Who got rich off student debt crisis; Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards; Cartoons, more

Voters in Colombia and France put left coalitions in office, and Tunisian workers shut the country down

The right is winning, the center is spinning, the left's battle is just beginning

"People might look at us like we're young, but I genuinely feel like we can make the most change," said one Maine high school student. "Most of us are voting next year or this year."

News from Ukraine and Russia, Swaziland, France, Indonesia, plus two reviews of the new Gramsci bio!