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Carl Davidson : Bumpy Road Ahead: Obama and the Left

This is a time of great opportunity for progressives in America. The big question facing us is where to go next, and how to get there. It is a question we plan to devote much attention to here on The … Continue reading

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Report from Nicaragua : Repression in the Revolution

Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega when he was a leader of the Sandinistas‘I met Martin Vega just after the Nicaraguan revolution when we all saw such promise there.’By Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte / The Rag Blog / October 14, 2008 Below … Continue reading

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Analysing Chomskian Politics

Chomsky debate: repression and manufacturing consentBy Ron Ridenour, Axis of Logic ColumnistJan 16, 2008, 15:12 Noam Chomsky is a steadfast effective critic of United States imperial foreign policy and the corporate global empire, and is probably the most influential single … Continue reading

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A Small Victory Against Repression

Danish court delivers a victory for liberation fighters the world overBy Ron Ridenour, Dec 13, 2007, 12:44 A great victory, an unexpected one for several of the affected, was delivered today by Copenhagen’s City Court for those who fight for … Continue reading

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The New Amerikkka – Mocking Justice

Chiquita bosses escape justiceBy Tom MellenSep 19, 2007, 07:39 Editor’s Note: At least the capitalists behind the death squads have been found guilty of murdering banana workers, something they have been doing for more than a century. It remains to … Continue reading

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Sooner Or Later, Individualism Must Fall

Sooner will make human survival more likely. Efficiency equals profitBy Ian PinkusJun 8, 2007, 05:35 Editor’s Note: Ian Pinklus reflects on how the ideology of individualism has trumpeted and triumphed over almost all individuals living under monoply capitalism’s “free market” … Continue reading

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Words on Hunger From Fidel

More than three billion people condemned prematurely to death by hunger and thirstBy Fidel Castro Ruz.Translated from Spanish by Ron Ridenour (Tlaxcala) and revised by Les BloughMar 31, 2007, 08:47 This is not an exaggerated figure; more cautious than not. … Continue reading

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Viva Fidel !!

Fidel’s Final VictoryBy Julia E. SweigFeb 7, 2007, 13:45 Editor’s Note: This is an important article published in the private Council of Foreign Relations journal, an academic-business mainstay of imperialism since 1921. The author presents a realistic insider’s view of … Continue reading

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Life in Cuba

This is the first of a three part series from a man who spent years working in Cuba. The story is fascinating and speaks to a life of which we could only quietly dream here in the newly minted police … Continue reading

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