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A fugitive’s freedom: Assata Shakur’s exile in Cuba
By Manolo De Los Santos The news of Assata Shakur’s death in Havana, Cuba, on September 26, was met with a deep sense of shared loss...

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Sep 307 min read


Um encontro no Harlem: Malcolm X, Fidel Castro e a luta pela Palestina
By Manolo De Los Santos Em setembro de 1960, no coração da América negra, o Hotel Theresa, no Harlem, tornou-se palco de um dos encontros...

The Left Chapter
Sep 218 min read


Fascists Don’t Deserve Space: Our Humanity Is Not up for Debate
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, centrist liberals have lionized the white supremacist, paving the way for a greater assault from...

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Sep 205 min read


Sri Lanka’s Austerity Is One of the Most Severe in History
Rehman Abubakr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Shiran Illanperuma Sri Lanka has undergone one of the sharpest and fastest...

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Sep 184 min read


Sahel Seeks Sovereignty: Two Years On
Image via news video screenshot. By Milkaela Nhondo Erskog On September 16, the people of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger will mark the...

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Sep 155 min read


Five theses on the situation in Nepal
Scene from the protests in Kathmandu, Nepal in September 2025. Photo via People's Dispatch By Vijay Prashad and Atul Chandra If your...

The Left Chapter
Sep 157 min read


How Student Loans Became America’s Financial Catastrophe
From hopeful beginnings to a broken system, student loans reveal how policy choices turned higher learning into a lifelong financial...

The Left Chapter
Sep 1414 min read


VS Achuthanandan: The Epic Life of a Communist Turning the Tiller Proletariat
Funeral procession of V. S. Achuthanandan, 22 July 2025 -- Rohit B, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Nidheesh J. Villatt I vividly remember...

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Sep 125 min read


Is This How Rome Treats Its Heroes?
Image cropped via X By Busani Ngcaweni “Is this how Rome treats its heroes?” These words echo across the Colosseum in Gladiator II. They...

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Sep 106 min read


Nepal’s Gen-Z Uprising Is About Jobs, Dignity—and a Broken Development Model
Image from a Kathmandu protest - cropped via X By Atul Chandra and Pramesh Pokharel Kathmandu is on edge not because of “apps,” but...

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Sep 95 min read


Charter Cities Attempting to Create a New Atlantis
From deregulated economic zones to experiments in private governance, charter city projects aim to reshape how we live. Their rise...

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Sep 59 min read


The United States Uses a Fabricated Drug Charge for a Potential Strike on Venezuela
US ships deployed towards Venezuela -- image via Al Jazeera news video screenshot By Vijay Prashad Suddenly, out of nowhere, the United...

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Sep 15 min read


Syria After al-Assad
A Syrian Arab Army checkpoint abandoned during the offensive, December 2024 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad On 8 December 2024,...

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Sep 16 min read


What the Arrest of a Former President Means for Sri Lanka
Image of the arrest via video screenshot on X By Shiran Illanperuma “Don’t worry, I will control the situation”, former president Ranil...

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Aug 295 min read


A Black Hole in Collective Memory: China and WW II
A scene from the 2015 Victory celebrations in Beijing for the 70th anniversary -- http://www.president.go.kr/ , KOGL Type 1, via...

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Aug 274 min read


Can We Protect Our Children From the US Government?
As part of back-to-school preparations, teachers are patrolling their schools against ICE arrests of students and their families. ICE...

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Aug 265 min read


An Orphaned Europe and Its Eternal Dream of Living Under an Empire
Carriage with Queen Maxima and King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands during Prinsjesdag in 2018 -- Peter van der Sluijs, CC BY-SA 4.0,...

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Aug 253 min read


The Monsters of the Global Crisis Interregnum
Between capitalism in decline, expressed in wars and neo-fascism, and the left calling for reconstruction, people resist. NATO Summit,...

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Aug 145 min read


Alaska Summit: Between Expectation and Illusion
Donald Trump in July, 2025 -- public domain image By Biljana Vankovska It is entirely understandable that, after such a long and bloody...

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Aug 144 min read


Hiroshima Lives On – in Gaza
Rafah in January, 2025 -- Ashraf Amra, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska This year marks another solemn...

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Aug 95 min read
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