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How to Win the Highest Minimum Wage in the USA
It took more than two years of hard work and relentless campaigning for LA’s tourism workers to win $30 an hour. Here’s how they did it....
The Left Chapter
Jun 2, 20255 min read
How Daniel Noboa Won in Ecuador and What to Expect from His New Term
Public domain image, May 24 By Pilar Troya Fernández On 10 May 2025, the Ecuadorian National Electoral Council proclaimed Daniel Noboa...
The Left Chapter
May 27, 20255 min read
Strategic Partnerships or Strategic Surrenders?
Keir Starmer and Hristijan Mickoski, May 16, 2025 -- Number 10, OGL 3, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska Macedonia’s state...
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May 27, 20255 min read
Communist-Led Kerala Is Eradicating Extreme Poverty
A Communist flag flies in Kerala -- Praveenp, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Atul Chandra In a region too often consumed by the...
The Left Chapter
May 26, 20257 min read
Israel’s Final Solution for Gaza
Image of Gaza on May 19 via the UNRWA on X By Vijay Prashad In early May, the security cabinet of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin...
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May 19, 20254 min read
José ‘Pepe’ Mujica: The Revolutionary Who Never Surrendered His Ideals
José ‘Pepe’ Mujica in 2023 -- Pablo Valadares/Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Ali Abutalebi In his condolence...
The Left Chapter
May 15, 20253 min read
Why the US Right Really Hates the Postal Service
It’s not about USPS’s efficiency or viability. It’s about equity and collective good, values that are anathema to predatory capitalism....
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May 14, 20255 min read
Marshal Zelenskyy’s High Noon
May 10 in Ukraine -- Number 10, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska The past few days have felt like a decisive chapter...
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May 13, 20254 min read
Vietnam Celebrates Fifty Years of the End of Its Colonial Period
Image from the victory celebrations April 30 cropped via X By Vijay Prashad Fifty years ago, on 30 April 1975, the revolutionary forces...
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May 12, 20255 min read
United Steelworkers Lead Mobilization Drive as American Unions Face Growing Vulnerability
The USW must navigate factionalism while championing labor rights amid rising anti-union pressures and global trade fragmentation. By...
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May 9, 20257 min read
Eighty Years On: Remembering the Defeat of Fascism – or Witnessing Its Return?
Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park, Berlin -- JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska As we...
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May 8, 20255 min read
Sanctions as Civilizational Warfare: The Human Cost of U.S. Economic Pressure
By Peiman Salehi Economic sanctions are often described as ‘peaceful’ alternatives to war. Yet for millions in countries like Iran and...
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May 8, 20253 min read
Workers in India Are on the March
ASHA workers convention, April 2025 -- image via CITU on Facebook By Vijay Prashad Ninety percent of Indian workers are in the...
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May 6, 20254 min read
The 18th Brumaire of Javier Milei
Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Jorge Coulon ‘History repeats itself:...
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May 6, 20257 min read
Russian Communists Rally Progressive Forces at Second International Anti-Fascist Forum in Moscow
Gennady Zyuganov speaking at the forum -- image via the CPRF By Shiran Illanperuma On 22 April, the 155th birthday of Vladimir Lenin, 164...
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Apr 30, 20256 min read
To Stop Coups in South Korea, Expand Democracy
Mass protest calling for the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, December 2024 -- image via X By Dae-Han Song On 4 April, 122 days after...
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Apr 29, 20255 min read
The Turbulence in the Global Economy
Image via X By Vijay Prashad On 22 April 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its annual World Economic Outlook report,...
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Apr 24, 20255 min read
The European Union on the Crossroads: Tariffs from Friends, Trade from Competitors
Derek Bennett, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska The ninety-day customs truce ‘graciously’ granted by Trump is...
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Apr 24, 20255 min read
China’s Response to Bullying: The Historical Lessons Learned
At the Hong Kong Museum of History, Yuet Man Lee (李月文), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska A friend from another...
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Apr 22, 20254 min read
A Time of Living Dangerously – For Telling the Truth
Public domain image By Biljana Vankovska The West has long cherished political correctness as though it were a core democratic value ....
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Apr 16, 20255 min read
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