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** The Failure of the Podemos Model and the Future of the Spanish Left ([link removed])
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By Will and Henry Bacha on Aug 08, 2020 06:00 pm
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“The Galician and Basque elections have revealed yet another example of the generational tensions – between left-wing youth and conservatively-inclined older voters – that have in recent years emerged as one of the most significant political dynamics in the Western world.” On Sunday, July 12, voters in Galicia and Basque Country went to the polls [...]
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** ‘Friday Night Massacre’ at US Postal Service as Postmaster General—a Major Trump Donor—Ousts Top Officials ([link removed])
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By Guest Post on Aug 08, 2020 11:30 am
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“America is in a dead sprint to authoritarianism. The man is pulling out all the stops to prevent the citizens of this country from holding a legitimate election in which he might face removal from office.” (By: John Queally, Common Dreams) Government watchdogs, Democratic lawmakers, and pro-democracy advocates declared it a “Friday Night Massacre” for the [...]
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** Why Capitalism Is in Constant Conflict With Democracy ([link removed])
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By Richard Wolff on Aug 08, 2020 09:00 am
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The capitalist economic system has always had a big problem with politics in societies with universal suffrage. Anticipating that, most capitalists opposed and long resisted extending suffrage beyond the rich who possessed capital. Only mass pressures from below forced repeated extensions of voting rights until universal suffrage was achieved—at least legally. To this day, capitalists [...]
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** How the U.S. Failed at Its Foreign Policy Toward Venezuela ([link removed])
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By Vijay Prashad and Erika Ortega Sanoja on Aug 08, 2020 07:00 am
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On August 4, 2020, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on Venezuela. Appearing before the committee was U.S. State Department Special Representative Elliott Abrams. Abrams, who has had a long—and controversial—career in the formation of U.S. foreign policy, was assaulted by almost all the members of the Senate committee. The senators, almost without exception, [...]
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** “The Coming War On China” – Watch John Pilger’s Powerfully Relevant Documentary ([link removed])
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By Caitlin Johnstone on Aug 07, 2020 03:00 pm
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“The aim of this film is to break a silence: the United States and China may well be on the road to war, and nuclear war is no longer unthinkable.” (Caitlin Johnstone) “The aim of this film is to break a silence: the United States and China may well be on the road to war, [...]
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** Which Countries Are Facing Risk of Recession From The COVID-19 Pandemic? ([link removed])
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By Yasmeen Rasidi on Aug 07, 2020 02:50 pm
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Some countries have confirmed that they are entering a recession, a condition when a country’s growth is negative in two successive quarters. COVID-19 has severely impacted global healthcare and the economy. The pandemic has hit almost all industrial sectors such as hospitality, tourism, and automotive, given that such a situation has forced several businesses to [...]
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** Georgia School Cancels Suspension of Student Who Shared Photo of Crowded Hallway ([link removed])
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By Daniel Davis on Aug 07, 2020 02:00 pm
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“Anything that’s going on social media that’s negative or alike without permission, photography, that’s video or anything, there will be consequences.” Autumn normally is a time for schools to welcome back students, but during the coronavirus pandemic, some organizations are rethinking their reopening plans. Others, like North Paulding High School in Dallas, Ga., are operating [...]
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** Trump’s Presidency Is a Death Cult ([link removed])
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By Sonali Kolhatkar on Aug 07, 2020 01:00 pm
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The fact that the president and his supporters want us to tolerate hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths from the pandemic reveals their true nature. When President Donald Trump was challenged by Axios national political correspondent Jonathan Swan to respond to the fact that, “a thousand Americans are dying a day” due to COVID-19, the president responded [...]
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** Ranking the Infinite Greed, Power and Controls of Giant Corporations ([link removed])
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By Ralph Nader on Aug 07, 2020 11:00 am
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People have the right to know how CEOs and major corporations do on the “Hedonistic Index” of greed and power. (Common Dreams) The combination of greed and power often spin out of control and challenge the enforceable rule of law and the countervailing force of the organized civic community. When greed and power are exercised [...]
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** The ‘Broken Windows’ Approach to Teaching Is Breaking Our Schools, and Students of Color Are Harmed the Most ([link removed])
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By Victoria Theisen-Homer on Aug 07, 2020 10:00 am
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In the fight for racial justice, teachers have a heavy job, for schools are both microcosms of, and preparation for, society. Because teachers serve as significant adult figures in children’s lives, their interactions with students can shape students’ sense of self and the world around them, as well as their engagement in school, personal efficacy, [...]
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** Trump Blasted for Naming ‘War Criminal’ and Iran-Contra Convict Elliott Abrams as Iran Envoy ([link removed])
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By Guest Post on Aug 07, 2020 08:00 am
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“Elliott Abrams has made a career of lying and committing criminal acts that have led to the death and suffering of innocent people from Guatemala to Iraq.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) Following the resignation Thursday of State Department Iran envoy Brian Hook, President Donald Trump named as his replacement current special representative for Venezuela [...]
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** Coronavirus Concerns Grow as American Schools Reopen ([link removed])
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By Alec Pronk on Aug 07, 2020 07:00 am
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“This push to open schools is guaranteed to fail.” Many of the states to have the first schools reopen in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic have faced multiple growing pains. The growing laundry list of concerns will strengthen calls for teachers’ unions to strike if schools do not implement proper precautionary measures. Two [...]
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** ‘Self-Centered Nationalism’ Could Lead to War and Nuclear Disaster, Hiroshima Mayor Warns on 75th Anniversary of Attacks ([link removed])
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By Guest Post on Aug 06, 2020 03:00 pm
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“We must never allow this painful past to repeat itself.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) The mayor of Hiroshima on Thursday warned of the ongoing dangers of nationalism and militarism on the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of the Japanese city by the United States on August 6, 1945. “We must never allow this [...]
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** New York AG Sues NRA Over Fraud in Bid to Shut Down Organization ([link removed])
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By Daniel Davis on Aug 06, 2020 02:30 pm
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“The NRA’s influence has been so powerful that the organization went unchecked for decades while top executives funneled millions into their own pockets.” New York is taking on the National Rifle Association as Attorney General Letitia James sued the NRA over fraud. Her office announced the suit calling for the group’s dissolution. To justify putting [...]
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