Fascism is a Thoroughly Modern Phenomenon
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Fascism is a Thoroughly Modern Phenomenon | MR Online
Unless there is going beyond neo-liberalism, which is necessary for overcoming the crisis it has caused, even a political defeat of the fascistic elements in elections, will only cause a temporary setback to them; they will come back to power again, as Donald…
Trump pledges $20B to Argentina, threatens to cut aid if country votes left
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Trump pledges $20B to Argentina, threatens to cut aid if country votes left | MR Online
The Milei-Trump meeting secured a USD 20 billion financial bailout for Argentina’s unstable economy. Trump made future aid conditional on Milei winning the upcoming elections.
The AI bubble and the U.S. economy
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The AI bubble and the U.S. economy | MR Online
So AI technology could eventually deliver higher productivity growth if it manages to shed human labour sufficiently.
Israel Tortured And Sexually Humiliated Greta Thunberg
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Israel Tortured And Sexually Humiliated Greta Thunberg | MR Online
Israel is so evil it’s actually hard to wrap your mind around it.
Walls of Shame, Hall of Fame: Barenboim in Berlin
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Walls of Shame, Hall of Fame: Barenboim in Berlin
The Berlin Wall was breached on the night of November 9th, 1989. The German Democratic Republic was done. East Berliners poured through the suddenly
Another Banner Week for White Supremacists
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The Nation
Another Banner Week for White Supremacists
In this week's Elie v. US, The Nation's justice correspondent connects the dots between the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Case and Trump’s whites-only refugee policy.
King Donald the First: Fuck That
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Common Dreams
King Donald the First: Fuck That | Common Dreams
The run-up to No Kings Day has seen a crazed wave of hysteria from a right wing shrieking about Hamas, Marxists, Huns, Orcs, Barbarians at the Gate with the sinister portent, "You'll see the hate for America all over this thing." What the. We think we'll…
Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
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ProPublica
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.
Europe and the US Are Drifting Apart and It Isn’t Just Because of Trump
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-von-der-leyen-trade-tariffs-china-tech/
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Jacobin
Europe and the US Are Drifting Apart and It Isn’t Just Because of Trump
Donald Trump is often blamed for the US’s hostility toward the EU, but the roots of the rift run deeper. Europe’s manufacturing-heavy economy and tough regulation of US tech have put it on a collision course with Washington.
The Colonial Logic of Puerto Rico’s FOMB
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Jacobin
The Colonial Logic of Puerto Rico’s FOMB
The problem with Donald Trump’s recent firing of six members of Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board isn’t who he decided to fire — it’s the board’s very existence as a tool of colonial rule over Puerto Rico.
Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Gear Up for a Potential Strike
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Jacobin
Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Gear Up for a Potential Strike
Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant, which joined the United Auto Workers last year, is the first in the South to have unionized through an election since 1940. As first contract negotiations stall, the UAW is gathering pledge cards for a possible strike.
Knesset MP Ofer Cassif on the Need for Palestinian Liberation
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Jacobin
Knesset MP Ofer Cassif on the Need for Palestinian Liberation
Ofer Cassif, among the few Israeli MPs to openly reject Zionism, tells Jacobin that Palestinian liberation is indispensable to peace and justice for all people in the region.
The Many Contradictions of a Conservative Labor Movement
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Jacobin
The Many Contradictions of a Conservative Labor Movement
The “pro-worker” conservatism of figures like Oren Cass and his American Compass think tank offers narrowly targeted measures to select workers while terrorizing immigrants and maintaining management’s control over the workplace and politics.
The Activist Humanist w/ Caroline Levine
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The Activist Humanist w/ Caroline Levine | MR Online
We speak with Caroline Levine, Ryan Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Literatures in English at Cornell University, about her important book The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis (Princeton University Press, 2023). Building…
Fascism and Liberal Complicity
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CounterPunch.org
Fascism and Liberal Complicity
John Ganz, a fairly center-of-left voice found in the pages of The Nation, had correctly condemned Trump as a “tyrant”, citing such evidence as Trump’s decision to send in federal troops into major cities, and how Trump simply ignores basic tenets of the…
Anti-Imperialist Motherfucker
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CounterPunch.org
Anti-Imperialist Motherfucker
With an imperialist way raging in Southeast Asia and an anti-imperialist movement revving up in the States, the early 1970s was a perfect time to publish
How Elon Musk Ruined Twitter
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/enshittification-doctorow-musk-twitter-internet/
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Jacobin
How Elon Musk Ruined Twitter
Twitter used to represent the best of the internet. Under Elon Musk, it has become the home of AI-generated pornography and pay-to-play engagement farming, Cory Doctorow writes.
Rob Ashton, Longshoreman Vs Canada’s Political Class
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Jacobin
Rob Ashton, Longshoreman Vs Canada’s Political Class
Canadian ILWU president Rob Ashton is running for New Democratic Party leadership, arguing that the party has lost touch with its base. His campaign aims to put workers back in charge.
The Women Who Fought Japan’s Empire
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Jacobin
The Women Who Fought Japan’s Empire
Japanese colonialism is infamous for its brutalization of women, abducted and forced into sex slavery. Less known is women’s role in fighting against the Japanese Empire, brilliantly brought to life in two recent novels.
