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The End of Progressive Book Publishing in the Age of Monopoly Capital?
( Tomdispatch.com) – No one listened better than Studs. For those of you old enough to remember, that’s Studs Terkel, of course. The most notable […]
Iranian Teachers’ Union charges Gov’t with Dishonoring Nation’s Girls, Recalling Theme of Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – So far, the wave of street protests staged in dozens of Iran’s towns and cities appear to have been spontaneous […]
Iran on fire: Once again, women are on the vanguard of transformative change
By Vrinda Narain, McGill University and Fatemeh Sadeghi, UCL | – On Sept. 16, 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in Tehran, Iran, […]
I saw what turning the Palestinian Village of Masafer Yatta into an Israeli Military ‘Firing Zone’ Means
By Mahmoud Soliman | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – Since a ruling of the Israeli Supreme Court on May 4, the Israeli military has been […]
Biden’s USDA more than Triples Funding for ‘Climate Smart’ Agriculture to $3 Billion
By Jared Strong | – ( Minnesota Reformer) – The Biden administration plans to distribute more than $3 billion to fund projects that will reduce […]
Our Atmospheric CO2 is now past the point that in the Deep Past has Meant the Melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheets
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – So as a historian, I am particularly interested in what the past tells us about the present. I’ve taught courses […]
Russians flee the Draft as the Reality of War hits Home
Montréal (Special to Informed Comment) – The “partial mobilization” announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 21 has triggered mass protests throughout the country […]
How Whiteness was Invented and Fashioned in Britain’s Colonial Age of Expansion
By Beverly Lemire, University of Alberta | – (The Conversation)- Fashion is political — today as in the past. As Britain’s Empire dramatically expanded, people […]
If Government wants to Significantly Reduce Poverty, it Can: Census Data Proves It
By Shailly Gupta Barnes | – ( Otherwords.org) – The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that poverty dropped notably in 2021. Amid a pandemic and […]
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