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  • The politics of reading

    Black Panthers in a reading circle, (Photo: Pirkle Jones) The politics of reading Originally published: Simplifying Socialism  on June 12, 2026 by A. J. Horn (more by Simplifying Socialism) (Posted Jun 15, 2026) Culture, Human Rights, Ideology, LiteratureGlobalNewswire The act of reading is so much more than following text with your eyes or—if you prefer audiobooks—with your ears. Done properly, reading…

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  • Three New Kinds of Refugees in a World of Migrants: The Thirty-Sixth Newsletter (2024)

    No migrant wants to leave their home and be treated as a second-class citizen by countries that forced their migration in the first place. 5 September 2024 Rashid Diab (Sudan), Out of Focus, 2015. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. One summer evening, the unrelenting sun over Niger refused to dip…

  • Salvador Allende: “I Am Essentially a Man of Action”

    An interview withSalvador Allende After becoming Chile’s president, Salvador Allende discussed his background and political outlook with the French writer Régis Debray. In this excerpt from their conversations, he also spoke about the danger of a violent right-wing counterrevolution in Chile After his victory in the 1970 presidential election and inauguration as Chile’s president, Salvador…

  • Private coaching is eating away at schooling

    Twelve years of schooling is losing out to private coaching as admission into India’s colleges gets increasingly centralised via entrance exams by Rohin Dharmakumar 5 min read School education is a fundamental right in India. An average Indian child spends 10–12 years in school. And for most parents and families, the money they spend on educating children…

  • Behind The Facade Of Modi’s ‘New Kashmir’

    Narendra Modi’s grand plan to tame the restive province masks the barren indifference, injustice and violence of the Indian state toward citizens it has long considered alien. By Rana AyyubJune 5, 2024 Rana Ayyub is an Indian journalist and opinion columnist with The Washington Post. Photography by Sanna Irshad Mattoo. SRINAGAR, India — In early March,…

  • How U.S. union leaders worked with the CIA to undermine democracy

    Originally published: Red Flag  on August 25, 2024 by Joe Allen (more by Red Flag)  |  (Posted Aug 30, 2024) Ideology, Inequality, Labor, MovementsAmericas, United StatesNewswire, Review“Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of U.S. Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade”, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Jeff Schuhrke, kamala harris, President Joe Biden, U.S. Trade Union, U.S.…

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