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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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BY DONALYN WHITE – ANTHONY BALLAS FacebookTwitterRedditEmail Image by Ömer Yıldız. It should come as no surprise to those of us with even a cursory understanding of the history of U.S. imperialism that the once sovereign Kingdom of Hawai’i became the very first state in the nation to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Hawai’i…
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More than ever, NATO represents by far the biggest threat to peace in the world today THOMAS FAZI JUL 12, 2024 NATO’s 75th anniversary summit that just took place in Washington, DC was a stark reminder of the Alliance’s escalating threat to global peace. Not only did NATO leaders commit more money and weapons (including…
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The United States’ strategy towards China is premised on an unending rivalry. Yet history tells us that strategic competitions do end, and America needs to imagine how its conflict with China might one day do so.Chinese and American flags flying over the area around Tiananmen Square, 2002. Credit: Lou Linwei / Alamy Stock Photo The…
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JULY/AUGUST 2024 POLITICS & IDEAS Solzhenitsyn Warned Us The great Russian writer understood the West and predicted its future with frightening precision. by Gary Saul Morson Western intellectuals expected that novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, once safely in the West after his expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1974, would enthusiastically endorse its way of life and intellectual consensus.…
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Yogendra Yadav 22/Jul/2024 5 min read At the Asian College of Journalism, Yogendra Yadav discusses the causes, effects, and future implications of the 2024 Elections, focusing on the critical state of democracy in the Indian Republic. At a recent talk at the Asian College of Journalism, Yogendra Yadav analysed the “moral, political, and personal” defeat…

