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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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Originally published: Mondoweiss on June 11, 2024 by Ahmed Omar (more by Mondoweiss) | (Posted Jun 13, 2024) Human Rights, Inequality, Strategy, WarAmericas, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, United StatesNewswire‘Aid Pier’, genocide, President Joe Biden In March 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden announced in his State of the Union address that the U.S. would be building a temporary “floating pier” on the Gaza shoreline to…
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Pesticides and herbicides made from fossil fuels that are freely available to unwitting consumers poison our land, our bodies and life all around. Sarah Mafféïs for Noema Magazine ESSAYCLIMATE CRISIS BY LAURA J. MARTINMAY 14, 2024 FacebookTwitterEmail Laura J. Martin is an associate professor of environmental studies and faculty affiliate in history at Williams College. Her…
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BY MARIA POPOVA Sociologist and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois (February 23, 1868–August 27, 1963) was the first African American person to receive a doctorate from Harvard — an achievement that both reflected and affirmed his faith in the life-changing power of education. So when his daughter Yolande — his only surviving child — was about…
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Did you sing this as a kid. It explains below, where this song came from. This old man he played one He played nick nack on my drum With a nick nack paddy whack Give a dog a bone This old man came rolling home This old man he played two He played nick nack…
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