Politics
Radical historian challenges traditional Marxist view of ‘so-called’ American Revolution
August 11, 2020Marxists ranging from Lenin to Ho Chi Minh to CPUSA historian Herbert Aptheker have viewed the American Revolution as a bourgeois-democratic revolution that advanced the cause of liberty, as incomplete and flawed as it was. Gerald Horne says no.
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Voter intimidation? GOP sending ‘poll monitors’ to watch who votes
August 11, 2020Federal court overturns rule that stopped Republicans from hiring off-duty police officers to patrol polling places in minority communities.
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We are a community of voters: Somos una comunidad de votantes
August 10, 2020The perpetual threat against voting rights should be a constant reminder that the vote should not be taken for granted.
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NEA chief talks politics, school safety and pandemic
August 7, 2020Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says “education is a civil and human right."
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Attacks on Margaret Sanger are cover for right wing’s assault on women
August 6, 2020The left must be smart. Who thinks the right will be satisfied now that Sanger's name has been publicly disavowed?
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