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The Night of the Long Knives in Saudi Arabia
November 9, 2017Clearly the current purge—which has reportedly seen two princes killed, one in a plane crash—is approved by Trump.
Read moreJeremy Corbyn rises, Theresa May stumbles as Brexit divorce drama continues
November 8, 2017With the French sharpening their knives, the Tories in disarray, the Irish demanding answers, and 17 months to go, the matter is making for good theater.
Read moreThe democratic aspirations of October 1917 continue to inspire today
November 6, 2017John Reed, the great American labor journalist and a founder of the Communist Party USA, was the first to bring this country the news of what had happened in Russia on November 7, 1917. In his...
Read moreThis week in history: Centennial of the October Revolution in Russia
November 6, 2017This week we publish the poem “October” by Anatoly Borisovich Marienhof (or Mariengof in Russian), who lived from 1897 to 1962.
Read moreGoodbye Lenin: Ecuador’s Moreno sacked from ruling party, retains presidency
November 3, 2017The move leaves Moreno in office but without the support of the left-wing PAIS Alliance majority in the National Assembly.
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