World
Guns or vaccines? Racing to build weapons of death during a pandemic
May 14, 2020The U.S. spends $1.25 trillion a year on defense. Half that amount could provide adequate medical support during the COVID-19 crisis and pay jobless Americans a salary.
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Communists lead class struggle at local level in France’s ‘Red Cities’
May 13, 2020Through day-to-day work on the ground—leafletting, rallies, public meetings, and banquets—French Communists still see political success at the municipal level.
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U.S. hand in recent assaults on Cuba, Venezuela
May 12, 2020Those two countries put people and people’s basic needs first. They exemplify an alternative to U.S. purposes.
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Asparagus getting more attention than U.S. nukes in Germany
May 11, 2020In late spring an age-old tradition places asparagus – the white kind preferred here – at the very top of German menus. But only until St. John’s Day, June 24th (the summer solstice).
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Final days of the war against fascism—from the Daily Worker archives
May 8, 2020The defeat of fascism, as chronicled by the Daily Worker in 1945.
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