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Ain’t no party like a Communist Party: Portugal’s Avante! Festival
September 9, 2021People packed the Lisbon suburb of Amora this weekend for the 45th Avante! Festival—a cultural, musical, and political extravaganza that is a highlight of summer in Portugal.
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Biden, Dems advocate Civilian Climate Corps in echo of New Deal
September 9, 2021"In standing up the Civilian Climate Corps, we will build on that legacy and existing infrastructure to meet the challenges of today.”
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Healing old wounds on the left: My brief interaction with Ed Asner
September 1, 2021Ed Asner represented the perfect fusion of art, responsible social activism on a global stage, and intensely devoted Jewish pride—perhaps the single largest source of his consciousness.
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Red lamb, black falcon: Balkanization and the capitalization of Croatia
August 23, 2021Rebecca West’s monumental reckoning and sophisticated exploration of these tensions in what was then Yugoslavia in the time leading up to World War II is titled Black Lamb and Grey Falcon.
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Anahita Ratebzad, madre socialista de la liberación de la mujer afgana
August 19, 2021Anahita Ratebzad no era la marioneta de nadie. Era una mujer fuerte e independiente, el rostro de un nuevo Afganistán.
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