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First of April: A 13-year-old witnesses the 1964 Brazilian military coup
April 5, 2021Celso Marconi, the longest-lived cinema critic in the world, recently commented on his Facebook page: “After 1964, the 1st of April ceased to be a playful day [in Brazil]. Sad.”
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150 years ago, Paris Commune showed that workers can run society themselves
March 18, 2021If the Paris Commune has a lesson for our time, it is revolutionary hope: the conviction that the working class and its allies can transform the world.
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Documentary ‘The Boys Who Said No!’ recalls anti-draft, anti-war movement
March 17, 2021A highly effective and moving new documentary about the young American men who refused to be sucked into the maw of the Selective Service System during the Vietnam War has just appeared.
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‘Blinding of Isaac Woodard’: 1946 racist police violence case gets fresh attention
March 10, 2021PBS program spotlights long-lost case of racist police violence.
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Rosa Luxemburg at 150: Toward ‘a social order worthy of the human race’
March 3, 2021Remembering Red Rosa on her 150th birthday.
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