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Collective punishment, indiscriminate shooting: Bloody Sunday in Derry 50 years ago

January 28, 2022 By Niall Farrell

On Sunday, January 30, 1972, a British Parachute regiment carried out a massacre of 14 peaceful demonstrators at an anti-internment march in the Catholic district of the Bogside.

The Big Lie behind U.S. and NATO policy in Europe

January 28, 2022 By David Cavendish

For decades, Western powers have spun a tale of an aggressive Russia threatening the world.

Tales of invasions past: The facts about Russia’s ‘annexation’ of Crimea

January 27, 2022 By Kate Clark

With the current heightened levels of anti-Russian sentiment and the return of the Cold War mindset, it is important to understand the history of this region and why it sees itself as Russian.

Nuke treaty anniversary observed with calls for U.S. ratification

January 27, 2022 By Marilyn Bechtel

Demonstrations happen at the Livermore lab, one of two places making all U.S. nuclear warheads.

CPUSA issues historic statement on trans rights: How did it happen?

January 18, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon

Though the Communist Party made amends for its belated embrace of the LGBTQ community, a new statement on trans issues is stunningly historic.