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Mussolini’s shadow: Italy alarmed as students encouraged to report ‘left-wing’ teachers
February 6, 2026A student survey circulated by a far-right group has sparked outrage, as profiling teachers for their political views echoes fascist-era practices.
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Battle to restore Philadelphia slavery exhibit removed by Trump administration rages on
February 4, 2026Advocates and city officials call the removal authoritarian revisionism to history by the president.
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Eighteenth Brumaire of Emmanuel Macron repeats an earlier French history
February 2, 2026Like Louis Napoleon, Emmanuel Macron, a failing executive, tries to act as emperor.
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Radical legacy: Revisiting Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ on 175th anniversary of her death
January 30, 2026The Netflix adaptation doesn’t do justice to the novel’s critique of illegitimate power and debates about tyranny, equality, and revolutionary reform.
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On their way to Nuremberg
January 29, 2026The latest from award-winning People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.
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