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Historians urge stronger anti-fascist fight, or Biden administration could be next Weimar Republic

February 14, 2022 By Berry Craig

“We are already closer to a fascist coup than we have ever been in our history,” argues historian David Pizzo.

Kentucky Republicans again aim to ban teaching truth about racism

February 9, 2022 By Berry Craig

The rich and their apologists in politics, the press, and the pulpit have been running the same con for years.

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.