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The rebellious and immortal Thomas Paine

The rebellious and immortal Thomas Paine Rob Sewell06 July 2026 This year, on 4 July, marks the 250th anniversary of the declaration of American independence from Britain – a truly historic event. [Originally published at communist.red] At Trump’s behest, one of the key participants attending the recent independence celebrations in...

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European imperialists seek access to markets, cheap labour and critical raw materials amid deepening great-power rivalries—Part 1

European imperialists seek access to markets, cheap labour and critical raw materials amid deepening great-power rivalries—Part 1 Jordan Shilton This is the first of a two part series. The second part was published on July 9, 2026 Europe’s imperialist powers have for the past several years concluded a series of far-reaching trade agreements...

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Turkish cinema great Kadir İnanır (1949-2026)

Turkish cinema great Kadir İnanır (1949-2026) Barış Demir Kadir İnanır, one of Turkish cinema’s best-known actors, died in Istanbul on the evening of June 26, at the age of 77, of multiple organ failure caused by advanced-stage lung cancer. He was hospitalized in mid-May with pneumonia and treated in intensive...

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Articles in Focus

The Great American Debt Scandal

The Great American Debt Scandal The US national debt has crossed $40 trillion. Interest payments now exceed the war budget. Iranian trade has alternate routes through the countries shown on its borders, through its ports on the Sea of Oman and to Russia via the Caspian Sea. One of the...
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How Iran will survive new ‘draconian sanctions’

How Iran will survive new ‘draconian sanctions’ By Sara Flounders posted on August 24, 2026 How will Iran survive the latest round of what President Donald Trump calls “draconian sanctions” that promise to be the most extreme strangulation ever imposed?  Iran has developed highly sophisticated, high tech, asymmetric, low-cost, well...
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Racism is more than white supremacy

Racism is more than white supremacy White supremacy can seem like the correct term, but it suggests that racism comes from an alliance of all white people The hounding of Jason Arday has exposed racism in Britain (Photo: Guy Smallman) The hounding to death of Professor Jason Arday has exposed the depth...
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Andy Burnham and the search for a working-class hero

Andy Burnham and the search for a working-class hero The Makerfield by-election was never really about Makerfield.It was about a growing crisis inside British politics. Labour’s enormous parliamentary majority has not delivered popularity. Quite the opposite. After two years of attacks on workers, continued austerity, support for Nato’s war agenda...
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Hyundai autoworkers in South Korea continue strike action

Hyundai autoworkers in South Korea continue strike action Ben McGrath Autoworkers at Hyundai Motors remain locked in a contract dispute with the company several weeks after the launching of a series of partial strikes. The struggle takes place amid a growing upsurge of workers’ struggles throughout the country in the...
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Environment How workers can fight the climate catastrophe

Environment How workers can fight the climate catastrophe By Benny Schaft posted on August 13, 2026 The ruling class has no solutions to environmental problems, workers will need to organise, writes Rebecca Givan There is a social force that has the power to resist climate change—the organised working class (Picture:...
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‘Permanent War,’ said the July 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara

‘Permanent War,’ said the July 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara By Manuel Raposo (guest author) posted on August 15, 2026 Lisbon, Portugal Raposo is an editor of the Portuguese language Marxist web magazine Mudar de Vida (Change of Life) — jornalmudardevida.net — where this article was published on Aug. 9, 2026. Translation:...
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Bernie Sanders’ AI letter: A bankrupt appeal to the oligarchs

Bernie Sanders’ AI letter: A bankrupt appeal to the oligarchs Joseph Kishore Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vermont) speaks during a campaign rally for Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Monday, July 20, 2026, in Minneapolis. [AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt] On August 10, Senator Bernie Sanders sent a...
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What is Black August to the Black comrade

What is Black August to the Black comrade By Benny Schaft posted on August 13, 2026 A Nvidia office building in Santa Clara, Calif., May 31, 2023. Jeff Chiu [AP Photo/Jeff Chiu] “What I do feel is the urge to resist, resist and never stop resisting or even think of...
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The popularity of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

The popularity of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey David Walsh Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, based on Homer’s ancient Greek epic poem, has proven an enormous popular success. Estimates vary, but it appears well over 100 million people worldwide have already seen it in movie theaters. Matt Damon as Odysseus The film’s appeal...
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Escalating strikes between Ukraine, Russia threaten global food supplies

Escalating strikes between Ukraine, Russia threaten global food supplies Jason Melanovski A Ukrainian soldier prepares a “Chaklun” strike drone used for deep-strike operations against Russian positions in Crimea, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. [AP Photo/Dan Bashakov] The rapid escalation of missile strikes by both...
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Only socialism can solve the housing crisis

News & Analysis / Analysis Only socialism can solve the housing crisis The Canadian ruling class is addicted to the housing market and doesn’t want to bring the gravy train to a halt. Joel Bergman  Mon, Jul 27, 2026 Image: Own work The housing crisis seems to have no end...
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Titian and the crisis of Renaissance humanism

Titian and the crisis of Renaissance humanism August 12, 2026 4:41 PM CDT By Jenny Farrell A part of Titian’s ‘Assumption of the Virgin’ (1516–1518)| CC The 450th anniversary of Titian’s death on 27 August 1576 is a good opportunity to revisit the Venetian master—an artist whose long career coincides...
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Drowning in the cesspool of racism

Drowning in the cesspool of racism By Phebe Eckfeldt posted on August 7, 2026 August 2 is an anniversary that no one wants to celebrate but one that needs to be remembered. On that day in 2010, six Black teenagers from two families drowned in the Red River in Shreveport,...
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Who really “messed up” Haiti?

Who really “messed up” Haiti? August 10, 2026 11:47 AM CDT By Emile Schepers Dieutela Charles comforts her 6-month-old daughter while getting guidance on her U.S. residency from a Haitian community leader in Springfield, Ohio. Haitians in this city and around the country are dealing with TPS revocations and racism,...
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Hedge fund collapse a “cautionary tale” for AI boom

Hedge fund collapse a “cautionary tale” for AI boom Nick Beams A preview of how the AI-connected stock market bubble could burst and set off a broader financial crisis has been provided by the collapse of the once high-flying hedge fund Situational Awareness last week. The demise of the fund...
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