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Despite deep animosity over Israel’s decades-long mistreatment of Palestinians, Iran has shown considerable restraint.

Western media habitually label Hamas, the Houthis, and Hezbollah as Iran’s proxies. One could just as reasonably consider European countries to be proxies of the US.

In a 2023 piece for TomDispatch, Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox argued that India oppresses its large Muslim minority.

In “Outside the Box,” we continue a dialogue in which we seek to better understand how AI “reasons. Last week, many of us were shocked by the cynical reasoning put forward by NATO chief Jan Stoltenberg’s at a press conference on April 3.

An article by Matt Taibbi sums up much that has gone wrong with the idea of freedom in US culture. The problem plays out on several levels, notably legal, economic, technological and political.

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In December 2023, protests erupted across Slovakia against the first actions of the new government led by Fico and his party, Direction — Slovak Social Democracy (Smer – Slovenská sociálna demokracia, usually called Smer).

Why are unions so weak in the United States? One law did more to cripple effective union organizing than any other. And repealing this law could help get labor back onto its feet.

During the colonial era, Britain routinely committed ethnic cleansing and applied genocidal policies in Kenya. It is time Britain apologized and paid reparations to millions of Kenyans who suffered under British rule.

The United States has been the dominant hegemonic power on the planet since World War II. That power is largely based on its relationships with allies on every continent, especially Europe and Asia.