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The month of January has been home to many historical events over the years. Heres a look at some that helped to shape the world in January 1924.

The month of January has been home to many historical events over the years. Heres a look at some that helped to shape the world in January 1924.

I’ve been writing this column for more than a decade, but this week will, sadly, be very different for a few dozen of my readers. I’m referring to a group of people — friends, …

Zach Helfand writes about the history and changing etiquette of tipping employees in restaurants, coffee shops, bars, hotels, and other businesses.

As the death toll in Gaza from bombing, massacres and starvation soars, it is becoming clear that Israel is waging “America’s genocide.”

Each year the COP meeting highlights a deep contradiction in capitalist society.  Extraordinary efforts are made to generate climate science... Yet the talks reveal the seeming powerlessness of capitalist politicians to act on this knowledge. 

Amid reports that Israel is carrying out mass executions of civilian prisoners in Gaza and open statements of genocidal intent by Israeli politicians, the US

The West's violent history towards the Jewish people has legitimised blanket support for Israel's ongoing occupation and criminalised pro-Palestinian voices.

AS VLADIMIR PUTIN IS BLAMED FOR ALL THE ILLS IN THE WORLD, TO THE POINT THE UKRAINIAN LEADERSHIP INTIMATES THAT THE HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL WAS A RUSSIAN DISTRACTION FROM “UKRAINE WINNING AGAINST RUSSIA” (UKRAINE IS LOSING BY 10 MILES AND A DIFFERENTIAL OF 800 DEAD SOLDIER PER DAY), ONE CAN WONDER ABOUT NATO BEING A ZIONIST OUTFIT.We know that:

A momentous development has drawn my attention away from the unfolding climate catastrophe on which I have been riveted. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a major factor fragmenting the left-wing forces I hoped would become a major force in the revolutionary struggle for climate justice and human survival.