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The romance between these two bright personalities developed practically in the presence of their spouses. Yet, neither this, nor the almost twofold...

A new book defends the political power of the critic. It falls short.

Intelligence, in government and military operations, evaluated information concerning the strength, activities, and probable courses of action of foreign countries or nonstate actors that are usually, though not always, enemies or opponents. The term also is used to refer to the collection, analysis, and distribution of such information and to secret intervention in the political or economic affairs of other countries, an activity commonly known as “covert action.” Intelligence is an import...

The official Independence Day proceedings were a graphic exposure of the repressive nature of the Wickremesinghe regime that lives in fear of a mass upsurge by workers and the poor against its austerity policies.

From the blog of Richard Kronenfeld at The Times of Israel

The strong response to the rally shows that the SGP is giving a voice and a socialist perspective to widespread opposition to war and austerity. The SGP is the only party to oppose the ruling class’ war in Ukraine and the danger of a third world war fought with nuclear weapons.

Macron is calling to slash pensions in France, massively increase military spending and intensify the NATO war on Russia, which threatens to escalate into a global, nuclear conflict.

Let’s take a look at the absolutely stunning photos depicting the young Soviet country that no longer exists, with its demonstrations, avant

Paul Kellogg — To students of twentieth-century Russian history, the name Vladimir Il’ich Lenin is a constant, and inevitable, presence. But the name Iulii Osipovich Tsederbaum—better known through the pseudonym “Iulii Martov”—is either entirely absent from view or present only as a mysterious, and often unsavoury, figure.

The unprecedented promotion of war propaganda and the deliberate minimization of the crimes of Nazism at the Auschwitz commemoration is inseparable from the renewed explosion of imperialist militarism now underway in Europe.