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IMPRESSIONISM BEGAN IN REVOLT. Against the restrictive system of artistic training, the group embraced art-school dropouts. Against biased selection committees, they opened their ranks to all. Against hierarchical display conventions, they assigned wall space by lots. And so, in December 1873, they formed a société anonyme, a joint stock company. The artists based its charter on that of a bakers’ union and pledged to finance “the organization of free exhibitions, without a jury or honorifi...

Few economists or politicians foresaw these developments. The long boom had lulled them into the belief that the cycle of boom and bust had finally been

As the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association celebrated its 150th anniversary, it combined its annual meeting with the annual Rock the Bar fundraiser June 24 at the Rock & Roll Hall

Matthew Quest, writing for Insurgent Notes, details CLR James' treatment of Lenin across decades of James' work. While CLR James broke with with Trotskyism and Trotsky as well as the Leninist party form, he never properly broke with Lenin or his works.

World Domination in An Age for Lucifer This book explores a strange new spirituality about to enter into competition with other established religions. My purpose here is to convince you that its emergence is probable, if not inevitable. I begin...

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ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

“Two cutting-edge interpretations from U.S. Marxist scholars – Ronald Suny and Eric Blanc – have recently appeared, providing important insights for scholars and activists alike.”

An expert on Stalin discusses Putin, Russia, and the West.

Jeffrey Kopstein argues how the everyday resistance of East German workers could wear down a despotic state over four decades until it was eventually overthrown.