Kerala’s Red Star Still Shines
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Kerala’s Red Star Still Shines
Every five years, the electorate in Kerala goes to the polls to elect a new state government. One of twenty-eight states in India, Kerala has a population
Medicaid Work Requirements: Who Actually Benefits?
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Medicaid Work Requirements: Who Actually Benefits?
Though the official deadline is still months away, on May 1 Nebraska became the first state to implement the Medicaid work requirements that are part of
Using Food as Information to Improve Health and Well-Being
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Using Food as Information to Improve Health and Well-Being
Modern nutrition science has continued to see food through numbers. Calories, macronutrients, ingredient lists, and percent daily values have become
The Perils of Hyperglobalization and a Post-Neoliberal World
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Transcending the Trump Obsession
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Transcending the Trump Obsession
As the Trump administration bulls into its second year, we await a movement that will aggressively challenge and potentially replace it. What we have now
Timothy Snyder’s Imperialist Anti-Trumpism and the Notion of Russian-Inflicted “Superpower Suicide”
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Resistance as Ideology: Iran’s Political Culture of Survival
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Resistance as Ideology: Iran’s Political Culture of Survival
With a history dating back well before the Christian era, the nation known to the West as Persia officially adopted its native name of Iran in 1935.
Blind Eyes at the United Nations While the U.S. Bombs for Nonproliferation
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Blind Eyes at the United Nations While the U.S. Bombs for Nonproliferation
There is deadly irony in the juxtaposition of Trump’s ‘anti-nuclear war’ on Iran, and the ongoing United Nations Review Conference for the Nuclear
Terror on the Mediterranean: Israel’s Abduction of Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek Exposes the Zionist Project’s True Face, Once Again
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Terror on the Mediterranean: Israel’s Abduction of Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek Exposes the Zionist Project’s True Face, Once…
On April 30th Israeli commandos committed an act of state terrosim in international waters off the coast of Crete — more than a thousand kilometers from
Is Chinese AI the Remedy to Inequality?
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Is Chinese AI the Remedy to Inequality?
The world is leaning on China a lot these days as a counterweight to the lunacy of Donald Trump. No one has illusions that China and its leader, Xi
Subjects of Empire: Breaking the Cycle of Arab Dependency on US Elections
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Subjects of Empire: Breaking the Cycle of Arab Dependency on US Elections
Much of the current discourse on the Middle East remains fixated on the US midterm congressional elections this coming November. This vote, in particular,
Long Live New Orleans and All of the Beauty Out There Like Her
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Long Live New Orleans and All of the Beauty Out There Like Her
A recent study recommended that the city of New Orleans begin a planned evacuation due to the inevitable rise of the seas and the loss of protective
Plutonium Pit Bomb Production: the Beginning of the End
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Plutonium Pit Bomb Production: the Beginning of the End
One portion of a gargantuan plan to modernize the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal, costing $1.5 trillion over the next twenty years, has been opened for
Romania and Hungary’s Recent Elections: the Rinse and Repeat Alternating Electoral Wins of Liberalism and Nationalism
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The Producers: Springtime for Trump
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The Producers: Springtime for Trump
If you’re in like Flynn in the Trump administration, what’s great is that you can lie to Congress, take money and lavish gifts from the Qataris, obstruct
No Option But Sabotage w/ Thomas Zietzoff
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No Option But Sabotage w/ Thomas Zietzoff
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg are joined by Thomas Zietzoff to talk about his new book, No Option But Sabotage