If the left wants to build a mass movement that appeals to millions, we first have to address the tiny, vocal minority in our ranks holding all of us back.
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Europe's Quietly Growing Poor Population Is Getting Louder
As of June, the European Commission stated that more than 240 million people now live on the poverty line – around one-third of the E.U. population – with a full 9 percent of citizens suffering from deprivation.
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Protesters Plan to "Kettle" Leaders At G20 Summit in Hamburg
Authorities in Germany’s second-largest city are preparing for the arrival of an unprecedented line-up of controversial world leaders, as well as protest groups eager to voice dissent on 7 and 8 July.
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Trump's Lies
Many Americans have become accustomed to President Trump’s lies. But as regular as they have become, the country should not allow itself to become numb to them.
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Meet the Activists With a Plan to Make Climate Change Matter in Elections
Calling themselves Sunrise Movement, the group — most are under the age of 30 — plan to recruit and train a nonviolent volunteer army to shake up the 2018 midterm elections and make 2020 the first presidential election about climate change.
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The Wisconsin Experiment: Could G.O.P. Win As "Moderates" on Education In 2018
With Democrats predicting big gains as President Trump’s approval ratings flatline, Republicans are courting an audience that they’ve neglected since the Tea Party victories of 2010: moderates.
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Analyzing the Failures of Syriza
So many put their puts hopes into Syriza; so many were bitterly disappointed.
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The Corbyn Effect: Britain’s Election Just Rewrote the Rules of Parliamentary Politics
Jeremy Corbyn's win demonstrated that in the stale world of parliamentary politics, we need to tear up the rulebook. We need to be realistic about the systemic crises we face. And we need, above all, to demand the impossible.
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Occupy the Cinema: "Alien: Covenant" Reveals Humanity At A Profound Loss
These humans have developed great vehicles for travel and assistive robotic technology for help, but as "Covenant" demonstrates, the search for more has not lead to answers within.
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Why Are So Many Young Voters Falling for Old Socialists?
Politicians like Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn have carried the left-wing torch in a sort of long-distance relay, skipping generations of centrists like Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, to hand it to today’s under-35s.
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Greed Caused London’s Worst Fire Since WWII
The cause of the fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower on Wednesday morning remains unknown, but greed and neoliberalism explain its devastation. These deaths could have been avoided if life had been put above profit.
