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🔥 Jan 13, 2025 - From Midnight Sun (Canada) - Photo: Ahmad Odeh/Unsplash 1. 13. 2025Eros and Revolution Alan Sears The first demonstration I attended, roughly 55 years ago, has shaped my life ever since. I was only 13, but the movement against the Vietnam War was everywhere: in the news, the music I listened to, and my conversations with friends…

What the president-elect calls a ‘giant hoax’ is changing the strategic calculus in the Arctic and for the Panama canal

While Justin Trudeau abandoned his commitment to electoral reform all the way back in 2017, the issue has endured because Canadians understand that our voting system fails to accurately represent the will of voters. But this Trudeau failure is an opportunity for Jagmeet Singh and the NDP to become the outspoken champions of electoral reform.

Fox News host Jesse Watters claims dam removals requested by tribes left firefighters without water to fight Los Angeles blazes that have killed 16 people.

In the last century, environmental activists have used local belief in Huldufólk to protect the country’s landscapes—and elf culture.

After the Bobcat Fire, L.A. no longer felt safe.

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Southern California is no stranger to fires. But the dreadful blazes that began yesterday are potentially transformative.

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Americans suffer from a lack of class consciousness, which makes them easy prey for manipulation

The definition of alarm: “A warning of danger” (Merriam-Webster) according to The State of the Climate Report 2024, 25 of 35 vital signs are at record

The Democratic Party has failed to earn the support of what was once its working-class base. This ought to be a moment of reckoning for the party. The

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Imagine that your household was regularly broken into by a sadist who systemically beat-up everyone in your home. He’d start by punching folks in the

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Americans suffer from a lack of class consciousness, which makes them easy prey for manipulation

Behind the confusion and debates about fascism lies a simple truth: it’s a power game driven by economic elites. Communists recognized that fascism’s form is shaped by class dynamics — an insight we shouldn’t forget.