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Is the Right Wing ‘Whitewashing’ the History Curriculum Taught in Public Schools?

A fight over new history curriculum standards in Virginia is part of a nationwide campaign to undermine public schools and prevent educators from teaching the truth about America’s inequality. By Sandra Jones “People still want to hide the truth about…

While we’re laughing about a balloon; Biden paves a path to war.

There is reason to be alarmed by the recent China balloon. However, that reason is not the alleged China aggression but the very calculated aggression towards China by the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. This hate and the manufactured reasons…

Gun Violence in the United States: Truth and Facts

Gun violence is a chronic disease in the United States. With its interplay with gun culture, individual rights, interest groups and partisan politics, it has long plagued American society and gravely violated people’s right to life, leaving an indelible stain…

Generations and politics in Latin America and the Caribbean

The political forces that value human solidarity and critical thinking are astonished to see that many young people, a priori considered champions of rebellion and promoters of new visions, are manifesting themselves on the public stage by adhering to retrograde…

Ballooning Rhetoric: Aliens, Escalation and Airborne Surveillance

Things are getting rather bizarre at the US Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).  Its increasingly prominent commanding chief, one General Glen VanHerck, has abandoned any initial sense of frankness in discussing the destruction of an…

Harnessing the enormous untapped power of celebrity to help social movements

Building on the long legacy of activist entertainers, here are five ways movements for justice and famous supporters can partner to promote change. By Paul Engler Today there exist significant numbers of celebrities with progressive politics and a desire to…

US Should Stop Scapegoating Migrants

Biden’s Misguided Praise for Abusive Policies Disregards Lives Lost By Ari Sawyer US President Joe Biden and members of the House of Representatives repeatedly scapegoated migrants during both this week’s presidential State of the Union address and during a hearing on the US-Mexico border held by…

U.S. Peace Council: It Is Time to Put an End to All Anti-Human Economic Sanctions!

Once again, the U.S. imperialism is showing its true face through its selective response to the disastrous earthquake that has taken the lives of tens of thousands of people and destroyed whole cities in Syria and Turkey. While countries like…

Chomsky and Prashad: Cuba Is Not a State Sponsor of Terrorism

Cuba, a country of eleven million people, has been under an illegal embargo by the United States government for over six decades. By Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad Despite this embargo, Cuba’s people have been able to transcend the indignities…

A year of war is too much! Peace initiatives in Europe and the U.S.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022;  a violation of the UN Charter and international law that calls for immediate justice. Therefore on this anniversary, after months of shared actions for peace,  Europe for Peace calls for…

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