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Color, COVID and the Coup

President Donald Trump’s second impeachment was swift and decisive, just one week after he incited a violent white supremacist mob attack on the U.S. Capitol that left five dead, including a Capitol Police officer. Accounts of the insurrection from several…

(Re-)Joining the World

One of the many things we must rightly demand of the incoming U.S. government is the abandonment of rogue status, the serious participation in treaties, a cooperative and productive relationship with the rest of the world. We’ve all heard about…

How Will Africa Remember Donald Trump? Here Is How.

Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Interview magazine based in Abuja, Nigeria. US President Donald Trump may have lost re-election but he would be escorted out of the White House on January 19 night with a special…

Promote first ever PSA for UBI

Fund for Humanity has led the creation of this amazing ad / PSA. Starting today, Jan. 14th at 3pm ET and for the next six weeks, the PSA will launch on air on websites like CNN, Wall Street Journal, and…

In Historic House Vote, Only 10 Republicans Join Democrats to Impeach Trump for Inciting Insurrection

“If Congress had a shred of decency, this impeachment would be unanimous.” By Jessica Corbett With only a week left in office, President Donald Trump on Wednesday became the first U.S. president in history to be impeached for a second time when…

How a Lawbreaking International Coalition Failed to Overthrow Venezuela’s Government

By Vijay Prashad and Carlos Ron On January 5, 2021, the newly elected National Assembly took its seats in Venezuela’s capital. That day the Lima Group released a statement most of its members signed saying that they did not recognize…

About time: who makes time?

To clear up any potential confusion, this text does not intend to discuss or portray in any way the seasons. We could say that the natural differences named seasons were baptised by human beings. What was natural has now been…

The Trump Administration’s Parting Outrage Against Cuba

By Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores On January 11, in his final days before leaving office, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added one parting blow to the series of bludgeons his administration has inflicted on Cuba for four years: putting…

How to Beat a Capitol Police Officer With an American Flag Pole

Eleven years ago, the Onion reported that the U.S. flag had been recalled after causing 143 million deaths. Last week, a Trumpy beat a Capitol Police officer with a pole holding a U.S. flag. At first glance this seems like an amateur move. If you…

U.S. Peace Council Statement on the January 6, 2020 Events in Washington DC

The deep political and social contradictions of the U.S. capitalist system, which were becoming increasingly visible to the people during the past few decades, and had come to the surface with the election of Donald Trump in 2016, found their…

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