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No tears for slain CEO: Compassion ‘out of network’
Normally when someone is shot dead, human beings feel sad for the victim. But in the case of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, killed before dawn on the streets of Manhattan on Dec. 4, a large majority of public comments are that empathy is “out of network.” Protesters outside United Healthcare headquarters, Minnetonka, Minnesota, May…
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No thanks for Thanksgiving
Home » Prisons: tear them down » No thanks for Thanksgiving This commentary was posted on Prison Radio on Nov. 24, 2013, written to honor the National Day of Mourning. Every November, when Thanksgiving is scheduled, I think of the People of the First Nations (so-called Native Americans), and wonder about their mixed feelings for…
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Shockwaves to Shattered Defenses: The Myth of Israeli Supremacy Crumbles
It’s difficult to overestimate the importance of the operation launched by Hamas and factions of the Palestinian Resistance on October 7, which forever annihilated the prestige of the Israeli army. Yet the strikes launched by Iran on April 13 and 14 are also truly historic. For the first time, the backbone of the Axis of…
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No tears for slain CEO: Compassion ‘out of network’
Normally when someone is shot dead, human beings feel sad for the victim. But in the case of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, killed before dawn on the streets of Manhattan on Dec. 4, a large majority of public comments are that empathy is “out of network.” Protesters outside United Healthcare headquarters, Minnetonka, Minnesota, May…
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No thanks for Thanksgiving
Home » Prisons: tear them down » No thanks for Thanksgiving This commentary was posted on Prison Radio on Nov. 24, 2013, written to honor the National Day of Mourning. Every November, when Thanksgiving is scheduled, I think of the People of the First Nations (so-called Native Americans), and wonder about their mixed feelings for…
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¿Día de acción de gracias? No, gracias
Home » Mundo Obrero » ¿Día de acción de gracias? No, gracias Cada noviembre, cuando está programado el Día de Acción de Gracias, pienso en los pueblos de las Primeras Naciones (los llamados Nativos Americanos) y me pregunto cómo se sienten con respecto a un día festivo que oficialmente celebra su enorme generosidad, así como…
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From Damascus to Chaos: Assad’s Fall and al-Qaeda’s Comeback
There are some weeks when decades happen. In just a few days, the Syrian government has fallen, President Bashar al-Assad has fled to Moscow, and Al-Nusra founder Abu Mohammad al-Julani has taken power. How could all of this have happened so quickly? Only last year, it appeared that Assad was entrenching his position internationally, being…