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The ideological orphaning of the left

It is the left’s most worrying problem. Its two most important reference points, communism and social democracy, have suffered a profound crisis since the fall of the USSR and of so-called ‘really existing socialism’ in Eastern Europe along with the neoliberal model’s predominance in a Western Europe which has put an end to the so-called welfare state.

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The duty of memory

“Liberation”: A film by Yuri Borndarov. I can never forget the sound of the bombing when the sky and the earth melted into a grey and hurtful mass… I remember roaring herds of German tanks advancing on our battery… the ardent and smoking barrels of the mortars.   Armando Orozco […]

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Which Zionists are racist?

When a former chief Rabbi participates in Jerusalem Day during which settlers rampage through the Muslim districts of East Jerusalem damaging Palestinian property and chanting “death to Arabs” (and worse), some Zionists pretend it did not happen. Others condemn his involvement. Does this mean that only some Zionists are racists? […]