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Michael Harrington is Spinning in His Grave

Most of you will not know who Michael Harrington was. Or why he should be spinning. Let me explain. He was the founder of the Democratic Socialists of...

03.08.2026 30

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Dulce et Decorum Est II

If in your imagination you could fly Across that country and see the bodies lying Twisted by the road and hear the cry Of those children whose blood...

05.03.2026 20

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Secession, Anyone?

Alberta is poised to hold a referendum on seceding from Canada later this year, and supporters of independence credit Trump’s disruptive energy for...

27.02.2026 30

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We Shape Our Buildings, Then They Shape Us

“We shape our buildings,” Winston Churchill said, “And after that our buildings, they shape us.” What he had in mind was the House of Commons,...

20.02.2026 30

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“Good Morning, Sir”: A 19th-Century Tale

Friederich Engels in Eighteen Forty-four Arrived in Manchester, the English midlands, To view his father’s factory there, and then To chronicle the...

06.02.2026 30

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After Eden

It was not until our species, Sapiens We pridefully declare it, came upon The earth and started in to use its bigger, Much more pleated brain, and its...

23.01.2026 50

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