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July 2026
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dedicated to all peoples who live under
dictatorship, and to those in democratic
societies who may one day find themselves
confronting it again. “He was depressed
when he suddenly realized that everything
had finally fallen into (…)
There
has been something almost surreal in
President Donald Trump’s efforts to both
whitewash US history as well as make 4
July a celebration of his own delusional
greatness. There is little that can be
done about the latter, but for all (…)
Maradona,
Messi, and Fifty Years of the Same
Imperial Logic In June 1978, the World Cup
came to Argentina. The military junta of
General Jorge Rafael Videla had seized
power two years earlier, overthrowing the
democratically elected (…)
Look
carefully. The so-called ‘white nations’
of world football are no longer carried
only by ‘white bodies’, white histories,
white churches or white bloodlines. They
are carried, again and again, by the
children of Africa, the Caribbean, the (…)
The
Declaration of Independence has been
quoted by abolitionists, suffragists,
socialists, civil rights activists, and
the Black Panthers. Why should
conservatives get to own it now? "The 4th
day of July, as a national holiday,
commemorates (…)
Since
7 October 2023, Cyprus has moved from the
margins of Middle Eastern conflict into
its operational geography. British bases
on the island have supported Israeli and
US military activity across the region;
the Republic of Cyprus has expanded (…)
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