David Walsh
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Claude Monet (1840) captured the “ever-changing effects of light and atmosphere”…“His focus on the transient nature of light, combined with his loose brushwork and vibrant color palette, allowed him to convey a sense of immediacy and movement that was revolutionary at the time”
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The Fletcher Exhibit's cancelling is part of a broader campaign by the ruling elite to impose ideological conformity and silence dissent - Tennessee university cancels long-running Fletcher Exhibit: A further assault on art and culture by the far right https://t.co/6PgK5QRORO
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The university’s cancellation of the exhibit escalates the right-wing suppression of political art, part of a broader campaign by the Trump administration and the ruling elite to impose ideological...
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Democrats and trade union officials never raised the prospect of collective action to stop Trump’s attacks on the working class and his dictatorial plans - Trump signs Democrat-backed spending package to end longest government shutdown in US history https://t.co/RLaJtBPxia
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As was the case in the Senate, several House Democrats joined their “Republican colleagues” in funding the fascistic Trump government.
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Alarm bells started ringing following the collapse of US car parts maker First Brands and the auto lender Tricolor Holdings, both of which had taken considerable loans from non-bank financial institutions - Growth of private credit a “ticking time bomb” https://t.co/1xlOvTqKfQ
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A recent Financial Times editorial pointed to unmistakable signs that the conditions for another financial crisis are maturing.
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The working class must not be drawn behind either faction in this struggle. The Epstein case does not indict Trump alone—it indicts the bourgeoisie, lays bare the physiognomy of the ruling elite - Trump, Epstein and the Democrats: A criminal ruling class https://t.co/AREzWkEkJw
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The scandals connected to deceased sex trafficker and billionaire financial fixer Jeffrey Epstein have touched off a massive political crisis for the Trump administration.
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Their testimonies are first-hand accounts of war crimes perpetrated by the self-proclaimed “the most moral army in the world”, #GazaGenocide https://t.co/SCxicHCshJ
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Their testimonies are first-hand accounts of war crimes perpetrated by the self-proclaimed “the most moral army in the world”, flatly contradicting the IDF’s insistence that it operates in accordance...
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Shielding the Democrats: Randi Weingarten’s “Why Fascists Fear Teachers” obscures the necessary fight against fascism
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The longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers and leading Democratic Party figure is incapable of presenting a historical and scientific analysis of fascism, let alone a proposal for...
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No surprise that email in the #EpsteinFiles mention Trump multiple times, including reference to a 2011 interaction with an underage victim. Remember that Epstein was found dead in his jail cell suspiciously in 2019 during Trump’s first term as President.
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That account, included in a new tranche of documents, conflicts with Trump’s denial of ever knowing about Epstein’s solicitation of underage prostitution before Epstein’s 2008 plea deal.
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Hey lawyers, read about the remarkably frightening hearing that happened in an immigration court in Georgia last week where a DACA recipient is detained for instagram posts:
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Search for coal miner trapped in flooded West Virginia mine continues for third day
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A miner who was trapped by rising flood waters while assisting others to safety on Saturday remains missing as divers and drones search.
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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850) - Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. His “novels are either brilliant adventure stories with subtle moral overtones or original and impressive presentations of human action in terms of history and topography as well as psychology”
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Born in 1897 and executed in 1937, his life spanned critical periods of the 20th century. Yeghishe Charents was a revolutionist, a socialist and a master of the written form - The artistry and revolutionary spirit of Soviet Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents https://t.co/lUPuU1YCqa
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Born in 1897 and executed in 1937, Charents' life spanned the decisive events of the 20th century’s first half. He was a revolutionist, a socialist and a master of the written form.
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By staffing his administration with Democratic Party operatives, Mamdani is underscoring that his incoming administration is not aimed at breaking the stranglehold of the ruling oligarchy - Mamdani reassures Wall Street with deputy mayor appointment https://t.co/dDerkXD1vB
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New York’s mayor-elect selected long-time Democratic operative Dean Fuleihan, who “knows where all the bodies are buried,” as his first deputy mayor.
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A further exposure of Epstein's integration into top levels of the US and international elite. The media and political establishment suppressed this information for years - Email dump confirms Epstein’s role as purveyor to Trump and entire US ruling class https://t.co/25rvflxeXC
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Newly released documents reveal Epstein’s ongoing influence with Trump, top officials and major media figures long after his conviction.
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Having carried out a savage series of what the United Nations has described as “extra-judicial executions” and war crimes, American imperialism is now preparing far greater atrocities - US hands off Latin America! Halt Trump’s killing spree! https://t.co/kV60xLXD7E
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A pair of US missile strikes over the weekend brought the toll from the Trump administration’s criminal military campaign off South America’s coasts to at least 76.
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Auguste Rodin (1840) “was a naturalist, more concerned with character and emotion than he was with tradition, idealism or decorative beauty. His work emphasized detailed, textured surfaces and the juxtaposition of light and shadow, a style that was met with criticism initially.”
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"It’s wrong to say that people are 'falling' into homelessness. They’re being pushed" - Brian Goldstone, author of 'There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America': “In America right now, a low-wage job … is homelessness waiting to happen” https://t.co/RgXShlNcAe
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Goldstone’s book documents the lives of five families trapped by low-wage work and homelessness in Atlanta.
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Trump's embrace of Ahmed al-Sharaa demonstrates the fraud of the effort by pseudo-left factions to present the US-backed regime-change operation in Syria as a “popular revolution” - Trump meets with former al-Qaeda leader Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House https://t.co/we00KIcmqs
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US President Donald Trump met at the White House Tuesday with Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former al-Qaeda leader who led the overthrow of the Syrian government last year. The meeting was a milestone in the...
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Josef Mengele is one of the most notorious public faces of the Holocaust. He sent hundreds of thousands to their deaths as the “Angel of Death” of Auschwitz - 'The Disappearance of Josef Mengele': An outstanding film about the Nazi war criminal in exile https://t.co/9ukHrAtW4F
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The film by Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, currently showing in German cinemas, is an outstanding work that nevertheless leaves viewers with a feeling of perplexity.
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The Democrats’ debacle is a deliberate act to shore up the crisis-ridden, unpopular Trump regime. They are terrified by the opposition to Trump & his dictatorial agenda - Democrats rally behind Chuck Schumer after vote to end shutdown on Republicans’ terms https://t.co/4zKXfT1qly
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The House is poised to take up the spending package on Wednesday and will likely pass it along party lines.
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