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Scholars’ letter: We support Palestine Action in their campaign against proscription’
Scholars’ letter: We support Palestine Action in their campaign against proscription’
As scholars dedicated to questions of justice and ethics we believe that Yvette Cooper’s recent proscription of Palestine Action represents an attack both on the entire pro-Palestine movement and on fundamental freedoms of expression, association, assembly, and protest.

Palestine and the Commons: Or, Marx and the Musha’a
Palestine and the Commons: Or, Marx and the Musha’a
In 1958 the assistant headmaster did the Bible reading at the morning assembly of the Karachi Grammar School (Pakistan), founded in 1848 by the Church of England. The reading from Acts 17:23 concerned St. Paul’s declaration upon seeing the Athenian monument to an unknown God. “What you worship but do not know—this is what I […]

Hard Truths About the US Labor Movement: An Interview with Chris Townsend
Hard Truths About the US Labor Movement: An Interview with Chris Townsend
Chris Townsend has been organizing workers, conducting political work for labor unions, and teaching young workers to organize for almost all his adult life. He is, as we say, “the real deal.” While most of us opine and pontificate about labor, Chris does the dirty work. He organizes. His contributions over several decades have played […]

The Start of Indigenous Agriculture in North America and the American Genocide
The Start of Indigenous Agriculture in North America and the American Genocide
A recent paper in Science addresses an intriguing question: Did North America have settled agriculture before the arrival of Europeans? Or were the people in what would come to be known as North America still in the hunter-gatherer stage—unlike Mesoamericans, who had advanced civilisations, such as the Mayans, Aztecs, and the Incas? The answer is […]

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