Sri Lankan Youth: Look What You’ve Started!
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Sri Lankan Youth: Look What You’ve Started!

On the morning of July 9, 2022, no one knew that the example set in Colombo later that day would soon reverberate around the world, leading to similar confrontations of corrupt politicians in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal. Those young people who broke through police barricades and bravely waved off police tear gas

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Hippies and the Left

With the emergence of 1960s movements and the counterculture, most leftists consider themselves superior to the emergent movements focused on transformation of everyday life. This letter to Monthly Review sought to remedy that situation.

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Torture in Israeli Prisons

At the time of the first intifada in Palestine, few Americans understood the dire straits in which Palestinians were compelled to live. Especially harsh were (and are) the conditions endured by thousands of prisoners. This article led to knee-jerk responses from the Israeli consulate in Boston as well as other pro-Israel institutions. My response to them exposed the bankruptcy of their positions.

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