Articles by Paolo Bassi
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Aug 19, 2015: Bernie Sanders: a “socialist” candidate for a corporate partyAmidst widespread anger against inequality, racism and a climate crisis, the self-described “socialist” Bernie Sanders is running for President of...
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Jan 14, 2015: Space tourism: the alienation of the eliteSince 2009 the number of billionaires has doubled to over 1600.
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Oct 25, 2014: ‘Yes means yes’ law challenges sexual assault on campusThere are crimes that are zealously prosecuted at great expense, even when there is no victim—like the “war on drugs”...
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Oct 04, 2014: Fast food workers are making historySeptember 4 was the largest fast-food strike in US history.
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Aug 20, 2014: Israel's violence and Western colonialismThe Israeli military machine has attacked the Gaza Strip for more than a month, killing more than 2,000—the vast majority...
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Jul 07, 2014: The FIFA World Cup is killing the beautiful gameOther than in North America, football is the world's game and always has been.
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Apr 27, 2014: South Africa 20 years after apartheidOn April 27, 1994 South Africa held its first democratic election, marking the victory over apartheid.
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Mar 06, 2014: Sharon escaped trial, but Palestinian resistance livesSince last year’s Israeli Apartheid Week the campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and grown, and war criminal Ariel...
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Dec 20, 2013: West continues to threaten Iran and world peaceDespite the recent nuclear deal, Western imperialism continues to threaten Iran.
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Nov 25, 2013: Nuclear weapons are still the threat they always wereWhile there’s debate about Iran’s potential to become a nuclear power, including its recent deal—slowing its nuclear development program in...
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Oct 16, 2013: The US shutdown and the contradictions of US imperialismRight-wing Republican lawmakers in Washington—many with private wealth and with armies of health consultants at their personal disposal—have made it...
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Sep 28, 2013: Fifty years after Martin Luther King’s dreamIn August 1963, in a speech that has gone down as a watershed moment in history, Martin Luther King stood...
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Jul 20, 2013: Wall Street Journal calls for counter-revolution in EgyptThe Wall Street Journal (WSJ)—the voice piece of the American monied classes—responded to the latest phase of the Egyptian revolution...