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Reds and Greens triumphant in Germany
December 8, 2014In a way the victory recalled those of Obama in 2008 and 2012. They marked an amazing defeat of racists; this coalition is a blow to primitive anti-communism.
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Germany sees confrontations with police too
December 4, 2014Police confrontations in Germany have not been quite as severe as some have been in Ferguson. But some have been dramatic enough.
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Twenty-five years later, the Cold War still blows hot
December 3, 2014In Washington, hostility toward socialism and even socialist orientations remain the order of the day.
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Remembering Volodya and the Soviet war dead
December 3, 2014"I am looking at my treasured coin and wondering about Volodya."
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Lima climate talks and the three-part alliance
December 3, 2014The latest in a long series of UN-sponsored talks is convening in Lima, Peru. The goal is to lay the basis for a climate treaty deal in Paris in Nov. 2015.
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