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Zach Cregger has never seen a Resident Evil movie, and that’s definitely for the better. .

The Canadian prime minister’s remarks before the European parliament outlined a vision of the west without its most powerful member.

Claims that socialist party Die Linke threatens Jewish life in Berlin are shameful lies. .

CNN, MS Now and Politico accurately call last week’s sudden lockout ‘a direct assault on the first amendment’. That’s right.

Human rights groups based in the West Bank have long documented Israel’s crimes — and that’s why they’re now subject to US sanctions. .

As the White House doles out threats and insults, it would be easy to hold out for better times. Mark Carney is right to court the EU instead.

According to philosopher Susan Neiman, the Left abandons the concept of good and evil at our own peril. .

The court’s decision was based entirely on the timing of proposed new mail-in ballot rules. The larger question could re-emerge.

On Sunday, Germany’s socialist party Die Linke won the Berlin elections for the first time. .

Today’s wealth gap is much bigger, and the country’s richest have much more power than they once did. It’s an Age of Oligarchy.

Vivek Chibber recommends five books that explain how empires work, how capitalism divides the world, and how Marxists have argued about imperialism.

Trump’s mess has rekindled Yemen’s civil war and a years-long conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia.

The CEOs of tech firms issue stark warnings over the rate of change, with AI capability doubling every four months.

Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s Empire became a campus sensation because it offered a master theory for globalization at a moment when old Marxist categories seemed exhausted. .

As the organisation meets this week, it remains the best hope for restoring order. But it relies on goodwill from the US president – and that is lacking.

Intelligence agencies like the CIA have been cultivating ties with universities for decades. .

It used to be that Americans turned to GoFundMe to pay off their medical bills in a dysfunctional, privatized health care system. .

The US’s deployment of weaponry in space marks the latest backward step from the show’s optimistic conception of the future.

I want him to start the fightback next week against extremists who peddle hate and those who despise this country. That would be true patriotism.

The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution.

Australians can’t afford to be complacent – Pauline Hanson also thinks it’s OK to shut out reporters she doesn’t like.

Slower overall economic growth doesn’t have to be a bad thing. It is the quality of that growth that matters.

Ursula von der Leyen’s outreach to Canada and new security proposals are wise – but she may not be the right messenger.

The demands on doctors are only intensifying. From dissatisfied patients, I would ask for a measure of grace, understanding and, where possible, forgiveness.

Community, camaraderie, connection: I learned about all these things while hosting pub karaoke nights. Sticky private booths are their absolute antithesis.

War, AI disruption and markets in turmoil: the warnings are all there. But lessons from the 2008 crash could help us.

Humans have always been capable of transcending the lock box of daily life with little more technology at their side than wood, string, a baton and their voices.

Recent weeks have seen a flurry of discussion over potential artificial intelligence doomsday scenarios. .

Instead of inspiring an awakening as filmmakers hope, The Uprising repeats tired liberal calls for “healing,” and, when those disappoint, turns to fantasies of individual violence. .

Three years ago, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain called for American unions to line up contract expirations for May Day 2028 to set the stage for a potential mass strike. .

Plenty of contemporary comedy gazes upon American stupidity and concludes that Americans are stupid. .

The Caribbean of the 1970s was marked by major political and social upheaval. .

The primary in France’s Parti Socialiste will not likely pick the winner of the 2027 presidential election. .

Mitchell Abidor, author of Victor Serge: Unruly Revolutionary, responds to his critics.

The Christian right hasn’t always dominated Texas politics. .

The historian Frances Stonor Saunders died recently at age 60. Her book Who Paid the Piper? pulled back the curtain on postwar CIA funding of Western cultural institutions — despite repeated attempts to censor it, including by her American publisher.

Economist Mona Ali on how the United States wields the world’s most powerful currency to shore up empire and its own ruling class — and how Trump’s careless moves might blow it all up.

Social democracy transformed the 20th century, giving working people a share of wealth and power their grandparents could scarcely imagine. .

The billionaire’s attempted crackdown on Ed Sheeran’s tour only amplified pro-Palestinian statements. It’s been a joy to watch.

The network continues to cater to its presidential ‘audience of one’, downplaying his supreme court loss and more.

The US decision to remove limits on coal and gas plant emissions is rooted in a perception of manliness in these industries.

Not only would the plan do vast economic damage – it assumes that Americans are easily bamboozled.

A petition against the mayor’s presence reeked of Islamophobia – and ran counter to the sense of togetherness that followed the attacks.

Forget the bombing: the Trump administration keeps insisting this isn’t a war. But it’s not just a matter of semantics.

The government apparently has an issue with paths for cyclists. Take it from someone who can’t ride a bike: this makes no sense.

Host Jesse Watters says Trump’s offer to Americans if Republicans retain Congress is ‘an enticement’, not a bribe.

The reluctance of later administrations to repudiate Bush-era torture and endless detention laid the groundwork for recent violence.

The president’s chaotic schemes of aggrandizement, from Venezuela to Iran, have no larger rationale.

Anti-Muslim sentiment is used as a political weapon. Meanwhile, Muslim American leaders are making a difference for all.

The president’s latest warning barely registered, written off as typical behavior. But the threats have real-world consequences.

The more defense secretary Pete Hegseth tries to flex his manly strength, the wimpier he looks.

The president apparently plans to focus on the person he most admires – himself – even if Republicans would rather he didn’t.

Politicians who threaten filmmakers rather than investigate alleged military crimes expose not strength but a leadership frightened of the evidence.

The extraordinary success of the rebels, and Saudi counterstrikes, threaten economic havoc. But the country’s civilians are paying the highest price.

The Kremlin’s clumsy efforts to engineer the outcome reveal growing anxiety about the public mood and a war that is failing.

Keeping people in charge means little if supercomputers determine the evidence, choices and time on which their decisions depend.