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Kurt Cobain · AberdeenClass rage informs the anger found across Nirvana’s studio albums. Thirty years after Kurt Cobain’s death, we should remember his critique of the corporate mainstream — a political stance shaped by his working-class background.
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during the taping of MTV Unpluggedat Sony Studios in New York City, November 18, 1993. (Frank Micelotta / Getty Images)
In 1991, Kurt Cobain, the Nirvana frontman who died thirty years ago this mo…See the Story
Kurt Cobain, Working-Class Hero
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Gaza · GazaToday an international group of activists is setting sail for Gaza, hoping to deliver badly needed aid to Palestinians there. The effort follows a similar voyage to breach Israel’s blockade 14 years ago — which the IDF met with deadly force.
Activists hold a press conference inside a ship belonging to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition while it anchors in the Tuzla seaport near Istanbul, Turkey, on April 19, 2024. (Yasin Akgul / AFP via Getty Imag…See the Story
A Humanitarian Voyage Is Hoping to Break Israel’s Blockade
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In Australia, Fitness Workers Are Organizing
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Oil and Gas Sector · East PalestineBig Oil has launched a lobbying blitz to scale back safety regulations for its build-out of experimental carbon dioxide pipelines, endangering nearby communities in the event of a leak.
A sign against a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline outside a home in New Liberty, Iowa, on June 4, 2023. (Miriam Alarcon Avila / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A carbon dioxide pipeline rupture in the small village of Satartia, Mississippi, sent nearly fifty people…See the Story
CO2 Pipelines Are Big Oil’s New Mode of Destruction
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Eurovision · PortugalIn Brighton in early April of 1974, ABBA won Eurovision for Sweden. It would be the first of the country’s seven wins to date. Portugal’s entry, “E depois do adeus,” sung by Paulo de Carvalho, tied for last place. Despite its poor performance, the song was on heavy rotation on Portuguese radio in the weeks after […]See the Story
How Portugal’s Revolutionaries Overthrew the Dictatorship
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Guinea-Bissau · Guinea-BissauHalf a century ago, Amílcar Cabral asked a group of young filmmakers from Guinea-Bissau to bring his country’s independence struggle to the big screen. They’re now completing the project as a tribute to one of Africa’s greatest revolutionaries.
Amílcar Cabral in 1971. (Lehtikuva / AFP via Getty Images)
In the early 1970s, the African liberation leader Amílcar Cabral entrusted a group of four young filmmakers from Guinea-Bissau with documenting…See the Story
Filming the Story of Amílcar Cabral’s Revolution
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Lisbon, Portugal · LisbonFifty years ago today, a left-wing military revolt against Portugal’s dictatorship transformed into an anti-colonial social revolution that shook the world. Now, in 2024, its radical history is being forgotten at home.
Protest in Lisbon, Portugal, on May 1, International Workers' Day, 1975. (Giorgio Piredda / Sygma via Getty Images)
The last revolution in Western Europe began as something more mundane — a military coup. On April 25, 1974, a gr…See the Story
Never Forget Portugal’s Revolution
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The Case for Capital Controls
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