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Mexico: The 2nd Yankee Occupation

Patricia Simoni - July 21, 2022. Published in Milenio

The labor revolution caused by the pandemic is here to stay, and we have a Yankee occupation in the bargain.

OPD ~ 15 July 2022, edited by Helaine Schweitzer, proof in progress

France: In the Shadow of Too Expensive San Francisco, Oakland Is Gentrifying

Robin Koerner - September 17, 2015. Published in Rue89

Poverty, violence, gangs: The city of Oakland, located on San Francisco Bay, has until now suffered an unenviable reputation. However, it is in the process of becoming a newly fashionable place.

Canada: The Other Youth

Robin Koerner - May 6, 2015. Published in Le Devoir

There is an urgent need for dialogue because black people, as James Baldwin writes in his essay 'Journey to Atlanta,' have completely lost confidence in the American political system.

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