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![Marie Le Pen speaks at a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0702-marie-le-pen-400x300.jpg)
Neoliberalism Fueled Far Right Win in First Round of France’s Snap Election
The far right led in the first round of France’s parliamentary elections. The second round takes place July 7.
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Greece Just Became the First European Country to Impose a 6-Day Workweek
Years of brutal neoliberal capitalism combined with the left’s betrayal have led to widespread political demoralization.
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Campus Crackdowns Have Exposed Authoritarian Rot at the Heart of Universities
The greatest threat to democracy on many campuses has turned out to be the schools’ own trustees and administrators.
![Pro-Palestinian demonstrators celebrate after raising the Palestinian flag outside Lisner Hall as they rally on the campus of George Washington University on May 2, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0509-campus-protest-400x300.jpg)
Campus Protests Are Fighting Militarism and Corporatization at Home and Abroad
Student protesters know the fight for Palestinian freedom requires resisting militarization and fascism at home.
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Silence Is Dangerous in the Current Age of Rising Fascism in the US
Social movements are creating powerful new languages for confronting tyranny. We must resist the plague of silence.
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APEC Summit Will Celebrate Corporate Power. Activists Plan to Shut It Down.
APEC has taken on new importance as a vehicle to reinforce U.S. hegemony and militarism that activists hope to combat.
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Lessons From Chile: Organizing in Times of Political Upheaval
The U.S. left has much to learn from the successes and failures of Chile's 2019 uprisings.
![Three students - one wearing a black shirt, and looking at his phone; one wearing a red bandanna around his neck, with his arms behind his head casually; and one wearing a red bandana on his head, speaking to the student wearing the bandana around his neck. All three are seated at a table in front of banners reading "CUT THEIR PAY" with the six-figure salaries of the university's executives listed below, alongside a printed list of the student body's demands.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0828-mcneill-400x300.jpg)
Will WVU’s Draconian Cuts Become a Blueprint for Austerity Across Higher Ed?
West Virginia University is following the neoliberal creed that people should only be educated to the point of utility.
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“Barbie” Lets Us Laugh at the Patriarchy, But Not at the Expense of Corporations
Unsurprisingly, Mattel asks women to be bosses, not to fight them.
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Resisting the Shock Doctrine: A Conversation on Ukraine, Debt and Reconstruction
Three experts contextualize Ukraine's struggle as part of a global movement against neoliberalism and debt.