• First city-wide rent reduction in the history of New York State, ordered by the Rent Guidelines Board of Kingston, New York, is upheld by Appellate Court
    First city-wide rent reduction in the history of New York State, ordered by the Rent Guidelines Board of Kingston, New York, is upheld by Appellate Court

    New York State's Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 permits the regulation of residential rents  ("rent stabilization") on the declaration of a housing emergency in New York City when the vacancy rate falls below 5%, or by similar declarations in municipalities in the suburban New York City counties of Nassau, Westchester and Rockland.

    Taurus and the bullfighters: Berlin Bulletin No. 221, March 23, 2024
    Taurus and the bullfighters: Berlin Bulletin No. 221, March 23, 2024

    Weapons, weapons, weapons—the more the better! With ever louder talk about “the foe” and “protective measures”, as if Putin were amassing troops or maneuvering warships along German borders—instead of just the opposite taking place in the Baltic and Lithuania…The blitzkrieg-laden spirit of 1941 Germany is all over the media.

    Dossier no. 74: Interrupted emancipation: Women and work in East Germany
    Dossier no. 74: Interrupted emancipation: Women and work in East Germany

    This dossier looks at the history and unfinished work of women’s liberation in the German Democratic Republic, such as its achievements, legacy, and the challenges it faced.

    The Communist Women’s Movement in Retrospect
    The Communist Women’s Movement in Retrospect

    Paul Buhle reviews "The Communist Women’s Movement," a collection of documents of a global women’s communist movement.

    The Gates of the Great Continent: Palestine, China, and the War for Humanity’s Future (Part 4)
    The Gates of the Great Continent: Palestine, China, and the War for Humanity’s Future (Part 4)

    Now, as in the worldwide revolutionary upsurge of the 1960s-70s, the strongest emotive and analytical connections between China’s historical experience and the Palestinian resistance come through the memory of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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