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Review: Stefan Molyneux on Martin Luther King Last week, the Canadian Libertarian gave us his thoughts on Karl Marx. This week he turns to Martin Luther King, and shatters a few images in the process.

Ex-president Castro, 87, makes rare public appearance in Cuba Havana - Former Cuban President Fidel Castro made a rare public appearance Wednesday, his first in nine months. The 87-year-old leader of the Cuban Revolution was attending the opening of an arts studio in Havana.

Socialist Kshama Sawant sworn in as Seattle City Council member Seattle - A former economics professor and Occupy Seattle organizer who won a citywide election last year has been sworn in as the first Socialist member of the Seattle City Council in modern times.

Op-Ed: Why the Affordable Care Act is not socialism How did it happen that we are allowing the conservatives to label The Affordable Care Act (ACA) as socialized medicine and or socialism? Are they trying to hide just how capitalistic the ACA really is?

Socialist elected to Seattle City Council, $15 minimum wage leads Seattle - An Occupy Seattle organizer and Socialist Alternative party candidate has been elected to the city council of the largest city in the US Northwest, and a ballot initiative in a nearby suburb that would increase the minimum wage to $15 leads in the polls.

That top 1% yet again Last year the top 1% of American earners grew richer, and the wealth gap widened yet again. This is a never ending story. So what?

Op-Ed: The monstrous legacy of Hugo Chavez should not be celebrated Caracas - It's that time again. The intellectuals of society, media pundits, Hollywood celebrities and politicians will celebrate and admire a leader who embraced socialism, confiscated private property, murdered his opposition and imposed failed economic policies.

Op-Ed: Saving the American Dream Means Letting it Die As we enter a new age of thinking, it seems as though the ideals of the American Dream are stuck in antiquity. It is these residual industrialist ideals that keep people hanging on to the old world while being left behind by the new.

Op-Ed: NDP may remove references to 'socialism' in party constitution Ottawa - The New Democratic Party, the main opposition party in the Canadian federal parliament, may rewrite to preamble to the party constitution. The preamble still has a few phrases that make favorable reference to "socialism".

Bolivia takes state control of Spanish power company subsidiaries La Paz - Bolivian President Evo Morales yesterday announced the nationalization of utility companies owned by Spanish based energy group Iberdrola, the latest in a series of nationalizations of key Bolivian industries.

Op-Ed: Arthur Scargill — The fall of King Coal London - Thirty years ago, Arthur Scargill was idolised by Britain's coal miners. Yesterday at the High Court he lost a legal action against the union he once headed.

Hugo Chavez running behind, against marathon man Capriles Venezuelan politics is in uncharted territory these days, as Hugo Chavez faces his strongest opponent since 1998, when he leaped to power.

Op-Ed: The Life And Work Of Antony C. Sutton Antony C. Sutton died ten years ago today. A mainstream academic, his researches have put flesh on the skeleton of what were once regarded as at best conspiracy theories and at worse, scurrilous or ludicrous ravings.

Op-Ed: Socialism chills world financial markets Socialism is fine until you run out of other people’s money to spend,” or so goes the metaphor. Francois Hollande, the newly-elected President of France, will have an opportunity to prove such right-of-center prophesying false.

Tough job ahead for new French President Hollande Paris - François Hollande, 57, is the second socialist President in the history of France's Fifth Republic. He won promising a new paradigm based on less austerity and more growth.

Op-Ed: UK Labour leader Miliband should learn to embrace 'Red Ed' UK Labour leader Ed Miliband publically rejected the label "Red Ed". But as questions continue to mount about his leadership and he struggles to find a power base in his party, he desperately needs a political identity.

Muppets messengers of liberal politics, charges Fox Business New York - The Muppets. What's not to love? Conservatives say plenty. They charge that children's films like the Muppets are brainwashing vehicles for liberal writers to push their socialist agendas on poor vulnerable and unsuspecting youngsters.

Op-Ed: The Hubris of East Europe's Peasants Smug hubris is everywhere I look. Add to this access to the Internet, this great equalizer of the stupid, and everyone in these shabby countries - from Macedonia to Russia - holds himself or herself to be a genius and not in need of further edification.

Op-Ed: European Socialists have a serious credibility problem Disturbing signs are emerging that the French, British and other European socialist parties are not convincing the people of their countries that they are still a plausible alternative to the right. If they don’t wake up soon they may become irrelevant.

Inside Canada's political parties: The Socialist Party of Canada Special Toronto - Some believe that the recent financial meltdown was caused by free markets and capitalism, which has drawn many people to look at the alternative: Socialism. The Socialist Party of Canada wants to define what socialism really means.

Cartoonist suggests violent revolution against US government Appearing on MSNBC's 'Dylan Ratigan Show,' leftist political cartoonist Ted Rall calls for financial rebellion and outright violence against the American government.

Op-Ed: Rainy day reflections on France’s looming power vacuum The failure of Socialism to adapt to the modern world and the real prospect of its eventual disappearance would be of no importance if it weren’t for the fact that there is nothing to replace it as an effective fail-safe against political extremism.

New Nationalism reflected in White House policies In 1910 President Theodore Roosevelt inspired at the time by Herbert Croly's book "The Promise of American Life", gave a speech preaching the verses virtues of big government.

Op-Ed: Is Socialism Democracy's Natural Course? Many Americans are claiming that the current U.S. administration is leading the country toward socialism and not strengthening its democracy. The Obama Administration claims to be attempting to save the system, while showing signs of being socialists.

Op-Ed: Sharpton Admits A Vote For Obama Was A Vote For Socialism In this video, the reverend Sharpton admitts that when the American people voted for Obama for president, they were voting for Socialism.

Op-Ed: ​Tax the rich, that's the solution First though, we have to figure out who the rich are. Well, that's easily defined. Anyone with more money than you have.

Op-Ed: Obama May Actually Save Our Nation The election of Barack Obama may actually be the best thing that ever happened to our nation, if he and the liberals don't destroy it first.

Op-Ed: What Ever Happened to Respect for the President? What's going on, America? Since when is it okay to treat a president with the lack of respect we have witnessed in the past weeks and months?

Counter-Protest at Pro Obama Rally in Denver Special At an event sponsored by Organization For America, about 500 people supporting Obama’s health care plan converged at North High School in Denver for a rally.

Original Obama Joker Artist Unmasked People all over the U.S. have been looking to find the creator of a joker-faced Barack Obama image that has circulated on the Web recently. As it turns out, it was a 20-year-old Palestinian-American named Firas Alkhateeb who was just playing in Photoshop.

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