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While he openly shakes down Venezuela for oil, US media acts like Trump cares about human rights in Iran
As the US president moves from bombing one country to another, liberal-washing of Trump continues apace.
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‘We are facing a tsunami of hate’: amid ICE crackdown, unions and community groups call for Minnesota shutdown in 10 days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is c...
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Gas and electric bills are too damned high! Residents call for publicly owned power grid
“Last night, more than 250,000 Maryland children went to bed freezing, and this morning they woke up freezing. But BG&E, they made...
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Gas and electric bills are too damned high! Residents call for publicly owned power grid
“Last night, more than 250,000 Maryland children went to bed freezing, and this morning they woke up freezing. But BG&E, they made...
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Venezuela: A show of US force, a testament of US decline
Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro is “a performance” of the kind of US imperial power “that [Trump]...
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Largest nurses strike in NYC history as nearly 15,000 healthcare workers hit the picket line
“No nurse should be asked to accept less pay, fewer benefits, or less dignity for doing lifesaving work,” said New York City Mayor...
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‘No fascist USA!’: Baltimore marches against ICE
“Get your neighbors organized, get your friends organized… ‘cause we outnumber the fascists completely, and if we all stick togeth...
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Backlash builds against Trump DOJ’s ‘unprecedented’ investigation of US Federal Reserve Chairman
“If the Federal Reserve loses its independence, the stability of our markets and the broader economy will suffer.”
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Minneapolis teachers, parents denounce federal agents’ assault at Roosevelt High, demand ICE leave
Members of Minneapolis Federation of Educators and community allies gathered in South Minneapolis to condemn the detention of scho...
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‘Yankee Go Home’: How Venezuela’s greatest protest singer denounced US intervention
Ali Primera sang songs of resistance to inequality and injustice—songs of resistance to the United States. And he had reason to be...
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More shocking footage shows federal agents raiding Minneapolis high school, handcuffing staff
“They’re just animals,” said a local school official of the federal agents. “I’ve never seen people behave like this.”
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Portland mayor decries mounting bloodshed, tells ICE to get out after federal agents shoot two
“As mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed,” said Keith Wilson, the De...
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Hours after US citizen shot dead by ICE, JD Vance says ‘door-to-door’ operations are coming
“This is starting to look disturbingly like Germany in the 1930s.”
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Trump abandonment of global treaties, including landmark climate deal, ‘threatens all life on Earth’
“Trump cutting ties with the world’s oldest climate treaty is another despicable effort to let corporate fossil fuel interests run...
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De-ICEing the Big Easy (documentary report)
“Children are skipping school because they’re afraid of ICE. Parents are unable to go to the grocery store because they’re afraid...
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‘ICE should leave now’: Community fury in Minneapolis after deadly shooting by federal agent
Rep. Ilhan Omar demanded that ICE agents “stop terrorizing our communities.”
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Report: Major outlets informed of plan to abduct Maduro, but withheld reporting
The New York Times and The Washington Post reportedly sought to “avoid endangering US troops.”
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The 1994 Zapatista Uprising: Resisting NAFTA and corporate capitalism
The Zapatistas rose up on January 1, 1994, just over three decades ago. They remain an inspiration for social movements, communiti...