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In the U.S.

Trump and Musk’s anti-worker agenda

November 9, 2024 Gary Wilson
Donald Trump is a fascist and must be fought by any means necessary. Trump’s brand of fascism is rooted in the Confederacy and the slave-owning system, the overturn of Reconstruction, and the terror of the […]
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Working class activists and U.S. President cross paths in Baltimore

November 7, 2024 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau
Oct. 31 — We and President Joe Biden had very different Tuesdays. But somehow, we crossed paths in Baltimore City, Maryland.  In the first place, Biden and these writers are very different kinds of people. […]
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From Cuba to Louisiana: Two paths after slavery’s end

November 4, 2024 Gregory E. Williams
Part 1: Populists fought the ruling class Part 2: Populism or fascism? Part 3: The history of Black Populism Part 4: Two paths after slavery’s end Part 5: A Cuban perspective on race and revolution […]
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Black and Palestinian liberation movements find common ground in Oakland

October 30, 2024 Lara Kiswani
The following are the introductory remarks by Lara Kiswani, Executive Director of AROC (Arab Resources Organizing Center), on Oct. 26, 2024,, in Oakland, California. The occasion was author Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation with Dena Takruri […]
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Justice for Jordan Neely! Vigilante killings must be stopped!

October 21, 2024 Stephen Millies
Oct. 21 — A hundred people came to the Criminal Courts Building in lower Manhattan this morning to demand justice for Jordan Neely. The 30-year-old Black man was strangled to death by the white vigilante […]
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Gov. Jeff Landry, lawmakers to spend millions on juvenile detention center expansions

October 21, 2024 Julie O’Donoghue | Louisiana Illuminator, Verite News
Oct. 16 — Louisiana officials expect to put tens of millions of dollars over the next two months into expanding juvenile detention centers that house children and teenagers accused of crimes. At the beginning of the […]
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A law was meant to target teen violence. Instead, 17-year-olds are being charged as adults for lesser offenses.

October 21, 2024 Richard A. Webster, Verite News
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Verite News. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. In February, a prosecutor from […]
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Meat monopolies ripped off McDonald’s and everybody else

October 18, 2024 Stephen Millies
Skyrocketing food prices are a corporate conspiracy McDonald’s filed an antitrust suit on Oct. 4 against the four biggest meatpackers, claiming the outfits conspired to jack up beef prices since at least 2015. The four […]
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Elections at a time of growing war budget and shrinking wages

October 16, 2024 Gary Wilson
The polls published by the mainstream media all say that the presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is extremely close. The money race is not so close. In the big money competition between […]
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Decaying capitalism can’t protect us from not-so-natural disasters

October 10, 2024 Stephen Millies
Cuts in public transportation mean more lives will be lost What happened in Florida is horrendous and preventable. Millions of people were trying to escape as Hurricane Milton approached. Mile after mile of expressways were […]