Author: Lev Koufax

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Palestine

Ilhan Omar’s support of BDS isn’t anti-Semitic. It’s just common sense

July 27, 2019 Lev Koufax
On July 17, progressive Minnesota Congressperson Ilhan Omar introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives defending people’s right to boycott. Omar’s resolution was in response to a proposed vote on the floor of the […]
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Venezuela

Washington, D.C., protesters say, ‘No to NATO! Hands off Venezuela!’

April 5, 2019 Lev Koufax
On a sunny and clear spring day, over 500 anti-war activists gathered at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., on March 30 to say “No to NATO!” The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance […]
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Korea

Behind Trump’s walkout of Korea summit

March 7, 2019 Lev Koufax
On Feb. 28, U.S. President Donald Trump and Workers’ Party of Korea Chairperson Kim Jong Un met in Hanoi, Vietnam, to officially open the second summit between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic […]
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Indigenous peoples

Historic Indigenous Peoples March defends sovereignty

January 26, 2019 Lev Koufax
Washington, D.C. — On Jan. 18, the first ever Indigenous Peoples March gathered in Washington, D.C. The march started at the U.S. Department of the Interior and ended on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where a […]
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Labor and strikes

Unions call for end of anti-worker shutdown

January 14, 2019 Lev Koufax
On January 10, in spite of cold and windy conditions, hundreds of union workers and their supporters gathered outside AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C., to protest the current federal government shutdown. A coalition of more […]