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Good riddance to Pat Robertson: Preacher of bigotry came from the ruling class

June 25, 2023 Stephen Millies
Does anyone care that hate preacher Pat Robertson croaked on June 8? Those inheriting his $100 million fortune must have been waiting for the 93-year-old to die.  The loot came from Robertson’s broadcasting empire, African […]
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The Rosenbergs were heroes

June 19, 2023 Stephen Millies
70th anniversary of their execution In his funeral eulogy for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, W.E.B. Du Bois declared, “They died because they would not lie.” The Rosenbergs were executed by the U.S. government on Juneteenth, […]
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Debt ceiling deal means austerity for workers and the poor

June 17, 2023 Chris Fry
With tremendous media fanfare, President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy agreed to allow the so-called “debt ceiling” to be raised until 2025. Despite assuring the public that cutting money to federal […]
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Attacks on student loan forgiveness threaten millions in the U.S.

June 4, 2023 Natalia Marques
Congress is spearheading an effort to force millions of student debtors deeper into financial despair U.S. Senators from the Republican and Democrat parties pushed to quickly approve the bipartisan debt ceiling deal on Thursday night, […]
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War criminal Kissinger doesn’t deserve to be 100 years old

June 3, 2023 Stephen Millies
It’s obscene that Henry Kissinger could celebrate his 100th birthday on May 27. Patrice Lumumba, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, and Dr. King were all murdered before they reached 40. Each of these heroes […]
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Hundreds gather in Atlanta in support of arrested Atlanta Solidarity Fund activists

June 3, 2023 FightBack! News
Three face outrageous money laundering and charity fraud charges Atlanta – On May 31, roughly 150 people gathered outside the DeKalb County Jail for a noise demonstration in support of three activists arrested that morning […]
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How about ‘work requirements’ for yacht owners? Ebenezer Scrooge is alive and well in Congress

May 23, 2023 Stephen Millies
Using the so-called debt limit as a club, congressional leaders are pushing for more attacks on the poor. Don’t expect Joe Biden to fight back. That’s our job.  The current fiscal crisis is completely artificial. […]
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What’s the matter with Montana? Deindustrialization and political reaction

May 8, 2023 Stephen Millies
 Why has the ruling class in Montana become so hateful? Transphobic bigots in the legislature banned Rep. Zooey Zephyr from speaking or even entering the chamber of the state’s House of Representatives. Montana Gov. […]
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Harry Belafonte: problems faced by people of color are ‘as dire and entrenched as they were half a century ago’

May 6, 2023 Gloria Verdieu
 Harry Belafonte’s album “Calypso,” which included Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) and Jamaica Farewell, reached the top of the Billboard album chart shortly after its release in 1956 and stayed there for 31 weeks. […]
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U.S. judicial system’s bias against workers

May 3, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
There are various concepts of the law. One often hears reference to “Constitutional Law.” The U.S. Constitution, with the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1789, did not extend equal rights to people kidnapped from […]