In Brief
Energy Secretary Credits Activists for Shutting Down Pipelines
It was recently announced that the Dakota Access Pipeline, the largest oil pipeline out of North Dakota, will be shut down, as well as the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. …
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Trump Administration on the Pandemic: “People Will Get Over It”
The administration is “of the belief that people will get over it or if we stop highlighting it…the public will learn to accept 50,000 to 100,000 new cases a day” …
Articles
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Oil and Gas Pipelines. Our Power to Stop Them Is Through Mobilizing.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of oil and gas companies on Monday when they approved fast-track permitting for pipeline construction …
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Brazil’s President Tests Positive for COVID
Jair Bolsonaro, has just tested positive for COVID-19. …
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Students Organize in Solidarity as ICE Announces it will Deport Students in Online Classes
ICE has announced that they will deport any immigrant on a student visa in the US who is enrolled only in online classes this fall …
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South Pole Warming Three Times Faster Than the Rest of the Earth
The South Pole is warming at a rate three times faster than the rest of the globe. …
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Walk Out at Whole Foods: Standing Up for Black Lives!
Workers at a Whole Foods in MA staged a walkout on July 1 to protest management’s decision to not allow employees to wear Black Lives Matter masks …
Articles
San Francisco General Strike 86 Years Ago: The Power of Worker Solidarity
Eighty-six years ago, longshore workers all along the Pacific coast were on strike. …
Articles
The 4th of July – Independence for Whom?
July 4, the United States celebrates Independence Day. But what does that mean? And independence for whom? …
Articles
Bringing down the Statues that Glorify Racism
people across the country are focusing their anger on tearing down and demanding the removal of monuments and other symbols of the Confederacy …
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Second Week of Shipbuilders’ Strike
On June 22, shipbuilders at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, went on strike due to a contract dispute …
Articles
June 30, 1918: Eugene V. Debs Jailed for Opposing Imperialist Violence
“The master class has always declared the war, the subject class has always fought the battles …
Editorials
U.S. Politicians are Guilty of Murder!
The U.S. is currently number one in all coronavirus statistics and far ahead of all …
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Putting a Band-Aid on the Cancer that is Capitalism
BAND-AID recently released a new line of skin colored bandages, featuring shades for black and brown skin tones …
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Nursing Homes Evict Non-profitable Patients
The epicenter for the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. has been nursing homes, where over 40% of the total number of deaths in the country have occurred. …
Articles
June 27, 1954: A Bloody CIA-Sponsored Coup in Guatemala
On June 27, 1954, the democratically elected president of Guatemala, Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán, was deposed in a CIA-sponsored coup to protect the profits of the United Fruit Company …
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Police Treat Racist Militia Murderers with Care
Last week, a member of a right-wing armed militia group shot an anti-racist protestor in Albuquerque …
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Phoenix Trump Rally: Spreading Misinformation is State-Sanctioned, but Protesting Lies is Unlawful
On Tuesday, Trump held a rally in Phoenix, Arizona at the Dream City megachurch …
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Climate Change Sets a Scary Record in Siberia
On June 20, the city of Verkhoyansk in Siberia hit a record high temperature over 100 degrees. …
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COVID-19 Reality is Scary. So is Trump’s Denial.
At his political rally in Tulsa last Saturday, Trump said he wants to reduce testing for COVID-19 …
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Second Wave? No, We’re Still in the First
Due to all 50 states in the U.S. reopening after months of shelter-in-place, some are talking about a “second wave” of COVID-19 infections …
Articles
We Must Go Beyond Defunding the Police
The question in front of us is whether we look to others for reforms or whether we stay mobilized and look to ourselves? …
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Who Would Have Thought?
Who would have thought in January 2020 that …
Articles
First Covid-19, and Now Hunger Too
Recent drone footage of New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Texas has shown long lines of people waiting to get a bit of food …
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A Court Victory for Dreamers – But We Have to Keep Fighting
On Thursday, June 18 The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to overturn Trump’s plan to end DACA …
Articles
Corporations Try to Exploit the Black Lives Matter Movement
In response to massive protests, riots, and ongoing fights against racist police brutality, companies and banks are posting public relations messages …
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Cuomo Tells Protestors: “You Don’t Need to Protest, You Won.”
In a recent press conference, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo revealed the true intention and strategy …
