Tuesday, May 14, 2024

A new roadmap for getting change done

The victories of young, fresh insurgents get the most attention, but equally important is the beginning of reform within DNC.

Why doesn’t American political culture understand the power of direct action campaigns?

It’s time to recover what we once knew: Direct action campaigns are the engine that power movements past state power and right-wing violence.
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Trump escalates economic attack on Cuba, banning Americans from educational, cultural trips

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin claimed the ban is in retaliation for Cuba “providing a communist foothold in the region and propping up U.S. adversaries in places like Venezuela and Nicaragua.”

More than a thousand arrested as Yellow Vests protests over economic frustration rage on...

Some 1,220 people were arrested in France on Saturday as more than a hundred thousand took to the streets – leading to a lockdown...
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Documenting Hate: New doc lays bare the violent white supremacy that exploded in Charlottesville

It became the biggest and deadliest white supremacist rally in the United States in decades.
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MLK Day special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his own words

While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice.

As Trump tweets hateful threats, states are protecting immigrant rights

"In the midst of the extreme rhetoric and reality, people across the country are finding common ground on immigration."

Don’t subsidize companies that silence workers

When workers can’t organize or speak out, their lives — and ours — may be at risk.

Everything about 2018 shows why Americans should remember World War I

The Great War had it all: An administration that hated protesters. A compliant Supreme Court. National anthem panics and literal flag kissing!

The racist roots of American policing: From slave patrols to traffic stops

The persistence of racially biased policing means that unless American policing reckons with its racist roots, it is likely to keep repeating mistakes of the past.