Let’s Build Leftist Academic Solidarities to Rebuff Far Right Attacks
Five decades of relentless neoliberal reforms targeting public universities have aligned them with the profiteering agendas global capital while simultaneously shrinking the space for academics who want to fulfill their educational goals. public rolesAs intellectuals. Paradoxically, as the global zeitgeist of neoliberal knowledge production has orchestrated the transformation of universities as propagandists for the free […]
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Thousands Demand Release of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange
WikiLeaks SupportersJulian Assange organized a massive transatlantic protest Saturday to demand the release of the journalist incarcerated. In London, thousands of people formed a giant human chain around Britain’s parliament and called for Assange’s immediate release from the nearby maximum-security Belmarsh prison, where he has suffered for years under conditions that experts have condemned It […]
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Prison Strikers Across Alabama Demand Change Despite Severe Retaliation
This piece was originally published in Labor Notes Across the state of Alabama, where the state’s longest-ever strike Warrior Met Coal is currently in process after more than 18 months. Another historic labor stoppage is currently in its second week. Thousands of men in Alabama’s major male prisons have refused to report to work. “The […]
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More Than Two Dozen Abortion Clinics Closed in the First 100 Days Post-Roe
This story was first published by The 19th According to a new analysis by the The, 26 abortion clinics have closed since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court. Guttmacher Institute,Access to abortion and critical health services is being cut off. Researchers say that the number and severity of clinic closures will increase […]
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Harris’ Suggestion to Distribute Disaster Relief Based on ‘Equity’ Is Wrong.
Fresh off an embarrassing gaffe in South Korea, in which Vice President Kamala Harris praised the United States’ strong alliance with North Korea, she is at it again—albeit without gaffes but with a striking comment emblematic of our country’s divide over racial issues. At a Sept. 30 event organized by actress Priyanka Chopra, during which […]
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States are in a headlong rush to attack voting access — or expand it
Nine days of early voting were eliminated in Iowa. New Hampshire took away ballot drop boxes. Georgia also made it a crime for voters to wait in line to get water. It will be more difficult than ever to vote in many states, almost all of which are controlled by Republicans. That’s especially true for […]
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Puerto Rico Needs Support After Hurricane Fiona, Here’s How to Help
In the wakePuerto Rico’s grassroots networks and mutual aid are responding to the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona by providing food, water, and medical supplies to those in need. Local organizations respond quickly to community needs by recruiting volunteers, distributing resources and cleaning up after them. “We have seen that the government is incapable of addressing […]
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We Believe He’s Still Hiding White House Docs
An official from the Department of Justice’s National Security Division (DOJ) informed lawyers for former President Donald Trump that it does not believe that all the documents that Trump improperly removed were recovered by the department. According to The New York Times, this is the “most concrete indication yet” that the department remains skeptical of […]
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Union Filings Grew By 53 Percent This Fiscal Year, Marking Growing Union Wave
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), has released new data that shows union filings have increased dramatically in the past year. They reached a six-year high, and increased by more than 50% over the previous year. Fiscal Year 2022, which ran from October 2021 to September 2022, saw a rise in union petition filings with […]
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UK Accused of Giving ‘Two Fingers Up’ to Climate With New Oil and Gas Licenses
Climate campaigners meet Friday condemned the U.K.’s announcement that it will open up a new licensing round for oil and gas fields in the North Sea, saying the decision signifies the Conservative government’s blatant disregard for the climate emergency and warnings against fossil fuel exploration from energy experts and scientists. Claiming new oil and gas […]
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