Trump’s Pick for AZ Secretary of State Participated in January 6 Capitol Breach
The dangers of an autocratic, unaccountable government, rubber-stamped with stage-managed election-rigged elections, are becoming ever more evident as the world watches Russia’s military bombarding Ukraine and police arresting Russian antiwar activists by the thousands. There’s no doubt that Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has held the presidency for most of the years between 1999 and […]
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Repression of Protesters Intensifies in Russia as More Than 13,000 Are Arrested
We speak with Ilya Budraitskis (Russian activist and historian) after more than 5,000 antiwar demonstrators were detained on Sunday in a massive crackdown against Russian civil society. Russian activists are now turning to social media for information as the Russian government continues censorship of major news outlets. Writers and independent news outlets such as Novaya […]
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Why It’s Hard for Most People in the US to Talk About War
When former U.S. President George W. Bush released a statement on Ukraine — “condemning Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine,” and calling on the American people to “stand in solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people as they seek freedom and the right to choose their own future” — I thought to myself, […]
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Immigrant’s Lynching in Brazil Forces Us to Confront Xenophobia and Colonialism
On February 5, protestors marched in major Brazilian cities to demand justice. A young African man, Moïse Kabagambe, was lynched — tortured to death — on a beach in Rio de Janeiro in January. The alleged perpetratorsThey are working men and claim that they did not intend to kill the victim. The victim’s family, on […]
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Sanctions May Sound “Nonviolent,” But They Quietly Hurt the Most Vulnerable
People all over the globe are aware of the benefits of technology today. demonstratingProtest against the Russian invasion and occupation of Ukraine, and a united front against any expansion or escalation of war by other global powers. The current invasion is raising a dilemma for progressives in the U.S. who are sympathetic to the plight […]
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Whittaker Chambers’ ‘Witness’ Turns 70
Upon publication 70 years ago, Whittaker Chambers’ autobiography, “Witness,” immediately became recognized as a stirring spiritual investigation of communism. Chambers’ resounding verdict is that communist ideology corrupts the souls of its adherents, justifying violence to achieve ideological resolution of the total crisis of the modern world. Chambers, a spy for Soviet military intelligence, would set up […]
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Trucker Convoy Counterdemonstrations Show Need for Building Antifascist Movement
After several years of far-right insurgencies in the United States, the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and Trump’s return to public life, few expected Canada to be the location of the next great explosion of right-wing energy. Over the past several weeks, people around the world have watched as a series of protests and […]
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Idaho’s State Senate Has Voted to Adopt a Abortion Ban Modeled After Texas Law
This story was originally published in The 19th. Idaho’s state Senate voted Thursday to enact a six-week abortion ban modeled after the Texas law that has eliminated access to the procedure before many people know they are pregnant. This vote will place Idaho on the road to becoming the second state to have a 6-week […]
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Despite Right-Wing Backlash, Racial Justice Education Is Still on the Rise
Shortly after Alabama’s state board of education passed a resolution last August to ban public schools from teaching or purchasing materials that “impute fault, blame,” or cause students “to feel guilt or anguish” about the legacy of slavery or ongoing racial injustice, members of the Birmingham, Alabama, school board pushed back by passing a resolution […]
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House Committee Issues Subpoena to Top Trump Fundraiser Kimberly Guilfoyle
This story was originally published in ProPublica. ProPublicaPulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Register for The Big Story newsletterGet stories like this in your inbox A U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol issued a subpoena to Kimberly Guilfoyle on Thursday. Kimberly Guilfoyle is a top fundraiser for former President Donald […]
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