Amid US-Russia Escalation, Activists Emphasize NATO Is “Not About Security”
Picture Credit score: Vrede vzw To talk about the important thing function NATO is enjoying within the Ukraine disaster, we communicate with Ludo De Brabander, spokesperson of the peace group Vrede vzw in Belgium, the place NATO is headquartered. De Brabander says NATO has outlived its function, and touches on how activists in NATO nations […]
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As the Right Censors Public Libraries, Families Are Forming Banned Book Clubs
In October 2021 Texas Rep. Matt Krause (Republican chair of the House General Investigation Committee) will be inaugurated. sent a letter to state education authorities asking them if their school libraries stocked any of the 850 “divisive” books on a list he’d compiled. A small group of librarians were concerned about intellectual freedom threats and […]
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We Can’t Let Build Back Better Be Replaced With Manchin’s Wish List
On October 28The White House released a cheerful statement affirming that President Obama had achieved a Build Back Better (BBB) framework with Sen. Joe Manchin, and other recalcitrant Democratic senators. It was, however wildly optimistic. Two months later, having already negotiated the size of Biden’s signature legislation down from more than $3 trillion to not […]
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15 Starbucks Locations Filed for Unionization Today
There are 15 Starbucks locations. filing to unionize on MondayThe historic union drive continues as workers in stores across the country wage a strike. According to Starbucks Workers United and workers at stores in California and Arizona, workers at Ithaca and Buffalo in New York as well as those at stores in Washington, California, Kansas, […]
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Will Boris Johnson’s COVID Hypocrisy Finally Break His Political Grip in the UK?
A much-awaited report on booze-soaked parties attended by top U.K. officials — including Prime Minister Boris Johnson — in violation of COVID rules was finally released today by senior civil servant Sue Gray. It marks the worst crisis of Boris Johnson’s premiership. The U.K. has been under COVID lockdown for 17 of the past 22 […]
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North Carolina District Bans Book on Racism After Just 1 Parent Complains
North Carolina’s school district banned a best-selling novel about a Black teenager who struggles with racism in his community and tries to follow the teachings civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Superintendent Haywood County School district Bill Nolte reportedly made the decision to pull Dear Martin from 10th-grade English classes at Tuscola High School […]
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Antiwar Groups Pan Biden for Announcing Troop Deployment to Eastern Europe
Anti-war activists accused the Biden administration late Friday into Saturday of continuing warmongering after President Joe Biden confirmed that he plans on sending U.S. soldiers to Eastern Europe. “I’ll be moving troops to Eastern Europe in the NATO countries in the near term,” Biden told reporters at Joint Base Andrews late Friday. “Not too many.” […]
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Trump Says if He’s President Again, He Might Pardon Those Involved in Jan. 6
On Saturday, former President Donald Trump suggested at a Conroe, Texas rally that if he runs for president in 2024 and wins, he would pardon hundreds his loyalists facing charges related to the January 6 attack against the U.S. Capitol. “So many people have been asking me about it,” Trump said on Saturday. “If I […]
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Both GOP and Democratic Party Want Us to Surrender to COVID for Capitalism
We have been through a nearly two-year-long pandemic. Not only have we suffered loss, illness, and social isolation, but also the mental exhaustion of trying to keep our loved ones and ourselves safe from ever-changing variants, infection rates, and vaccine protections. We had to learn early on to avoid falling for what psychologists call “psychosis”. […]
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Pharma Hikes Cost of 866 Drugs While Lobbying to Kill Build Back Better
Major pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. hiked the prices of nearly 870 prescription medications during the first month of the new year as lock-step Republicans and right-wing Democrats — flush with cash from drugmakers — continue to block legislation aimed at reining in the industry. Rx Savings Solutions released an analysis Sunday showing that drugmakers […]
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