Guantánamo Film Ignores the War on Terror’s Ongoing Tangible Harms
“There is no them, there is only us,” says filmmaker Alex Gibney reflecting on the story of Abu Zubaydah, a torture victim and Guantánamo prisoner who is the focus of his HBO documentary, The Forever Prisoner. Expanding on this, he poses a challenge: “If we believe in that idea, how can we imprison a man […]
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The Climate Won’t Survive Our Current Appetite for Consumerism and Consumption
Confession time: this year, I don’t want to buy my kids anything for Christmas. This is a big one. Okay, let me try to soften that a bit. I have purchased a few small, but useful items. But that’s it! No new games, no new toys, no new clothes (other than socks)… nothing. They already […]
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Thousands of Virginians Have Faced Years of Sickness-Inducing Landfill Pollution
Erica Nophlin woke one morning with a sore stomach, as she has for the past two years. She checked on her two young daughters and her cousin, who both had the same symptoms. The girls suffered from headaches, upset stomachs and throat pains. “It’s like almost every single night,” said Nophlin, a 37-year-old with shoulder-length […]
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Apple Workers Held Christmas Eve Walkout for Their Safety Amid Holiday Shopping
A group of Apple employees organized a Christmas Eve walkout, demanding better working conditions and calling on customers to not shop in the tech giant’s retail or online stores. “We are Apple,” Apple Together, the group organizing the walkout, tweeted Thursday. “We deserve a respectful workplace. We deserve paid sick time. We are entitled to […]
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Warrior Met Coal Miners Are Spending Christmas 2021 on Strike
This article was first published in Labor Notes. As millions of families gather to decorate fir trees this Christmas, children of striking coal miners in Alabama are asking for practical gifts. Clothes and shoes are the most requested items, followed by Barbies, Rainbow High dolls, Legos and Nerf guns and makeup kits. The Mine Workers […]
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Activists Are Using the “Climate Necessity Defense” in Court — and Winning
Jessica Reznicek could’ve gotten away with disassembling bits and pieces of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in Iowa and South Dakota in 2016 and 2017, slicing through metal with an oxyacetylene cutting welding torch in broad daylight without detection; but eluding the law wasn’t her primary purpose. She made it clear in a claim of […]
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Organizers Are Building Solidarity Through Holiday Mutual Aid Work
Many people find the holiday season difficult. There might not be much to toast to for those who are facing eviction or are separated from loved ones. And when you throw in the fact that we’re still wholly in the middle of an unprecedented global pandemic, it’s clear that a lot people are experiencing feelings […]
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Retail Workers Are Organizing for Safety and Dignified Pay Amid Holiday Rush
This story was first published at Prism. Andrew Stacy, an Indianapolis Target employee, was spreading the word about a unionizing effort in their store the week before Christmas. The busy holiday season — and new anxieties raised by the recently emerged Omicron variant of COVID-19 — was no reason for them to wait until the […]
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Senators Against Generic COVID Vaccines Have Received Twice as Much Pharma Cash
This article was written by Sludge, an independent investigative news site that covers money in politics. Click here to support Sludge. India and South Africa made a landmark proposal to the World Trade Organization in October 2020 that parts of their Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS) be waived during the pandemic. This […]
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Sanders Takes Aim at Manchin’s Argument Against Build Back Better: “Not True”
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday countered fellow Sen. Joe Manchin’s recent Fox Newsappearance with op-ed on the right-wing outlet’s website aimed at rebutting the West Virginia Democrat’s falsehood-laden talking points against the Build Back Better Act. “Manchin, the Republicans, and corporate America say this bill will add to our national debt and make inflation worse. […]
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