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Free Speech Trial of Uhuru 3 Begins in Tampa

by Phil Wilayto, for The Virginia Defender, September 4, 2024 TAMPA, FL, Sept. 4 — The trial of the Uhuru 3 opened this morning at U.S. District Court in downtown Tampa, Judge William Jung presiding. The defendants in the highly politically charged case are facing up to 15 years in prison if convicted of charges that they have been operating[…]

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Race, Rights and Repression: The Moral and Political Dilemma of the Capitalist Dictatorship

by Ajamu Baraka and Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, September 4, 2024 BAR Executive Editor Margaret Kimberley talks to Ajamu Baraka, BAR Editor and Columnist about the upcoming presidential election and how the outcome will impact international and domestic policy. Ajamu provides his analysis on Palestine, the Ukraine/Russia war, U.S. imperialism in Africa, police militarism, and the federal[…]

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With US Support, Israel Extends Gaza Genocide to the West Bank

by Andre Damon, published on World Socialist Website, August 28, 2024 Israel has launched a new phase of its ethnic cleansing operation in Palestine targeting the West Bank. On Tuesday and Wednesday, hundreds of Israeli troops, along with armored vehicles and bulldozers, supported by drones and helicopters, launched the largest raid into the occupied West Bank in two decades, targeting[…]

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Daniel Ortega on the Occasion of the 45th Anniversary of the Sandanista Popular Revolution

by Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, translated and published on Tortilla Con Sal, July 20, 2024 President Ortega’s speech given at the celebration of the Sandinista Revolution, July 19, 2024:  Daniel Ortega does a better job of presenting Nicaragua’s truth than anyone else, so let’s see what he has to say.  Here, No One Surrenders! Young people are in command[…]

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The Criminality of Unilateral Sanctions

by Prabhat Patnaik, published on MR Online, September 1, 2024 DURING Modi’s visit to Ukraine (why he visited Ukraine at all at the present time remains a mystery), Zelensky asked India not to purchase fuel from Russia in violation of western sanctions, that is, to fall in line with the “unilateral” western sanctions. Let us for a moment forget the[…]

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An Arms Embargo on Israel is Not a Radical Idea — It’s the Law

by Youana Tchoukleva, published on Mondoweiss, August 31, 2024 As Israel launches its largest military assault in the West Bank in twenty years, I cannot stop thinking about the people I met in the occupied territory. I think of the mother in Jenin who was on the phone with her two sons seconds before their house was burned in an[…]

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Ukraine Proves a Useful Tool for NATO Imperialists in Africa

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, August 23, 2024 According to reports in the corporate media, Ukraine is using its special forces to attack the Russian support mission in Syria and is supplying critical intelligence to reactionary movements that are trying to dismantle Mali in Africa’s Sahel region. (thehill.com, July 2) Russia’s involvement in Syria goes back to September[…]

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Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade

by Book Review by Jonathan Kissam, published on Labor Today, September 1, 2024 The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade, by Jeff Schuhrke:   After unions won historic gains for working people in the strike wave that followed the end of World War II, corporations like General Electric and Westinghouse sought to weaken the labor movement. By labeling militant[…]

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Democracies Attack Journalism as They Attack “Democracy” Itself

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, August 28, 2024 What does democracy mean if elections are ignored and journalists are charged as criminals? That is the case today, as western countries descend into crises of their own making and are more blatant in their disregard for the norms they claim to adhere to. They are only devoted to[…]

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How the U.S. Could Have Won the Venezuelan Election

by Roger D. Harris, published on Workers World, August 23, 2024 Workers World has been publishing, unedited, statements from anti-imperialist media and individuals to show the breadth of support for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and opposition to the lies of the U.S. government and corporate media.  Washington’s intent was not to encourage a free and fair democratic process but[…]

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