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From Despair to Revolution: The Bronx’s Path to Defeating Addiction

by the Bronx Antiwar Coalition, published on Workers World, October 18, 2024 The Bronx Anti-War Coalition hosted a film screening on Oct. 11 of the documentary “Dope is Death” as part of our guerrilla cinema series. The widely attended event featured a Q&A session with former Young Lord and acupuncturist Walter Bosque, where community members engaged in a lively discussion[…]

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We Must Not Surrender to Totalitarianism

Statement from Black Alliance for Peace, October 17, 2024 Resistance to Oppression is a Human Right The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) recognizes that we are in a moment of increased and increasingly dangerous political repression. Peoples’ resistance to oppressive, militaristic, and genocidal policies enacted by the U.S. national security apparatus are once again being met with persecution, marginalization, violence,[…]

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Solidarity With Samidoun And Khaled Barakat, Designated As ‘Terrorists’

by Dalal Zainabi and Saheli Chowdhury, published on The Orinoco Tribune, October 16, 2024 Editor’s note: Aside from the domestic political implications of this bizarre decision, we can consider the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, often without charge, brutally tortured in many cases, and suffering unlimited sentences.  The one organization that openly supports them across the Western world[…]

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October 7, The Election and Capitalist Crisis, A Conversation With Ajamu Baraka

by Margaret Kimberley and Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, October 8, 2024 Margaret Kimberley, Executive Editor and Senior Columnist of Black Agenda Report is again in conversation with Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report Editor and Contributor. The US presidential election is just four weeks away, and momentous events are occurring, particularly in Western Asia, where Israel continues its onslaught with[…]

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Al-Aqsa Flood Anniversary: Year of Historic Resistance and Solidarity

by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, October 9, 2024 The Palestinian Factions (National and Islamic Forces) explained in an Oct. 5 statement that: “The blessed Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood on the glorious 7th of October brought about a strategic shift in the struggle with the zionist occupation and revealed its true nature to the entire world. It came as[…]

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Cornell Student Nick Wilson on Pro-Palestine Activism

I Was Just Suspended by Cornell University. Here’s My Story. by Nick Wilson, published in the Cornell Sun, April 27, 2024 My name is Nick Wilson, I am a second-year undergraduate in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and yesterday I was temporarily suspended from the University for participating in a nonviolent encampment on the Arts Quad. I was suspended[…]

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Palestine Solidarity: Suggestions for Young People… Repressing the Repression and Censorship

by Dr. Karlos Bermann, published on Socialist Action, September 26, 2024 Editor’s Note: Here are more ideas on protesting in the US and ending the US/Israeli war on the Middle East.  With Fall Semester beginning, it’s time to turn the tables on campus repression and censorship! Classes are just resuming and in Virginia we’ve already seen VCU students campaigning against[…]

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NYPD Mass Subway Shooting Over $2.90 – Fare Evasion or Fatal Excuse?

Statement by Bronx Antiwar Coalition, published on Workers World, September 20, 2024 This statement was issued by the Bronx Anti-War Coalition on Sept. 16, 2024, in response to the Sept. 15 shooting of four people by New York Police Department officers after a man allegedly evaded paying a subway fare. Yesterday, the NYPD shot Derell Mickles, a Black man in[…]

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Harris-Trump “Debate” Ruling Class Politics: The “Lesser Evil” Takes Some Blows

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, September 16, 2024 The two multi-billionaire-backed, 2024 presidential candidates faced off before some 67 million ABC-TV viewers on September 10. The pollsters recorded that Democrat Kamala Harris handily “won” the debate by a 66-34 margin. The New York Times’ fact checkers found that Republican Donald Trump lied or distorted facts 33 times; Harris made but[…]

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Takeover! A Human Rights Approach to Housing

TAKEOVER! A Human Rights Approach to Housing is a beautifully written book about poor and homeless people choosing to live and refusing to die. by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, September 11, 2024 I can’t recommend TAKEOVER! A Human Rights Approach to Housing, by Cheri Honkala and the Poor People’s Army, enough. Most people don’t like to think[…]

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