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TikTok law is an attempt to censor, not a warning to Big Tech
As U.S. lawmakers’ agitation over TikTok culminates in a law that threatens a nationwide ban if the social media platform isn’t sold to a U.S. buyer within nine months, an emergent media narrative finds a silver lining.
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Congress urged to tax Big Oil for price fixing and ‘issue every American a refund
The Groundwork Collaborative’s leader also said that “the Department of Justice should criminally prosecute Scott Sheffield,” the former Pioneer CEO whom the FTC blocked from joining ExxonMobil’s board.
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Ukraine SitRep: Eating the seed corn–Intervention threats and responses
Dima of the Military Summary Channel and others have mentioned that the Ukrainian army has deployed its police and military cadets to the front line.
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Suppressing pro-Palestinian speech is the new McCarthyism
The crackdowns on pro-Palestine protesters recast protected speech as harassment, and have little to do with protecting Jewish students from antisemitic threats.
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Communist Party of Israel-Hadash: Netanyahu’s fascist government on verge of causing humanitarian disaster in Rafah
“Israel’s fascist government is on the verge of bringing about a humanitarian disaster in Rafah,” Hadash and Communist Party of Israel (CPI) says in a common statement on Monday, May 6.
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Brett Christophers: “Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World”
Since the global financial crisis, big banks have taken a backseat, and asset managers have become the—often self-appointed—new experts and administrators of capitalism.
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The State Department report on human rights
Blinken knew exactly what he was doing, he could have delayed the release but he chose, instead to release the State Department’s “2023 Country Report” on the eve of his arrival in China.
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The Antisemitism Awareness Act is a full frontal assault on free speech
This blatant political chicanery would penalize political speech protected by the First Amendment.
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“To be free is to free others”: Formerly incarcerated women urge decarceration
The fight to free women and end mass incarceration is long and ongoing, but these activists aren’t giving up.
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NewsClick rejects absurd, baseless allegations in Delhi Police chargesheet
NewsClick and Prabir Purkyastha have not been involved in any terrorist act. Nor is there any evidence for the same. Prabir does not have links to any terrorist group.
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The end of lean production… and what’s ahead
Lean production, introduced in the 1980s from Japanese automakers, caught on in many U.S. industries.
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10 years of injustice: Anti-fascist leader recounts Odessa massacre
May 2 marks the 10th anniversary of one of the biggest crimes of 21st century fascism—the massacre of nearly 50 activists at the House of Trade Unions in Odessa, Ukraine.
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UNESCO awards World Press Freedom prize to Palestinian journalists
The Palestinian journalists covering the Israeli onslaught on Gaza and the suffering of the Palestinian people are rewarded with the Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom prize.
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Gov’t delivers 4.9M homes, unveils women-led housing project
Created by Hugo Chávez, the Great Housing Mission has reached its 13th anniversary providing housing to working-class people.
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Students’ Gaza protests spread across Britain
Wave of campus occupations launched at six unis.
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Israeli forces tortured a surgeon to death, the latest in Israel’s targeting of Gaza’s health workers
The killing of another surgeon in Israeli custody highlights the ongoing targeting of health workers amid the war on Gaza.
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Ultra-processed food: The profitable filth capitalism feeds us
In general, the discussion around diet today is a monotonous sermon.
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Behind southern governors’ anti-union agenda
Southern politicians who sold their souls to the corporations and banks are a bit rattled right now, and who can blame them? Volkswagen workers won big in Chattanooga, Tennessee, when 73% of plant workers voted to join the United Auto Workers Union.
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Ecological crisis and the role of the working class
The agents of such a holistic revolution to save Mother Earth are not simply the working class in a traditional economic sense, but also the ‘ecological proletariat’, a dedicated army of an ecologically conscious working class, writes Rana Mitra.
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U.S. to send largest weapons shipment yet to Ukraine
“This is the largest security assistance package that we’ve committed to date,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said at a Pentagon news conference.