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A Potentially Politically Hot Summer in Puerto Rico
For today I have been asked to speak a bit about my country, Puerto Rico, and the socioeconomic crisis that is currently developing there.1 Given the time constraints, I want to provide you with a brief overview of what is being experienced there by the victims of the crisis. I want to also speak a […]
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The Trump administration is banning books on military bases. We sued.
Censorship in Defense Department K-12 schools violates the First Amendment.
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Exclusive: U.S. quietly sent hundreds of Hellfire missiles to Israel before Iran attack
Hellfire missiles would have been used for precision strikes by Israel during Iran attack, U.S. officials say.
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How to say in Russian happy birthday Donald, happy U.S. Army and Flag Day
Putin is much too quick not to recognize that President Donald Trump is both a fraudster and an enemy.
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Free Speech ends here: What I saw during the LAPD crackdown
For days, the world watched as California burned. Cars set ablaze, crowds being flash-banged, rubber bullets flying, smoke in the air as protesters and reporters run for cover, gasping for air and hurrying to put their masks on. The scenes on the ground gripped us all.
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Why another world is possible: Comments at a socialist rally in Berlin
The following remarks by Paul Le Blanc were delivered at the May 31 evening session of the four-day Marx is’ Muss Kongress 2025 that was held in Berlin and organized by marx21, a left-wing current in Die Linke (the Left Party), which drew 1200 activists. These remarks are now first appearing in digital form, with the author’s authorization, simultaneously on LINKS and Communis. Both sites previously published another contribution by Paul Le Blanc to the event.
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Federal court blocks portions of Trump’s anti-trans executive orders
District Judge Jon. S. Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco issued an order on June 9 granting a preliminary injunction against several provisions of three of President Trump’s executive orders adversely affecting transgender people.
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Official: U.S.-Israeli deception gave Iran false security ahead of attack
An Israeli official said Tel Aviv received a “clear green light” for the attack from Washington.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro denounces U.S.-backed coup plot and urges popular consultation for social justice
President Gustavo Petro exposes a U.S.-supported far-right coup attempt against his progressive government and calls for a popular consultation on labor and social reforms as essential steps toward peace and justice in Colombia.
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Pedagogy and Class Power: Reclaiming Freire in an Age of Reaction
In the early decades of the twenty-first century, education has become a frontline in the ideological struggle over the future of global capitalism. The coordinated assault on teachers, curriculum, and institutions of public learning is not an isolated culture war but a structural feature of neoliberal governance. In this context, the pedagogical philosophy of Paulo […]
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Hegseth lays out a case for troop deployments in ‘any jurisdiction in the country’
“The standoff on the streets of Los Angeles,” warned critics, “shows how truly eager Trump and his administration are to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on the president’s domestic foes.”
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Mexico: “We will firmly defend the rights of our compatriots”
Sheinbaum stressed that Mexico cannot and should not intervene in U.S. politics, because it is part of Mexican diplomacy. She said she understands when protests are peaceful, but reiterated her call not to resort to violence in demonstrations.
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Meet the Think Tanks behind MAGA’s new free speech crackdown
Robert Inlakesh is a political analyst, journalist and documentary filmmaker currently based in London, UK. He has reported from and lived in the occupied Palestinian territories and hosts the show ‘Palestine Files’. Director of ‘Steal of the Century: Trump’s Palestine-Israel Catastrophe’.
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‘IAM Max’: Machinists rally for member detained by ICE
Rallying under the banner “IAM Max,” 200 union members and supporters gathered outside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington, on June 6 to demand the release of Maximo Londonio, a member of Machinists (IAM) Local Lodge 695 who has been imprisoned by ICE since mid-May.
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Trump deploys troops to LA amid anti-ICE protests
Trump deploys 2,000 troops to LA amid anti-ICE protests. Governor Newsom calls it a political stunt: “They want a spectacle. Don’t give them one.”
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Artificial intelligence, artificial support: Google buys new friends in Parliament
SOLOMON HUGHES reveals how six MPs enjoyed £400-£600 hospitality at Ditchley Park for Google’s ‘AI parliamentary scheme’ — supposedly to develop ‘effective scrutiny’ of artificial intelligence, but actually funded by the increasingly unsavoury tech giant itself.
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One day, everyone will have always been against this
One of the most remarkable—not to say shameful—features of the last 20 months of carnage in Gaza has been the near-unanimity of support for Israel’s assault from Western governments and political parties of otherwise sharply opposed persuasions, regardless of how criminally Israel has conducted its “war.”
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Tell-and-consequences is not a war game, neither is turn-the-other-cheek
The game of tell-and-consequences begins with a prompt.
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The hidden story: Israeli ‘aid’ is part of genocide plan
The victims had gathered in hopes of finding food for themselves and their families, following a nearly three-month total Israeli blockade of the territory. At least 31 people were killed; one Palestinian was also killed by Israeli fire the same day at another distribution site in central Gaza.
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Trump wants to keep America digitally divided
By threatening to defund Digital Equity Act programs, Trump has declared war on a program that benefitted many of his own supporters.