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Legal observers sue the NYPD over assault and detention at Bronx Protest
Police violated the constitutional rights of National Lawyers Guild observers during racial justice protests in Mott Haven, a new lawsuit alleges.
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Multinational Corporations and COVID-19: Intellectual property rights vs. human rights
The multilateral trading system anchored by the WTO is not confined to cross-border trade in physical goods.
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Assata Shakur: The making of a revolutionary woman
From Assata’s story, we are able to learn what it means to be motivated by a deep love for the people and the struggle for freedom—and what it means to embody a determined and unbreakable spirit in the face of crackdowns and government repression designed to stifle and destroy the movement.
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Supreme Court ended eviction moratorium, but pandemic has shown road map for fighting back
The Supreme Court callously ended the CDC’s eviction moratorium, but the pandemic has already shown the most effective way to fight back: direct actions.
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The World must pay attention to the violence against Muslims in India
From Ajmer to Indore, recent incidents show that the continuing hate-mongering by right-wing forces is having a direct impact.
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Assassins of South African trade unionist at large as labor dispute continues
Malibongwe Mdazo, an organizer of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, who had led a 7,000-worker strike last month, was publicly gunned down at the doorstep of Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, amidst a labor dispute on August 19.
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Counter Western bias against China by remembering Peter Norman’s solidarity
International media engaged in Sinophobic rhetoric during the recent Olympic games in Tokyo.
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What is happening in Turkey?
Despite the announcements from the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that “everything is under control”, Turkey is experiencing one of the deepest crises in recent years. A conversation with Hasan Durkal.
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The documentary ‘Her Socialist Smile’ explores a different side of Helen Keller
Helen Keller (1880-1968) was one of the most inspirational figures of the 20th century. But most people know the writer and activist for her determination to overcome the barriers facing people with physical disabilities in her lifetime, not for her equally fierce determination to replace American capitalism with a system in which the workers control the means of production.
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Forced evictions near and far: Canada’s complicity in the dispossession of Palestinian homes
Does our commitment to reconciliation mean anything while we support settler-colonial regimes abroad?
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The nonbinary Chinese fighting to live their truth
Activist Chao Xiaomi is inspiring transgender Chinese to reject the gender binary. But the community continues to face deep-seated discrimination.
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Cuba, China, Latin America and the World
Cuba only needs around 30 million syringes to vaccinate its entire population–that is a million dollars. This is a tiny sum for the countries, either together or even individually, which oppose the blockade of Cuba.
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Feminist protests in Palestine
Mapping the fight for women’s liberation in Gaza and the West Bank.
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The Ballot or the Brick: On Elizabeth Hinton’s ‘America on Fire’ and Vicky Osterweil’s ‘In Defense of Looting’
Two new books trace anti-police uprisings to the urban riots of the Civil Rights era. But as twenty million people took to the streets in 2020, why did so few pick up a brick? And would the movement to which they belong be better off if they had?
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United States: Activision workers walk out against sexist oppression
For years, a toxic culture of rampant sexism has permeated Activision Blizzard, the video game development company behind titles including World of Warcraft and Call of Duty.
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The CIA’s outsourced torture is lost to history
The CIA’s notorious practice of kidnapping and displacement gave birth to the post-9/11 torture program. We know nearly nothing about it.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley: romanticism and revolution
Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, in Crime and Punishment, wrote, “The darker the night, the brighter the stars”.
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Mobilizations force Biden to enact new eviction ban
The new eviction moratorium was put in place amid protests at the federal capital led by progressive legislator Cori Bush, along with various social movements in the U.S.
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Opinion: From ‘friendly’ state to enmity state
As Texas Republicans pit neighbor against neighbor, we must respond by rebuking bigotry and embracing progress.
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A-bomb survivors play “profound role” in COVID pandemic: U.S. scholar
Survivors of the atomic bombings in Japan have a “profound role” to play in catastrophes such as the coronavirus pandemic, a leading American psychohistorian renowned for his studies of people under stress told Kyodo News in a recent interview.