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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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Law and Disorder June 9, 2025
The world looks on in horror as Israel continues its genocidal assault on the Palestinian people.
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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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NATO-backed Ukraine escalates war on labor: Union leaders arrested, halls seized
Just over 11 years ago, fascist mobs cheered in central Kiev as the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU) roared with flame.
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From media darling to persona non grata: Greta Thunberg’s journey
Once the favored child of the establishment, Greta Thunberg has been dropped by the global elite.
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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.
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Capitalism is burning the world: Canada’s wildfire season
Canada’s new liberal prime minister has given the lie to the notion that a green capitalism is possible with fossil-fuel friendly policies as the climate crisis intensifies, explains John Clarke.
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Disdain for the poor: Job Corps shutdown sparks outrage
Programs that create opportunity, equity, and stability are being dismantled to make way for budget cuts that disproportionately favor the wealthy.
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U.S. demands Asian allies prepare for “imminent” war against China
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid down the law to military allies and partners throughout the Indo-Pacific: “Dramatically escalate your military build-up and put yourselves on a war footing for conflict with China.”
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Venezuela’s participatory democracy and the struggle against imperialism: A Conversation with Alison Bodine
An international observer in Venezuela’s May 25 elections reflects on the country’s democracy and explains why solidarity with the Bolivarian Process is more urgent than ever.
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Global war on labor: Report says workers’ rights in freefall as right-wing power grows
Around the world, workers’ rights are in “freefall,” with the Trump administration in the lead of a global far-right alliance that’s waging a “global war on labor rights.”
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Ballots and bias: How the press framed Venezuela’s regional and legislative elections
Roger D. Harris analyzes Western media’s biased and dishonest coverage of Venezuela’s May 25 election and the sweeping Chavismo victory.
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‘Dangerous times demand dangerous music’
CounterSpin interview with Tom Morello on music as protest.
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A retreat from justice: Shielding cops from accountability
Trump’s dismantling of police reform is a gift to white supremacy.
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Pizza goeth before a ball? Changes in Americans’ eating habits foretell a deep recession
In its February 24th earnings call with the financial press, Domino’s Pizza CEO Russell Weiner reported a 3.2 percent spike in carryout orders during the previous quarter, combined with a 1.4 percent decrease in deliveries.
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Is China finally breaking the U.S. stranglehold?
The U.S. is in desperate economic and military “competition” with China and has lost a lot of ground fast.
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ESSAY: ‘The Intellectual Origins of Imperialism and Zionism’, Edward Said, 1977
The zionist terrorist entity does not act alone. Over the 600 days of the genocide of the Palestinians, the United States has shipped 800 planeloads, carrying more than 90,000 tons of missiles, bombs, and military equipment, to the zionist entity.
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Economics and the concept of progress
THE mercantilists had defined a nation’s prosperity in terms of the amount of precious metals it possessed and a nation’s progress in terms of the increase in its amount of precious metals.