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May he rest in peace.

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Revealing the central role of Black activists in spurring interracial solidarity in the US labor movement.

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As affects MN and WI

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“One of the most significant threats that a class hierarchy can face is a universally accessible and excellent public school system,” writes Jason Stanley

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What Now! McGovern and Scheer discuss what this revoking of security clearance means, especially to the media and fact-checking Trump.

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How the Media Walked us into Autocracy (w/ Ralph Nader) | The Chris Hedg...

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“The law stands high above the King”: Magna Carta, 1215; Tom Paine, Revolutionary War; Winston Churchill, and many more have quoted. Lest we forget the founding of our country as a rebellion against a British king but also the Magna Carta when English nobles successfully challenged the king’s divine right as also part of our heritage along with English Common Law, the basis for the Bill of Rights written into the Constitution. 

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Commentary, Europe, Media, Militarism, NATO, Propaganda, Romania, Russia, Trump Administration, U.S., UkraineCraig Murray: Ukraine, Diplomacy & War  March 4, 2025

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“Why are you so eager to skip past the part where you criticize your own rulers for their role in starting this war and focus solely on criticizing the leader of an eastern government who has no power over you? What is it inside of you that’s flailing all over the place trying to avoid any forceful scrutiny of the reckless warmongering of your own government and its allies? “

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When individuals are forced into relentless competition for survival, they lose any sense of shared responsibility, making them more susceptible to the cruelty that defines contemporary politics. Henry Giroux  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StESSyb0kPc

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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (w/ Omar El Akkad) ...

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Trump's Ukraine talks aim to divide Russia from China. Can he do it?

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The flirtation with authoritarian rule in the United States, Hungary, Italy, Turkey, India, and other countries has given way to an unabashed embrace of the ideological fictions of despotic power, racial capitalism, and white supremacy. In the current historical moment, morality and responsibility are no longer at the forefront of shaping identity, agency, and politics. Neoliberal’s obsession with privatization, accumulating wealth, and unfettered markets is matched by its delusional call for endless growth and a disdain for the common good and social state.