Trump Hammers Cuba While Cuba Cures the Sick

A team of 85 Cuban doctors and nurses arrived in Peru on June 3 to help the Andean nation tackle the coronavirus pandemic. That same day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced another tightening of the sanctions screws. This time he targeted seven Cuban entities, including Fincimex, one of the principal financial institutions handling remittances [...]

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Right-Wing Street Violence is on the Rise

While the right points to Antifa, right wing militias take to the streets. A group of protestors in Albuquerque, New Mexico were attempting to topple the statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate on Monday when shots rang out. One protestor was hit and taken to the hospital in critical condition, and the police department [...]

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Lee, Jayapal, AOC Introduce Bill to Move $350 Billion from Militarism to Human Needs

Needless to say, this is the best bill introduced into Congress in decades. (David Swanson) Here’s the text of a new bill in Congress: PDF. Here’s a petition from Code Pink promoting it. Needless to say, this is the best bill introduced into Congress in decades. Here’s the ending: “Congress supports moves to reduce the priority given [...]

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New Jersey’s Got Some Impressive Progressives Running for Office

Arati Kreibich is one of a number of strong progressive candidates looking to make change in the political machine state of New Jersey. Anyone remotely familiar with New Jersey politics knows it is a machine state. When Governor Phil Murphy’s administration dared to kick the hornet’s neck and shine a light on potential abuses of [...]

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Who Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize in a Time of Pandemic?

A few weeks ago, I was talking to Noam Chomsky about the state of the world. At one point, Noam smiled and said that he is not aware of any German doctors in Italy, even though both countries are in the European Union; instead, Cuban and Chinese doctors went to Italy to help the Italians fight the [...]

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Supreme Court Rules LGBT Employees Protected by Civil Rights Act in Defeat for Trump Administration

“Today, by affirming that sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination are prohibited under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Supreme Court has confirmed the simple but profoundly American idea that every human being should be treated with respect and dignity.” In a 6-3 ruling that divided President Donald Trump’s two Supreme Court appointees, [...]

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As Protests Continue, Activists and Labor Organizers Call for Juneteenth Strikes

“Racial justice is union business.” In the aftermath of four Minneapolis police officers murdering George Floyd, media coverage has focused on the street actions of protestors. But, with the protest and movement evolving some activists are looking to take the Black Lives Matter protests to the workplace. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced [...]

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Calls Mount for ‘Radical Changes in Policy and Policing’ and the Arrest of Fired Atlanta Officer Who Killed Rayshard Brooks

The head of CAIR-Georgia demanded actions to “end the systemic oppression and anti-black racism rooted in the Atlanta Police Department and other law enforcement agencies.” (By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams) Local activists and an attorney for the family of Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer Friday night, are [...]

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Obesity: America’s Number One Export?

Americans’ ultra-processed diet is fueling obesity across the world. What happens to cuisines when cultures change, or when culture becomes globalized? Naturally, so do our diets—and our health. Food research by the U.S. military, particularly during and after World War II, led to the creation of consumer products that could also be used as wartime [...]

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‘Da 5 Bloods’: A New Look at Race & War, Patriotism of African Americans

Acclaimed director Spike Lee returns with a new rumination on race in America, through the lens of African American veterans of the Vietnam War. Premiering on Netflix, Da 5 Bloods stars Delroy Lindo, “The Wire’s” Clarke Peters and Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Norm Lewis as a quartet of African-American veterans who make the trip back [...]

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