If We’re Going to Defund Militarized Police Departments, Why Not Add the Pentagon?

The U.S. military’s budget, like so many police department budgets, is bloated, and diverts our tax dollars into forces of domination and violence. Now is the time to question our spending priorities at the local and federal level. When Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced a resolution recently to cut $350 billion from the Defense budget, the only [...]

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How Workers Can Win the Class War Being Waged Upon Them

Organized labor led no mass opposition to Trump’s presidency or the December 2017 tax cut or the failed U.S. preparation for and management of COVID-19. Nor do we yet see a labor-led national protest against the worst mass firing since the 1930s Great Depression. All of these events, but especially the unemployment, mark an employers’ [...]

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The ‘Palestinian Chair’: Exposing Israel’s Direct Role in US Violence

US racism and police violence are intrinsically linked and date back many years, but the militarization of the US police and its use of deadly violence against suspected petty criminals, or even non criminals, is a relatively new phenomenon that has been largely imported from Israel. (Common Dreams) The banning of deadly police practices by [...]

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Policing Is Irrelevant for Public Safety—Here Are Some Alternatives That Are Proven to Work

Society doesn’t need a large group with a license to kill. Recent protests, catalyzed by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, call for an end to racist police violence. With their actions, the protesters have also moved beyond many of the stale policing debates of the recent past. Defund, disband, abolish—people who would never [...]

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Health Experts and Oklahoma Officials Wary of Holding Trump Rally as Virus Numbers Rise

“Certainly things held indoors are less safe than things held outdoors. But all these large gatherings are going to lead to spread. There’s just no question about it.” President Donald Trump is preparing to return to his signature rallies on Saturday in Tulsa, Okla., but health experts and elected officials are concerned about COVID-19 transmission. [...]

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Leading US Retirees ‘Like Lambs to the Slaughter,’ Trump Labor Dept. Quietly Offers Up 401k Plans to Private Equity Vultures

“Private equity firms will now be allowed to access—and skim fees off of—the $9 trillion in 100 million workers’ 401(k) plans and IRAs.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) With the American public’s attention consumed by the Covid-19 pandemic and mass protests against police brutality, the U.S. Labor Department earlier this month quietly gave corporate sponsors [...]

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Reforming Qualified Immunity is an Uphill Battle

Even in cases where the use of excessive force was clear and well documented officers have not faced consequences because of qualified immunity. On Tuesday June 15 the Supreme Court denied a petition by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to reexamine a case involving police brutality that challenged qualified immunity. That same day President [...]

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Are the Oscars Enforcing a Diversity Requirement Now?

“The need to address this issue is urgent. To that end, we will amend — and continue to examine — our rules and procedures to ensure that all voices are heard and celebrated.” As the debate on diversity and equality intensifies in the U.S., the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is taking note [...]

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‘This Is Mass Murder’: Covid-19 Deaths in US Prisons Have Risen by 73% the Past Month

The number of known cases in the facilities has doubled since mid-May to over 68,000. (By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams) After months of warnings that the coronavirus pandemic has turned U.S. detention facilities into “ticking time bombs” and a “nightmare waiting to happen,” the New York Times reported Tuesday that deaths related to Covid-19 in prisons across the [...]

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How a City Known for High Crime Rates and Racial Tensions Kept Its Protests Non-Violent

A Q&A with organizer Aqeela Sherrills, who brokered a peace treaty between the Bloods and the Crips in the ’90s in LA and has led the charge to transform systems of safety in Newark and the rest of America for decades. Protests against systemic racism and police brutality in America continue to call for justice [...]

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First Medicine Proven to Save COVID-19 Patients in Oxford Trial

“It is fantastic that the first treatment demonstrated to reduce mortality is one that is instantly available and affordable worldwide.” Since COVID-19 swept across the globe, researchers have searched for vaccines and treatments that will help patients who are infected with the disease. Although vaccines are not yet ready, scientists at the University of Oxford [...]

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