Download the 12-page PDF. Portland movement fights back. Justice for Breonna & Vanessa! Sexism, racism—and football; Paratransit Teamsters victory; NYC education workers caravan; Indigenous win against pipeline; Houseless activism in Philly; ADA: Not enough for disabled people! Editorials: Science versus capitalism; NYPD’s Big Lie. TEAR DOWN THE WALLS: Class character . . .
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Durham, N.C. July 20 — Throughout North Carolina, from urban to rural areas, the anti-racist uprising continues, most prominently with concurrent anti-jail demonstrations in four counties — Forsyth, Durham, Wake, Mecklenburg — on Friday, July 17. #DefundAvlPD banner dropped in Asheville the week of July 13. Last week the anti-police . . .
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Protest demands “Defund the Police” in New York City on June 19, Juneteenth. To put the Police Department’s spasm of slander directed at the Black Lives Matter movement in New York City in perspective, it’s useful to recall an experience from nearly three decades ago. Anti-war forces in 1991 established . . .
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Sterling Johnson at July 13 press conference. Philadelphia Dozens of houseless people set up a tent encampment on June 11, right on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, within sight of high-rise towers where rents average $5,000 a month. The encampment grew to nearly 150 people and was named the James Talib-Dean . . .
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San Francisco The following is based on a webinar presentation given on the July 18 Workers World Party webinar: “Why We Defend China.” It can be viewed on Facebook at tinyurl.com/y2fevsmx. Military veterans tend to have a deeper understanding of the human costs of war. So it was not surprising . . .
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This slightly edited talk was given at the July 16 Workers World Party webinar: “Why We Defend China.” The webinar can be viewed at tinyurl.com/yxbbpwwy/. The U.S. ruling class has increasingly turned to misinformation and propaganda campaigns to maintain control of the country during the COVID-19 epidemic and to concoct . . .
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Bamako, Mali, July 10. Tens of thousands of Malians in the capital Bamako came out in the streets July 10 for three days of protest demanding the resignation of Mali’s president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK). The government reported that 11 people died and 158 were wounded. The opposition — the . . .
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