Download the 12-page PDF. Portland: Resistance broadens. Fighting fascism, white supremacy, capitalism WORLD: Palestine; China. ALSO: NBA players defend Woj; USPS under attack; Billionaires push school reopening; Capitalism and technology; Mumia: ‘A rogue nation?’ Library workers vs. racism; Seattle solidarity with Portland; No union busting; BLM impacts sports culture; ‘Police-free . . .
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By Viktoriya P. Austin, Texas On July 25, groups of protesters marched in Austin, Texas, for Black lives and in solidarity with Portland activists who are facing repression by Trump’s secret police. It was nearly the 50th day that Whitney Mitchell, a disabled Black woman, and her fiance of 10 . . .
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Voting rights for the incarcerated in Florida The Supreme Court upheld a ruling of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allowing a modern-day poll tax to remain in effect for formerly incarcerated people trying to vote in the state of Florida. This directly contradicts nearly two-thirds of the Florida electorate, . . .
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Fired union janitors and supporters picket ‘The Fives’ office building in downtown Cleveland, July 24.WW photo: Martha Grevatt Fired union janitors and allies picketed the downtown Cleveland office building known as “The Fives” on July 24, protesting the owner’s decision to switch to a non-union cleaning contractor. Over 250 supporters . . .
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A crowd of about 150 students, teachers, parents and community members rallied on July 25 to get cops out of Philadelphia schools. A march led by the Philadelphia Students Union went from LOVE Park to Family Court and ended at the School District of Philadelphia headquarters on North Broad Street. . . .
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Philadelphia The MOVE organization has called a protest against police terror on Saturday, Aug. 8, the 42nd anniversary of the state’s attack on the group’s Powelton Village home in West Philadelphia. Delbert Africa, freed after 41 years. Credit: New York Amsterdam News The event will start with a rally at . . .
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