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News & Views | 9/2/19
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'It Is Pure Hell Here': Videos From Bahamas Show Devastation Left by Hurricane Dorian as Category 5 Storm Heads Toward US Coast
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We are surrounded by water with no way out. Absolute devastation, there
really are no words."
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Mobilizing Thousands for Labor Day Actions Across US, Sanders Touts 'Organizer-in-Chief' Model to Combat Corporate Assault on Workers
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This Labor Day, workers across America will declare that the 40-year
war against workers waged by corporate America and the billionaire class
must come to an end. That is what this Labor Day is about."
'Trailblazer in the Name of Peace': Anti-War Hero Frances Crowe Dies at 100
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"As we celebrate her life and mourn her passing," said one friend and
ally, "we know that the best tribute of all is to keep on fighting."
Attacks on Greta Thunberg, Say Allies, Show Just How 'Terrified' Reactionary Forces Have Become of Global Climate Movement
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"The bile thrown at Greta Thunberg is motivated by one thing alone: this
incredibly intelligent, eloquent and compassionate 16 year old has
terrified some of the most hateful and reactionary so-called 'grown ups'
on earth," said British political columnist activist Owen Jones.
US 'Complicit in This Nightmare,' Says Sanders, After Trump-Backed Saudi Coalition Kills Over 100 in Bombing of Yemeni Prison
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Congress has declared this war unconstitutional. We must now stand up
to Trump and defund all U.S. involvement in these horrors."
"He's Opposed Every Increase in the Minimum Wage": AFL-CIO Chief Rips Trump's Anti-Worker Agenda
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"They've done more things to hurt workers than they have to help them,"
Richard Trumka said of the Trump administration
As Category 5 Dorian Devastates, Pope Francis Urges World to Act Fast on Climate Emergency
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Now is the time to abandon our dependence on fossil fuels."
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Pia Klemp Is the Hero the World Desperately Needs Right Now
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by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
It is rare nowadays to read about a person in the deluge of bad news
flooding our screens 24/7 and immediately think: Now this is a true
hero. But when it comes to Pia Klemp, the description is not only
entirely appropriate but entirely necessary.
A New Film Blows the Whistle on War
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by Ed Rampell
If the press is the "fourth estate," the cinema is arguably the fifth.
Official Secrets indicts Blair, Bush, and other mass murderers in the
court of public opinion—at a theater near you
Our Kids Shouldn't Go to School Hungry
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by Karen Dolan
At the very least they deserve access to hot and nutritious meals. It's
a moral imperative.
Re-Reflections on the Start of World War II
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by Robert Freeman
It is worth our while to try to disentangle some of the realities of the
war from the mythologies we so love to worship
It's Time to Liberate Afghanistan
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by Eric Margolis
The sooner America ends this shameful colonial war the better.
Neoliberals' Attack on Sanders' GND Plan Is a Clear and Present Danger
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by John Atcheson
Last week Bernie Sanders released his version of the Green New Deal—a
$16.3 trillion 10-year plan to get down to zero carbon in the power
industry and in transportation. Right on schedule, the neoliberal
establishment pounced on it as "too expensive," not "realistic" and not
"prudent."
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RN Response Network Sends Team of Nurse Volunteers to Provide Medical Assistance to Hurricane Dorian Victims
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Another Weekend, Another Carnage That Could Have Been Prevented
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Big Ag is the Biggest Obstacle to Addressing Climate Change
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AFGE Appeals Ruling that Greenlights Union-Busting Executive Orders
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PSR Statement on Trump EPA's Attempt to Gut Vital New Source Performance Standards on Methane Emissions
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