Editor’s notes: The following are excerpts, chosen from a more extensive essay on developments in Europe, which focuses on the role of German imperialism within the European Union. The author is the secretary general of the Fronte Popolare (Popular Front) in Italy. Translation by WW managing editor John Catalinotto. By . . .
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Google stripped away the illusion that the continuing protests in Hong Kong are about democracy when on Aug. 20 the internet monopoly suspended 936 Twitter accounts and disabled 210 YouTube channels, charging them with seeking to “discredit Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement and sow political discord in the city.” (theguardian.com, Aug. . . .
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At least a dozen FBI agents raided the Detroit area home of International President of the United Auto Workers Gary Jones on Aug. 28. The raid is the latest episode in a four-year federal investigation into alleged corrupt practices in the UAW. The FBI also raided the homes of former . . .
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More and more progressive Jewish activists are joining the struggle against the Trump administration’s racist repression of im/migrants, including detention under horrific conditions, ruthless separation of families, abuse of children and deportation of adults, often parents. Each day brings new federal decrees for even more oppressive and cruel policies toward . . .
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Published on Aug. 11 at lowwagecapitalism.com. Let there be no mistake about it. Donald Trump has the blood of all those killed and wounded in the mass shootings of the recent past on his hands, from Gilroy, Calif.; to El Paso, Texas; to Dayton, Ohio. And let there be no . . .
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Greetings of love, peace and humanity! On April 28, politicized prisoner Demetrius Grant went on a hunger strike here at State Correctional Institution Albion. He is presently housed in the medical infirmary, being force-fed by correctional officers through a court order. Grant is on a hunger strike attempting to expose . . .
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The workers at SPoT Coffee, a Toronto-based coffee shop with locations in Buffalo, N.Y., voted overwhelmingly for union representation on Aug. 20. This came after nearly two months of worker-led protests against SPoT’s decision in late June to fire two union organizers and one store manager who refused to cooperate . . .
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Led by teachers, unions respond to ICE raids Among first responders dealing with children left behind after the record-breaking Aug. 7 Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on seven meatpacking plants in Mississippi were local teachers. Delegations of rank-and-file teachers and nurses — members of the American Federation of Teachers — . . .
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Publicado 22 agosto 2019 en redroja.net. El 5 de septiembre de 2019, 20 militantes del Sindicato Andaluz de Trabajadores (SAT), nos enfrentamos a un nuevo juicio donde se nos pide por parte de la Fiscalía y la acusación particular, ejercida por Mercadona, un total de 30 años de cárcel, un . . .
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Publicado en pagina12.com.ar el 1 de septiembre de 2019. La relación entre el gobierno de Venezuela y el de Colombia ha dado nuevos pasos de enfrentamiento esta semana. La primera acusación vino por parte de Iván Duque luego del anuncio del regreso a las armas por parte de un sector . . .
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