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PDF of September 17 issue


Download the 12-page PDF. Philly encampment: ‘Housing now!’ ALSO: COVID: Is it genocide yet? ‘Disability Visibility’; TPS workers’ Journey for Justice; New poll tax on voting; Climate crisis fires; Editorial 9/11—pretext for war. Labor Defends Black Lives Work stoppage call; Athlete strikes inspire; ‘Workers move the world’; Kenosha activist for . . .

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Philadelphia houseless activists demand ‘Housing now!’


Philadelphia houseless activists demand ‘Housing now!’

As Philadelphia city officials and cops threaten eviction, hundreds of people come out to defend #HousingNow encampment, here Sept. 9. Philadelphia Sept. 14 — For over three months, “BLACK LIVES MATTER” was shouted in hand-painted white letters across a massive banner on 21st St. at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, near . . .

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Prisoners denied the right to vote, a new form of poll tax – WW commentary


Prisoners denied the right to vote, a new form of poll tax – WW commentary

Voting in Lower Peach Tree, Ala., in Wilcox County, on May 3, 1966, after passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Voter suppression in the United States is as “American as apple pie,” especially when it comes to Black, Brown and other marginalized communities. Despite the passing of the Voting . . .

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Growing old in prison after COVID-19


Growing old in prison after COVID-19

By Major Tillery Major Tillery is an innocent man who has spent 35 years in prison because gross prosecutorial and judicial misconduct led to his fraudulent conviction for murder in 1985. He has spent 20 years in solitary confinement. Major has become an advocate for prisoners’ rights against the injustice . . .

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Houston lab OKs execution drug


Houston lab OKs execution drug

Activists handed out fliers ‘WANTED FOR MURDER’ in front of execution drug lab in Houston, Sept. 11. Anti-death penalty activists have exposed and humiliated a Houston science lab found to have approved the purity of raw pentobarbital. Since only a small number of pharmaceutical companies are still allowing their drugs . . .

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9/11 – a pretext for war


9/11 – a pretext for war

Look at the 9/11 commemorations for what they are: an opportunity for the U.S. ruling class to use a collective trauma to whip up jingoist and super-patriotic sentiment. The goal of this whipping up is to convince much of the population to rally around the U.S. flag and support Pentagon . . .

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Voto, autodeterminación y cambio social


Voto, autodeterminación y cambio social

A continuación se muestra una charla ligeramente editada por Monica Moorehead en el seminario web del Workers World Party el 3 de septiembre sobre “Salvar la oficina de correos del pueblo”. Monica Moorehead La supresión de votantes es un tema del que tengo conocimiento tanto personal como político. Nací y . . .

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