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** A Pride call to action: June 14-21 DEFEND TRANS YOUTH! ([link removed] )
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June 1 marks the start of Pride month. Ex-President Donald Trump has been out of office over 130 days. But the relentless attacks on the trans community, especially on trans youth and trans women of color, show no signs of letting up. In 33 state legislatures, 117 bills that deny . . .
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** ‘What’s Going On?’ 50 years later ([link removed] )
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One year ago, May 26, 2020, the video of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sparked months of intense global struggles which have kept the movement against police brutality and for racial justice on the front burner. Despite Chauvin’s conviction, since his trial began March 29, police . . .
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** Despite loss of life & destruction, Gaza resists, hits Israel hard ([link removed] )
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A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas began May 21. It followed 11 days of the U.S.-armed and backed Israeli Air Force’s vicious airstrikes on occupied Gaza. The bombs and rockets massacred more than 250 Palestinians, including over 60 children. Some 2,000 people were injured out of a population of 2 . . .
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** Victory in closure of Georgia detention center ([link removed] )
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Atlanta On May 20, Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas released a statement that Georgia immigrant rights advocates, current and former immigrant detainees were overjoyed to hear — the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga., would close “as soon as possible.” Dawn Wooten, left, at a news conference . . .
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** Colombia: Broad general strike challenges ‘narc-oligarchy’ ([link removed] )
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May 23 — The general strike against anti-poor “reforms” in Colombia is finishing its fourth week. So far, every test of strength has shown popular support has grown in defiance of police and fascist murders and beatings of protesters and the threat of COVID-19, which has already killed 85,000 people. . . .
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** McDonald’s workers go on strike to demand a livable wage! ([link removed] )
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The writer worked at McDonald’s from 2011-2012 and 2014. Workers at McDonald’s in 15 cities across the country went on a coordinated strike May 19 to demand a livable wage. They struck in Los Angeles, Oakland and Sacramento, Calif.; Miami, Tampa and Orlando, Fla.; Chicago; Detroit and Flint, Mich.; . . .
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