June 6 — For the seventh year in a row, Israeli-owned ships have not been allowed to unload in the Port of Oakland. On June 4, thousands of supporters of the Palestinian struggle conducted six simultaneous picket lines during two work shifts to “Block the Boat.” Members of the International . . .
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In the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels describe the degrading character of work under capitalism, whereby workers “are a commodity,” and the worker “becomes an appendage of the machine.” This was written in 1848, but the dehumanization still exists. A worker becomes an appendage of their work — . . .
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These remarks are excerpted from a June 3 livestream event, “Eyewitness Syria,” featuring speakers from the International Delegation to the 2021 Syrian Presidential Election. Speakers Johnny Achi, Kobi Guillory, and Wyatt Miller and Ted Kelly were all signatories to the delegation’s statement, found at bit.ly/syria2021. A full video of this . . .
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Philadelphia Calling for “solidarity, not solitary,” dozens of people — including organizers from prisoners’ rights groups, survivors of solitary confinement and state legislators — rallied outside the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia June 1. Inside the Eastern State Penitentiary, support for HB1037, June 2. They called for passage of HB1037, . . .
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Por Andy Terhune Los legisladores de derecha de 15 estados están aprobando una legislación que obligará a los profesores de las escuelas públicas a enseñar una narrativa nacionalista de la historia, que ignora la historia genocida, racista, sexista, antiinmigrante y opresiva de Estados Unidos. La legislación específica difiere entre los . . .
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