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News & Views | 10/28/19
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'Call It the Surge': Vowing Nationwide Crackdown, Trump Touts Tougher and More Militarized US Police
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"They didn't want to make you look so tough," the president told a room
full of cops on Monday. "They didn't want to make you look like you're a
threat."
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News...
'Look at My Record, Child,' Biden Tells Adult Climate Campaigner in Condescending Response to Super PAC Question
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Former Vice President Joe Biden came under fire from progressives Monday
as video footage circulated online showing his condescending response to
a young woman who questioned him about abandoning his opposition to
super PACs in the face of a cash-strapped presidential campaign.
A Reminder Following Baghdadi's Death: 'The Terrorists We're Killing Today Are the Terrorists We Created Yesterday'
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Nobody is better than the U.S. at killing terrorists. Nobody is better
than the U.S. at creating terrorists."
Poll Sponsored by Anti-Communists Discovers 70% of US Millennials Ready to Ditch Capitalism for Socialism
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
A survey released Monday revealed that 70 percent of American
millennials and nearly two-thirds of young people between the ages of 16
and 23 say they would support a socialist candidate for president—a
result which a number of progressives viewed as an outgrowth of the
damage unregulated capitalism has done.
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'Forces We've Unleashed Are Beyond Terrifying': Footage Shows Horrors of California Wildfires as Governor Declares Statewide Emergency
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Our rage as a nation has to burn as fiercely as every fire we witness —
for the retiree who's lost their entire life savings, for the family
forced to evacuate from a home they may never come back to, for the
child suffocating in smoke miles away."
US President Greeted With Thunderous Boos and 'Impeach Trump' Banner at World Series
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"After years of horrifying footage of people wildly cheering Trump's
deranged rambling at his rallies, it's reassuring—restorative, even!—to
know that the rest of the country hasn't forgotten how to greet
tyrants."
27 Youth Climate Activists Arrested for Canadian Parliament Sit-In Demanding Green New Deal
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Over two dozen youth activists were arrested Monday for occupying the
floor of Canada's House of Commons to demand the nation's lawmakers
prioritize combating the climate emergency a week after voters elected a
squad of Green New Deal supporters to Parliament.
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Views...
Camp Bucca, Abu Ghraib and the Rise of Extremism in Iraq
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by Kathy Kelly
We can work to abolish war, mourn the deaths of Al-Baghdadi's children
and question how conditions inside U.S. military camps, in Iraq, led to
the extremism of Al-Baghdadi and his ISIS followers.
Corporate Influence Threatens Human Rights in Communities Nationwide
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by Jackie Smith
National network of cities files report to UN Human Rights body on
corporate power and local human rights challenges.
Duke Students Protest Speech by Tzipi Livni, Former Israeli Foreign Minister Accused of War Crimes
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by Brett Wilkins
"Hosting [Livni] for a lecture minimizes the lives and deaths of her
victims while encouraging future reproductions of her crimes."
US Militarism, Having Provoked ISIL Into Being, Kills Cult Leader Baghdadi
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by Juan Cole
People in eastern Syria were brutalized and then suffered enormous
damage as the US bombed their towns and villages to defeat ISIL, which
had taken them over.
What the Dismantling of the Berlin Wall Means 30 Years Later
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by James Carroll
And the return of war-as-the-answer.
I Went to Mexico to Meet Asylum-Seekers Trapped at the Border. This Is What I Saw.
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by Ashoka Mukpo
How will we respond to their suffering? Wil we allow the most hateful
and uncaring among us to write our history, or will we fight back and
demand better?
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Free Press Supports Facebook Employees’ Demands to Help Stop the Spread of Deceptive Political Ads
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AT&T’s New Financial Plan Caters to Wall Street and Leaves Customers and Employees Behind
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350.org on Latest California Wildfires and Urgent Need for Climate Action
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