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News & Views | 11/4/19

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Protesters gathered at the Eiffel Tower

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As President Donald Trump's administration on Monday took the first step to formally withdraw from the Paris agreement, climate campaigners reiterated concerns about the United States ditching the landmark 2015 deal that aims to bring countries together to tackle the climate emergency.

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Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during the AFL-CIOs first-ever Presidential Summit in Philadelphia.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We cannot rely on corporate tax evaders to solve California's housing crisis."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Voters' approval of a state referendum in 2016 allowed for nearly 500 inmates to walk free on Monday from Oklahoma's massive prison system—the largest single-day commutation in U.S. history.



by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A "striking" report published Monday by the U.K.-based charity ShareAction exposes how the largest U.S. asset managers are "overwhelmingly" stalling corporate efforts to tackle the climate crisis despite those companies' public proclamations and the growing demands for bold action from people around the world.


As seen through fencing, migrants—including a young child—stand while being detained by Department of Homeland Security police after crossing to the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, on June 27, 2019 in El Paso, Texas.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Trump is willing to hurt our economy just so that he can hurt immigrants first."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett said Monday that President Donald Trump is accountable for violent hate crimes like an acid attack which left a 42-year-old man with second-degree burns in the city on Friday.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We've never seen something like this in U.S. history. In 2020, Green New Deal voters could determine who wins the Iowa caucuses, and from there the presidency."

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We are all hostages to the blunderer who would never have been in the White House if it weren’t for a country that had already auctioned off its political system to the highest bidders and its government to the national security state. (Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

by Tom Engelhardt
Donald in Blunderland: Living a mixed metaphor.


A boy holds a poster as he participates in a protest against governmental inaction towards climate breakdown and environmental pollution, part of the Fridays for Future demonstrations in Mumbai, India on Sept. 20, 2019. (Photo: Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images)

by Randall Amster
Breaking up is never easy, but humanity is ready for this toxic relationship to end once and for all.


The entire political and governmental system is corrupt. (Photo: John Sonderman/Flickr cc 2.0)

by Chris Hedges
The deep state, incapable of reform and determined to retain its grip on power, will morph under the threat of popular unrest into a corporatized fascism.


Greta Thunberg is the global face of this movement and her presence is extremely influential. (Photo: Anders Hellberg/Effekt)

by Svenja Blanke
The character of Greta Thunberg is part of a polarised global confrontation regarding climate change. Despite what her critics may say, her speeches have contributed to social mobilisation and awareness of the climate crisis and the future of the planet.


Trump has long invited his followers to violence. (Photo: Screenshot)

by Dorothee Benz
Again and again during Trump’s presidency, corporate media have fallen over themselves to find acceptable ways to describe utterly unacceptable behavior, policies and decisions—none more so than the New York Times.



by Roberto Savio
Citizens have become more aware of the need for change than they were when we first met in Porto Alegre many years ago.

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