Finding $40 billion for weapons to expand the U.S./NATO-fueled war in Ukraine was no problem for the Joe Biden administration or for the U.S. Senate that voted overwhelmingly for money to fill the pockets of the military industry last week. The bill to release these funds for weapons was treated . . .
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The prisons, jails and detention centers in New York City have long been evolving in service of capitalism. From their inception to warehouse poor workers to a current plan being pitched to specifically house gender-oppressed people, it is clear that “reforms” to make these cages more “humane,” throughout their entire . . .
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Special to Workers World July 3 will mark 40 years since Black Panther Party member, activist and revolutionary journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was given the racist death sentence for the alleged murder of a Philadelphia cop. As a result of police, prosecutorial and judicial misconduct in a highly contested trial, Abu-Jamal . . .
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‘Cleveland to Jenin, justice for Shireen!’ Members of Cleveland’s Palestinian community kept up militant chanting for hours during a May 20 demonstration to demand justice for martyred Shireen Abu Akleh. The Israeli military killed the Palestinian-American journalist May 11 in Jenin. The mostly youthful crowd also commemorated Nakba — the . . .
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President Joe Biden used his first trip to Asia as an opportunity to renew saber-rattling against the People’s Republic of China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. In Japan May 23, when asked if the U.S. would “defend” Taiwan militarily if China were to intervene, he replied, “Yes, that’s . . .
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