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** Michigan prison authorities ban dictionaries, activists win reversal ([link removed] )
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In a June 2 story, National Public Radio broke the news that the Michigan Department of Corrections had, over the past year, banned Spanish and Swahili dictionaries. This racist, xenophobic decision denied the legal right to an education to Spanish- and Swahili-speaking prisoners and to any prisoner desiring to learn . . .

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** California Labor Federation: Convention inspired by wave of organizing ([link removed] )
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by Chris Smalls San Francisco The 2.1 million-member California Labor Federation kicked off its biennial convention here in mid-July with a special meeting featuring Chris Smalls from the Amazon Labor Union. The theme: How to organize the unorganized. Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls and California union members rally against . . .

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** ‘Reading Workers World saved my life’ ([link removed] )
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Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am serving a life without parole sentence for defending myself. I lost my last appeal, and it hurt me very much. My spirits were crushed. All I thought about was suicide. Never during these last 10 years of this incarceration have I thought about killing . . .

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** Honor the legacy of Black August/Support Workers World ([link removed] )
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Did you know the month of August holds special meaning for the Black Liberation struggle? This August marks the 403nd anniversary of the arrival of the first ship of Africans brought in chains to the shores of the British colony of Virginia in 1619. And this August marks 246 years . . .

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** New York City: ¡Cuba Sí! ([link removed] )
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New York City The New York/New Jersey Cuba Sí Coalition held its monthly action in Central Park July 31, near the statue of beloved Cuban liberation hero José Martí. Car caravans, marches and rallies are held on the last Sunday of every month here and in other cities around the . . .

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** Big Pharma’s crime: profits from addiction ([link removed] )
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New Hampshire’s attorney general, John Formella, has launched a lawsuit against Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid and other pharmacies for failing to track opioid prescriptions and for failing to take action against possibly unnecessary, fraudulent or otherwise excessive opioid prescribing. Pharmacy managements have concealed the failure to track the prescriptions, compounding . . .

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** Demonstrators demand reparations for the people of Haiti ([link removed] )
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San Francisco Chanting “Stop the occupation of the Haitian nation,” the Haiti Action Committee and supporters of self-determination for Haiti held a spirited rally July 28 in the financial district of San Francisco. Demonstrators line the outside wall of CitiBank demanding reparations for the people of Haiti, July 28, San . . .

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