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** Puerto Rico strike: Twelve days rattle the empire ([link removed] )
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Thousands crowded in front of the governor’s mansion — La Fortaleza — as riot cops, armed to the teeth, locked shields. “The Fortress” was under siege. Here and there, the night sky was aglow with the amber light of distant flames. For 12 days, protesters stormed barricades and braved fusillades . . .
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** Food security vs. ‘border security’ ([link removed] )
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As the whole world knows by now, Trump has launched major racist attacks on four congress members known as the “Squad” over the past couple of weeks. He ordered the women to “go back where they came from.” Trump targeted the four because of their courageous and outspoken public criticism . . .
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** Mauna Kea Protectors vs. the science of colonizers ([link removed] )
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This article is based on a talk given at the July 25 Workers World Party meeting. The long-smoldering fight of the Kānaka Maoli people to save sacred Mauna Kea in Hawai’i blew up like a volcano on July 17 when work crews arrived to begin construction on the Thirty Meter . . .
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** Prison officials turn away thousands of petitions for Mumia ([link removed] )
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Dozens of community activists traveled hundreds of miles from four states to Mechanicsburg, Penn., on July 24 to deliver petitions signed by 3,000 people from around the world, simply requesting the right to proper vision care for political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. They expected at the very least that someone with . . .
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** Defend righteous rebellions against racist NYPD! Drop all charges! No more arrests and roundups! ([link removed] )
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The New York Police Department is using instances of justified rebellious actions as an excuse to mount a racist, Central Park Five-style roundup of any and all suspects, as long as they’re Black and poor. In the wake of a media wave of reactionary indignation — incredibly, at people resisting . . .
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** Nuevo apagón en la capital venezolana ([link removed] )
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Original en pagina12.com.ar el 24 de julio. Un residente de Caracas regresa a su vivienda con una bolsa de compras en medio del apagón. Caracas amaneció el 23 de julio con la incertidumbre que traen los apagones. La mayoría de las zonas de la capital ya había recuperado el sistema . . .
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** Houston F.I.R.E protests Greyhound-ICE connection ([link removed] )
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After quickly and quietly giving out “Know Your Rights” leaflets to every passenger in the Greyhound waiting room here on July 27, and before security could figure out what was happening, activists walked out of the station and set up a picket line outside the terminal where they held a . . .
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** In Puerto Rico ‘The People United Will Win!’ ([link removed] )
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Ed Ortiz, July 27, New York City. The slightly edited message below was presented by Ed Ortiz, on behalf of Call to Action on Puerto Rico, at the July 26 Moncada Day commemorative program held in New York City on July 27. Call to Action on Puerto Rico is here . . .
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** Climate change, oil profits and the new youth movement ([link removed] )
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Despite the know-nothing stance of the gang in the White House, climate change is a subject that hundreds of millions of people cannot ignore. Massive spring floods in the U.S. Midwest continued into June, causing billions of dollars in damage as levees were breached and fields turned into vast lakes. . . .
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** West Virginia tells Trump ‘No hate in my holler!’ ([link removed] )
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The bigot-in-chief, Donald Trump, attended a “fundraiser” here the evening of July 24 and was met with protests throughout the day. The event was a $150-a-plate dinner, hosted by coal industry boss Robert Murray. The first rally was organized by members of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 1112 from nearby . . .
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