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Why Power Analysis Is Key To Fighting ICE
15+ hour, 26+ min ago (1449+ words) James L. Van Hise'for Waging Nonviolence The ICE campaign to round up millions of immigrants is grounded in tactics designed to inspire public fear and passivity. Dressed in tactical gear and wielding deadly weapons, masked agents strive to project an image…...
On World Press Freedom Day, Journalism Is Under Fire
13+ hour, 36+ min ago (266+ words) Too many journalists and independent publications are being pushed toward individualized, market-driven platforms like Substack simply to survive. If we believe journalism is a public good'and democracy depends on it'then we need to build something better: new funding models, new…...
Amendments Protecting Pro-Palestine Speech in California Schools Face Backlash
15+ hour, 26+ min ago (792+ words) This article was originally published by Truthout Educators and activists are fighting for changes to a bill they say was "designed to create an atmosphere of fear." A bill introduced in the California legislature meant to help ensure open discussion…...
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump's Trap, Trump's Sanity
16+ hour, 55+ min ago (1782+ words) Patrick Lawrence for Consortium News You have to hand it to Sara Jacobs, the California Democrat and the youngest member of the Golden State's House delegation. She has an O. K. plus voting record " at least by Capitol Hill standards " as a…...
Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges "Healthy Skepticism" of Climate Science
18+ hour, 45+ min ago (346+ words) Abrahm Lustgarten for Propublica For many months, conservative lawmakers and political operatives have been targeting the scientists and lawyers behind the Climate Judiciary Project, a program meant to educate the courts about climate science, alleging that their effort constitutes a…...
Oil, Empire, and the Price of War: How Energy Became the Ultimate Weapon
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (762+ words) This war isn't just being fought with missiles'it's being waged through oil markets, currencies, and corporate balance sheets. And while the world watches bombs fall, something quieter'and far more consequential'is happening: a global energy system is being weaponized in real…...
The Unions We Need Will Be Built by Workers, Not Labor Officials
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (905+ words) This article was originally published by Truthout Organizer Daniel Gross explains how to make sure that union building actually works and is sustained over time. In the conversation that follows, Gross discusses the eight building blocks of unions outlined in…...
The West's Bubble Of Illusion About Israel " And About Itself " Is Finally Being Burst
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1658+ words) [First published by'Middle East Eye] For decades, two irreconciliable narratives about Israel and its motivations have existed in parallel. On the one side, an official western narrative portrays a plucky, besieged "Jewish" state of Israel, desperate to make peace with…...
Trump's Plan To Reopen Alcatraz Prison Is Inhumane And A Waste Of Money, Activists Say
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (878+ words) Victoria Valenzuela for Prism The'International Indian Treaty Council, which Gali has worked with for 17 years, said in'a press release'that the group doesn't want to see Alcatraz, where many Indigenous leaders were imprisoned, return to a place of misery and repression....
More Details Emerge of Trump's Secret Use of ICE to Spy on Critics
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1180+ words) This article was originally published by Truthout Privacy groups are pushing Big Tech to notify users about federal surveillance after anonymous ICE critics were exposed. "The Trump-Miller regime is weaponizing the government and abusing every authority to persecute anyone whom…...