The Marines are trained in combat, not crowd control. People are likely to get hurt.
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As Trump Sets Military Against Civilians, Service Members Have Duty to Disobey Read Post »
President Donald Trump’s war on dissent is ramping up. As protests continue to unfold in Los Angeles over workplace raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the president on Tuesday threatened any protesters planning to attend Saturday’s military parade in Washington, DC with “very big force.” (Saturday is also Trump’s 79th birthday.) “We’re celebrating […]
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Trump Makes It Clear: His Military Response in Los Angeles Is Just the Start Read Post »
Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to crush protests against ICE’s deportation raids has only fueled the uprising.
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LA Protests Signal Public’s Readiness to Rebel Against Anti-Immigrant Fascism Read Post »
An activist who helped organize the protests said demonstrators successfully turned back immigration agents.
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LA Community Organizer Describes Hourslong Street Battles Against Border Patrol Read Post »
On Friday afternoon, thousands of veterans who fought wars on behalf of the United States descended on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to fight something else: cuts proposed by the Trump administration. Since his inauguration in January, President Donald Trump has moved to slash and burn the federal workforce—and the Department of Veterans Affairs […]
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These Veterans Fought for the US. Now They’re Fighting Trump’s VA Cuts Read Post »
The Palestinian town of Umm al-Fahm is on the frontlines of the struggle against Israeli state terror and genocide.
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Amid Escalating Repression, Palestinian Citizens of Israel Refuse to Be Silenced Read Post »
Despite the ruling, the judge stopped short of ordering Khalil’s release and allowing him to meet his newborn son.
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Judge Rules Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention by ICE Was “Likely” Unconstitutional Read Post »
“Making durable changes isn’t always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
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Awareness Protests Won’t Threaten the Richest, Most Well-Armed People on Earth Read Post »
Five years ago today, George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed Black man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, in Minneapolis. The harrowing footage of the murder—in which Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes after a nearby store clerk alleged he tried to purchase cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill—sparked […]
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Report: Police Killings Rose in the Five Years After George Floyd’s Murder Read Post »
Despite growing suppression, students have achieved multiple divestment victories and are pushing for more wins.
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US Students on Hunger Strikes as Israeli-Engineered Famine Takes Hold in Gaza Read Post »
Within the first few minutes of Tuesday’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on planned Republican Medicaid cuts—which would render more than 8 million Americans uninsured—a contingent of protesters entered the room in Washington, DC’s Rayburn Building where members of Congress had gathered. The protesters, shouting “No cuts to Medicaid!” represented groups including the […]
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25 Arrested While Protesting GOP Medicaid Cuts Read Post »
Michigan’s attorney general is posing as an anti-Trump champion. So why is she helping Trump’s FBI to target protesters?
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If Dems Want to Stand Up to Trump, They Must Stand With Palestine Protesters Read Post »
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