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Issue: 920

July 21, 2022

Guest Commentary

White Riot

By John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus Guest Commentator

Even though the January 6 riot ended up being far more antagonistic and violent toward the police than any #BLM demonstration, it was a direct repudiation of the efforts by African Americans and others against police brutality, political disenfranchisement, and economic inequality.

Exposing the links between the Trump team and the far right is important for saving American democracy and defeating global fascism. The first single that the…

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A Mother

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A Mother

By Chuck Siler

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Guest Commentary

The Selfish Politics of Anti-Abortionists

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

Right-wing forces have spent years working painstakingly on multiple fronts in plain sight to ensure that the right to an abortion would no longer be guaranteed, and they have won.

Those claiming to be against abortion often rely on being able to access the procedure when they need it—a common conservative approach to social needs. The…

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Guest Commentary

Surviving Sexual Violence

By Grace Catan Guest Commentator

you can get support without a court declaring that you have experienced sexual violence. You do not need to prove yourself to anyone. You are the evidence. Identifying is enough.

I identify as a survivor of sexual violence. Just a few years ago, I would not have been able to say that out loud. I used…

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Guest Commentary

Avoiding WWIII

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

Reckless disregard for peace is extremely dangerous.

The death and suffering in Ukraine does not yet remotely compare with that in Yemen. Nor does the death and suffering from war in Yemen yet…

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Guest Commentary

The Giant War Robot That Rules America

By WJ Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

People with integrity who try to tell us the truth about America’s wars, like Chelsea Manning and Daniel Hale, end up in jail. The liars and the ones who always get it wrong end up being richly rewarded and often promoted to the highest levels.

Readers, I admit to you I’m demoralized after seeing this news a couple of days ago: The House has passed, 329-101, its version of the fiscal…

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View from the Battlefield

Indictments Expose Political Corruption

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

The wards of the two alders were woefully neglected and now we see why. They were too busy looking out for themselves and not the community.

Three African American elected officials were recently listed in a federal indictment, complete with the transcript of conversations of how they would help businessman John Doe…

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Color of Law

It’s Time To Root Out White Supremacists in the Military and Law Enforcement

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

America, you have a problem on your hands, and it is coming from inside. You armed and trained this threat, and you gave it a uniform, so this is on you.

White supremacists in the military and law enforcement are not a new phenomenon. But the crisis is growing like a cancer, and now, apparently, the government…

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