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Left Organizers Are Being Targeted and Persecuted

A conversation with Amanda Yee of the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

Maximillian Alvarez

Elijah McClain's mother, Sheneen McClain, left, holds the hand of a protester as they rally outside the Aurora Police Department Headquarters to demand justice for her son on June 27, 2020 in Aurora, Colorado. Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images
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Maximillian Alvarez is editor-in-chief at the Real News Network and host of the podcast Working People, available at InThe​se​Times​.com. He is also the author of The Work of Living: Working People Talk About Their Lives and the Year the World Broke.

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