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Language of the Unheard: 50 Years On, the Flames of the Detroit Uprising Still Burn

The structural injustices that laid the groundwork for Detroit’s uprising still exist.

In These Times Staff

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Is This What “Liberation” Looks Like? U.S. Airstrikes Have Devastated Mosul.

ISIS may be on its way out, but the Iraqi city has a long road ahead.

Phyllis Bennis

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Spare Us Your Technocratic Handwringing Over Single Payer: This is Life and Death

The battle for single payer in California is an opportunity to make historic investments in both healthcare and education. We can't pass it up.

Douglas Williams

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A New Deal for Wall Street

Trump's plans for mass privatization are a colossal giveaway to the 1%—and Democrats helped pave the way.

Rebecca Burns

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A New Deal for Wall Street: Trump’s Plans for Mass Privatization Are a Colossal Giveaway to the 1%

Trump wants to sell off our infrastructure—and Democrats helped pave the way.

Rebecca Burns

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The South Korean Government Tried to Ban This Peace Activist. Here’s What She Has to Say.

Christine Ahn calls for a real end to the Korean War—and for women to lead the way to peace.

Sarah Lazare

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Meet the Organizers Pursuing a Progressive Takeover of the Republican Party

‘Brand New Congress’ is going after red states and Republican voters with left populism.

Theo Anderson

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Missouri Republicans Are Waging a Trump-Style War Against Women

Opponents of abortion rights are escalating their crusade at the state level.

Victoria Albert

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Your Personal Consumption Choices Can’t Save the Planet: We Have to Confront Capitalism

To stave off disaster, we must transform the economic system driving climate change.

Kate Aronoff

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Bernie 2020? Sanders’ Return to Iowa Fuels Speculation of Another Presidential Bid.

Sanders hasn't stopped railing against billionaires and the ruling class—and he's not denying the possibility of another presidential run.

David Goodner

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Toss Out Your Milquetoast Campaign Slogans: It’s Time to Build Power

To win elections, People's Action is mobilizing from the grassroots.

Theo Anderson

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California Gov. Jerry Brown Is Backing a Climate Bill Full of Giveaways to Polluters

Regulators say the measure would make it impossible to meet the state's greenhouse gas reduction targets by 2030.

Kate Aronoff

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Holding Your Ground Against Austerity: Lessons from the Illinois Budget Deal

Progressive movements didn't back down in the face of a right-wing ideologue.

Amisha Patel

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A New Study Shows Hillary Clinton’s Hawkishness May Have Cost Her the Election

The lesson for Democrats is clear: Embrace a strong anti-war program.

Branko Marcetic

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‘Police Chose the Klan Over Our People’: On Resisting Racism in Charlottesville

When the KKK came to this city, communities mobilized for collective self-defense. Police were not on their side.

Sarah Jaffe

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The Right Calls Climate Change a Leap of Faith. But Denial Is a Leap into the Abyss.

Climate change presents us with an existential challenge: Can humans muster the political will to save ourselves?

Theo Anderson

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Not Your Sacrifice Zone: In Lead-Poisoned East Chicago, Residents Fight for Their Health and Homes

A public housing development was built on the site of a lead smelter. Now, residents are demanding justice.

Kaela Bamberger

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Why Disabled People Are Putting Their Bodies on the Line to Protest Healthcare Cuts

A conversation with Bruce Darling, an organizer with disability justice group ADAPT.

Sarah Jaffe

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Arundhati Roy: We Must Globalize Dissent

Radical alternatives to empire must come from the ground up—and traverse borders.

Arundhati Roy

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Naomi Klein: We Need A Plan, Not A Brand

The author speaks on Corbyn, Trump, climate change, and the “hollow branding” that got us here.

Kate Aronoff

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The Problem With Centrism Is That It Might Get Us All Killed

Going ‘back to the center’ and curbing climate change are mutually exclusive.

Kate Aronoff

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Can Indiana Be the Stronghold of the Resistance? This Organizer Thinks So.

Jesse Myerson is one of many trying to build a new progressive base in the country's heartland.

Sarah Jaffe

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London’s Grenfell Disaster is An Indictment of Austerity

The fire’s victims were caught in the crosshairs of public cuts and a housing crisis.

Amar Diwakar

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The Police State Can Come After Trump Protesters, But It Can’t Make Them Cooperate

Facing up to 75 years in prison, 135 Inauguration Day protesters are refusing to collaborate with the prosecution.

Sarah Lazare