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Labor

2,000 Striking Auto Mechanics Say Their Whole Industry Needs Realignment

Will Greenberg

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With Afghanistan Surge, Donald Trump Just Took Ownership of the Forever War

Monday's announcement shows Trump will continue the same failed strategies of his predecessor.

Seelai Popal

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If Nixon Went to China, Trump Can Go to North Korea

As a candidate, Trump promised a new policy toward North Korea—but now he's beating the drums of war.

John Feffer

Rural America

“They’re Hollowing Out Rural Communities”: Why We Need to Oppose Corporate Consolidation

Emeline Posner

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Don’t Coddle Liberal Politicians Like Kamala Harris—History Shows They Should Be Pressured

While some media commentators want to shield Democrats from criticism, holding politicians’ feet to the fire is a longtime successful tradition on the U.S. Left.

Branko Marcetic

Viewpoint

We’ll Beat the Fascists With Ideas, Not Fists

As bad as the far Right is, shutting them down is poor strategy.

Nathan Robinson

Viewpoint

Don’t Give Fascism an Inch

To defeat white supremacy, we must confront it directly.

Natasha Lennard

Viewpoint

Why I Helped Shut the “Alt-Right” Down

While different situations call for different tactics, sometimes the only option is denying a platform.

Mukund Rathi

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No Excuses for a Racist Murderer: W.E.B. DuBois on the Legacy of Robert E. Lee

Historian and civil rights organizer, W.E.B. DuBois, wrote this short essay in 1928.

W.E.B. DuBois

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Toward a Real Racial Justice Platform for the Political Revolution

A conversation with Nina Turner, president of Our Revolution.

Sarah Jaffe

Labor

Renegotiating NAFTA Is Putting Lipstick on a Pig

Robert E. Scott

Rural America

NAFTA Redux Looks a Lot Like TPP: Family Farm Groups in All 3 Countries Slam Secret Trade Talks

Rural America In These Times

Labor

Why Defending Workers’ Rights Means Fighting ICE’s Deportation Machine

Michael Arria

Dispatch

Meet Randall Woodfin, the Mayoral Challenger Bringing the Political Revolution to Birmingham

The 36-year-old city attorney is proposing debt-free community college and reinvestment in Black neighborhoods.

Katherine Webb-Hehn

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When You Live In a Colony, You Are Easy Meat: Guam In the Crosshairs of Warmongering

Escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea directly threaten the people of Guam.

Julian Aguon

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The Climate Movement’s New Battle Cry

100 percent renewable—we can’t settle for less.

Bill McKibben

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Nausea After Charlottesville: A Reflection on Anti-Semitism

An incident in 1967 in a small town in New Jersey shows how difficult it is to heal the deep wounds of hatred.

Jonathan Kalb

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5 Things the Mainstream Media Missed About Charlottesville

We can't ignore the long history of white supremacist violence—and anti-fascist organizing.

Shane Burley and Alexander Reid Ross