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Danish pseudo-left lines up with European imperialism against US over Greenland
3+ week, 4+ day ago (771+ words) Opposition in Denmark and across Europe to the Trump administration's brutal persecution of immigrants and political opponents, aggressive "America first" militarism, and push to establish a dictatorship is widespread. Large sections of the Danish population have expressed particular outrage at…...
Virginia voters approve Democratic Party-backed redistricting amendment to shift congressional seats
1+ week, 1+ day ago (255+ words) The victory is well within the 3 percent margin which can trigger a recount. Additionally, the amendment already faces numerous court challenges which the state supreme court has yet to hear. Currently, Democrats hold 6 of Virginia's 11 congressional seats. Under the new…...
Resolution for UAW Convention: "Against the US'Israeli Imperialist War on Iran " For the Independent Mobilization of the Working Class
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (545+ words) On Saturday, April 25, UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman introduced this resolution at a meeting of UAW Local 677 in Macungie, Pennsylvania. Local 677 includes the Mack Trucks plant at which Lehman works. The meeting was attended by members of the local apparatus....
UCLA reports expose explosive growth of student homelessness in Los Angeles County
3+ week, 4+ day ago (869+ words) Two recent reports by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on student homelessness in Los Angeles County constitute a devastating exposure of the social reality confronting millions of working-class families. The reports, titled "Rising Numbers, Fading Resources" and "Hidden…...
Trump's "Department of War" seeks to enlist US auto companies in accelerated arms buildup
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (1101+ words) Pentagon officials recently met with executives from General Motors and Ford, marking a turn by the Trump administration toward the development of a war economy. For their part, auto executives, with profits lagging as a result of low electric vehicle…...
Far-right Alberta government invokes "Notwithstanding Clause" for fourth time in two months, as onslaught on democratic rights accelerates across Canada
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (680+ words) The manner of the bill's passage was only fitting, as it tramples on basic democratic rights. Bill 9 invokes the Canadian constitution's authoritarian "notwithstanding clause'Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedomsto uphold the UCP government's legal crusade against transgender youth....
Kurdish PKK withdraws its forces from Turkey
6+ mon, 7+ hour ago (400+ words) The Kurdistan Workers" Party (PKK) announced Sunday, October 26, that it had decided to take "new practical steps" to remove "all its forces in Turkey" to move to the second stage of negotiations with the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdo'an....
ICE re-detains El Gamal family, moves toward imminent deportation in defiance of court order
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (608+ words) On Saturday afternoon, a flight carrying Hayam El Gamal and her five children from Willow Run Airport in Michigan to New Jersey was diverted midair and ordered back to Michigan. The family was then placed on a return flight to…...
Mass protests across Europe after Israeli forces seize Freedom Flotilla boat with aid for Gaza
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (579+ words) The Israeli navy's seizure of the Freedom Flotilla boat Madleen, sailing for Gaza, is a brazen act of piracy in defense of the imperialist-backed genocide in Gaza. In the early hours of Monday morning, Israeli quadcopter drones and warships surrounded…...
El Gamal family released from Dilley concentration camp: A victory in the fight against collective punishment
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (652+ words) A federal court order releasing Hayam El Gamal and her five children from the Dilley family detention center in South Texas is a significant victory for democratic rights and a defeat for the Trump administration's campaign of collective family punishment....