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Bahrain Constitutional Amendment Suppresses Freedom of Dissent
Bahrain's constitutional amendment would violate international law and human rights
BDS Opponents Threaten Academic Associations With “Ultra Vires” Lawsuits, but Fail Big in First Attempt
In the fight against BDS, opponents have exhumed this vestige of twentieth-century corporate law.
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Challenging Antisemitism in the Trump Era
Right-wing apologists for Israel have made it harder to fight anti-Semitism by conflating it with anti-Zionism.
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All Pharaohs Must Fall: A Passover Reflection on Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer's dog-whistle-laden press conference should strengthen our resolve to resist tyranny in all its forms.
Civilian Deaths Are Spiking in Syria and Iraq as US Launches Unrestrained Bombing Raids
Allan Nairn discusses the escalation of US military operations across the Middle East, as well as the unique danger Trump poses both abroad and at home.
IBM Can’t Erase Its History of Nazi Complicity, but It Can Draw the Line Against Trump, Workers Say
IBM workers are organizing together in refusal to participate in any Trump project that violates the civil liberties of immigrants or Muslims.
Prospects for Social Democracy in the US: Insights From a Syndicalist in Sweden
US socialists should not get over-excited about European-style social democracy, says author Gabriel Kuhn.
There Are No Signs That Iraq Can Be Bombed Into Stability
There is no liberation going on in Mosul, says Raed Jarrar of the American Friends Service Committee.
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The Real Reason the NYPD Won’t Disclose Its Surveillance Technologies
The NYPD is fearmongering about terrorism to dissuade regulation of its invasive, costly surveillance technologies.
The US Provided Cover for the Saudi Starvation Strategy in Yemen
The Pentagon has been the main driver in the US policy of supporting the Saudi strategy of starvation in Yemen.