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“Build Bridges, Not Walls”: Medea Benjamin on How She Disrupted Donald Trump’s Speech
Benjamin was removed after the disruption and says she was later interviewed by the Secret Service.
How Can This Be Happening in the US? International Journalists Reflect on Rise of Donald Trump
Members of the international press covering the Republican National Convention to talk about how other countries view Donald Trump.
Brazilian Prosecutor Finds No Crime Committed by Dilma: Will the Law Count for Anything in Brazil?
Dilma Rousseff's impeachers have criminal violation to even allege.
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The Cycle of Trump
RNC Protesters “Wall Off Trump” and Confront Police Violence
Protesters erected a "wall" with banners outside the RNC, and kept systemic police violence in the spotlight even as a sea of police flooded the streets around them.
Henry A. Giroux: Trump and the Enablers of American Authoritarianism (Part Two)
This election should be about what's better for the strategic interests of an independent people's struggle.
Henry A. Giroux: Trump and the Fascistization of the United States (Part One)
Scholar Henry Giroux tells Paul Jay that Donald Trump is not an eccentric populist, but the representative of a neofascist.
Ban Guns, Not Tennis Balls: As NRA Addresses RNC, CodePink Protests Ohio’s Open-Carry Law
Anti-gun activists rallied at the RNC against the fact that civilians are being allowed to carry military-grade weapons in downtown Cleveland.
Henry A. Giroux on Violence, Neoliberalism and the Hallucinatory Anti-Politics of the Trump Era
Cultural critic Henry Giroux explains how violence seeped from the United States' background into the foreground of our psychology.
People’s Justice and Peace Convention, Protests Mark RNC’s Opening Weekend
Activists from across the U.S. held a "people's convention," and hit the streets to protest police violence and Trump.