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If Biden Wants to “Stand With the Cuban People,” He Can Ease the Cruel Blockade
Every U.S. president since Dwight D. Eisenhower has maintained the blockade against Cuba. Will Joe Biden change that?
To Abolish Prisons and Militarism, We Need Anti-Imperialist Abolition Feminism
Abolition begins with dismantling the heterosexist, racial and imperial framework of the military and prison industries.
Palestinian Feminists Are Resisting Colonization by Fighting Sexual Violence
Sexualized violence invoked in service of the Israeli state furthers settler-colonialism through domination and control.
Guantánamo Memoir Film Skewers George W. Bush, But Exonerates Barack Obama
“The Mauritanian” fails to examine Obama's or Biden’s complicity in the continuing scandal of Guantánamo.
Thousands in Cuba Protest Amid Deep Economic Crisis and Ongoing US Blockade
The biggest protests Cuba has seen in decades come as people face shortages of medicine, food, and other resources.
Russian Guantánamo Prisoner Released to UAE at Risk of Torture Upon Repatriation
The Biden administration must take action to remedy almost two decades of torture and indefinite arbitrary detention.
The US Government Wants Palestine to Fade From View. Don’t Let It.
The U.S. is perfectly happy to let its role in underwriting the daily violence of Israeli occupation go unnoticed.
As COVID Recedes in US, Housing Activists Demand More Than a Return to Shelters
Activists are pushing to create more permanent supportive housing in place of congregate facilities.
Local Eviction Moratoriums Aren’t Enough to Avert Housing Crisis, Say Activists
Blanket rent cancellation makes far more sense than the Byzantine programs currently in place, activists say.
Only US and Israel Vote Against Resolution Demanding End to Blockade of Cuba
This year, as the embargo has impacted Cuba's ability to combat COVID, 184 nations voted in favor of the resolution.