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William Rivers Pitt | President Trump Baits the Hook
If these people actually get organized, we'll be on a highway to Hell, eight lanes wide and no potholes.
It’s Time to Claim Our Highest Vision: Let’s Embrace the Great Turning
A vast and powerful movement of movements is coalescing across the US to transform our economic and political systems.
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Fair Game: The Resistance Puts Pressure on Complicit Democrats
An engaged progressive movement, tired of being ignored, is putting pressure on Democrats to reject Trump's agenda.
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Police Are Using Facebook and Apple to Data-Mine Accounts of Trump Protest Arrestees
Data surveillance targets people hit with trumped-up felony riot charges.
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Fighting Cops and the Klan: The History and Future of Black Antifascism
Fascists have often used law enforcement as their personal Gestapo to commit atrocities against those they hate.
Will the Science Community Go Rogue Against Donald Trump?
Scientists must grapple with politics and resist political reaction in order to be more effective.
Are Americans Ready to Strike?
This past October, women in Poland used a mass strike to stop an abortion ban. Organizers in the US are looking to similar tactics.
Striking Against Islamophobia: A Conversation with Bhairavi Desai from the New York Taxi Workers Alliance
Sarah Jaffe interviews Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the New York Taxi Worker's Alliance.
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Trump’s Muslim Ban and the Challenge of the Left Today
Trump's Muslim ban is a step toward authoritarian transnational capitalism and must be fought in its global context.
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To Halt the Slide Into Authoritarianism, We Need a General Strike
To make a general strike possible, we must organize strike funds and other supports to offset risks workers will bear.