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![The local government of Valley, Alabama, sent two cops to the home of Martha Menefield, an 82-year-old Black woman living alone, to arrest her for failing to pay $77.80 worth of garbage collection fees.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1280444461-400x300.jpg)
Local Alabama Police Arrested 82-Year-Old Woman for Overdue Trash Bill
A society based on human needs would help a retiree with a trivial household problem instead of sending cops.
![Amazon worker moving packages in a warehouse](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/GettyImages-1445218396-400x300.jpg)
For Many Workers, the Holiday Season Is the Most Exploitative Time of the Year
As delivery workers support others’ holiday dreams, they urgently need support in their 2023 contract fights.
![Demonstrators light candles during a vigil to mourn the victims of the Urumqi fire in Beijing, China, on November 27, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1216-urumqi-road-400x300.jpg)
The Left Can Support Protesters in China Without Shilling for US Imperialism
Chinese workers and Uyghurs need solidarity from leftists worldwide — not an escalation in anti-Chinese hostility.
![Demonstrators march along a street during a rally for the victims of a deadly fire as well as a protest against China's harsh COVID-19 restrictions, in Beijing on November 28, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1206-beijing-protest-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Authoritarian Collective Action Is Happening on a Mass Scale in China
This resistance is the result of a confluence of immediate catalysts and long-term political and economic dynamics.
![As Settler Colonialism and Genocide Continue, So Too Does Indigenous Resistance](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/GUEST-NickEstes-400x300.jpg)
As Settler Colonialism and Genocide Continue, So Too Does Indigenous Resistance
Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about Thanksgiving and the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline at Standing Rock.
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Capitalism Has Ended the Issue of Scarcity But Worsened the Crisis of Inequality
Capitalism will never deliver material well-being for all. We need a new system.
![A young man plays with a Playstation 4 game console in Berlin, Germany, on April 2, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_1021-video-games-400x300.jpg)
The Gaming Community Is Fed Up With Corporate Greed and Ripe to Be Mobilized
With nearly 180 million gamers in the United States, the industry has become flashpoint for ideological struggle.
![President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on October 11, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_1017-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s National Security Strategy Is a Defense of US Domination, Not Democracy
Biden’s new imperial plan is not in the interest of the world's people.
![A sign on a Patagonia storefront window reads "Demand Fair Trade." as a person in a coat walks past it](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_1005-patagonia-store-400x300.jpg)
Patagonia’s Greenwashing Ignores Workers and Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis
Relinquishing profits won’t solve the planetary inequities that produce those profits in the first place.
![Climate activists from the group Extinction Rebellion march through the streets after blockading several roads in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 21, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_1004-envision-400x300.jpg)
We Have No Option But Hope: Noam Chomsky Talks With David Barsamian
We must have “optimism of the will,” using the opportunities available to fight for a more just world, Chomsky says.