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How Solidarity Falters Amid Repression and How We Can Do Better
“This system was designed to do exactly what it is doing,” says author and activist Dean Spade.
![President Joe Biden speaks during an event hosted by the Democratic National Committee at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., on October 18, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0625-restore-roe-400x300.jpg)
Democrats’ Support for Israel Is Weakening the Reproductive Rights Movement
Reproductive justice is not compatible with imperialism, militarism and colonialism.
![Anti-poverty activists construct plywood and canvas tents, known as Resurrection City, on the National Mall as part of the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 1968.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0619-Resurrection-City-400x300.jpg)
This Juneteenth, Let’s Celebrate International Black Struggle
As the global right wing casts its shadow, we draw strength from the long tradition of Black internationalism.
![Jordan Elgrably, artistic director of the Levantine Cultural Center in West Hollywood, is the editor of the new anthology, Stories From the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-564068491-400x300.jpg)
Muslim and Arab Writers Are Challenging Western Imperialism’s Narrative
In a new anthology, writers from Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) tell the stories the West tries to erase.
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AI Companies Want to Colonize Our Data. Here’s How We Stop Them.
Artificial Intelligence companies are imposing a new “Doctrine of Discovery” on our digital commons, but we can resist.
![Vice President Kamala Harris makes her way to board a plane before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on June 14, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0321-harris-400x300.jpg)
As VP Harris Visits Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans Call for End to US Colonialism
Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Puerto Rico during a week marking the abolition of slavery and a massacre.
![Scaffolding over 30 meters high rises behind the Karl Marx Monument on October 11, 2023, in Saxony, Chemnitz.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1214-karl-marx-400x300.jpg)
Don’t Dismiss Marx. His Critique of Colonialism Is More Relevant Than Ever.
Contrary to liberal misinterpretations, Marx was a fierce critic of colonialism, says Marxist scholar Marcello Musto.
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Harvard Has Blocked Maine Tribes’ Effort to Rebury Their Ancestors at Every Turn
The university’s Peabody Museum exploited loopholes to prevent repatriation to the Wabanaki peoples.
![Tubing awaits removal for recycling at a lithium mine in the Atacama Desert on August 24, 2022, in Salar de Atacama, Chile. The North Carolina-based Albemarle Corporation is expanding mining operations at their Salar Plant to meet the rising global demand for lithium carbonate, a main component in the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1418008470-400x300.jpg)
Green Colonialism Has No Place in a Truly Just Transition
Will the Global South take the opportunity to rewrite the rules of the global economy amid the climate crisis?
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Is BRICS+ an Anti-Colonial Formation Worth Cheering From the Left? Far From It.
BRICS+ is not a new Non-Aligned Movement seeking to redistribute global wealth but an alliance of aspiring hegemons.