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![A bunch of people displaying the US flag protest outside a statehouse](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/04/2020_0420-protest-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Praise for Astroturf Protests Is a Divisive Reelection Strategy
Trump and the Republicans have decided that opening up the economy as soon as possible is their ticket to reelection.
![Registered nurses and healthcare workers protest what they say is a lack of personal protective equipment available for frontline workers at UCLA Medical Center amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 13, 2020, in Santa Monica, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/04/2020_0419-nurses-protest-j-400x300.jpg)
Imagining Protest in a Quarantined World
Kelly Hayes talks with Lisa Fithian about how we can resist from a distance.
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Pipelines Are Still Being Built as the Rest of the Economy Shuts Down
Pipeline construction isn't “essential,” but it persists amid COVID-19.
![A view from the top of Mauna Kea.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0318-mauna-kea-j-400x300.jpg)
Mauna Kea Isn’t Just About a Telescope, It’s About Who Will Decide the Future
Native Hawaiian Mauna Protectors want to make sure their view of the world is understood and respected.
![A person raises their hands as police clash with demonstrators as they move to clear the area during a protest on June 4, 2017, in Portland, Oregon.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0306-protester-mask-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Mask Bills Targeting Leftists Ignore the Real Perpetrators of Violence
The purpose of these measures is not to confront violence in the streets but to pander to the far right.
![Rabbi Brant Rosen and interfaith colleagues participate in a civil disobedience action at the San Diego - Tijuana border, December 10, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/02/2020_0228-brant-rosen-400x300.jpg)
Fighting Anti-Semitism: From Terror to Solidarity and Action
Kelly Hayes talks with Brant Rosen in Truthout's podcast “Movement Memos.”
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Hindu Nationalist Violence Rocks Delhi as Trump Visits Modi in India
The death toll from anti-Muslim violence in Delhi has risen to at least 34.
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Indigenous Blockades Don’t Just Decry Destruction — They Affirm Life
The world should be standing behind the Wet’suwet’en and their vision for a different future.
![Protesters at The People's Removal Trial of Donald Trump lock arms in Daley Plaza in Chicago on February 1, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/02/2020_0217-protest-r-400x300.jpg)
Should We All Be in the Streets? Let’s Talk About Protest.
Kelly Hayes talks with grassroots organizer and author L.A. Kauffman in Truthout's podcast “Movement Memos.”
![The Wet’suwet’en Fight Against New Pipeline Spreads Across Canada](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/02/SEG3-Wetsuweten-400x300.jpg)
The Wet’suwet’en Fight Against New Pipeline Spreads Across Canada
Protests have broken out across Canada in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders.