Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange’s Espionage Charges
The US Department of Justice issued an 18-count indictment against Julian Assange for violating the 1917 Espionage Act. We speak to Daniel Ellsberg about the dangerous implications this move has for journalism in the United States
Vijay Prashad analyzes the Indian election result, which has returned right-wing Narendra Modi to power. Money, mass media abdication of its watchdog function, and institutional…
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A leaked copy of the budget for largest labor federation in America drops funds for organizing from 30 percent to less than 10 percent. Union…
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Hilla Dayan discusses the right-wing Zionist group Im Tirtzu, and the scare campaign against leftist and progressive professors going on in Israel …
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As the Trump Administration considers a plan to drill for oil in California’s Central Valley, environmental groups have held rallies and packed hearings. The proposal, originating under Obama, calls for fracking over 1.2 million acres close to national parks
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How the U.S. Crackdown on Abortion Laws Influences Other Countries
As Americans struggle to decide the fate of reproductive rights state by state, the U.S. government has imposed a “Gag Rule” that would remove U.S. federal funding from any country or international organization that provides abortions or even advises women that abortion is their choice
Economic Update: Living in a Socialist Economy
This week: Updates on Warren Buffet and socialism; the college admissions scandal in the U.S.; how lobbyists reflect and worsen inequality; North and South Carolina teachers’ strike for better education; and how NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) reflect and worsen workplace inequalities across global capitalism; Prof. Wolff interviews Victor Grossman, an American who lived and worked in…
Chicago’s New Mayor to End Water Shutoffs
The move will help tens of thousands who are struggling with rapidly increasing bills, but there is still work to be done to make Chicago’s water affordable, says organizer Jenya Polozova
Activists Push Back Against Conservative Threat to Safe and Legal Abortion
With abortion rights under threat across the country and conservative anti-abortion bills gaining momentum, women and activists are taking their protests to the streets to defend their right to privacy and bodily autonomy
44 States File Suit Against Drug Companies for Inflating Prices
Ending patent monopolies and prosecuting big pharma will drive prescription drug prices down, says Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works
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May 24, 2019
Springtime for Biden and Democrats
May 17, 2019
The US Labor Market Is Deteriorating for Black Men
May 16, 2019
History Repeats Itself as Corporations Join Big Green to Craft Market-Based Climate Plan
May 15, 2019
Climate Emergency Manifesto
May 14, 2019
Privatization Solution Worse than Problem
May 14, 2019
Why Ecuador?
May 9, 2019
Fallujah Forgotten
May 6, 2019
An Open Letter to Extinction Rebellion
May 6, 2019
Can House Special Committees Fight the Climate Crisis?
April 29, 2019
Labour Protest in Mexico 2019: The SITUAM Strike
April 25, 2019
If War Is an Industry, How Can There Be Peace in a Capitalist World? The Seventeenth Newsletter (2019).
April 25, 2019
Joe Biden: Puffery vs. Reality
April 24, 2019
The Baltimore Uprising: Four Years Later
April 19, 2019
World Bank Dispossessing Rural Poor
April 16, 2019
Assange Arrest Sparks Interest in Gore Vidal Book
April 12, 2019
David Bernhardt Confirmed as Interior Secretary
April 11, 2019
Defence of European Empires was Original NATO Goal
April 3, 2019
Scandal-Plagued Baltimore Mayor Takes Leave of Absence
April 1, 2019
Maryland Becomes Sixth State to Adopt $15 Minimum Wage
March 29, 2019
City Settles, Agrees to Reforms with Fired Black Police Chief who Claimed Discrimination
March 28, 2019
Maryland Advances Bill For a $15 Minimum Wage in Six Years
March 21, 2019
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TRNN Documentary: Trump, The Koch Brothers and Their War on Climate Science
Narrated by Danny Glover, A documentary special reveals how climate change science has been under systematic attack; the multi-million dollar campaign allowed a climate change denier to be elected president (a new version with updated content and music)
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Is the Oil Industry Canada’s ‘Deep State’?
Justin Trudeau and Canada’s political elite are fighting for the Tar Sands and oil industry’s interests, even if it means that Canada misses its climate targets. We speak to Kevin Taft, ex-Liberal Party politician and author of ‘Oil’s Deep State.’
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