Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro is “a performance” of the kind of US imperial power “that [Trump] knows is waning” on the global stage, scholar and author Geo Maher tells us.
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‘No fascist USA!’: Baltimore marches against ICE
“Get your neighbors organized, get your friends organized… ‘cause we outnumber the fascists completely, and if we all stick together, we can really stop this from getting worse.”
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Backlash builds against Trump DOJ’s ‘unprecedented’ investigation of US Federal Reserve Chairman
“If the Federal Reserve loses its independence, the stability of our markets and the broader economy will suffer.”
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Largest nurses strike in NYC history as nearly 15,000 healthcare workers hit the picket line
“No nurse should be asked to accept less pay, fewer benefits, or less dignity for doing lifesaving work,” said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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Minneapolis teachers, parents denounce federal agents’ assault at Roosevelt High, demand ICE leave
Members of Minneapolis Federation of Educators and community allies gathered in South Minneapolis to condemn the detention of school staff at dismissal.
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‘Yankee Go Home’: How Venezuela’s greatest protest singer denounced US intervention
Ali Primera sang songs of resistance to inequality and injustice—songs of resistance to the United States. And he had reason to be wary of the US: He says his torturers were instructed by US officials.
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Portland mayor decries mounting bloodshed, tells ICE to get out after federal agents shoot two
“As mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed,” said Keith Wilson, the Democratic mayor of Portland, Oregon.
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More shocking footage shows federal agents raiding Minneapolis high school, handcuffing staff
“They’re just animals,” said a local school official of the federal agents. “I’ve never seen people behave like this.”
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Hours after US citizen shot dead by ICE, JD Vance says ‘door-to-door’ operations are coming
“This is starting to look disturbingly like Germany in the 1930s.”
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Trump abandonment of global treaties, including landmark climate deal, ‘threatens all life on Earth’
“Trump cutting ties with the world’s oldest climate treaty is another despicable effort to let corporate fossil fuel interests run our government.”
