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October 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Leftist Vermont Rep Tanya Vyhovsky Toured Ukraine. Here’s What She Learned.  truthout.org/articles/lef...
Leftist Vermont Rep Tanya Vyhovsky Toured Ukraine. Here’s What She Learned.
A Ukrainian American DSA politician shares eyewitness thoughts on efforts to build solidarity with the Ukrainian left.
truthout.org
August 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Post-Assad Honeymoon Is Over, and Syrians Are Still Waiting for a Reckoning truthout.org/articles/the...
The Post-Assad Honeymoon Is Over, and Syrians Are Still Waiting for a Reckoning
Six months after the overthrow of Assad, Syrians are protesting for accountability and inclusive democratization.
truthout.org
June 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'm attending AFSC US-Palestine Activism's event, “What Can We Do for Palestine? Learn from Organizers Building Apartheid-Free Cities” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/us-palestine...
What Can We Do for Palestine? Learn from Organizers Building Apartheid-Free Cities · AFSC US-Palestine Activism
On June 16, join the Apartheid-Free Communities network for a webinar featuring conversation on lessons learned from the incredible work of organizers in Vermont and British Columbia! In Vermont, orga...
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June 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
'Under Cover of Night,' GOP Unveils Plan to Kick Over 8 Million Off Medicaid www.commondreams.org/news/republi...
'Under Cover of Night,' GOP Unveils Plan to Kick Over 8 Million Off Medicaid | Common Dreams
House Republicans late Sunday unveiled legislation that analysts said would rip Medicaid coverage from millions of low-income Americans.
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May 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The essential role of workers in stopping the Trump regime. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJZw...
Tempest Collective: Strategies of Resistance Panel
YouTube video by Town Meeting TV
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April 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Silence Isn’t a Strategy: Academic Leaders Must Resist Assault on Higher Ed truthout.org/articles/sil...
Silence Isn’t a Strategy: Academic Leaders Must Resist Assault on Higher Ed
Capitulating to the assault on higher education will only bring more attacks.
truthout.org
March 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Tens of Thousands Join in 'Tesla Takedown' Actions Around the World www.commondreams.org/news/tens-of...
Tens of Thousands Join in 'Tesla Takedown' Actions Around the World | Common Dreams
'Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it'
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March 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We are under the rule of adolescent frat boys who confuse their pranks and sadistic hazing rituals with state policies, destroying the lives of billions of people in the process.
March 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
For all those suffering from the delusion that China is socialist: "Xi Jinping, China’s top leader warned in a speech in 2021 that China 'must not aim too high or go overboard with social security, and steer clear of the idleness-breeding trap of welfarism.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b...
China’s Tax Revenue Declines as Its Leaders Brace for Trump’s Tariffs
Tax revenues have fallen, leaving the government with less money to help consumers or exporters as Beijing braces for President Trump’s tariffs.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Escalation With Panama Exposes Finance Firms’ Role in US Rivalry With China truthout.org/articles/esc...
Escalation With Panama Exposes Finance Firms’ Role in US Rivalry With China
As Trump orders the military to look at “reclaiming” the Panama Canal, companies like BlackRock stand to profit.
truthout.org
March 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This Wannabe Dictator can't even make the trains run on time. “What Trump has proposed ... will slow economic growth, take money out of people’s pockets, increase the unemployment rate, cost people jobs, and make American businesses less competitive." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/b...
Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook
Economic forecasts have deteriorated in recent weeks, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
From the horse's ass: “We both have a police state in the good sense of the word,” Mr. Popov said in a video call last week. He concluded, addressing Americans, “If you want to understand what the Russians think, look in the mirror.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/w...
America the Evil Mastermind? Not So Fast, Russians Are Told.
As President Trump begins to side with Russia, the Kremlin propaganda machine has changed its tune.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
While campists back US imperialism's carve up of Ukraine, the Wannabe Dictator arms Israel to carry out genocide. Meanwhile principled anti-imperialists build solidarity with both Ukraine and Palestine. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
Rubio Bypasses Congress to Send Israel $4 Billion in Arms
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s emergency declaration calls for sending 2,000-pound bombs and other weapons to Israel as the war in Gaza continues.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Vermont Despises the Wannabe Dictator and his Wannabe Nazi Minion. www.commondreams.org/news/vermont...
Vermonters Protest JD Vance: 'Go Ski in Russia' | Common Dreams
'J.D.Vance came to Vermont for a get-away. Locals had other ideas'
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March 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
No, no, no, no. Racism is a class issue. Sexism is a class issue. Transphobia is a class issue. Xenophobia is a class issue. We can only confront and defeat the right by challenging the oppressions that it uses to pit us against one another. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
Opinion | This Democratic Playbook Just Flipped a Trump District In Iowa
A focus on bread-and-butter issues, not the culture wars, helped an Iowa Democrat win in a red area. His playbook is now being used in Pennsylvania.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Reposted by Ashley Smith
My solidarity with Ukraine - and their resistance to Russian imperialism

Stand with Ukraine - list of events happening globally: uaworldmap.ukrainianworldcongress.org/en
Stand with Ukraine
uaworldmap.ukrainianworldcongress.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Peace will never be negotiated in the butcher's palace. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/w...
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February 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Trump Loves the Genocidaires of Gaza and the Butchers of Bucha. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/w...
Bucha, Site of Massacre, Feels Sting of Trump Shift on Ukraine
Residents of a Ukrainian suburb that was the site of notorious attacks on civilians after Russia invaded are alarmed by President Trump’s warm words for Moscow.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM