Sam Carliner
@saminthecan.bsky.social
Journalist - I mostly write about U.S. foreign policy, immigration policy, and internationalism - Newsletter below:
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Sam Carliner
@saminthecan.bsky.social
· Aug 11
Trump’s War on Immigrants is a Trojan Horse to Normalize Domestic Use of the Military
Opposition to domestic militarization must come from an understanding of the military’s role as a repressive institution of the state.
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NEW: For a few weeks I've been working on a big analysis of how Trump is using war on immigrants to normalize domestic use of the military. I hate how timely this piece turned out to be.
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Amazing report! With this context it's worth noting Gov. Murphy recently established a new Office of Strategic Defense Investment to expand NJ's role as a leader in the defense sector: www.nj.gov/governor/new...
⚡️NEW from Drop Site:
A Single Warehouse in Jersey City Moved Over A Thousand Tons of Military Cargo to Israel Every Week
3 NJ-based logistics companies have worked for decades with Israel's Ministry...
By Jose Olivares (X: @jlosc9) and @recolston.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jersey-cit...
A Single Warehouse in Jersey City Moved Over A Thousand Tons of Military Cargo to Israel Every Week
3 NJ-based logistics companies have worked for decades with Israel's Ministry...
By Jose Olivares (X: @jlosc9) and @recolston.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jersey-cit...
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Amazing report! With this context it's worth noting Gov. Murphy recently established a new Office of Strategic Defense Investment to expand NJ's role as a leader in the defense sector: www.nj.gov/governor/new...
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The vote in the House to “denounce the horrors of socialism” is not happening in a vacuum. As millions in the country are seeing that capitalism has nothing to offer but misery. To deliver on these aspirations, we have to fight for a socialist, working-class party. www.leftvoice.org/denouncing-s...
Denouncing Socialism Can’t Stop a Generation That’s Embracing It - Left Voice
The recent vote in the House to "denounce the horrors of socialism" is not happening in a vacuum, but as millions in the country are seeing that capitalism has nothing to offer but misery. To deliver ...
www.leftvoice.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The vote in the House to “denounce the horrors of socialism” is not happening in a vacuum. As millions in the country are seeing that capitalism has nothing to offer but misery. To deliver on these aspirations, we have to fight for a socialist, working-class party. www.leftvoice.org/denouncing-s...
Amazing report! With this context it's worth noting Gov. Murphy recently established a new Office of Strategic Defense Investment to expand NJ's role as a leader in the defense sector: www.nj.gov/governor/new...
⚡️NEW from Drop Site:
A Single Warehouse in Jersey City Moved Over A Thousand Tons of Military Cargo to Israel Every Week
3 NJ-based logistics companies have worked for decades with Israel's Ministry...
By Jose Olivares (X: @jlosc9) and @recolston.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jersey-cit...
A Single Warehouse in Jersey City Moved Over A Thousand Tons of Military Cargo to Israel Every Week
3 NJ-based logistics companies have worked for decades with Israel's Ministry...
By Jose Olivares (X: @jlosc9) and @recolston.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jersey-cit...
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Amazing report! With this context it's worth noting Gov. Murphy recently established a new Office of Strategic Defense Investment to expand NJ's role as a leader in the defense sector: www.nj.gov/governor/new...
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Trump has set his sights on Nigeria because the country plays a key role in imperialist control of the African continent. Washington seeks to maintain its influence, while China seeks to expand its own.
www.leftvoice.org/trumps-threa...
www.leftvoice.org/trumps-threa...
Trump’s Threats of Military Intervention in Nigeria Are About Confrontation with China - Left Voice
Trump has set his sights on Nigeria because the country plays a key role in imperialist control of the African continent. Washington seeks to maintain its influence, while China seeks to expand its ow...
www.leftvoice.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Trump has set his sights on Nigeria because the country plays a key role in imperialist control of the African continent. Washington seeks to maintain its influence, while China seeks to expand its own.
www.leftvoice.org/trumps-threa...
www.leftvoice.org/trumps-threa...
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In the long run, this will do far more to legitimize the Right than it will do to advance the goals of the Left.
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
In the long run, this will do far more to legitimize the Right than it will do to advance the goals of the Left.
In the long run, this will do far more to legitimize the Right than it will do to advance the goals of the Left.
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
In the long run, this will do far more to legitimize the Right than it will do to advance the goals of the Left.
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Baristas are locking arms in front of lines of trucks.
This distribution center is Starbucks’ largest on the East Coast, which is why we’re showing up to send a message. We're ready to continue escalating our ULP strike until Starbucks does the right thing.
#NoContractNoCoffee
This distribution center is Starbucks’ largest on the East Coast, which is why we’re showing up to send a message. We're ready to continue escalating our ULP strike until Starbucks does the right thing.
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Baristas are locking arms in front of lines of trucks.
This distribution center is Starbucks’ largest on the East Coast, which is why we’re showing up to send a message. We're ready to continue escalating our ULP strike until Starbucks does the right thing.
#NoContractNoCoffee
This distribution center is Starbucks’ largest on the East Coast, which is why we’re showing up to send a message. We're ready to continue escalating our ULP strike until Starbucks does the right thing.
#NoContractNoCoffee
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Germany’s Left Party is slowly moving away from its militant Zionism. But the leadership continues to attack pro-Palestinian activists.
Die Linke's Youth Passes a Pro-Palestinian Resolution — and the Party Attacks Them - Left Voice
Germany's Left Party is slowly moving away from its militant Zionism. But the leadership continues to attack pro-Palestinian activists.
www.leftvoice.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Germany’s Left Party is slowly moving away from its militant Zionism. But the leadership continues to attack pro-Palestinian activists.
Said it before I'll say it again, Abbott doesn't get nearly the hate and scrutiny he deserves.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that Muslims are a “threat to our freedom” on Tuesday as he targeted the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the U.S. with a foreign terrorist organization label in an escalation of a movement of anti-Muslim hate in the state.
Abbott Says Muslims Are “Threat to Our Freedom” as He Targets Civil Rights Group With Terrorist Designation
Governors do not have the authority to designate groups as a foreign terrorist organization.
truthout.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Said it before I'll say it again, Abbott doesn't get nearly the hate and scrutiny he deserves.
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The @theguardian.com runs with "tensions rise", to describe what is in fact unilateral US aggression against a country that poses zero threat to the US or to anyone else.
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The @theguardian.com runs with "tensions rise", to describe what is in fact unilateral US aggression against a country that poses zero threat to the US or to anyone else.
Here's what I'd say are my favorite albums of the year, before Spotify suggests otherwise. Actively seeking recommendations for great albums I may have missed!
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Here's what I'd say are my favorite albums of the year, before Spotify suggests otherwise. Actively seeking recommendations for great albums I may have missed!
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Trump’s Operation Southern Spear is a New Front in His Widescale Militarization - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/17/t...
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CounterPunch.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Trump’s Operation Southern Spear is a New Front in His Widescale Militarization - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/17/t...
The UN was literally created to enforce U.S. imperialism. It's time to give up on the idea that it can ever bring justice for the world's most oppressed.
The UN approves a U.S. plan authorizing an international stabilization force in Gaza and a potential future path to a Palestinian state.
UN approves US plan authorizing an international stabilization force in Gaza
The U.N. Security Council has approved a U.S. plan for Gaza that authorizes an international stabilization force to provide security in the devastated territory and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The UN was literally created to enforce U.S. imperialism. It's time to give up on the idea that it can ever bring justice for the world's most oppressed.
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NEW: Read my commentary on Operation Southern Spear. The new military operation in Latin America is based on the same drug war rhetoric used to militarize U.S. cities.
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Trump’s Operation Southern Spear is a new front in his widescale militarization
The new military operation in Latin America is based on the same drug war rhetoric used to militarize U.S. cities.
substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
NEW: Read my commentary on Operation Southern Spear. The new military operation in Latin America is based on the same drug war rhetoric used to militarize U.S. cities.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The Trump administration is expanding its campaign of illegal boat strikes and military buildup targeting Latin America.
“Gunboat Diplomacy”: U.S. War in Latin America Feared as Hegseth Launches “Operation Southern Spear”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the launch of Operation Southern Spear to target suspected drug traffickers in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The U.S. now has 15,000 mi...
www.democracynow.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Trump administration is expanding its campaign of illegal boat strikes and military buildup targeting Latin America.
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Trump’s Operation Southern Spear is a New Front in His Widescale Militarization
www.counterpunch.org
Trump’s Operation Southern Spear is a New Front in His Widescale Militarization
twp.ai
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Trump’s Operation Southern Spear is a New Front in His Widescale Militarization
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Trump’s Operation Southern Spear is a New Front in His Widescale Militarization
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/17/trumps-operation-southern-spear-is-a-new-front-in-his-widescale-militarization/ [1/3]
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/17/trumps-operation-southern-spear-is-a-new-front-in-his-widescale-militarization/ [1/3]
Trump’s Operation Southern Spear is a New Front in His Widescale Militarization
In an escalation of militarism toward Latin America, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the start of Operation Southern Spear to target so-called
www.counterpunch.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Trump’s Operation Southern Spear is a New Front in His Widescale Militarization
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/17/trumps-operation-southern-spear-is-a-new-front-in-his-widescale-militarization/ [1/3]
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/17/trumps-operation-southern-spear-is-a-new-front-in-his-widescale-militarization/ [1/3]
NEW: Read my commentary on Operation Southern Spear. The new military operation in Latin America is based on the same drug war rhetoric used to militarize U.S. cities.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Trump’s Operation Southern Spear is a new front in his widescale militarization
The new military operation in Latin America is based on the same drug war rhetoric used to militarize U.S. cities.
substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
NEW: Read my commentary on Operation Southern Spear. The new military operation in Latin America is based on the same drug war rhetoric used to militarize U.S. cities.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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BREAKING: The pretext for attacks inside Venezuela has been set. They're going with Maduro runs Cartel de los Soles, contrary to what U.S. intelligence says:
“The Department of State intends to designate Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), effective...
“The Department of State intends to designate Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), effective...
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
BREAKING: The pretext for attacks inside Venezuela has been set. They're going with Maduro runs Cartel de los Soles, contrary to what U.S. intelligence says:
“The Department of State intends to designate Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), effective...
“The Department of State intends to designate Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), effective...
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On Thursday, Starbucks baristas in 40+ cities launched an open-ended, national ULP strike. Workers are putting it all on the line and need customers and allies to back them up!
Join striking baristas and community supporters building union power. RSVP now: bit.ly/4pbwwy7
Join striking baristas and community supporters building union power. RSVP now: bit.ly/4pbwwy7
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On Thursday, Starbucks baristas in 40+ cities launched an open-ended, national ULP strike. Workers are putting it all on the line and need customers and allies to back them up!
Join striking baristas and community supporters building union power. RSVP now: bit.ly/4pbwwy7
Join striking baristas and community supporters building union power. RSVP now: bit.ly/4pbwwy7
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On Sunday, Chileans will vote for a new president. The election comes at the end of a center-left administration that has left many disillusioned, paving the way for the advance of the Right. Class struggle and revolutionary ideas can change the country’s course.
www.leftvoice.org/chiles-gener...
www.leftvoice.org/chiles-gener...
Chile’s General Election Shows the Threat of the Far Right, the Limits of the Center-Left, and the Potential of a Revolutionary Alternative - Left Voice
On Sunday, Chileans will vote for a new president. The election comes at the end of a center-left administration that has left many disillusioned and paved the way for the advance of the Far Right. Bu...
www.leftvoice.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
On Sunday, Chileans will vote for a new president. The election comes at the end of a center-left administration that has left many disillusioned, paving the way for the advance of the Right. Class struggle and revolutionary ideas can change the country’s course.
www.leftvoice.org/chiles-gener...
www.leftvoice.org/chiles-gener...
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For those keeping track:
Since Illinois police forces' "Unified Command" secured the area around the Broadview ICE facility (whose allegedly inhumane conditions are now the subject of an ongoing federal class action) in early October, about 100 people have been arrested while protesting there.
Since Illinois police forces' "Unified Command" secured the area around the Broadview ICE facility (whose allegedly inhumane conditions are now the subject of an ongoing federal class action) in early October, about 100 people have been arrested while protesting there.
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For those keeping track:
Since Illinois police forces' "Unified Command" secured the area around the Broadview ICE facility (whose allegedly inhumane conditions are now the subject of an ongoing federal class action) in early October, about 100 people have been arrested while protesting there.
Since Illinois police forces' "Unified Command" secured the area around the Broadview ICE facility (whose allegedly inhumane conditions are now the subject of an ongoing federal class action) in early October, about 100 people have been arrested while protesting there.
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Trump is bombing boats in the Caribbean almost daily — no evidence, no charges, just killings. How did the U.S. get here?
Greg Grandin reports.
Greg Grandin reports.
Trump’s Kill Zone in the Caribbean Is an Escalation of the Never-ending U.S. Drug War
The strikes on boats near Venezuela mark a new phase in a murderous war on Latin America that has been waged by 10 U.S. presidents.
inthesetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Trump is bombing boats in the Caribbean almost daily — no evidence, no charges, just killings. How did the U.S. get here?
Greg Grandin reports.
Greg Grandin reports.
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Many of the weapons systems and vessels involved in the US’s Caribbean buildup come with steep price tags.
The US’s Top Military Contractors Are Cashing In on Caribbean Operations
The weapons industry is reaping the benefits as Trump amasses ships, drones, and missiles off the coast of Venezuela.
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Many of the weapons systems and vessels involved in the US’s Caribbean buildup come with steep price tags.
"Alongside the potential return to Ecuador, U.S. troops and contractors have renovated bases inside American territory in the region — at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico — and outside of it, such as the former Fort Sherman in Panama..."
The US military’s plan to revive old bases in Latin America trib.al/40bSAdX
The US military’s plan to revive old bases in Latin America
Bases in Panama, Puerto Rico, and potentially Ecuador are coming back to life as the U.S. military builds up forces in the region.
trib.al
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"Alongside the potential return to Ecuador, U.S. troops and contractors have renovated bases inside American territory in the region — at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico — and outside of it, such as the former Fort Sherman in Panama..."