Category Current Issues
Debunking the myth that anti-Zionism is antisemitic, by Peter Beinart
“If antisemitism and anti-Zionism are both conceptually different and, in practice, often espoused by different people, why are politicians such as Macron responding to rising antisemitism by calling anti-Zionism a form of bigotry?”
DN! “Julian Is Suffering”: Family of Assange and Chris Hedges in NYC on Assange
“The situation there is really dire, and Julian is suffering inside that prison.”
Taxes Redux: More Money for War! and the Tax System is Racist!
“The Pentagon budget sucks up more than an outrageously outsized 50 percent of the total Fiscal Year 2021 discretionary budget.” and how the US tax system is racist.
Assange’s Father on US Tour, includes Minneapolis/St. Paul
“Assange’s family members will meet with activists, press, and policymakers to raise awareness of the importance of protecting whistleblowers and journalists, and to advocate for the release of Julian Assange, whom the United Nations has declared “arbitrarily detained” since 2010.”
Progressives Can’t Ignore Role of Christian Zionism in Colonization of Palestine
Many of the most egregious and anti-Palestinian policies by the United States are led by Christian Zionists. Former President Donald Trump’s foreign policy on Israel was largely appeasing his Evangelical Christian base who voted for him at a margin of 4:1.
DN!: “The Second”: Carol Anderson on the Racist Roots of the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
Black people demanding their freedom, being willing to have an uprising to gain their freedom,” says Anderson. “What I saw was that it wasn’t about guns. It was about the fear of Black people.”
Chris Hedges: “Dying for an iPhone”
“The suffering of the working class, within and outside the United States, is ignored by our corporatized media, and yet, it is one of the most important human rights issues of our era.”
Chris Hedges on the Ruling Class’ Revenge Against Julian Assange
“The whole process has really been a mockery of the rule of law. Julian is not a U.S. citizen; WikiLeaks is not a U.S.-based publication.”
ONLY US: Greenlining the Burbs, by Susu Jeffrey
The last chance to warn watershed deciders against permitting a Spring Road upscale ridge-top homes project in Eden Prairie is coming up. See details at the end of this article.
Ilhan Omar is under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!
“And it isn’t just Ilhan they are going after. For too long, AIPAC has had a stranglehold on American foreign policy.”
Peasant Farmers Protest: Free Trade Isn’t Free for Haitian Women and Haitian Women in Solidarity Statement
The struggle of women is the struggle of the Haitian people!
Haiti: This Is Not A Crisis—This Is A Rebellion
“A Catholic church in Petionville held a mass with political undertones against the dictatorship. When marchers from outside took refuge from the police inside the church, the Haitian National Police tear gassed the entire congregation.”
Militarism Comes Home, by Kim DeFranco
“It’s been reported that the city of Minneapolis could have spent up to $1 million dollars or more on fortifying government buildings and police precincts.”
People of conscience: Palestinians ask you to boycott Israel, by Omar Barghouti
“BDS has drastically redefined solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality, as an ethical obligation to end complicity, above everything else. In the face of flagrant oppression anywhere…”
Watersheds and Pipelines in Northern Minnesota
The three major watersheds in the United States just happen to be in Minnesota. This Minnesota state map delineates the three major watersheds of the United States that happen to lie within Minnesota state boundaries. The Continental Divides delineates where water flows north, south, or east, shaped by geography and glacial melt. Water is governed […]
End US Support for Israeli Apartheid? Session 2
Wholesale theft of a country: Israel took over Palestine
World Moves Forward on Climate, Powerful Institutions Lag Behind
“To all of the institutions currently failing us, trust me when I tell you that the time to divest is now. In another few years or perhaps, just another 365 days by the next Earth Day, the opportunity to divest while it still counts—for your morals and your money—may have already disappeared.”
End US Support for Israeli Apartheid? Session 1
“While Congress wrangled over modest emergency pandemic relief for Americans, the nation of Israel receives $3.8 billion annually—and even more covert aid—with barely a whisper of debate.”
The Heat: Oliver Stone on history of U.S. intervention
Kennedy vowed to “shatter the CIA into a thousand pieces.”
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