This Is Not a Drill: Bravery as Strategy in the Face of American Tragedy
In recent memory, the prospect of a president preventing congressional elections from taking effect has been unimaginable. But today, it is not at all hard to imagine that this could happen.
By Ben Manski
Succumbing to fear often leads to mistakes, including inaction, or too little action, too late.
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Trump Declares War on the U.S.
Donald Trump has declared war on the “enemy within” and put the military on notice that they will mete out the same treatment domestically that they dispense around the world.
“Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR!” - Donald Trump
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Matthew Hoh: Bodyguard of Lies
As has been said, truth is the first casualty of war...
By Matthew HohSeptember 23, 2025
Bodyguard of Lies, by award-winning producer Alex Gibney and director Dan Krauss, details the lies by four US presidential administrations that sustained the Afghan War for twenty years. The film is based on the Afghan Papers, the 2019 Washington Post expose that detailed how hundreds of American officials had testified to the Afghan Special Inspector General for Reconstruction that the war was unwinnable, known to be unwinnable, but continued anyway.
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Trump and Democrats fuel the Washington DC crime panic
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Donald Trump’s Takeover Of The Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department Is Not Merely A Result Of His Racist And Authoritarian Tendencies, Nor Is It New.
It is part and parcel of a history of militarized policing against Black people and a bipartisan consensus promoting racist crime panics, which are often conducted with the help of the Black misleadership class.
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A journalistically responsible POLITICO California governor debate must include Green candidate Butch Ware
By Michael Feinstein, August 20, 2025
Dear Politico
Greetings. I am a former Mayor and City Council member in Santa Monica, CA. I was also a Green candidate for California Secretary of State in 2018, focusing on a Democracy Bill of Rights for California — including fair debate access as a voters rights issue, so that big money by itself doesn’t determine which candidates and views voters are exposed to.
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The Necessity of Birthright Citizenship for Black People
By Margaret Kimberley, July 2, 2025
Black citizenship was non-existent for the first 200 years that enslaved and free people were present in what became the United States. Even long-standing legal victories are tenuous, and now birthright citizenship is at risk.
"I'm just saying if we had the legal right to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat. I don't know if we do or not, we're looking at that right now." - Donald Trump on sending U.S. citizens convicted of crimes out of the country.
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Coalition For Palestine Activists Arrested In Portland Maine
18 people threatened with "chemical agents" & "you may get hurt" by Portland police
Demonstrating yet again that if you want corporate media to cover your direct actions there need to be arrests, 18 people sacrificed their freedom yesterday in Maine’s biggest city. Many of these people are my friends, both old and new. Because you meet the nicest people while working to bring public attention to those suffering under U.S. imperialism.
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Mahmoud Khalil and the Criminalization of Anti-Zionism
The influence of apartheid Israel extends all over the world. Its supporters demand that anyone expressing anti-zionist viewpoints be ostracized, harassed, or arrested. Now, zionists have added demands that non-citizens speaking out against Israeli war crimes be deported from the U.S.
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A Green’s reflection on the inspiring Seattle Organizing Conference
Fight the Rich and Their Two Parties, February 2025
By Steven Showen, Green Party of Florida
A variety of organizations and speakers participated in the Worker's Strike Back conference, focusing on building an independent political movement that is pro-worker, pro-immigrant, anti-war, anti-genocide, pro-healthcare, and that responds to the climate emergency. Kshama Sawant and Jill Stein gave powerful speeches reflecting the character and experiences of their respective organizations, Workers Fight Back and the Green Party: Kshama's success in building a movement to win a $15 per hour minimum wage in Seattle (now $25/hr), and Jill's 2024 candidacy for president, gaining the highest returns of any third party. Both campaigns faced an onslaught of billionaire backed Democratic Party opposition.
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The Fall of Eric Adams
Eric Adams has a multitude of legal and political problems that have ended any political ambitions he may have had. Donald Trump may have kept him from going to jail, but in seeking a lifeline from a president hated by most New Yorkers, he has sealed his fate and will go down in history as the anti-Black, Black mayor.
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