Park Mantoja
Park Mantoja
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The lesson from Serbia is that when no party represents the people, you can build your own alternative even if it takes years of community assemblies, organizing and resistance to severe state repression. Democracy and justice are fragile; it takes the utmost strength to keep them alive.
Serbia’s student-led movement has delivered a historic election upset, ending 14 years of rule by Aleksandar Vučić’s party. Millions celebrated across Serbia and Europe.
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Audi’s CEO drew heavy criticism for appearing alongside US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in the battleground state of Georgia, with the head of Germany's top union saying it violated the automaker's company guidelines reut.rs/4zdZlj0
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Lula wins Brazil election! Stops Latin America right wing wave!
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There are bombshells and there's this www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...
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Death by malicious negligence is a defining characteristic of concentration camps
A 56-year-old Mexican man held at a federal immigration facility in Laredo was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. His family says the center would not give him medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody in Texas this year.
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"In other words, the complaint contends: Freedom Fuel gas is cheap because it’s stolen..." "The man registered no surprise — aware of the Trump promotions, he declared this White House 'the most crooked-ass shit I’ve seen in my gangster motherfucking life'...” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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This is so dumb, there's even a Wikipedia article covering this. There's city, state, county, even railroad police: Law enforcement in Los Angeles County - Wikipedia share.google/HCq7F3mJe1UR...
“In recent years, many Americans have decided that their country’s problem was that it had too many police officers, when in fact its problem was that it had too few,” Malcolm Gladwell writes:
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Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers on Friday, setting olive groves on fire and slinging rocks. Caught in the attack was Post photographer Heidi Levine. “They just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times,” Levine said. https://wapo.st/4yt6dHY
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ESPN producer Nicole Noren quits over sports broadcasting's increasingly predatory promotion of gambling: “I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.”
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Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
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ICE agent shoots man in New York City with five-year-old nearby, mayor says
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From The Archive: DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
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One important tidbit from @propublica.org's comprehensive documentation of more than 500 ICE abductions involving U.S. citizens: At least 63 Americans were detained while recording ICE, a constitutionally protected activity ... projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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