Reality Meets Truth:  The United States in the Middle East
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Reality Meets Truth: The United States in the Middle East

While employing the rhetoric of peace, the United States arms, trains and gears up Israel and Arab Gulf autocrats for war, with Iran as the target. America has helped Israel build one of the strongest militaries in the world. Israel is the world’s only unacknowledged nuclear power.

The UAW Strike Is the Most Important in Decades; Now, Kaiser Workers Also on Strike
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The UAW Strike Is the Most Important in Decades; Now, Kaiser Workers Also on Strike

One of the most ambitious and combative labor struggles in decades, the UAW strike reflects the growing power of the U.S. working class in a period of increasing political crisis. Also: “Largest Healthcare Strike in US History Begins as Kaiser Workers Revolt”.

The Prioritization of Human Health, Development and Self-Activity in Chavez-era Venezuela
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The Prioritization of Human Health, Development and Self-Activity in Chavez-era Venezuela

The beginnings of two important programs of the Bolivarian Revolution, led by Hugo Chávez, are discussed: one, the missions, a new form of social services created to bypass recalcitrant bureaucrats and enable people’s participation; and two, the commune, to enable people to organize at the grassroots level.

Oral History of Political Prisoners Shows Enduring Power of Revolutionary Hope
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Oral History of Political Prisoners Shows Enduring Power of Revolutionary Hope

‘Rattling the Cages’, edited by abolitionist Josh Davidson and political prisoner Eric King, is an archive of defiance. It includes interviews with dozens of current and former political and anarchist prisoners. It explores why those interviewed were imprisoned and how they maintained their political convictions while incarcerated.