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Democratic leaders want us to shut our eyes to Gaza so they can celebrate Kamala Harris without the inconvenient images of dead children reminding the world of the White House’s criminal role. WATCH Alana Hadid discuss w/ Rania Khalek: youtu.be/XwJ8KscnN-8

Democratic leaders want us to shut our eyes to Gaza so they can celebrate Kamala Harris without the inconvenient images of dead children reminding the world of the White House’s criminal role.

WATCH Alana Hadid discuss w/ <a href="/RaniaKhalek/">Rania Khalek</a>: youtu.be/XwJ8KscnN-8
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HAPPENING NOW: Columbia students are picketing on the first day of classes to demand the university divest from Israel. As the admin works to suppress their right to peacefully protest for Gaza, students say they’re more determined than ever to mobilize.

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China has lifted 850 million people out of poverty, representing 70% of the world’s poor. How has China achieved this, and what does West get wrong about its poverty alleviation program? tings chak 翟庭君 joins Amanda Yee (Radio Free Amanda 余美娜) and KJ Noh to discuss: youtu.be/FVY6GUAOPj4

China has lifted 850 million people out of poverty, representing 70% of the world’s poor. How has China achieved this, and what does West get wrong about its poverty alleviation program?

<a href="/t_ings/">tings chak 翟庭君</a> joins Amanda Yee (<a href="/catcontentonly/">Radio Free Amanda 余美娜</a>) and KJ Noh to discuss: youtu.be/FVY6GUAOPj4
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“We’re going to be looked at as the generation who voted for people who allowed a genocide to continue to happen,” says Alana Hadid. Hadid tells Rania Khalek what’s at stake if US voters re-elect the DNC despite its support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza: youtu.be/XwJ8KscnN-8

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Nothing to see here, just the world’s greatest poverty eradication project in history. Tings Chak (tings chak 翟庭君) joins Amanda Yee (Radio Free Amanda 余美娜) and KJ Noh to discuss this and more on The China Report.

Nothing to see here, just the world’s greatest poverty eradication project in history.

Tings Chak (<a href="/t_ings/">tings chak 翟庭君</a>) joins Amanda Yee (<a href="/catcontentonly/">Radio Free Amanda 余美娜</a>) and KJ Noh to discuss this and more on The China Report.
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The US still refuses to recognize the results of Venezuela’s presidential election, even after its Supreme Court confirmed Nicolas Maduro’s win through an electoral audit. Zoe Alexandra explains why Maduro’s win “should be a case-closed situation” ➡️youtu.be/HQb3OyaWlJM

The US still refuses to recognize the results of Venezuela’s presidential election, even after its Supreme Court confirmed Nicolas Maduro’s win through an electoral audit.

<a href="/ZoPepperC/">Zoe Alexandra</a> explains why Maduro’s win “should be a case-closed situation”

➡️youtu.be/HQb3OyaWlJM
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Israel’s invasion of the Occupied West Bank has killed 33 people and wounded dozens more. The assault threatens to turn the West Bank into the next Gaza, as the US continues to provide its unabated support.

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BREAKING: students at Georgetown University start the school year by protesting for Palestine. Students also accuse the university of targeted disciplinary charges against SJP organizers.

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On The Freedom Side LIVE Thurs: -Palestinians resist Israel’s land grabs -UK crackdown on pro-Palestine voices -Mass protest in Turkey against US military -San Francisco State University agrees to divest -US ramps up new Cold War on China WATCH 3pm ET: youtube.com/live/IFYtSEHpX…

On The Freedom Side LIVE Thurs:

-Palestinians resist Israel’s land grabs
-UK crackdown on pro-Palestine voices
-Mass protest in Turkey against US military
-San Francisco State University agrees to divest
-US ramps up new Cold War on China

WATCH 3pm ET: youtube.com/live/IFYtSEHpX…
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Over 17,000 AT&T workers are on an indefinite strike across nine states in the South to protest Unfair Labor Practices and demand that the company stop stalling negotiations. In the over two weeks strike, widespread service outages have already been reported as the company tries

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Thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers marched in NYC today, demanding an end to wage theft and Mayor Adams's policies that enable it. The companies evade fair pay through "lockouts" — a scheme preventing workers from being paid for hours worked between rides.

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“The Venezuelan people spoke and they voted for Maduro” WATCH Journalist Zoe Alexandra w/ Peoples Dispatch discuss Venezuela's July 28 election results and ongoing US-led efforts to discredit them: youtu.be/HQb3OyaWlJM

“The Venezuelan people spoke and they voted for Maduro”

WATCH Journalist <a href="/ZoPepperC/">Zoe Alexandra</a> w/ <a href="/peoplesdispatch/">Peoples Dispatch</a> discuss Venezuela's July 28 election results and ongoing US-led efforts to discredit them: youtu.be/HQb3OyaWlJM
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10,000 hotel workers, from desk clerks to laundry staff are on strike across the country. Workers are demanding fair wages and a return to pre-pandemic staffing at Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott and Omni hotels. Despite working full-time jobs worker say they don't earn enough to even

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Malaysian Prime Minister blasts the US and Israel for single-handedly holding back progress to end the Gaza war, and warns against the West’s historical narrative which erases Israel’s colonization of Palestine in 1948.

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"Starmer has a well-proven track record as a servant of the British security state. So when he enters as Prime Minister you then have completely obliterated the hope of any political checks on the activities of the security state." Lowkey Watch: youtube.com/live/IFYtSEHpX…

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"Both candidates can scapegoat this or that foreign adversary...they both get talking points that allow people to think about the 'foreign enemy' instead of the real problems at home and the enemies who we can easily name on Wall Street" Ben Becker ➡️youtube.com/live/IFYtSEHpX…

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"The encampments were great but we're going to need to build something bigger: a mass movement that will spark something larger, that will unite students and labor. Repression will keep coming if our movement gets smaller." Watch: youtube.com/live/IFYtSEHpX…

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Mexico’s lower house of Congress passed reforms allowing judges to be elected by the people, rather than appointed– and the US is not happy about it. Kurt Hackbarth 🌹 explains: “The US is worried they won't have the Judiciary in their pocket anymore” ➡️youtu.be/Ukd1wLqwpmQ

Mexico’s lower house of Congress passed reforms allowing judges to be elected by the people, rather than appointed– and the US is not happy about it.

<a href="/KurtHackbarth/">Kurt Hackbarth 🌹</a> explains: “The US is worried they won't have the Judiciary in their pocket anymore”

➡️youtu.be/Ukd1wLqwpmQ
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The Portland City Council in Maine approved a resolution by unanimous vote to divest from Israel. Portland is the fourth city in the US, and the first on the East Coast, to adopt a divestment resolution sanctioning the state of Israel.