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Saudi Ship Dockworkers Protest

How Dockworkers Are Fighting the Arms Trade How Dockworkers Are Fighting the Arms Trade

Across Europe, a series of coordinated actions at shipping ports have challenged Saudi violence against the Yemeni people.

Jul 16, 2019 / Katy Fox-Hodess

Women's March 2017

To Fight Trump, Take to the Streets! To Fight Trump, Take to the Streets!

The Trump administration gets more malicious, harmful, and absurd every day. So why aren’t many of us outside protesting? 

Jul 15, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Rana Plaza protest

6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer? 6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer?

Despite major advancements in accountability, workers across the Global South are still struggling to gain real power in the workplace.

Jul 15, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Reagan funeral protest

How Do We Build Resistance Before Disaster Strikes? How Do We Build Resistance Before Disaster Strikes?

Thirty-five years ago, organizers devised a new way to fight injustice before our government enacts a horrific policy: a pledge of resistance.

Jul 15, 2019 / Mark Engler

Mike Pompeo

Oil Is Driving the Iran Crisis Oil Is Driving the Iran Crisis

Washington’s aggression is part of a decades-long quest to control the spigot in the Persian Gulf.

Jul 11, 2019 / Michael T. Klare

Marshall Islands Mushroom Cloud

America’s Colonial Climate Crisis America’s Colonial Climate Crisis

What should the United States’ island territories expect from rising sea levels and global warming?

Jul 11, 2019 / Chris Gelardi

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Can Iran’s Shrewd Diplomacy Avert War With Washington? Can Iran’s Shrewd Diplomacy Avert War With Washington?

White House bullying and sanctions have succeeded in uniting an otherwise divided Iranian public behind the government.

Jul 11, 2019 / Roxane Farmanfarmaian

Protesters in Hong Kong

The American Left Is Failing Hong Kong The American Left Is Failing Hong Kong

Why is Marco Rubio doing more than the Democratic Party to support the people of Hong Kong?

Jul 10, 2019 / Rosemarie Ho

US marines outside of Falluja in 2004.

The Pentagon Will Never Have Enough The Pentagon Will Never Have Enough

For decades, the Pentagon has shored up its power and consumed too much of our national budget. Will we ever escape its pull?

Jul 9, 2019 / William J. Astore

Migrants crossing through Agadez

What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger

Overnight, an EU-backed law criminalized the main source of income in the city of Agadez. It didn’t stop migration, but it wrecked the economy.

Jul 5, 2019 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Rémi Carayol

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