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Dec 6, 2024 | 
socialistalternative.ca | Arne Johansson |Tim Heffernan |Bill Hopwood |Keely Mullen
UN climate summit an expected failureThe main purpose of COP29, the twenty-ninth UN climate summit — this time held in the oil dictatorship of Azerbaijan — is said to have been to devise a plan for how rich countries can support poor countries’ financing of climate adaptation and transition.
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Jun 30, 2024 | 
socialistalternative.org | Keely Mullen
The June 27 Presidential debate ended, and an excruciatingly pregnant pause swallowed the country. What did we just watch? And what the hell is about to happen? After Joe Biden puttered off the debate stage and the national debrief began on every major network, the chorus of Democratic operatives and media pundits concluded in harmony: Biden is cooked. Obama-era White House staffer Van Jones held back tears as he eulogized Biden on CNN. “He’s a good man. He loves his country.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
socialistalternative.org | Keely Mullen
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are neck and neck in a race no one asked them to run. Groceries are 30% more expensive than they were before COVID, while portion sizes shrink. The US is bankrolling the genocidal onslaught in Gaza to the tune of billions while millions of Americans struggle to find stable housing. And amidst all this, once progressive political leaders have completely retreated from the spotlight.
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Dec 26, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Keely Mullen |Grace Fors
“$10 billion and zero sense.” These words, printed in 284 font, spanned a fake six foot check which draped two folding tables in the parking lot of Amazon’s KCVG air hub.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Keely Mullen |Grace Fors
The brutality of the Israeli regime’s attack on Gaza has shocked and devastated millions of working people worldwide. Social media feeds have been flooded with images of bombed out hospitals and piles of rubble where there used to be homes, shops, and families. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken the streets around the world to declare their profound solidarity with the people of Palestine who are fighting against unimaginable horrors.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Eddie Robinson |Keely Mullen
Eddie K. Robinson, SAG-AFTRA member (personal capacity)It’s no secret that the life of a working actor can be a tough one. Out of the 160,000+ members that make up SAG-AFTRA, the vast majority are constantly struggling to make ends meet, to pay their bills, afford their ever increasing rents, and take care of their families, solely by means of their artistic work. Despite the big names we all know, most actors are in between gigs, with no real way of knowing where on the horizon the next job lies.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Grace Fors |Keely Mullen
Ordinary people around the world are being forced to witness untold horrors in Gaza as the Israeli regime pushes forward with its brutal revenge attack. Following the horrible October 7 attack by Hamas that killed 1,400 in Israel, the Netanyahu regime wasted no time in doling out indiscriminate collective punishment on the two million Palestinians in Gaza. Last week, 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza were ordered to evacuate.
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May 11, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Keely Mullen
If you come to the U.S. seeking asylum, chances are you’ll get rejected – at least according to Biden’s new immigration policy going into effect any day now. At midnight last night, Title 42, Trump’s COVID-era immigration policy, ended. In its place is Biden’s new plan to handle the surge at the southern border.
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Apr 14, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Brian Harrison |Keely Mullen
The legal whirlwind of the past week has left many people in a desperate scramble, trying to understand whether or not the abortion pill Mifepristone is legal and how they can get access to it. This is an enormously stressful and even dangerous situation for people.
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Mar 23, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Meaghan Murray |Keely Mullen
A Trump-appointed federal judge is on the verge of ruling in favor of a bogus lawsuit by anti-abortion groups to ban mifepristone, a critical first-step medication in abortion pill regimens.
