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Lula vows to fight for Brazil’s presidency: “Starting tomorrow, we begin a new campaign.”
The Brazilian election is headed to a second round on October 25. President Lula spoke to press after the first round vote.
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“In every state, a day’s delay in delivery means that if mail voters wait until the last day or two before the election to mail their ballot… they could be disenfranchised.”
Border agents are randomly seizing phones of US citizens who support Palestine
Miami lawyer Jalal Shehadeh is the latest supporter of Palestinian rights to be hassled after returning from abroad.
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On “cutting off aid to Israel,” as with everything, read the fine print.
The real crisis for men is capitalism: A conversation with Dr. Mark Anthony Neal
“America has tried to raise generations of warriors to be on the front lines of American imperialism… So what we have done is raise two or three generations of men in America who don’t know how to be human.”
Amazon is deploying AI to spy on its workers and bust unions before they form
Internal company documents obtained by a Canadian labor board show how Amazon is tracking workers’ every move.
Trump’s plan to swing Brazil’s election for Bolsonaro | Ep. 15
Brazil braces for high-stakes elections this Sunday. Trump has been ramping up the pressure, placing the puzzle pieces of U.S. intervention on the country.
Want to save the world? Start by unionizing your workplace
We speak with labor organizers across the USA and Canada about why labor unions are more important now than ever, and how workers organizing collectively can change their workplaces, their lives, and the world.
Trump, Rúbio and the Bolsonaros’ electoral fraud and cyber attacks
MAGA and Trump’s political strategists continue to work with Eduardo and Flávio Bolsonaro to interfere in Brazil’s elections. Their goal is to annex Latin America to the US.
NFL threatened to ban player from game for honoring slain Palestinian girl
Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair wrote Wafaa Akila, the name of an 8-year-old girl killed by Israel, on his face tape.
Can This Independent Mass. Governor Candidate Rally a 67% Unenrolled Electorate?
“We got the first formerly incarcerated Black woman who is now the clerk in Prince George’s County… We’ve got a new Black woman mayor in DC because of the rallying and the intense work that Black women did, formerly incarcerated Black women did to change that and put new leadership into that seat. So I…
