Brazil’s Unions Push Back on Assault on Labor

Brazil’s labor movement is gradually mobilizing against the new right-wing president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, who is putting his program of assaulting labor rights and social security into effect. Mike Fox reports from Brazil

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Venezuela’s Former Minister of Communes and Culture Talks to TRNN About the Crisis

Well-known Venezuelan writer and theorist, Reinaldo Iturriza, says US sanctions and the low price of oil have devastated Venezuela’seconomy

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Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Former Lawyer on the DA’s Challenge to his Appeal

Rachel Wolkenstein, Mumia’s former lawyer, talks about DA Larry Krasner, known as a progressive D.A., challenging Mumia’s right to appeal, which she deems as a further attempt for a cover-up and more evidence that Mumia’s case needs to be dismissed

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Trump’s Border Wall: Powerful Symbol for the Republican Party’s Far Right

NYU History Professor Greg Grandin puts Trump’s call for a border wall in the context of US history, politics, and the right-wing imagination

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Artists Call for Eurovision Boycott, if Event Held in Israel (Pt 1/2)

Danielle Alma Ravitzki explains how the Israeli government uses the Eurovision song contest to whitewash and pinkwash its crimes against Palestinians. This year the contest will take place in Tel-Aviv, and artists from around the world are calling for a boycott

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Imprisoned Palestinian Poet’s Words Turned Into Song (Pt 2/2)

Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour imprisoned for her poetry has her words set to music by Daniell Alma Ravitzki

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Opposition Grows to Hopkins’ Armed, Private Police Force Proposal

On Friday legislators will hear from  supporters and opponents of the bill

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