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RootsAction is dedicated to working for economic fairness, equal rights for all, civil liberties, environmental protection, & defunding endless wars.
🚨The increased political activity on campuses is exciting! To help build power & further political education,we are compiling resources & building a dynamic roster of expert speakers for both IRL & virtual teach-ins Learn more about the Teach-In Network: teachinnetwork.org
📢"Don't listen to the corporate media." commondreams.org/opinion/progre… "The Times’ repeated attempts to twist reality to fit a narrative depicting the collapse of progressive politics is evidence that just the opposite is true: Once again, progressive policies and candidates are on a…
A lot is happening with federal student debt at the moment. Here is some of our thoughts — and what we think you need to know.
We hope you'll join us and our friends at @WorldBeyondWar tomorrow for the 2025 War Abolisher Awards Presentation. The awardees for 2025 are Ralph Nader, Roger Waters, and Francesca Albanese. rootsaction.org/war-abolisher-…
What does war abolition look like? It looks like organizing, whistleblowing, cultural resistance, and bold truth-telling. Join us on Thursday to celebrate this work and the people doing it. Free, virtual, and global. worldbeyondwar.org/war-abolisher-…
"Newsweek asked ChatGPT" -- absolutely peak journalism, here. 🤡
"It bothers me that people compare ICE to the Nazis. Anyway, we are just following orders."
The defunding of public broadcasting in the United States will "really hurt Native communities," says Loris Taylor, the CEO and president of Native Public Media.
ICE is rapidly hiring social workers. I’m studying for my license and receive these ads constantly. these jobs are flagged as “above average” with significantly higher salaries compared to your typical social work job. disturbing.
'Unconstitutional. Unethical. Authoritarian.' A recent ICE memo stated immigrants are no longer eligible for a bond heading as they fight against deportation & should be detained "for the duration of their removal proceedings." progressivehub.net/unconstitution…
That’s 98.5% of The House of Representatives voting to continue the genocide, as is.
Breaking: House overwhelmingly rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's amendment to cut funds to Israel 422-6.
The mounting starvation in Gaza is a direct result of Israel’s dismantling of the ‘UN model’ of aid distribution and its replacement with the lethal GHF system. Israel is deliberately undermining systems of aid distribution by the UN and other international agencies: restricting…
🚨NEW. A horror story emerges from hacked flight logs of the March 15 flight to El Salvador to be imprisoned without trial: mass disappearances. The data reveals DOZENS of people on the flight whose names were never disclosed before. All may still be locked up there today.
"The New York Times is only as popular as we allow it to be. Unsubscribe from that goddamn paper. Stop playing their stupid little games" — @vivafalastin
Among these 20 NYT journalists are Natan Odenheimer, who served in the Maglan special forces unit of the IOF for four years, and Isabel Kershner, who has cited her former-IOF husband's Zionist think tank over 100 times throughout her tenure. newyorkwarcrimes.com/dossier
The IRS Is Building A Vast System To Share Millions Of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE ProPublica has obtained the blueprint Trump admin’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to DHS in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts. progressivehub.net/the-irs-is-bui…
THREAD: Columbia University continues to bend the knee to Trump, announcing Tuesday it would further repress pro-Palestinian student activism by adopting the distorted IHRA definition of antisemitism and partnering with the ADL, a widely discredited Israel lobby group.
BREAKING: This is not Gaza. This is not Beirut. This is Damascus. Israel is raining bombs on Syria’s capital, targeting civilian neighborhoods and government sites, in one of the oldest cities on Earth — a city that has stood for over 11,000 years.
Clown party 🤡
"The search for a liberal Joe Rogan has led Democrats to an unlikely candidate: Jaime Harrison, their former party chair." semafor.com/article/07/16/… by @daveweigel
This is beyond complicity. They might as well hire Netanyahu at this point.
EXPOSED: A new dossier from @wawog_now reveals material and ideological ties between Israel and journalists, editors, and executives of The New York Times. Whether serving in the IOF or taking money from pro-Israel consultancies, the staff at the Times is compromised.
Today marks 80 years since the Trinity bomb test in New Mexico on July 16, 1945. The heightened militarism of American politics is continuing to lead the way toward thermonuclear destruction. Read more from @normansolomon in @thenation: thenation.com/article/world/…
