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February 18th, 2017
Newsletter
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. With the Trump administration floundering and the movement opposed to him expanding, we need to be prepared for a possible shock[...]
Educate!
By Mike Whitney for CounterPunch. The Flynn fiasco is not about national security advisor Michael Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador. It’s much deeper than that. It’s about Russia. It’s[...]
Create!
By Sierra Club for Nation of Change - In Utah, Canyonlands National Park has been marred by haze pollution from two neighboring coal plants, which threatens the local Moab tourism[...]
Resist!
By Katie Martin for The Atlantic - A week later, audio of a police radio dispatch from the protest was released online. In the recording, an officer alerts a department[...]
By Charles Hugh Smith for Information Clearing House - February 15, 2017 "Information Clearing House" - Our extraordinary misallocation of national treasure and political power has set a banquet of[...]
By Deirdre Fulton for Common Dreams - Galvanized in response to the Trump administration's attacks on immigrants, women, the LGBTQ community, and the environment, Friday's action "amplifies a new chapter[...]
By Popular Resistance. This week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission held a 'public input session' on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in Suffolk, VA. According to Ryan Murphy in The Virginian-Pilot,[...]
By Barry Grey for WSWS - In an extraordinary appearance Monday at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, President Donald Trump dispensed with democratic protocol to deliver a political[...]
By Steven Rosenfeld for AlterNet - Jitu Brown: The Journey for Justice Alliance is a national network of grassroots communities and organizations in 24 cities. We also have a member[...]
By Paul Buhle for Portside - Not that "Direct Action" is new, even in the normally non-radical United States. Taking control of a factory, taking control of streets, occupying[...]
By Four Arrows for Truthout - Maybe something positive will result from the dangerously brazen antics of the Trump administration. Perhaps an awakening of consciousness is occuring that would not[...]
By Douglas Williams for The Guardian - Pundits say Donald Trump is “undermining democracy”. But their concern is often just about elite institutions: the media, the judiciary, the electoral system.[...]
By Anne Meador for DC Media Group - Immigrant workers around the country on February 16 flexed their economic muscle with a strike called “Un Dia Sin Inmigrante,” or “A[...]
February 17th, 2017
By Margaret Flowers for Health Over Profit. Roll Call reports that the Republicans introduced legislation, the Obamacare Replacement Act, in both the House and the Senate. The plan, known as[...]
By Nicholas Kusnetz for Inside Climate News - Many of President Donald Trump's words and actions have federal scientists worried their work will be politicized or suppressed. Now, one advocacy[...]
By y Phillip Smith for AlterNet - In a sharp break with the Obama administration, which distanced itself from harsh anti-drug rhetoric and emphasized treatment for drug users over punishment,[...]
By Kira Lerner for Think Progress - As Attorney General Jeff Session’s shifts the Department of Justice’s focusfrom protecting voting rights to investigating claims of nonexistent fraud, the rights of[...]
Strategize!
By Jennifer Kaplan for Bloomberg - The president himself urged consumers to boycott brands while on the campaign trail, including Macy’s Inc. and Oreo cookies. More recently, he upbraided Nordstrom[...]
By Joanna Walters for The Guardian - The new president has driven some to make a statement with their bank accounts – despite fears such a protest could send demonstrators[...]
By Staff of Tele Sur - “We call for grassroots movements to resist, resist and rebel against the persecution, the arrests and deportations." The Zapatista Army of National Liberation, EZLN,[...]
By Peter Sullivan for The Hill - The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed a regulation aimed at “stabilizing” the ObamaCare marketplace by making changes favorable to insurers to help prevent[...]
By Stephanie Akin for Roll Call - Lawmakers looking to draw attention to pet issues have formed groups in favor of everything from auto care to zoos. Now, there’s a[...]