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  • Trump's Climate Withdrawal Is an Impeachable Offense

    By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | News Analysis

    President Donald Trump arrives to announce his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accords, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, June 1, 2017. (Photo: Al Drago / The New York Times)President Trump arrives to announce his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accords, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, June 1, 2017. (Photo: Al Drago / The New York Times)

    Having received nearly $11 million in contributions from the coal and oil industries, 22 senators urged Trump to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, thus jeopardizing the safety, security and perhaps survival of the planet. Trump's withdrawal constitutes a crime against humanity and a "High Crime" under US law, which is a ground for impeachment of the president.

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  • The 1% Is Never Going to Fund Class Struggle -- So Let's Get Working

    The 1% Is Never Going to Fund Class Struggle -- So Let's Get Working

    By Sarah Jaffe, Truthout | Interview

    "The 1% is not going to put their money behind a class struggle that is aiming at them." Sarah Jaffe talks shop with Nijmie Dzurinko, a Black and Indigenous woman who grew up in Monessen, Pennsylvania, and has lived in Philadelphia for more than 20 years. Dzurinko is an organizer with Put People First, a group that brings working-class Pennsylvanians together along intersectional lines.

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  • Passive Revolution: The Transnational Capitalist Class Unravels Latin America's Pink Tide

    Passive Revolution: The Transnational Capitalist Class Unravels Latin America's Pink Tide

    By William I. Robinson, Truthout | News Analysis

    The right has resumed power with a vengeance in Latin America, displacing the "Pink Tide" leftist governments that swept to power in the early 21st century. The right succeeded in ascending by exploiting the Pink Tide states' dependence on global markets. The left could have guarded against this development by making a clear break from globalized systems of production.

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