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Brazil’s Unions Push Back on Assault on Labor
By: Michael Fox
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 The post Brazil’s Unions Push Back on Assault on Labor appeared first on The Real News...
Venezuela’s Former Minister of Communes and Culture Talks to TRNN About the Crisis
By: Dimitri Lascaris
Well-known Venezuelan writer and theorist, Reinaldo Iturriza, says US sanctions and the low price of oil have devastated Venezuela’seconomy The post Venezuela’s Former Minister of Communes and Culture Talks to TRNN About the Crisis appeared first on The Real News Network....
Bills Criminalizing Pipeline Protest Arise in Statehouses Nationwide
By: Steve Horn
By Steve Horn The oil and gas industry has started its 2019 lobbying efforts with a bang. Eight different statehouses across the nation are considering bills criminalizing protests on property owned by the the oil and gas industry which critics say could squelch pipeline protesters and others calling attention to...
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Former Lawyer on the DA’s Challenge to his Appeal
By: Eddie Conway
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 The post Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Former Lawyer on the DA’s Challenge...
Trump’s Border Wall: Powerful Symbol for the Republican Party’s Far Right
By: Gregory Wilpert
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 The post Trump’s Border Wall: Powerful Symbol for the Republican Party’s Far Right appeared first on The Real News Network....
Artists Call for Eurovision Boycott, if Event Held in Israel (Pt 1/2)
By: Marc Steiner
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 The post Artists Call for Eurovision Boycott, if Event...
Imprisoned Palestinian Poet’s Words Turned Into Song (Pt 2/2)
By: Marc Steiner
Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour imprisoned for her poetry has her words set to music by Daniell Alma Ravitzki The post Imprisoned Palestinian Poet’s Words Turned Into Song (Pt 2/2) appeared first on The Real News Network....
Opposition Grows to Hopkins’ Armed, Private Police Force Proposal
By: Jaisal Noor
On Friday legislators will hear from supporters and opponents of the bill The post Opposition Grows to Hopkins’ Armed, Private Police Force Proposal appeared first on The Real News Network....
Venezuela: US/Canadian Attempted Coup Not About Democracy – Paul Jay (Pt1/2)
By: Jacqueline Luqman
Corporate media hides that the crisis in Venezuela is a class struggle, and whatever its faults, the Bolivarian revolution is a struggle for equality and democracy – Paul Jay joins host Jacqueline Luqman The post Venezuela: US/Canadian Attempted Coup Not About Democracy – Paul Jay (Pt1/2) appeared first on The...
Why the Green New Deal Includes a Jobs Guarantee
By: Dharna Noor
The economist Pavlina Tcherneva, who is behind idea for a jobs guarantee, explains how it can fight the climate crisis and promote economic stability for Americans The post Why the Green New Deal Includes a Jobs Guarantee appeared first on The Real News Network....
Are the Deaths of These Black Men in Police Custody Really Accidents?
By: Taya GrahamStephen Janis
A TRNN investigation looks at several cases of African-American men who died in police custody that were ruled accidents or due to natural causes, but outside experts argued were in fact the result of an aggressive police tactic The post Are the Deaths of These Black Men in Police Custody...
Bernie and the Black Vote
By: Sharmini Peries
Jacqueline Luqman and Prof. Lester Spence discuss how Sanders might distinguish himself and contend with Black candidates such as Corey Booker and Kamala Harris The post Bernie and the Black Vote appeared first on The Real News Network....
Venezuela: The Epicenter of the “Pink Tide” and Now of the Right-Wing Rollback
By: Gregory Wilpert
The effort to rollback Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution must be seen as part of a determined effort to pry open all economies to transnational capital – it’s about access, says sociologist of globalization William I. Robinson The post Venezuela: The Epicenter of the “Pink Tide” and Now of the Right-Wing Rollback...
White Supremacy and the Progressive Movement
By: Paul Jay
Host Jacqueline Luqman is joined by Paul Jay to discuss the importance of combating white supremacy within the context of a broad people’s movement The post White Supremacy and the Progressive Movement appeared first on The Real News Network....
Haiti: Weeks of Protests Demanding the Resignation of the President
By: Sharmini Peries
President Jovenel Moise is accused of siphoning money from Petrocaribe, a low cost oil program from Venezuela, and mismanagement. We speak with award winning journalist, Jacqueline Charles The post Haiti: Weeks of Protests Demanding the Resignation of the President appeared first on The Real News Network....
City Gave 8 Cops License to Terrorize Residents, Now Officials Say They’re Not Responsible
By: Taya GrahamStephen Janis
As fall-out from the Gun Trace Task Force continues to unfold in Baltimore, top city officials are saying the officers were acting outside the scope of their employment and cannot be held liable for robbing and falsely arresting hundreds of residents The post City Gave 8 Cops License to Terrorize...
Public “Medicare for All” Saves U.S. Taxpayers 1.5 Trillion Dollars
By: Sharmini Peries
Contrary to Michael Bloomberg and former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, potential 2020 Presidential candidates, a completely public health care program could save taxpayers 1.5 trillion dollars, says Prof. Robert Pollin of PERI at UMass, Amherst and Adam Gaffney, President of Physicians for a National Health Program The post Public “Medicare...
First Step in New York State Towards Universal Rent Control
By: Sharmini Peries
State Senator Julia Salazar introduced a bill that would cap annual rent increase by no more than 150% of the consumer price index. We speak to Sen. Salazar about the proposal The post First Step in New York State Towards Universal Rent Control appeared first on The Real News Network....
