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How many more innocent people are going to be killed on American soil by the United States government?

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  MAGA REPUBLICANS GENEROUSLY FUNDED ICE GESTAPO WITH NO OVERSIGHT!  REPUBLICANS ARE SILENT TO THE KILLINGS OF INNOCENT VICTIMS AND THE  LIES OF ICE GESTAPO! On July 7th, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE agents in broad daylight in Houston, Texas. This shouldn’t have happened, and this should never happen again. Point blank. Period. Lorenzo’s life in the United States was the true embodiment of the American dream. He was a hard worker who had been married to his wife for 35 years. He worked tirelessly to provide a future for his three children, who all went on to build successful careers, and he had just achieved his biggest dream of building a home of his own. A house he could finally live in, just like the hundreds he helped build for other families. He had no criminal record and was close to finishing the long process of regularizing his immigration status. But because of the reckless, unchecked aggression driven by the Trump administration's immigration crack...

Israeli settlers and the IDF held me at gunpoint this week, armed with American-made M4s

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               SHARED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION!               THIS IS THE ABUSE AND TERRORISM THAT WEST BANK RESIDENTS                ENDURE!                ISRAEL HAS DESTROYED THEIR LIVLIEHOODS, DESTROYED THEIR                ORCHARDS,  KILLED THEIR ANIMALS WHILE THE US ARMS ISRAEL AND                OBSTRUCTS UN  CONDEMNATION!                ISRAEL HAS ARMED ILLEGAL SETTLERS!                IT'S TIME TO STOP ISRAELI HATE AND KILLINGS!                THIS IS NOT THEIR LAND!                ISRAEL IS ATTACKING OTHER NATIONS: LEBAN...

CC Newsletter 12 July - Gaza, Democracy, Climate and the Struggle for Justice

 COUNTERCURRENTS NEWSLETTERS POSTED IN ITS ENTIRETY DUE TO  SIGNIFICANT GLOBAL ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE! WE NEED TO DO BETTER FOR OUR PLANET AND FOR PEOPLE! Dear Friend, This issue brings together voices that confront some of the defining challenges of our time: war, ecological collapse, democratic erosion, inequality, and the enduring search for justice. Our coverage begins with Gaza, where the destruction of critical water infrastructure has deepened an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis. We also examine how Palestine is reshaping political debate in the United States, signalling broader shifts in global public opinion. The issue explores alternative futures through Bill McKibben's vision of bicycle-centred cities and Bharat Dogra's account of women-led water conservation movements. We revisit history through essays on the Arab world's long search for identity and the transformative social legacy of the Bhakti tradition. Other articles investigate the colonial roots of ...