
Hamas Is Proud of Its ‘Achievements’ but Hasn’t Convinced the Gazans Who Pay the Price
Just like well-run institutions – governmental or nongovernmental – that submit periodic reports on their activities and performance, Hamas has just published an assessment of its October 7 attack and the aftermath up to the cease-fire that was sealed two years later.
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Warren Says Trump and Musk Pushing To Gut CFPB As ’Payoff to the Rich Guys
As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's website went dark and its offices were shuttered on Monday, with the agency's chief operating officer telling staff it would be shut down for the week, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren was among the progressive leaders calling out the attack on the CFPB as one whose real target is working families across the country.
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USDA Inspector General Who Refused To Leave Post Escorted From Office by Security Was Investigating Elon Musk
Last Friday, President Donald Trump purged several agencies of their inspectors general, demanding that at least 17 people in the role immediately turn in their work laptops and ID badges. One of those IGs, Phyllis Fong at the US Department of Agriculture, decided not to leave, believing the order to be illegal.
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Trump’s “Buyout” Offer for Federal Workers Is Already Backfiring
Trump’s ultimatum to federal workers is backfiring—making them vow to stay in their positions out of sheer spite. On Tuesday, the president announced that he’d be giving federal workers a choice: return to the office full-time or quit with a buyout and severance pay through September 30. This is part of his effort to revamp the federal bureaucracy in his own image, and with his own supporters.
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Jimmy Carter Was Right About Israel’s Apartheid
Former US president Jimmy Carter, who passed away on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, was a true friend of Palestine.
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How We Can Defend Ourselves in the New Trump Era
Bill Fletcher Jr. is one of the most revered political organizers of the last 40 years and a Nation editorial board member. He’s been an activist since his teen years and joined the labor movement after college when he worked as a welder in a shipyard. He has worked for and with numerous unions and was the founder of Black Workers for Justice. Fletcher is also the former president of TransAfrica Forum and the writer of several books of both nonfiction and fiction.
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To Build Solidarity With Palestine, Labour Movement Must Look to the Past
The South African anti-apartheid movement of the 1970s and 80s serves as a significant source of inspiration for Palestine solidarity activists today. The reasons for this are hardly surprising; the movement was widely successful in pushing for sanctions and divestment at multiple levels of government, in business and across civil society. Less attention, however, is paid to exactly how this movement was so successful, what strategies and tactics it employed, and how these might be adapted by labour activists organizing around Palestine today.
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