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When warehousing children in cages and tent cities is justified as deterrence, the question of crimes against humanity is more than academic. It is a deliberate effort to dehumanize and polarize, and an intimation of what may come next.

The White House paves the way for more “baby jails.”

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A viable, active left-wing formation is very much needed in Black America. A formation that has a grassroots membership rather than just a non-profit staff; a formation that is militant, if not audacious, challenging racial capitalism and imperialism

I know from experience that the Trump-sanctioned brutality at the US border with Mexico will scar its child victims for life. What is happening today is as evil and criminal as what happened to me and my siblings as children in Nazi Europe.

"We want to let them know that there are thousands of people who see them, who love them and who will fight for them." Parents with their babies occupy ICE Field Director Office. Calling for swift reunification of children with their families.

I dream of being the president of a country where everyone has rights and nobody has privileges. To achieve this, we must unite the democratic forces of all Brazil, respecting the autonomy of the parties and the movements, and always solidarity.

Our Revolution has three goals that form a triangle: 1) Run progressive candidates, 2) Organize around social justice issues, 3) Transform the Democratic Party. The groups that make up OR are at the center of that triangle.

No protocols have been put in place for keeping track of parents and children concurrently, for keeping parents and children in contact with each other while they are separated, or eventually reuniting them. Two thousand children taken from parents.

People who would do this to children would do anything to anyone. Before this is over, they will be called to do worse.