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Extradition of Assange Would Set a Dangerous Precedent

Marjorie Cohn Truthout
Julian Assange
“In 20 years of work with victims of war, violence and political persecution I have never seen a group of democratic States ganging up to deliberately isolate, demonise and abuse a single individual for such a long time...

Florida Loses Appeals Court Ruling on Felon Voting Law

Gary Fineout Politico
A defeat to Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature . . . A 2016study by The Sentencing Project estimated more than 1.4 million people living in Florida were ineligible to vote due to past felony convictions.

US Manufacturing Is in Trouble

Marty Hart-Landsberg Reports from the Economic Front
Talk of a manufacturing renaissance is nonsense.  And there is no reason, based on Trump administration’s economic policies, to expect one.

Frederick Douglass Railed Against Economic Inequality

Frederick Douglass/Matt Karp Jacobin
The great abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass died 125 years ago. Today, Jacobin publishes never-before-transcribed articles from Frederick Douglass’ Paper denouncing capitalism and economic inequality.

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To Tackle Inequality, We Need to Talk About Where Wealth Comes From

Laurie Macfarlane OpenDemocracy
Chart of the 10 richest people on the earth.
Recent studies found many British believe people are rich because they earned it, a myth widely held on both sides of the Atlantic. Therefore, the Left must develop a distinct, compelling narrative about how wealth is really created and distributed.