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This Week in People’s History, May 27-Jun 2, 2026

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Operation Condor's leadership
Hard Time for Right-Wing Terrorists (2016), General Strike Stops Rochester Cold (1946), ‘Ain’t I a Woman?’ (1851), A Real Super-Hero (1431), A ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack’ (1921}, ‘Death-Flow from a Pipe’ (1972)

‘Buffer Zone’ Is Media’s Euphemism for Israeli Occupation

Gregory Shupak FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
US corporate media consistently muddy Israeli expansionism in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon through a combination of abstruse language and linguistic balms like “buffer zone” and “security zone.”

Amazon Is Bleeding the Post Office Dry

Rachael Herring Jacobin
The US Postal Service promises to deliver mail to rural areas where private carriers won’t extend service because it isn’t profitable. Now Amazon is taking advantage of that publicly built infrastructure for its own gain — at rural mail carriers’ exp