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Organized Labor Escalates Against ICE Summary Executions

Whitney Curry Wimbish The American Prospect
Unions in Minnesota and across the country have spent the days after an immigration officer murdered Alex Pretti discussing how to escalate, including toward a national general strike

This Could Be the Moment MAGA Collapses

Aaron Regunberg The New Republic
Alex Pretti’s murder is giving even Trump supporters pause. Democrats should refuse to give ICE one more cent, shut down the government, and fly to Minneapolis to help communities there stand up to state violence.

Za’atar: From Ancient Texts to Modern Conflict

Erick Torres-Gonzalez Jstor.org
Za’atar’s cultivation, funded by the Israeli government, attempts to use the herb to control the movements of the Palestinian population and the plant itself. The herb shapes, narrates, and anchors identity and political dynamics of the region.

Fellow University Presidents: Here’s How To Stand Up to Trump

Michael Roth MSNOW
Leaders of powerful institutions do have a choice. The price of allowing the preferences of any president to dictate the policies and practices of organizations that depend on freedom and autonomy is to destroy the legitimacy of those organizations.

The Democrats’ Long-Awaited Spine

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
The latest ICE murder produces a unified Senate Democratic Caucus blocking funding for the Department of Homeland Security until strict and enforceable limits are set.