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Reader Comments: Oil Imperialism; Trump Lies on Medicare for All; Rev. James Lawson; Dolly Parton; DHS Historic Legacy; NYC-DSA’s Socialist Sweep Volunteers; The Strait of "Horn-Moos"; What Goes On Inside Israel’s Prison System; Lots of Events;

The CIA Goes to Cuba

Peter Kornbluh The Nation
After decades of covert operations, the CIA director has given the Cubans an overt ultimatum for change on the island.

What We Saw in Cuba Shocked Us

Pramila Jayapal and Jonathan L. Jackson The New York Times
We spent five days in Cuba in April to better understand the humanitarian impacts of America’s monthslong energy blockade... We came away shocked by the inhumane effects of the policy...until the Cuban people are brought to ruin...

Tony Mazzocchi Embodied the Best of the Labor Movement

Steve Early and Rand Wilson Convergence
As an OCAW local and national officer, Mazzocchi juggled day-to-day union responsibilities with a commitment to civil rights, labor-based environmentalism, job safety reform, single-payer health care, nuclear disarmament, and union democracy.

Dr Freezelove

Laleh Khalili London Review of Books
Who owns the Arctic?
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