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Minnesota Unions Are a Threat to Trump’s Authoritarianism

Shane Burley Convergence
The Trump administration is attempting to criminalize union members for organizing against its immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year. That’s because it correctly sees labor as a threat to its authoritarian designs.

“Moderates” Support Extreme Injustice

Norman Solomon Nation of Change
The label goes to candidates who back endless war and block Medicare for All, while a CNN poll now finds a third of Democrats calling themselves socialists. Scolding them as interlopers plays well with donors and nowhere else.

South Asian Americans Need Solidarity, Not the “Model Minority” Myth

Ramya Gosike India Currents
Being a “model minority” isn’t a ticket out of experiencing racism. The “model minority myth” is a political tool to hide America’s systematic discrimination, maintain racial hierarchies, and mask the economic struggles South Asian communities face.
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