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To Win a Revolution, We Need a New Mass Organization

Jeremy Gong Nick French Convergence
Since Bernie Sanders’s defeat in 2020 and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US left has been largely disorganized. The time is ripe for Bernie and the Squad to create a new mass organization to confront today’s crises.

Friday Nite Videos | August 5, 2022

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Conservatives vs. KKK: Spot the Difference. Archie Roach | Took The Children Away. John Oliver: Mental Health Care. Saving Masafer Yatta. The Deadliest Virus on Earth.

Bernie Sanders Seeks To Beef Up the Democrats' Big Bill

Brett Wilkins Common Dreams
"Adding dental, vision, and hearing benefits to Medicare is supported by 84% of the American people," said an aide to Sen. Sanders, who plans to propose including the expansion in Democrats' reconciliation package.

Cable News Wants War With China Over Taiwan

Branko Marcetic Convergence
On TV news, a jingoistic discourse is already developing over the Taiwan crisis — and not just on the right. The result could be another disastrous great-power conflict, this time with China.

Where We Stand on August 6 and 9, 2022

H Patricia Hynes Portside
August 6 and 9 - 77 years since the first atomic bombs were dropped on human beings - by our government. The upgrading of nuclear weapons by nine countries and morbid fantasy of a military solution to the Russian-Ukraine conflict risk life on Earth.
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