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Teamsters spread sanitation workers’ strike coast to coast
The following is a statement by Teamsters Local 25, published on July 9, 2025. Teamsters Local 25: Republic Services continues to lie about negotiations. Picket lines extended to West Coast cities Boston Teamsters Local 25 President Thomas G. Mari said Republic Services wants impacted towns to believe it is negotiating daily with striking collection workers…
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Ten years after her lynching – Sandra Bland: still ‘Say her name!’
Sandra Bland If Sandra Bland were alive today, she would be 38 years old. This July 13 will mark the 10th anniversary of her lynching in a Waller County, Texas, jail following her arrest on July 10 for an alleged minor traffic violation. The white state trooper who arrested her was only charged with perjury.…
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Activists Urge US Dept of Agriculutre to Deny Deadly New Monsanto GMO-Herbicide Combo
The United States Department of Agriculture is currently considering approving a new Monsanto corn genetically engineered to be used with five deadly herbicides. The vast majority of soy and corn grown in the United States is Monsanto’s patented Roundup Ready product. Roundup is the trade name of glyphosate, a chemical agent widely accepted as causing cancer…
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Cancer as Weapon: Poppy Bush’s Radioactive War on Iraq
At the close of the first Gulf War, Saddam Hussein was denounced as a ferocious villain for ordering his retreating troops to destroy Kuwaiti oil fields, clotting the air with poisonous clouds of black smoke and saturating the ground with swamps of crude. It was justly called an environmental war crime. But months of bombing…
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Black Patients Are Missing Out On Promising Cancer Drugs
This story was co-published with Stat. It’s a promising new drug for multiple myeloma, one of the most savage blood cancers. Called Ninlaro, it can be taken as a pill, sparing patients painful injections or cumbersome IV treatments. In a video sponsored by the manufacturer, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., one patient even hailed Ninlaro as “my savior.”…
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Teamsters spread sanitation workers’ strike coast to coast
The following is a statement by Teamsters Local 25, published on July 9, 2025. Teamsters Local 25: Republic Services continues to lie about negotiations. Picket lines extended to West Coast cities Boston Teamsters Local 25 President Thomas G. Mari said Republic Services wants impacted towns to believe it is negotiating daily with striking collection workers…
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Ten years after her lynching – Sandra Bland: still ‘Say her name!’
Sandra Bland If Sandra Bland were alive today, she would be 38 years old. This July 13 will mark the 10th anniversary of her lynching in a Waller County, Texas, jail following her arrest on July 10 for an alleged minor traffic violation. The white state trooper who arrested her was only charged with perjury.…
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Palestinian factions react to new ceasefire proposal
Home » Global » West Asia/ North Africa » Palestinian factions react to new ceasefire proposal The following statement was issued on Resistance News Network on July 5, 2025. Palestinian factions congratulate the efforts of the Hamas negotiating delegation on their shaping and agreement of a dignified ceasefire proposal. Across the political spectrum, factions issued…
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Hamas update on ceasefire proposal
Home » Global » Hamas update on ceasefire proposal The following statement appeared July 5, 2025, on Resistance News Network. According to various press sources, including Al-Araby TV, Al-Sharq and Reuters, Hamas accepted the framework presented by the mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza, with certain modifications and clarifications. Hamas fighters Hamas’s response focused primarily…