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From Palestine to Turtle Island: Smash the capitalists’ settler states!
This is Part Three of a series based on a talk given at a national Workers World Party meeting held on May 18, 2025. Read Part One. Read Part Two. A previous article in this series mentioned that the ruling class relies on “racialization” of different nationalities into categories which are easier for a white…
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Bob McCubbin, ¡Presente!
Home » Im/migrants and Refugees » Bob McCubbin, ¡Presente! The following obituary for Bob McCubbin was published in Struggle for Socialism/La Lucha por el Socialismo on Sept. 6, 2025. Bob McCubbin wrote the pamphlet “The Gay Question: A Marxist Appraisal,” which was first published in 1976. The book, which included a new preface and afterward…
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New Facial Recognition Software Predicts You’re a Criminal Based on your Face
A team from the University of Harrisburg, PA, has developed automated computer facial recognition software that they claim can predict with 80 percent accuracy and “no racial bias” whether a person is likely going to be a criminal, purely by looking at a picture of them. “By automating the identification of potential threats without bias,…
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Amazon Facial Rekognition App Sets Off Alarm Bells
SEATTLE — Amazon is lobbying the public with proposed guidelines for lawmakers to adopt when crafting legislation around the use of facial-recognition technology. Amazon’s own software, Rekognition, has been put to the test by rights groups such as the ACLU, who have come to troubling conclusions about racial bias and threats to civil liberties. The…
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From Palestine to Turtle Island: Smash the capitalists’ settler states!
This is Part Three of a series based on a talk given at a national Workers World Party meeting held on May 18, 2025. Read Part One. Read Part Two. A previous article in this series mentioned that the ruling class relies on “racialization” of different nationalities into categories which are easier for a white…
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Bob McCubbin, ¡Presente!
Home » Im/migrants and Refugees » Bob McCubbin, ¡Presente! The following obituary for Bob McCubbin was published in Struggle for Socialism/La Lucha por el Socialismo on Sept. 6, 2025. Bob McCubbin wrote the pamphlet “The Gay Question: A Marxist Appraisal,” which was first published in 1976. The book, which included a new preface and afterward…
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Community frees protester of ICE raids in Texas
Home » Im/migrants and Refugees » Community frees protester of ICE raids in Texas Dallas The author participated in the protest described below. An emergency rally held on Aug. 27 at the Lew Sterrett Justice Center demanded the immediate release of a woman arrested for protesting the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in…
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The gutting of the CDC: Profit over human life
The appointment by President Donald J. Trump of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an avowed anti-vaxxer, to be the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in early 2025 was the beginning of the end to federal support for people’s health in the United States. Kennedy started by slashing funding for millions of…