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Russian forces in recent weeks have been increasingly encircling the cities of Pokrovsk in central Donetsk while approaching Lyman and Siversk further to the north. Looking at various live mapping projects tracking the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, nascent pincers appear to be emerging in what some analysts believe could be a large-scale encirclement of what remains of Ukraine’s “fortress belt” in the Donbass region.
Comprising a number of heavily-defended built-up urban centers from Kostiantynovka and extending northward toward Kramatorsk and Slovyansk closer to Lyman, Ukraine’s remaining fortress belt likely comprises thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of Ukrainian forces.
Dallas Residents On The Front Lines Of Trump’s War Against ‘Antifa’
October 26, 2025
Andrew Lee, Truthout.
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AntiFa, ICE, Legal System, State Repression, Texas, Trump Administration
On the night of July 4, 2025, Meagan Morris and Autumn Hill departed the Dallas home they shared with several others to go to an immigrant solidarity protest. This was no small thing for either of the two housemates. A 41-year-old transgender woman, Meagan had been out of work since her collapsed neck vertebrae forced her to leave her job at UPS. Autumn had little political experience save for volunteering for a local nonprofit and once marching in a Pride parade. But with the Trump administration conducting violent immigration raids across the country in service of Trump’s mass deportation agenda, both Morris and Autumn Hill wanted to head to Alvarado for a “noise demo” outside the 700-bed Prairieland Detention Center.
Ground Zero In Conservative Quest For Patriotic And Christian Public Schools
October 26, 2025
Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica.
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Christian Nationalism, Education, Oklahoma, Public schools, Trump Administration
The future that the Trump administration envisions for public schools is more patriotic, more Christian and less “woke.” Want to know how that might play out? Look to Oklahoma.
Oklahoma has spent the past few years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride about America’s history, with political leaders and legislators working their way through the conservative agenda for overhauling education.
Academics, educators and critics alike refer to Oklahoma as ground zero for pushing education to the right. Or, as one teacher put it, “the canary on the prairie.”
By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America First” agenda, which includes the expansion of private school vouchers and prohibitions on lessons about race and sex, Oklahoma had been there, done that.
Trump’s Push To Uphold Gaza Ceasefire Is Creating A Political Crisis In Israel
October 25, 2025
Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss.
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Ceasefire, Donald Trump, Gaza, Israel, Palestine
The succession of U.S. officials arriving in Tel Aviv over the week has fueled consternation in Israeli political circles as Washington ups the pressure on Israel to stick to U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan. Israeli political circles have bristled at having to bend to the American President’s will, as opposition use the opportunity to lambast Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for turning Israel into a “vassal” of the United States.
Virtually all of Trump’s inner circle has made the rounds in Tel Aviv throughout the past week, including U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, Vice President JD Vance, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
A Tale Of Two Ceasefires: Gaza And DRC
October 25, 2025
Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report.
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Ceasefire, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Gaza, Israel, Palestine
Vice President JD Vance is in Israel, reportedly to see if he can salvage the ceasefire that began on October 10. Hamas has given Israel all 20 living hostages, and turned over the bodies of 13 of 28 dead ones. It says that retrieving the rest is going slowly because of the destruction it has to work around. Israeli forces have largely withdrawn to the negotiated yellow line, which means they still control 58% of Gaza by land area, and according to news reports, they are regularly killing Palestinians who get too close to that yellow line. The number of aid trucks that has entered Gaza since the ceasefire took effect is 85% lower than the negotiated cap, and Israel is still bombing Gaza, claiming it’s responding to lingering armed attacks.
No Kings, Only Oligarchs: Foundation Money Behind The ‘Grassroots’
October 25, 2025
Gloria Guillo, Uncontrolled Opposition.
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Color Revolution, Democrats, George Soros, Indivisible, No Kings, Oligarchs, performative activism
Movements like Indivisible and No Kings brand themselves as grassroots campaigns to curb authoritarian power, rallying under slogans like “No Kings” to demand accountability.
In October 2025, No Kings staged over 2,700 protests across all 50 U.S. states, drawing millions to oppose government shutdowns, private school policies, and perceived threats from figures like Trump.
Yet, their funding reveals a stark contrast: a handful of ultra-wealthy donors, led by George Soros, bankrolls these efforts, echoing the financial tactics of color revolutions abroad—uprisings critics say prioritized Western economic and geopolitical interests over local needs.
Deadly Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Lobbying For ‘New Role’ In Gaza
October 24, 2025
News Desk, The Cradle.
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Gaza, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Genocide, Israel, Palestine
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a deadly aid scheme operating in the Gaza Strip, is in talks with US and Israeli officials about a potential new post-war role in the enclave, the Financial Times (FT) reported on 23 October.
The US and Israeli-created GHF began operations in May, but the amount of aid it distributed was negligible for Gaza’s roughly 2 million people, aid groups and some Israeli officials have said.
At the same time, Israel sought to cut off aid distribution from the UN and international humanitarian groups in Gaza as part of its effort to starve Palestinians and force them to move to the southern region of the strip.
At least 1,000 Palestinians were killed by live fire from Israeli troops while seeking food from GHF sites, which have been described as “death traps.”
Kentucky’s Anti-Camping Law Has Pushed Rural Homelessness Into Hiding
October 24, 2025
Anabel Peterman, Next City.
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Criminalization, Homelessness, Kentucky, Rural
In many U.S. cities, advocates for America’s growing homeless population say, homelessness itself is being treated like a crime.
Last year, the Supreme Court gave cities the green light to ban people from sleeping and camping in public, allowing them to crack down on encampments even when there are no shelter beds available. In July, the White House announced an executive order making it easier for cities and states to remove unsheltered people from the streets and force them into medical facilities and institutions. That headline came alongside news of broad, Trump-backed encampment sweeps in Washington, D.C. and the threat of federal mobilization in other big cities.
Trump Fails To End His Proxy War With Russia
October 23, 2025
Moon of Alabama.
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Russia, Trump Administration, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism
It there any politician who is less reliable than U.S. President Donald Trump?
At the August summit in Anchorage with President Vladimir Putin of Russia Trump had aimed at a ceasefire along the frontline in Ukraine. But Putin made clear that the war required a long term solution of the underlying problem, NATO enlargement, and that a preliminary ceasefire would not be helpful in that regard. Russia also demanded full control of the Donbas and other regions.
Trump did agree to that and announced it as the brilliant result of the talks. This was his first turn on the issue.
Data Centers And The AI Bubble
October 23, 2025
Hanna Eid, Black Agenda Report.
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AI Bubble, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Tech, Finance and the Economy
For the last month or so, investors, business gurus, and veritable Wolves of Wall Street have been discussing the massive–and growing–AI financial bubble. Speculative bubbles are nothing new in the American economy. The other imperialist countries in Europe are slightly insulated from this financialization, although not entirely. AI has been on the tip of everyone’s tongues for some time now, and many services–email, customer service, shopping sites, and even social media are full of AI chatbots or ‘virtual assistants’ which promise to ease your time on the web.
Due Process And Trump-Ordered Murder
October 23, 2025
Andrew P. Napolitano, Consortium News.
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International Law, Murder, Trump Administration, Venezuela, War On Drugs
President Donald Trump’s use of the U.S. military to kill persons on speed boats in international waters, or in territorial waters claimed by other sovereign nations — all 1,500 miles from the U.S. — has posed grave issues of due process.
The U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of due process requires it for every person, not just Americans. The operative language of the Fifth Amendment is that “No person … shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.”
The Trump administration has claimed that it can kill whomever it designates as an unlawful enemy combatant — it prefers the political phrase “narco-terrorist” — and the due process it provides is the intelligence gathered by American spies and the White House analysis of that intelligence.
Trump: US Strikes On Alleged Drug Shipments On ‘Land’ Are Coming Soon
October 23, 2025
Dave DeCamp, AntiWar.com.
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Latin America, Trump Administration, US military, Venezuela, Wars and Militarism
President Trump on Wednesday suggested that US strikes on alleged drug shipments “on land” could be coming soon amid the US bombing campaign targeting boats in Latin America.
Trump has made similar comments before, and according to multiple media reports, the US is preparing to bomb Venezuela with the goal of ousting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and is using cracking down on drug trafficking as a pretext.
The president claimed to reporters at the White House that he had “legal authority” to launch the strikes, but Congress hasn’t authorized the bombing campaign, which the Constitution requires for launching a war.
Puerto Rico As A Launchpad For War On Venezuela
October 23, 2025
Michelle Ellner, People's Dispatch.
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colonization, Puerto Rico, US military, Venezuela, Wars and Militarism
When President Trump announced that the CIA had been authorized to conduct operations inside Venezuela, just as US drones struck another small boat off Venezuela’s coast, few people in the United States realized that much of this militarization begins on the soil of a land denied its own sovereignty: Puerto Rico.
The island that has lived under US rule since 1898 is once again being used as a staging ground for US militarism, this time for Washington’s latest “war on drugs” narrative, masking a campaign of coercion against Latin America’s independent governments.
Washington DC Premier Of Occupy Wall Street: An American Dream
October 22, 2025
Defending Rights and Dissent.
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Documentary, Occupy Movement, Washington DC, Working Class
In 2011, millions rose up against Wall Street gangsters who crashed the global economy. Occupy Wall Street: An American Dream (dir. Michelle Fawcett, 2025, 51 min.) is an electrifying look at how a populist upsurge swept the nation, put oligarchs on their back foot, and revived working-class politics. Reserve your seat to see the DC premier of this new documentary followed by a conversation with Dr. Margaret Flowers, Chip Gibbons, Omar Ocampo, and Arun Gupta.
Welcome To Hell, Remembrances Of Time In Israeli Prison
October 22, 2025
Ed DiGiglio, Popular Resistance.
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Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Prisons
They loaded the bus with us and we sat there for a while without moving. "Don't take your blindfold off, they have a camera," someone observed.
"They are recording everything we are saying," said another comrade.
I recognized the voice of the activist sitting next to me. He was a big guy, well over six feet tall. I was squashed into the corner of the last row of the bus. I tried to sit sideways to get more room. The steel seats of the bus made that difficult. It was uncomfortable. At least they didn't zip tie my hands too tightly.
It must have been well after midnight when the bus started moving. We were all tired. I dozed fitfully, the whine of the bus transmission in my ears.