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Education is the foundation of political change. In this section we provide news and analyses of current events that you won’t likely read or hear in the corporate media. Our sources are from organizations and independent media outlets free of corporate and government propaganda. We strongly encourage you to share these articles by email and social media so that together we create an echo chamber that overcomes the influence of the oligarchy. You will find large social media sharing buttons on the left side of each article when you open the article to read.

Revolutionary Third World Leaders Praise China’s World Role

July 18, 2025 Stansfield Smith, Popular Resistance. Educate! China, Foreign Policy, Global South, Great Powers, Imperialism, Media

China is a modern superpower, as is the US, but a qualitatively different superpower. The US uses military aggression, coups, and sanctions to impose US corporate interests worldwide. China is a peaceful power that respects national sovereignty, mutual development, and non-interference. Despite opposing imperialism, a tendency in the Western left is to recycle Western anti-China narratives that liken Chinese trade relations to Western imperial conduct, as in Sri Lanka and the Congo. Others have written of Chinese investments in the Occupied West Bank, and even criticize China for lack of aid to Cuba - clearly not issues the Western powers have problems with.

Medvedev Condemns Western ‘Treachery’

July 18, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! NATO, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev warned on 17 July that Moscow must be prepared to deliver preemptive strikes against the west if necessary. Speaking to TASS on the 80th anniversary of the Potsdam Conference, Medvedev said, “The west's treacherous nature and its warped sense of superiority are still evident. And we should therefore act accordingly, responding in full or even delivering preemptive strikes if need be.” Reflecting on the historical lessons of 1945, Medvedev added that the conference – attended by the leaders of the USSR, US, and UK after their victory in World War II – revealed that relations with the west must not be based on illusions.

Israel’s ‘Humanitarian City’ Plan

July 17, 2025 Medea Benjamin, Consortium News. Educate! Ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, Gaza, Israel, Palestine

The Israeli government has just put forward one of the most brazenly genocidal schemes in modern memory — and unless we act immediately, the world will once again let it happen. As reported in Haaretz, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz is proposing to force some 600,000 Palestinians — and eventually the entire population of Gaza — into a fenced-in “humanitarian city” to be built on the ruins of Rafah in southern Gaza. The plan is to “screen” the population, separate out alleged Hamas members, and then pressure the remaining civilians — men, women, and children — to “voluntarily” leave Gaza for another country. Which country? That hasn’t even been determined.

Palestinian Man Detained At Houston Airport For Nine Days

July 17, 2025 Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. Educate! Airport, Detention, Houston, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Kidnapping, Palestine

The Attorneys of a 22-year-old Palestinian man say their client was detained by immigration authorities at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport for nine days. According to a statement from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Muhanad J. M. Alshrouf obtained a U.S. immigrant visa before flying to Houston to visit his father on a flight from Dubai on July 5. Alshrouf reportedly spent days in a secondary screening room at the airport before being released on the evening of July 14. He was not allowed to obtain legal counsel, a change of clothes, or proper food, and authorities gave no reason for his release.

Trump’s Tense Relationship With Latin America

July 17, 2025 Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch. Educate! Blockade of Cuba, Bolivarian Venezuela, Chevron, Claudia Sheinbaum, Donald Trump, Gustavo Petro, mass deportations, Panama, United States, US Imperialism

The second term of US President Donald Trump has been full of commentary about other nations – both official and unofficial – that often signals the administration’s intentions, even without formal policy declarations. In turn, when Trump has thrown darts at certain governments, his statements immediately become headlines that spark debates – and at times uncertainties – in the countries he addresses. Latin America has been one of Trump’s favorite targets. One need only recall that during his first election campaign, he said that Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras were breeding grounds for criminals.

ICE Kidnappings Mirror World War II Germany

July 17, 2025 John Zangas, DC Media Group. Educate! ICE, Immigrant Rights, Kidnapping, Trump Administration

Arlington, VA—If anything is true about Tesla Takedown Arlington activists, it’s that they’re not afraid to take on bullies. On Saturday, they went after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), slamming it for its illegal kidnapping policy and the state-created chaos the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is spreading across the country. Several protestors brought signs written in Spanish “Chinga la Migra por Vida,” translating to F— ICE forever. This message connected with many dozens of Latino motorists passing the Arlington Tesla showroom on their way to and from weekend yard work, or various labor-intensive employments, judging by the tools and equipment they carried in their truck beds.

Medicare Advantage Is Such A Threat To Workers, They Wrote A Paper On It

July 17, 2025 Joe Maniscalco, Work-Bites. Educate! Health Care, Medicare Advantage, Privatization, Worker Rights

This past April, labor advocates for single payer health care published a white paper called, “Medicare Advantage: What Labor Leaders Need to Know.”In it, the authors remind labor leaders—including those in New York City who spent the last four years trying to push 250,000 municipal retirees into Medicare Advantage—that Medicare Advantage is “neither Medicare (the public, universal program without intermediaries between patients and the healthcare they need), nor is it an Advantage, except to profit-driven insurance companies.”

What Kind Of ‘-ocracy’ Are We? The Choice Is Yours

July 17, 2025 Peter Greenhill, Popular Resistance. Educate! Democracy, Kakistocracy, Plutocracy, Ruling Class, Thanatocracy, United States

It’s time to choose your “–ocracy,” the one you think best fits a US society and system in free fall. There are some choices to suggest. We live not only in a plutocracy, it is also at the same time both a kakistocracy and a thanatocracy. What it isn’t any longer is a democracy, and it hasn’t been one for some time now. Our efforts should thus be directed at making it the kind of democracy it’s supposed to be. Let’s explain these terms so that you can make an informed choice. In doing so, let’s start with plutocracy because it’s the one getting the most attention lately.

European Union Refuses To Sanction Israel Over Genocide In Gaza

July 16, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! European Union (EU), International Law, Israel, Sanctions

The EU has decided against imposing sanctions on Israel over its war crimes against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, which have continued unabated on a daily basis. “The EU Council failed yesterday to take a decision on Israel´s violation of the Association Agreement´s Human Rights clause. But this is in itself a decision: Europe decides not to punish Israel's continued war crimes and allows the Gaza genocide to proceed unabated,” said former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on 16 July. Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Affairs Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin described the lack of action as “shocking and disappointing.”

Trump’s 50-Day Deadline Threat Against Putin Will Backfire

July 16, 2025 Jennifer Kavanagh, Responsible Statecraft. Educate! Donald Trump, Failed Policy, Peace Negotiations, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Wars and Militarism

In the first six months of his second term, President Donald Trump has demonstrated his love for three things: deals, tariffs, and ultimatums. He got to combine these passions during his Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday. Only moments after the two leaders announced a new plan to get military aid to Ukraine, Trump issued an ominous 50-day deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire. “We're going to be doing secondary tariffs if we don't have a deal within 50 days,” Trump told the assembled reporters. The threat is unlikely to change Putin’s calculus, however, or bring the conflict to a near-term conclusion.

The IRS Is Building A Vast System To Share Taxpayers’ Data With ICE

July 16, 2025 William Turton, Christopher Bing and Avi Asher-Schapiro, Pro Publica. Educate! Deportations, ICE, Immigrant Rights, IRS, Privacy, Trump Administration

The Internal Revenue Service is building a computer program that would give deportation officers unprecedented access to confidential tax data. ProPublica has obtained a blueprint of the system, which would create an “on demand” process allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to obtain the home addresses of people it’s seeking to deport. Last month, in a previously undisclosed dispute, the acting general counsel at the IRS, Andrew De Mello, refused to turn over the addresses of 7.3 million taxpayers sought by ICE. In an email obtained by ProPublica, De Mello said he had identified multiple legal “deficiencies” in the agency’s request.

The Battle For The Future Of Farmwork

July 16, 2025 Joseph Bullington, In These Times. Educate! Detention, Farmworkers, Food and Agriciulture, ICE, Immigrant Rights, New York (NY)

The jail where they have taken his wife is very cold and very far away. In the weeks since immigration agents pulled her off the work bus, she has been in jail and he has kept working at the vegetable farm where they worked together. She calls him from a detention center in another state and tells him about the cold, how the prisoners complain about the cold but the guards do nothing. She has fallen into un hueco now, he says — a hollow, a hole, a gray area. His name is not Carlos, but he doesn’t want his real name published because he doesn’t want to be taken. We sit in his friend’s one-room apartment in an old two-story house in the upstate New York town of Albion, population 7,400.

From The Atlanta Race Massacre To Cop City: The AJC Incites Harm

July 16, 2025 Aja Arnold, Scalawag Magazine. Educate! Atlanta, Cop City, Media, Racism, State Violence

On Aug. 21, 2021, the editorial board of Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) published its support for "Cop City"—a then-proposed $90 million training facility for police and fire personnel; the cost of which has since ballooned to over $109 million, according to the most recently available reports. The Atlanta City Council had tabled a vote on a lease agreement for the proposed Cop City facility just days earlier after receiving tremendous opposition from residents, activists, and environmentalists. In its letter, which ran in the legacy paper's Sunday edition, the editorial board—whose members included Kevin Riley, the paper's editor-in-chief—argued that a "crime wave" necessitated the facility's quick approval and pleaded with the city council to revisit the vote as early as its next meeting.

Fast Tracking A Pipeline To BC’s Coast Will Undermine Canada’s Security

July 16, 2025 Mitch Anderson, DeSmog. Educate! Big Oil, Canada, Environment, Indigenous Sovereignty, Pipelines

“Now the real work starts.” These words from Prime Minister Mark Carney marked the rapid passage of Bill C-5, which grants sweeping powers to his cabinet to fast-track infrastructure projects. While his recent meeting with Canada’s premiers was described as a love-in, the love may be short lived if certain powerful industries don’t get the pony they thought they were promised. I speak of course of the oil patch and their relentless demands for more pipelines, whether they are needed or not. The long-dead Northern Gateway proposal to B.C.’s north coast seems to be top of the fossil fuel wish list, backed up by recent comments from Carney.

A ‘Draconian’ United Kingdom Government

July 15, 2025 Craig Murray, Consortium News. Educate! Legal System, Palestine Action, Terrorism Act, United Kingdom (UK)

When we restarted at 2 p.m., Raza Husain noted that the secretary of state had submitted no argument as to why the proscription had to enter into force immediately. He continued that the statutory instrument proscribing Palestine Action was not to be viewed as having the same authority as primary legislation, and had undergone a very truncated parliamentary procedure. Amendment had not been possible. It was more properly characterised as an executive instrument subject to parliamentary veto. Judge Chamberlain agreed, and noted it had also included the Maniac Murder Cult and it had not been possible for Parliament to separate the groups.

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