America is in a populist moment. If Democrats won’t harness that then the right-wing will, substituting their bigoted fantasies for the actual forces which make life worse for Americans.
"We've seen that maximum pressure sanctions don't work and now as we're still reeling from a global pandemic their impacts on everyday people and families in Iran is inexcusable."
"We cannot trust governments, law enforcement, or private companies with this kind of invasive surveillance," stressed one digital rights campaigner.
"When 41% of the American people tell us that their top priority is for us to expand Medicare to include dental and vision benefits... what should we do? We should listen to the people."
Vigils and demonstrations followed death of 30-year-old woman known only as Izabela who was refused an abortion by doctors.
The social alliance to take on global capitalism must be global, radical, popular, tactically, and strategically focused, while at the same time flexible and imaginative.
"With all eyes on Glasgow this week, the Biden administration seems to be turning its back on reality and throwing climate leadership into the toilet," said one critic.
"What corporations and big conservation groups call 'nature-based solutions' is a dangerous distraction."
"Foreign donors shouldn't be influencing our elections, no matter whether it's at the federal, state, or local level, said Rep. Katie Porter.
In the wake of the implosion of the Soviet Union, the U.S. decided to remake the world and did so—at least in the sense of allowing climate change to run riot on Planet Earth—while, in the process, unmaking itself.
People with disabilities make up 41 per cent of our population living in poverty.
"The apparently unquenchable thirst for profits of big pharmaceutical companies, like Pfizer, is fueling an unprecedented human rights crisis."
"The solution," said Luis Arce at COP26, "is to change the model of civilization and move towards an alternative model to capitalism, the concept of living well together in harmony with Mother Earth."
Lawmakers in Ohio and Wisconsin are pushing to allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work longer hours as exorbitantly wealthy corporations pay their adult employees less than $15 per hour on average.
The development came as the coalition stressed a "need to halve global emissions by 2030."
"Leaders of the G20, we are drowning and our only hope is the life-ring you are holding," said Surangel Whipps Jr., president of the Pacific island nation. "You must act now. We must act together."
"The best regulation against methane emissions is to ban fracking and prohibit the use of methane in heating of newly constructed buildings."
At this week's climate negotiations in Glasgow, countries must get serious about detailing their plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
It's thanks to the work of journalists that the crimes of state surveillance were first exposed. Now, they are among those being stalked.
We talk a lot about building a "livable future," but what does that really mean?
If society attempts to maintain current levels of energy services throughout the transition, the result will be a spike in both energy usage and carbon emissions.
"We cannot protect abortion access or voting rights without federal intervention and passing bills like the Women's Health Protection Act."
"We're going down an utterly absurd route of deciding as a species to kill ourselves. We have to step up and say, 'No, that's completely absurd; let's choose a route that saves ourselves.'"
Jayapal says she is "letting the president" deal with Manchin after he declares that holding the infrastructure legislation "hostage" won't win his support for the reconciliation package.
