Amanda Yee

Amanda Yee is a journalist and organizer based out of Brooklyn. She is the managing editor of Liberation News, and her writing has appeared in Monthly Review Online, The Real News Network, CounterPunch, and Peoples Dispatch. Follow her on X @catcontentonly.

Analysis

Amanda YeeFebruary 23, 2023
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Poisoning America for profit: A brief history of Norfolk Southern’s greed

The East Palestine disaster is an expression of capitalism’s single-minded drive for greater and greater profit
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Analysis

Amanda YeeFebruary 15, 2023
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USAID: The humanitarian face of colonial exploitation

Whether through relief assistance or promoting "democracy" in the Global South, the pro-business objectives of USAID remain clear: to create…
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Analysis

Amanda YeeFebruary 6, 2023
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The IMF debt trap in Ukraine

The IMF serves as an imperialist instrument of Western capital in Ukraine, now using the war as pretext for accelerating…
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Analysis

Amanda YeeDecember 19, 2022
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Why Chinese ‘debt trap diplomacy’ is a lie

It is clear that Chinese “debt trap diplomacy” is a U.S. narrative advanced to obscure Western financial institutions like the…
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Analysis

Amanda YeeSeptember 21, 2022
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Five of the worst climate crisis disasters this summer

From droughts to heat waves to severe rainfall and flooding, this summer saw extreme weather events across the globe induced…
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Analysis

Amanda YeeSeptember 9, 2022
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Five of the British empire’s worst atrocities under Queen Elizabeth’s reign

Her reign should be remembered as a symbol of the sheer brutality that the British empire unleashed on its subjects,…
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Militant Journalism

Amanda YeeJuly 23, 2022
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NYC labor unions demand reinstatement of fired Starbucks organizer

While SWU is demanding Locke’s reinstatement with backpay and compensation for harassment and illegal termination, its members and other organizers…
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Analysis

Amanda YeeJune 28, 2022
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53 years ago: Queer liberation’s roots were socialist, working class and anti-imperialist

Standing for queer community means also standing against police brutality and mass incarceration, and join the struggle to dismantle capitalism…
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Militant Journalism

Amanda YeeJune 9, 2022
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Mounting public pressure forces DA to drop all charges against Queens, N.Y. man

In an unexpected turn of events in the courtroom, Assistant District Attorney Andrea Medina moved to drop five of the…
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Militant Journalism

Amanda YeeMay 12, 2022
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Queens, N.Y., community demand freedom for wrongfully accused man ahead of 97th court appearance

This latest hearing marks Churaman’s 97th court appearance since his arrest in 2014. During the hearing, Judge Holder ordered a…
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