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Analysis
Biden’s appeasement strategy in social program talks nears total failure
The Biden administration wasted valuable time conducting secret, backroom negotiations with Manchin when conditions called for organizing a movement to…
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Analysis
Massive war budget increase sails through Congress as social programs stall
The NDAA allocates massive sums of money to the Pentagon to wage wars of aggression around the world and prepare…
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Militant Journalism
“Dealin with the Devil”: Musicians confront Joe Manchin at Kennedy Center concert
Liberation News spoke with Carsie Blanton, a singer-songwriter who boldly confronted Manchin for his vile actions on behalf of the…
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The Socialist Program
Congress Decides that Pentagon Spending is #1 Priority — Above All Else!
Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how Biden is giving away more and more in backroom…
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Analysis
Right-wing Democrats aim to gut social program budget — Will Biden capitulate?
Right-wing Democrats in Congress remain determined to kill some of the most important measures included in the Biden administration’s social…
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The Socialist Program
Wall Street Stooges in Congress
Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the battle in Congress over the fate of major…
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Analysis
How the “debt ceiling” has been turned into a weapon against workers
Far right lawmakers have frequently sought to manipulate this process around the debt ceiling to gut spending on social programs.
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The Socialist Program
Seize Big Pharma: Nationalize and Internationalize All Medicine!
As part of the proposed social spending budget, Congress is considering a measure to negotiate hundreds of billions of dollars…
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Features
Cutting Through the Spin: What the Showdown in Congress Means for Workers
Trillions of dollars to address the needs of working people in the areas of education, childcare, health, housing and more…
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Analysis
Congress lets racist cops off the hook as police reform talks end in failure
Police reform negotiations conducted by members of the House and Senate have officially ended without advancing any legislation in a…
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