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  Chomsky: Blueprint for a Progressive US

  In the Trump era, what would an authentically populist, progressive political agenda look like?
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  Bennis: ‘De-certifying’ the Iran Deal

  Iran is complying with the nuclear deal. Trump, on the other hand, is risking a war — and torching U.S. credibility
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  Davis: El Diablo in Wine Country

  Land use patterns in California have long been insane but, with negligible opposition, they reproduce themselves like a flesh-eating virus
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  Falk: American Republicanism

  Trump and Trumpism tell us more vividly than we could possibly have imagined about the collapse of 18th century republicanism
• Radack: A Chilling Combination for Whistleblowers

  Insider Threat Program Training and Trump’s War on Leaks
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  Cockburn: The Iraqi Invasion​ of Kirkuk

  The Iraqi military quickly conquered the oil-rich area of Kirkuk in an effort to block Kurdish statehood. But why didn't Kurdish forces put up more of a fight?
• Abunimah: World chefs urge withdrawal from Tel Aviv

  Prominent chefs from 10 countries are urging their colleagues to withdraw from an Israeli-government sponsored propaganda initiative that uses international cuisine to whitewash Israel’s image
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  Cole: Why Baghdad took Kirkuk

  The Iraqi Army and its Shiite militia adjuncts have taken Kirkuk city and raised the Iraqi flag over the state house, taking down the Kurdistan flag
• Dayen: Google So Big, It’s Shaping Opioid Policy

  And It’s Screwing It Up
• Welchlin: Bending the arc of justice

  You can't do work in the South without having a race analysis — you just can't
• Pepper-Clarke: The Little Giants

  October 27, 2017, will be the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the resistance to the blacklist, the day people refused to snitch out their friends at the HUAC hearings
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  Evans: The Classist Dynamic of Democratic Centralism

  My Contribution to the 100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution
• Nichols: ‘Surrender or we’ll take you over’

  he combination of the organised movement that won on October 1 and 3 and solidarity within and beyond the borders of the Spanish state will be essential to prevent the Spanish establishment’s planned crushing of Catalonia’s national rights
• Parramore: Big Pharma Fueling the Opioid Epidemic

  “Worse Than Big Tobacco”
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  Baroud: Trump’s Angry Diplomacy

  The angry diplomacy of President Donald Trump is Washington's way to scare off North Korea's traditional ally, China, and disrupt Chinese economic, political and military ascendency in Asia
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  Engelhardt: “Tell Me How This Ends?”

  David Petraeus Finally Answers His Own Question
• Contributors: Demanding Better Wages

  The 'National Workers Conference to Organize the Fightback' met in Chicago Oct. 6-8, to share experiences and to launch a new solidarity network
• Contributors: #RenterWeekOfAction

  As renters from small rural towns to large urban centers continue to be squeezed by rising rents and low wages as resurgent renter-led movement is uniting around a city and state strategy to build power from below
• Feldstein: US airstrikes are killing more civilians

  The specter of massive civilian casualties will remain a rallying point for new terrorist organizations long after anti-IS operations conclude
• Fang: Lobbying Against Gender Pay Gap

  Lobbyists representing leading companies in the Silicon Valley and Hollywood have placed tremendous pressure to defeat legislation designed to shine a spotlight onto wage disparities by gender at California companies
• Gordon: Fight for Veterans’ Health Care

  VHA union members and their allies have launched a multi-front campaign
• Tveten: “Fake News” Scare Marginalizing the Left

  In characterizing the ads as menacing mirrors of right and left ideologies, mainstream media’s message remains clear: Only the corporate-sponsored center can be trusted
• Johnson: Nurses, Labor Unions Join Puerto Rico Relief

  “I put out the call for help, and who listened?...