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We come to mark it on our calendar every year.
It comes as the annual chance to bring issues together, meet and greet and have an action that is often more about getting re-energized than about getting something done.
This has gotten many May Day actions locally criticized for taking a huge amount of time, energy, and money, yet not resulting in movements that are any stronger. However, the last two years have really started to buck this trend, with last year really drawing issues of immigration together with the high profile fight between the ILWU and United Grain. This year Portland joined with cities around the country in identifying an overarching theme that effectively dominated the messaging: Black Lives Matter.
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Who Are the Nuclear Scofflaws?
By Lawrence S. Wittner
Given all the frothing by hawkish U.S. Senators about Iran’s possible development of nuclear weapons, one might think that Iran was violating the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
But it’s not.
Beyond the Drone Debate: Should US Military and CIA Be Judge, Jury and Executioner?
Adam Hudson, Truthout: After it was revealed that two Western hostages held by al-Qaeda were killed in a US drone strike in January, public debate centered on the method of targeted killing - drone strikes - rather than whether assassination was legal, moral or effective policy.
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