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Cuba Si, Bloqueo No
The crisis of Trump’s second term in the White House is increasing the suffering of communities at home and abroad. In few places is this crisis felt more severely than for those living in Cuba. The people of Cuba are … Continue reading
Posted in Cuba, Foreign Policy, Imperialism, International, International, Latin America, Section, Venezuela
Tagged blockade, Cuba, Latin America, sanctions, solidarity, US foreign policy, US imperialism, Venezuela
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The Zionist Lobby and Repealing Illinois’s Anti-Boycott Law, HB2723/SB2462
President Harry Truman was the first world leader to recognize the theft of the Palestinian lands of 1948 as Israel; he did so eleven minutes after its creation. When discussing the topic, he’s quoted to have said, “I am sorry, … Continue reading
Posted in Boycott, Free Speech, Gaza, human rights, Illinois politics, International, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Politics, Section
Tagged BDS, boycott, Gaza, human rights, Illinois anti-boycott law, Illinois Investments Pension Board, Israel/Palestine, Palestinian rights, Zionist lobby
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Data Centers in Champaign County: A Conversation with UIUC Computer Science Students
What do computer scientists think about data centers coming to Champaign County? I recently had coffee with three computer science (CS) students at the University of Illinois. I was intrigued that they are being expertly trained in CS, while having … Continue reading
Posted in AI, Champaign County, Data centers, Section, Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, water usage
Tagged AI, Big Tech, Champaign County governance, data centers, UIUC, water use
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Can the Hungarian Regime Change Show Us the Way?
The May 9 transition of power to new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar and his Tisza Party after their landslide April 12 election victory has many who believe in the rule of law thrilled with the potential development of a … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, dismantling autocracy, Eastern Europe, Elections, European Union, Hungary, International, International, Section
Tagged autocracy, democracy, Elections, European Union, Hungary, rule of law, Viktor Orbán, Vladimir Putin
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Gaza Denialism and the Wider War
In the early months of the war on Gaza US foreign policy paid less attention to the war crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians than the possibility that the war might spread into a regional conflagration. The US administrations (first … Continue reading
Posted in AI, Gaza, International, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, military, Section, War, World-wide death and suffering
Tagged AI, Gaza, Global War on Terror (GWOT), high-tech military, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Sudan, war
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Epstein’s Global Role
If someone updated Israel Shahak’s seminal 1982 book Israel’s Global Role: Weapons for Repression, they would no doubt have to add an extra chapter for Jeffrey Epstein’s activities. Or perhaps an entire extra volume would be needed. With that as … Continue reading
Posted in Big Tech, Corporate media, corruption, covert action, Epstein, International, International, Israel, Section
Tagged billionaire class, corruption, covert action, Epstein, Iran-Contra, Israel
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Latrelle Bright, Changing the World through Theater
Latrelle Bright came to UIUC in 2009 as assistant program coordinator for Inner Voices Social Issues Theatre. Over the following years she worked to bring underrepresented voices and perspectives before area audiences while directing shows at Krannert Center for the … Continue reading
Posted in African American women, Arts, In Memoriam, Local Arts, Section, University of Illinois
Tagged African American women, In Memoriam, local arts, theater, UIUC
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Summer Issue Back Cover
Posted in Back Cover, Section, UCIMC, Youth Services
Tagged back cover, UCIMC, youth
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April Issue Front Cover
Posted in Front Cover, Iran, Middle East, Section, War
Tagged front cover, Iran, norouz, war
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Alex Pretti and the Death of Western Liberalism
On Saturday, January 24, 2026, an ICU nurse named Alex Pretti was wrestled to the ground on the streets of Minneapolis, disarmed of the pistol he was legally carrying, and fatally shot by ICE agents. He is the second person … Continue reading
Posted in Farmworkers, ICE, Immigrants, Immigration, labor, Section
Tagged Alex Pretti killing, class power, ICE, immigration, Labor, working-class issues
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Are Data Centers Responsible Economic Development?
Responsible economic development must balance financial benefits with harm and risk to the community. Many residents of Illinois feel like the risk of electricity rate increases, potential harm to health and quality of life, and noise and air pollution from … Continue reading
Posted in AI, Data centers, Environment, pollution, Section, Technology
Tagged AI, community resistance, data centers, electricity, energy usage, pollution, water usage
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“Revolution” in Iran? Doomed If It Succeeds
This essay was written before the February 28 beginning of the US–Israeli war on Iran. It is an edited version of one that appeared in The People’s Voice, the chapter newsletter of YDSA ISU, on February 18. An oft-repeated sentiment … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, International, Iran, Middle East, Section, War
Tagged anti-imperialism, Iran, Middle East, popular resistance, Reza Pahlavi, theocratic fascism, US foreign policy
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Jesse Jackson: A Black Power icon
This article first appeared in the author’s regular column “Real Talk: A Black Perspective” in the Champaign News-Gazette, on February 22, 2026. It has been lightly edited for style. On February 17, Jesse Jackson joined the ancestors. He … Continue reading
Posted in African Americans, African Americans, Boycott, civil rights, In Memorium, Politics, Racism, Section, Voices
Tagged Black Power, civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., In Memorium, Jesse Jackson, politics, racism
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The Hungarian Elections: A Blow to European Right-Wing Populism?*
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been name-dropped by practically everyone on the American Right lately, from Donald Trump to Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson, as a trailblazer and model for the conservative nationalist authoritarian state they covet—not to mention … Continue reading
Posted in Eastern Europe, Elections, European Union, International, International, Politics, Section
Tagged Eastern Europe, Elections, European Union, Hungary, right-wing populism, Viktor Orbán
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Just Five
I am more than fifty years past being just five, but I’m trying to remember how strange the grown-up world was, how the huge ones told us, “Do this.” “Get over there.” “Right now!” Some kids were reduced to tears; … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, ICE, Local Arts, Poetry, Section
Tagged ICE, local arts, Poetry
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April Issue Back Cover
Posted in Back Cover, Section, UCIMC
Tagged back cover, UCIMC
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Winter Issue Front Cover
Posted in Front Cover, ICE, Immigrants, Police brutality, Section
Tagged front cover, ICE, Immigrants, police brutality
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Chicago ICE Raids: Self-Determination for All Subjugated Internal Nations
In October of 2025 Julio Cucul-Bol, a Guatemalan citizen, was sentenced to 30 years in Illinois prisons for the fatal hit-and-run accident which claimed the lives of two white women here in Urbana. In September of 2025 the Department of … Continue reading
Posted in Chicago, ICE, Immigrants, Police, Police brutality, Policing, Section, White Nationalism
Tagged Chicago, Department of Homeland Security, federal repression, ICE, Immigrants, police brutality, white nationalism
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Second Invasion of Chicago Spurs Resistance
For more than three months, the Chicagoland area has been under invasion by an outside armed force. At a cost estimated between $70 and $100 million, Trump has ordered an occupation of the city by federal agents, most of them … Continue reading
Posted in Chicago, ICE, Immigrants, Police, Police brutality, Policing, Section
Tagged Chicago, Department of Homeland Security, federal repression, ICE, police brutality
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The Real Dividing Line in America: Class Power
On Wednesday, January 7, a white US citizen named Nicole Renée Good was driving near her home in Minneapolis when a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed her. Renée, as she was known to her family and … Continue reading
Posted in African American history, ICE, Immigrants, labor history, Labor militancy, Labor/Economics, Racism, Section, union soldarity
Tagged Bacon's Rebellion, class power, economic racism, ICE, labor solidarity, police brutality, Racial oppression, working-class issues
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