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Crushed by debt, NYC taxi drivers go on HUNGER STRIKE
On Wednesday, Oct. 20, a group of taxi drivers in New York City with the New York Taxi Workers’ Alliance began a hunger strike to demand that the city enact life-saving debt relief to workers…
Cops pulled him over for a bogus ticket, then things got really ugly
A questionable traffic stop by an Arizona highway patrol officer reveals how the powers bestowed upon police are ripe for abuse. Video shows how the officer escalated the encounter after he was challenged by a…
Cops ordered him to break the law, then arrested him when he wouldn’t
The arrest and incarceration of New Mexico resident Chris Dixon provide yet another stark example of the Kafkaesque nature of contemporary police power. Dixon was arrested after police tired to force him to consent to…
Israel’s influence in Europe could lead to criminalization of critiques of Zionism
The International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism convened earlier this month in In Malmö, Sweden. According to the Swedish government, “The programme focused on four main themes: Holocaust remembrance; Holocaust education; Antisemitism on…
The people of Sudan fight against a military coup
On Monday, Oct. 25, Sudan’s military seized control of the country, arresting Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and dissolving the transitional council government that was created to oversee the country’s passage to a more democratic system…
Cuba, COVID-19, and ending the US blockade
For over 60 years, the United States has effectively jailed the country of Cuba through illegal political intervention and economic war. And yet, while facing continued economic strangulation and political vilification, the socialist republic has…
‘A war that could never be won’: An autopsy of the US war in Afghanistan
For many around the world who consider the United States to be all powerful, the ignominious end to the war in Afghanistan, the harried withdrawal of US troops, and the swift takeover by the Taliban…
What is Afghanistan’s future after US withdrawal?
(Click here to view Part I of this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA7TbxHHKpo&t=187s). In Part II of this extended interview on the history and aftermath of the 20-year US war in Afghanistan, TRNN contributor Radhika Desai and Melkulangara…
Cops in Euclid, Ohio, are out of control
The conclusion of the mini-documentary series State of Injustice examines how Black residents in Euclid, Ohio, routinely find themselves over-policed in their homes, schools, and even their skating rinks. This TRNN special premiere includes a…
Cop wrote a $2500 ticket for changing lanes too close, but he wasn’t ready for what happened next
In this episode of the Police Accountability Report, we provide breaking updates for several critical cases we’ve been covering for months, including a surprising development in the case of Daniel Alvarez, who received a $2500…
If the US wants fewer Haitian refugees, it should stop destroying Haiti
Last week, onlookers in the US and around the world were horrified to see US Border Patrol’s inhumane treatment of Haitian refugees attempting to cross the US-Mexico border to seek asylum. Committing “human rights violations 
Cuba & the US: A tale of two prison systems
In this episode of Rattling the Bars, TRNN Executive Producer and former Black Panther Eddie Conway discusses the differences between prisons in Cuba and in the United States. Of the two, only one incarcerates children,…
‘You’re giving awards to murdering cops!’
On April 16, 2016, Lamar Wright pulled into a driveway to make a phone call when officers Kyle Flagg and Vashon Williams rushed Wright and tried to pull him from his car. Because he was…
New evidence in police killing reveals just how brutal small town cops can be
Content warning: Some images and details in this episode are graphic and disturbing. This week on PAR, we continue our ongoing investigation into the problem of rural overpolicing and provide a critical update on the…
Hotel laid off 100 workers AFTER getting $2.5 million in PPP loans
On Sep. 22, dozens rallied in support of over 100 workers who were laid off from the Merriweather Lakehouse Hotel in Columbia, Maryland, even though their hotel received millions of dollars from the federal government…
As Delta surges in prisons, states stop sharing statistics with the public
As we’ve covered previously on Rattling the Bars, prisons in the US have been a major source of COVID-19 infections throughout the pandemic, and experts have suggested that the reality is even worse than the…
Something broke open: Occupy Wall Street 10 years later
“They stayed the night and changed the world,” says filmmaker, writer, and activist Astra Taylor about the Occupy Wall Street movement, which started on Sept. 17, 2011. Taylor and PowerLabs director Nicole Carty discuss the…
Cops lied to get into their home, but their OWN bodycam caught the truth!
As Brad Naylor and his brother slept in their parents’ home, they were surprised to hear their door kicked open and see guns drawn at 5:00 in the morning. According to the police report, the…
Striking bakery workers in CA demand respect
Since Nov. 3, workers represented by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers’ International Union (BCTGM) Local 37 have been on strike against Rich Products at the Jon Donaire Desserts plant in Santa Fe…
No war in Ukraine!
The White House claimed on Friday, Feb. 11 that attacks on Ukraine by Russian troops may be imminent, though Russian officials have denied these claims and denounced them as “dangerous lies.†Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky,…
The US military is poisoning the water in O’ahu
As Director for the Sierra Club of Hawai’i Wayne Tanaka recently wrote in The Guardian, the US Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility is “a massive underground ‘farm’ of 18-million liter fuel tanks and pipes…
The West’s dangerous war games with China
Announced on Sept. 15 2021, AUKUS is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which involves the US and UK sharing nuclear propulsion technology with Australia. As Michael Safi…
Why US prisons don’t want prisoners to read
In a recent piece for Protean magazine entitled “The American Prison System’s War on Reading,†Alex Skopic writes, “Across the United States, the agencies responsible for mass imprisonment are trying to severely limit incarcerated people’s…
Adolph Reed Jr. on race reductionism and liberational politics
“There is no doubt that racism is real and has negative consequences for people’s lives,†Adolph Reed Jr. and Touré F. Reed note in the abstract to their article “The Evolution of ‘Race’ and Racial…
Chris Hedges: Mass politics must be rooted in class struggle
From the social upheaval embodied in Donald Trump’s presidency and the 2020 uprisings for racial justice to rampant corporate plunder and increasingly widespread labor unrest, the conditions for an organized mass political movement exist in…
Global ‘hyper-inequality’ exploded during the pandemic
The concentration of wealth in the hands of a select few has become a global problem that poses a threat to the basic functioning of our societies. According to a landmark new analysis by the…
‘It is torture’: Women in Maryland’s prisons have nowhere to turn
Pre-release and minimum security facilities connect incarcerated individuals to essential resources for re-entering society and to opportunities for work release, special leave, compassionate leave, and family leave. In the state of Maryland, there are nine…
