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Federal Power Shields ICE Agent as State Seeks Accountability

The killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis and the subsequent federal seizure of the investigation reveals a fundamental contradiction within the capitalist state apparatus: when different levels of government pursue conflicting class interests, federal power prevails to...

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ICE Killing Exposes State Violence Shielded From Accountability

The killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis reveals the structural impunity enjoyed by federal law enforcement agencies tasked with immigration enforcement. Despite video evidence suggesting Good was fleeing rather than attacking officers, and despite DHS policies...

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US Military Seizure of Venezuela Reveals Oil Imperialism

The US military operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro represents a stark example of imperialist intervention where the veneer of democracy promotion has been entirely stripped away, revealing naked resource extraction as the primary objective. President Trump's same-day meeting...

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Tech Billionaire's AI Tool Exposes Digital Platform Power Crisis

The controversy over X's Grok AI generating sexualized deepfake images reveals fundamental contradictions in platform capitalism, where private ownership of digital infrastructure clashes with public interest and state regulatory capacity. The UK government's response—condemning X's action of...

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Federal Childcare Cuts Target Working Families in Democratic States

The Trump administration's sudden freeze of $10 billion in federal childcare and social assistance funding reveals a deliberate attack on the material conditions of the working class, particularly in states governed by political opposition. By targeting programs that serve 1.4 million children...

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Labour's Child Poverty Bill Masks Deeper Class Contradictions

This live blog reveals the fundamental contradictions within the Labour government's approach to managing class interests while maintaining capitalist legitimacy. The centerpiece—legislation removing the two-child benefit cap—represents a tactical concession to working-class demands after Labour...

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Housing Crisis Traps Young Workers in Extended Adolescence

This Guardian article about Gen Z men living with parents in Vallejo, California reveals far more than a lifestyle trend—it exposes how decades of neoliberal economic policy have fundamentally restructured the material conditions required for working-class adulthood. The article inadvertently...

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US Venezuela Raid Exposes Imperialist Oil Interests

The US military seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro represents a stark reassertion of imperialist power in Latin America, driven fundamentally by control over petroleum resources rather than the stated concerns about democracy or drug trafficking. Trump's explicit statement that US...

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