News & Views | Sanders Calls for Abolishing Entire 'Cruel, Dysfunctional Immigration System'

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[] [Amid Growing Calls to Abolish ICE, Sanders Calls for Abolishing America's Entire 'Cruel, Dysfunctional Immigration System'](1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) 1f9d0/ct3_1/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl by Jake Johnson, staff writer Highlighting the fact that America's inhumane treatment of immigrants reaches far beyond the despicable behavior of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—an agency that a growing number of citizens and lawmakers have said they want to abolish—Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) argued in a series of... [] [] News... [] [As Women Send Coat Hangers in Bulk, Ad Blitz to Demand Susan Collins Defend Abortion Rights](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) 1f9d0/ct4_1/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl by Julia Conley, staff writer With the news that President Donald Trump has interviewed four anti-choice judges as potential nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court, women's rights advocates are turning their attention to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), putting pressure on her to vote against any nominee who does not support access to abortion care. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['A Good Day to Protect the Things You Love': Anti-Pipeline Climbers Block Trans Mountain Oil Tanker](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) [greenpeace protest](1f9d0/ct5_1/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer As green groups and Indigenous leaders continue to raise alarm about the ecological and economic threats of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project—which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced the government is taking over after protests led Kinder Morgan to halt construction—12 activists on Tuesday launched an aerial blockade at the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge in Vancouver to stop an oil tanker from leaving the pipeline's terminal. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Progressives Gain Steam as Ocasio-Cortez Leverages Historic Win to Back Other Insurgent Democrats](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrated her victory in New York's 14th congressional district with supporters on June 26.](1f9d0/ct6_1/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) by Julia Conley, staff writer Progressive leaders are applauding the wave of left-wing victories in a number of Democratic primary races—and warning that centrist Democrats who dismiss the growing nationwide enthusiasm for candidates who refuse corporate money and support bold proposals like medicare for all, do so at at their own peril. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [Common Dreams is fueled by readers, like you. 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A New Era for Mexico?](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) [President elect of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during the celebration event, at the end of the Mexico 2018 Presidential Election on July 1, 2018 in Mexico City, Mexico.](1f9d0/ct13_1/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) by Jim Cohen The path forward will not be easy, but the newly-elected president's victory is rightly seen as an inspiring development for a more progressive and visionary nation --------------------------------------------------------------- [Not Extreme: Sanders’ and Ocasio-Cortez’s Leftism Has Been Core to the Democratic Party](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic candidate for New York's 14th congressional district, spoke with MSNBC's Chris Hayes on Wednesday night about her bold progressive agenda. ](1f9d0/ct14_1/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) by John Buell Right now the democratic populism recently articulated by Ocasio-Cortez and like- minded campaigners and activists is essential to combating Trump’s extremist authoritarian incursions. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Mexico’s Change Election](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) [A woman votes in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas in a polling station that reminds voters that "The vote is free and secret." (Photo: Jeff Abbott) ](1f9d0/ct15_1/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) by Ruth Conniff The view from small-town polling stations on Election Day shows a corrupted democracy that bottom-up activists hope AMLO can start fixing from the top-down. --------------------------------------------------------------- [What We Must Do Now](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) [Engage in non-violent civil disobedience. Fight lies with truth. Join the resistance. (Photo: David Geitgey Sierralupe/flickr/cc)](1f9d0/ct16_1/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) by Robert Reich First and most importantly, do not give up --------------------------------------------------------------- [Patriots Still Called to Throw Off Yoke of the Political Machine](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) [Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette speaks to a crowd while campaigning in this undated photo. (Photo: File Photo) ](1f9d0/ct17_1/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) by John Nichols "Then, as now, wealthy and powerful elites had conspired to make government the servant of their desires at the expense of the common good." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facing the Causes of the Problems with Immigration](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) [ Demonstrators participates in the Families Belong Together - Freedom For Immigrants March at Los Angeles City Hall on June 30, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sarah Morris/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct18_1/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) by Peter Marcuse Those problems all start with the staggering global inequalities of our time --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3AipFdmiiDl) [] [] Newswire... 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