How Liberal Partisan Politics Strengthen the Right Wing

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To support our independent reporting and analysis, make a tax-deductible donation. [Donate Now]( [How Liberal Partisan Politics Strengthen the Right Wing]( William C. Anderson, Truthout: In their desire to be perceived as the "lesser evil," Democrats have for too long willfully ignored their own role in creating, perpetuating and inflicting the brutality they pretend to inherently oppose. From the violence unleashed in multiple wars abroad to the enforcement of inhumane immigration policy in the US, liberals have pushed the right-wing agenda, albeit in nicer language. [Read the Article]( [What Can We Expect From Trump on Morocco's Occupation of Western Sahara?]( Daniel Falcone, Truthout: Depicted as a "moderate" Arab country for supporting US foreign policy goals and a neoliberal model of development, Morocco has received broad bipartisan endorsement of its illegal occupation of Western Sahara contrary to UN resolutions, says Stephen Zunes, professor at the University of San Francisco. Will Trump, influenced by John Bolton who has a strong distaste for Morocco and its policies, take a different stance? [Read the Article]( [Two Weeks After "Ending" Family Separation, Parents Still Can't Contact Their Children]( Kavitha Surana, ProPublica: President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy, which separated more than 2,500 children from their parents at the border, is stretching into its third month. However, a week after Department of Homeland Security officials called their process to reunify families "well-coordinated," many parents at Port Isabel -- the primary facility housing separated parents -- haven't been able to reach their children. [Read the Article]( [Prosecutors Drop All Remaining Charges Against Trump Inauguration Protesters]( Julia Conley, Common Dreams: More than three dozen defendants in the year-long J20 trial celebrated Friday evening after prosecutors dismissed all remaining charges against them, following a number of failures to prove the protesters were guilty of wrongdoing. Some of the charges had carried sentences of more than 60 years in prison. [Read the Article]( [How Roe v. Wade Changed the Lives of American Women]( Constance Shehan, The Conversation: The recent announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement has ignited widespread speculation about the future of Roe v. Wade. However, the greater range of contraception and abortion drugs available today, along with a strong demand for women's labor, suggest it's unlikely women's status will ever go back to where it was before 1973. [Read the Article]( [Black Athletes Have Been Involved in the Political Struggle From the Beginning]( Janine Jackson, FAIR: That critics, including those in the press, would describe Colin Kaepernick's taking the knee an insolent refusal to act rather than an action consciously chosen, is telling. It's the kind of political action that Black athletes have engaged in for decades, known informally as "the Heritage." Howard Bryant, senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine, discusses this history in depth. [Read the Interview and Listen to the Audio]( [Women in Asia Are Confronting Fracking in the US to Eliminate Plastic Byproducts]( Isabelle Morrison, YES! Magazine: In the US, a fracking boom is helping fuel plastic production worldwide by providing a necessary building block of plastic: ethane. Meanwhile, two women representing communities in Asia experiencing the effects of plastic pollution caused by fracking visit communities in the US to illustrate the detriments on a global scale. [Read the Article]( [Emmanuel Macron's "Extreme Centrism" Is a Threat to Democracy]( Juliette Legendre, Inequality.org: French President Emmanuel Macron's own relationship to democracy has often contradicted his lofty rhetoric. According to French polls, 73 percent described him as authoritarian. And no wonder: Macron has repeatedly undermined democratic processes in France to implement his unpopular neoliberal reforms. [Read the Article]( [Want to strengthen Truthout and help us plan for the future? 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