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The Real News Network - US Sanctions Leave Millions of Venezuelans Without Water

TRNN Daily | Sunday May 26, 2019

US Sanctions Leave Millions of Venezuelans Without Water

“You can’t blame the Maduro government, but as for the United States, this Donald Trump is mean. He’s mean and he’s blocked a lot of things. We have to support each other and this U.S. blockade has to end.” — Yolimar Contreras

Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange’s Espionage Charges

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As Trump Threatens Iran With War, Espionage Charges Against Assange Threaten Journalists

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Modi Wins Another Term for the Anti-Muslim, Right-Wing Hindu Nationalists

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AFL-CIO Budget Declares Organizing Unimportant

A leaked copy of the budget for largest labor federation in America drops funds for organizing from 30 percent to less than 10 percent. Union activist and scholar Bill Fletcher, Jr. analyzes its impact

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