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Fired for Advocating Socialism: Professor Tom Alter Speaks Out

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the Trump administration has launched a McCarthyite assault on freedom of speech. The government,...

24.09.2025 30

CounterPunch

Ashley Smith

Leftist Vermont Rep Tanya Vyhovsky Toured Ukraine. Here’s What She Learned. 

A Ukrainian American DSA politician shares eyewitness thoughts on efforts to build solidarity with the Ukrainian left.

29.08.2025 30

Truthout

Ashley Smith

In Vermont, Abolitionists Are Fighting a Prison-Building Boom

Vermont plans to build four new carceral facilities over the next decade — a project that could cost as much as half a billion dollars. Belying the...

04.09.2024 2

Truthout

Ashley Smith