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Fired for “Crime” of Speaking at Socialism Summit, Texas Professor Speaks Out

Fired for “Crime” of Speaking at Socialism Summit, Texas Professor Speaks Out

Professor Tom Alter is appealing to Texas’s Board of Regents after being temporarily reinstated and then fired again.

31.10.2025 1

Truthout

Ashley Smith

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