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Stop Waiting on the 25th Amendment to Save Us From Trump

Daily news & progressive opinion—funded by the people, not the corporations—delivered straight to your inbox.

08.06.2026 9

Common Dreams

Phil Wilson

There is No Radical Transformation in the US Without Poor People in the Forefront

An outreach mental health client of mine, years ago – I’ll call him Gregory – had (as a very young child) been beaten across the head by his...

26.05.2026 4

CounterPunch

Phil Wilson

There is No Justice Without Veganism

I have been a vegan for a number of years, but have kept it low key. I am surrounded by meat eaters and “vegetarians” and have been too...

03.05.2026 10

CounterPunch

Phil Wilson

A Plea to Save Cuba

As Cuba teeters on the brink of an escalating US assault, my thoughts drift back to a trip my wife and I took to Havana and Trinidad (the Cuban city)...

15.04.2026 10

CounterPunch

Phil Wilson

We Are the Fire Brigade: Reflections on No Kings

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30.03.2026 10

Common Dreams

Phil Wilson

Hope in Northampton: Tiny Protesters Faced Off Against US Military Capitalism... and Won!

04.01.2026 30

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Phil Wilson

As SNAP Ends, No Kings Protesters Must Unite With the Abandoned Poor

01.11.2025 20

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Phil Wilson

The No Kings Day Project Must Evolve From Protest to Civil Disobedience

23.10.2025 10

Common Dreams

Phil Wilson

The Not-So-Impossible Quest to Evict War Profiteer L3Harris From Northampton, Mass.

31.08.2025 20

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Phil Wilson

The US Bloated Military Budget is the Mother of Fascism

US military spending mocks global norms with such salacious excess that we might imagine our country as being in the throes of a perpetual addictive...

14.08.2025 40

CounterPunch

Phil Wilson

Nostalgia Won't Lead the US Out of the Trump Mire

30.03.2025 20

Common Dreams

Phil Wilson