The Great American Oil and Gas Cash Grab
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/canada-oil-us-profits-workers/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/canada-oil-us-profits-workers/
Jacobin
The Great American Oil and Gas Cash Grab
As Canadian politicians proclaim their intention to protect national sovereignty, American shareholders are extracting revenues from Canada’s oil and gas industry — and stiffing workers.
Headlines for October 22, 2025
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Headlines for October 22, 2025
Israel Continues Deadly Attacks in Gaza Despite U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire; Israeli Forces Detain 45 People in the West Bank as UN Warns About Settler Violence; Mahmoud Khalil Files Appeals to Prevent ICE from Detaining Him Again; Federal Government Shutdown…
"Nobody's Girl": Virginia Giuffre's Memoir Details Sex Abuse by Epstein, Maxwell, Prince Andrew
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/22/virginia_giuffre
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s posthumous memoir has just been released, detailing how she was groomed by Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, whom she met at Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort. In Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse…
Colombia's U.S. Ambassador Denounces Trump's Deadly Strikes on Boats in the Caribbean
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Tensions are escalating between Colombia and the United States as President Trump conducts deadly airstrikes on supposed “drug boats” in the Caribbean. Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the U.S. of committing murder for killing a Colombian fisherman…
Tensions in Latin America Rise as U.S. Threatens Venezuela & Colombia
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In recent weeks, the United States has conducted several deadly airstrikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea, which the Trump administration has claimed, without providing evidence, were being used to traffic drugs. A group of United Nations experts…
Patriotism Can Be a Powerful Weapon for the Left
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-no-kings-patriotism-protest/
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Patriotism Against Authoritarianism
Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies featured millions of Americans claiming patriotic imagery against authoritarianism and toward progressive ends. That’s a good thing.
The Anti-Trump Movement Is Growing. Where Is Labor?
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/no-kings-trump-labor-unions/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/no-kings-trump-labor-unions/
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The Anti-Trump Movement Is Growing. Where Is Labor?
Hundreds of thousands marched in the “No Kings” protests in New York City last weekend, as millions did elsewhere across the US. Organized labor’s marginal presence at the New York protests was emblematic of its anemic opposition to Trump more generally.
The Global Sumud Flotilla Exposed Western Hypocrisy
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/sumud-flotilla-scheytt-gaza-germany/
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The Global Sumud Flotilla Exposed Western Hypocrisy
Judith Scheytt joined the Global Sumud Flotilla to break Israel’s siege on Gaza. In her first interview since her release, she told Jacobin about how the mission succeeded in shaming Western governments for their complicity in genocide.
“Premajority Unionism” Is Not a Promising Path for Labor
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/premajority-unionism-corporate-campaigns-nlrb/
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“Premajority Unionism” Is Not a Promising Path for Labor
“Premajority unionism” is a new term for corporate campaigns, in which workers try to win concessions from employers using channels outside the workplace, like investor pressure and appeals to the public. Such efforts are not likely to achieve much.
Why Did You Leave the Department of Veterans Affairs?
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Why Did You Leave the Department of Veterans Affairs?
ProPublica wants to hear from doctors, nurses and other front-line medical providers who recently left positions at a VA hospital or clinic.
No Kings Day Needs to Remove Democratic Party Influence in Future Events
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/23/no-kings-day-needs-to-remove-democratic-party-influence-in-future-events/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/23/no-kings-day-needs-to-remove-democratic-party-influence-in-future-events/
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No Kings Day Needs to Remove Democratic Party Influence in Future Events
I attended the downtown local No Kings Day festivities in Northampton, Massachusetts, and estimate that some 1,500 people came out. I liked the crowds but
Can the Downward Spiral in US/China Trade be Stopped?
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/23/can-the-downward-spiral-in-us-china-trade-be-stopped/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/23/can-the-downward-spiral-in-us-china-trade-be-stopped/
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Can the Downward Spiral in US/China Trade be Stopped?
The United States and China are locked in another round of economic confrontation, with actions on both sides intensifying a dispute that has simmered for
Gunboat Diplomacy: How Classic Naval Coercion has Evolved Into Hybrid Warfare on the Water
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/23/gunboat-diplomacy-how-classic-naval-coercion-has-evolved-into-hybrid-warfare-on-the-water/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/23/gunboat-diplomacy-how-classic-naval-coercion-has-evolved-into-hybrid-warfare-on-the-water/
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Gunboat Diplomacy: How Classic Naval Coercion has Evolved Into Hybrid Warfare on the Water
Over the summer, the United States deployed warships to the Caribbean – ostensibly to menace drug traffickers but also as a none-too-subtle warning to
Into The Belly of The Beast… SW Portland, OR
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/23/into-the-belly-of-the-beast-sw-portland-or/
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Into The Belly of The Beast… SW Portland, OR
Follow me into a place that we have been told is one of the most dangerous in America. The source? Well, believe it or not, the world's most powerful man!
The Oldest Colony, the Newest War: Puerto Rico as a Launchpad for War on Venezuela
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/23/the-oldest-colony-the-newest-war-puerto-rico-as-a-launchpad-for-war-on-venezuela/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/23/the-oldest-colony-the-newest-war-puerto-rico-as-a-launchpad-for-war-on-venezuela/
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The Oldest Colony, the Newest War: Puerto Rico as a Launchpad for War on Venezuela
When President Trump announced that the CIA had been authorized to conduct operations inside Venezuela, just as U.S drones struck another small boat off
