August 27, 2026
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Independent Media & the New McCarthyism
Thursday, 27 August 2026 — Defending Rights & Dissent Defending Rights & Dissent convenes a panel of experts to discuss recent attacks on journalists amid the Trump admin’s wider crackdown on dissent in the United States. Continue reading
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The salad monopoly behind the parasite
By Aug. 21, the Cyclospora outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce sold by Taylor Farms had sickened 10,930 people in 17 states, hospitalized 454 and killed two. The illnesses began June 14 and continued through Aug. 11. Continue reading
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We Dig into the Soil of Our Radical Traditions: The Thirty-Fifth Newsletter (2026)
When imperialism turns knowledge, technology, and art into instruments of submission, radical traditions teach another lesson: oppressed peoples can seize those tools and transform them into weapons of liberation. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 