For years, PM Press operated out of Ramsey Kanaan’s cozy apartment, and Dan Fedorenko’s ramshackle garden shed. From these humble headquarters in Oakland, California, they packed and shipped books exploring anarchist, Marxist, and abolitionist ideas. Much like anarchist punks who distributed zines at shows throughout the ’90s, the publishers sold many copies through tabling, setting up at book…
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The Washington Post has laid off more than 300 journalists, dismantling its sports, local news and international coverage. “Everybody is grieving, and it’s a loss for our readers,” says Nilo Tabrizy, one of the paper’s recently laid-off staff, who describes a “robotic” meeting announcing the cuts. “They didn’t have the dignity to look us in the eye.” The shocking staff culling has been widely…
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It’s becoming something of a theme: Two massive companies are fighting to take over another massive company, in a deal that will enrich a variety of shareholders but leave the rest of us worse off. The news that Netflix struck a bid to take over movie powerhouse Warner Bros. earlier this month likely horrified entertainment workers: Two Goliaths of the industry combining is no good for pay…
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The Biden administration dismissed and publicly contradicted an internal finding by a longtime military policeman that Israeli soldiers intentionally shot at and killed prominent Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022, the former official has said in his first public interview. Col. Steve Gabavics was a top official in the U.S. Security Coordinator for Israel and the…
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Less than a week after most journalists covering the US Department of Defense turned in their press credentials and carried out their belongings in boxes over Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new restrictions on reporters, his chief spokesperson announced “the next generation of the Pentagon press corps,” which critics quickly condemned as a collection of right-wing propagandists.
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On Monday, October 13, legal representatives for murdered Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi filed complaints and demands for investigation with the International Criminal Court and multiple UN committees and special rapporteurs, Sara Segneri, a partner at Confinium Strategies, announced this week on social media. The requests for investigations were sent to UN Special Rapporteur for…
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