In the wake of the murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on 24 January, some commentators are asking if the Democratic Party has finally grown a spine. What they mean
During the three days I spent in Minneapolis, a week after the ICE murder of Alex Pretti forced the Trump administration to yank Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, it was
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command”
—George Orwell, 1984
This quote has featured widely on posts
On 23 January, English teacher John Reuss stood in -30C temperatures on the streets of Minneapolis and explained why he was on strike:
“In the middle of my lesson ... [a]
“We’re not asking for much, just the fall of the regime.”
This is one of the slogans being raised in the wave of mass protests currently rocking Syria, in
Michael Karadjis, who has written extensively about the Syrian civil war, responds to a recent article by veteran Middle East correspondent Patrick Cockburn in the London Review of Books. The
