Crooked Bough News Round-up

— Stop Trump’s war on our rights – SHUT IT DOWN!

 

at 1/14/26 3:18pm

The Trump administration continues escalating its full-scale assault on our most basic rights. The whole country watched in horror as an ICE agent gunned down Renee Good in Minneapolis. The full-scale invasion of the city by thousands of federal agents aims to round up and deport huge numbers of Somali immigrants. This reign of terror is being replicated in every part of the country. 

[Category: Analysis, Features]

— Washington’s war on sovereignty and development in Venezuela

 

at 1/12/26 6:35pm

The war on Venezuela is a war on the very idea that the people of the Global South can convert their wealth into sovereignty, and sovereignty into a different future.

[Category: Analysis, Features, Venezuela, Bolivarian Revolution, Global South, housing, imperialism]

— Northwestern follows wave of universities capitulating to the right wing

 

at 1/11/26 3:23pm

As students, staff and faculty members at colleges and universities organize and resist the ongoing changes taking place on U.S. campuses, they must continue to unite their struggles with those of the broader society. The war on immigrants, Black people, and trans people, the genocide of Palestinians, and the rollback of democratic rights affect all working-class people on and off college campuses. The more united our efforts, the stronger our fight back.

[Category: Analysis, higher education]

— Maternity care ‘deserts’ a symptom of for-profit medicine

 

at 1/10/26 10:19am

A confluence of factors, from the 2022 overturn of Roe v. Wade to private insurance company policies-- has led to a systemic disappearance of even the most basic healthcare services for women and all pregnant patients , especially those in rural areas.

[Category: Analysis, healthcare system, womens health]

— Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs: “We Cubans are not ready to sell out our country”

 

at 1/10/26 8:28am

The U.S. intends to impose its will on the rights of sovereign States and has resorted to force and aggression against Cuba for 67 years now.

[Category: Cuba, Guest statements]

— From Guinea-Bissau to Venezuela: People demand sovereignty!

 

at 1/9/26 12:19pm

“We are the youth and we are the future of this country, we will never, ever accept that our sovereignty be called into question.” – protestor Antonio Sami

[Category: Africa, africa, guinea bissau]

— One Year After LA Fires; Still No Justice for Survivors

 

at 1/7/26 8:07am

One year has passed since the Eaton and Palisades fires killed 31 people and destroyed 16,251 structures. Every Californian should pay close attention to the struggles currently facing the survivors of these fires.

[Category: Analysis, Climate Crisis]

— SPEED Act: A ‘holiday gift to Big Oil’

 

at 1/5/26 10:41pm

The SPEED act would amend the National Environmental Policy Act by removing mandatory environmental impact reviews for large energy or infrastructure projects on federal lands or permitted by the federal government, a key step to the Trump administration's energy plan outlined in "Unleashing American Energy." 

[Category: Analysis, billionaires' agenda, data centers, environment]

— Declaración del PSL: ¡No a la guerra contra Venezuela – rechazamos el secuestro de Nicolás Maduro!

 

at 1/4/26 10:39pm

La administración Trump ha cometido un acto de agresión sin precedentes con su asalto a Venezuela para secuestrar al jefe de Estado del país a punta de pistola.

[Category: Español, PSL Statements, venezuela]

— PSL Statement: No war on Venezuela – we reject the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro!

 

at 1/4/26 7:30pm

The Trump administration has committed a historic and outrageous act of aggression with its assault on Venezuela to abduct the country’s head of state at gunpoint.

[Category: Analysis, Features, PSL Statements, anti-war, venezuela]

— Venezuela’s Revolution still stands: debunking Trump’s psyop

 

at 1/4/26 4:35pm

In the aftermath of the illegal US operation against Venezuela, a deliberate misinformation campaign has been waged to sow doubt about the survival of the country’s revolution

[Category: Analysis, Features, Latin America, Venezuela, venezuela]

— Why everyone should oppose the kidnapping of Venezuela’s president

 

at 1/4/26 10:01am

Trump wants us to think that the kidnapping and trial of Venezuela’s president is a “law enforcement” action. In reality, it is an illegal kidnapping and an act of war. 

[Category: Analysis, Features, Venezuela]

— 3 lies we’re being told about Venezuela

 

at 1/4/26 9:48am

Hand in hand with the billionaire-owned mainstream media, the U.S. government is spreading dangerous lies to justify a military invasion of Venezuela with our tax dollars.

[Category: Analysis, Features, Venezuela, latin america, venezuela]

— Western imperialists are the real drug traffickers, not Venezuela

 

at 1/2/26 10:24am

It is an open secret that the United States government, and more importantly the big banks that it serves, are at the center of the largest drug trafficking networks in the world.

[Category: Analysis, Features, Venezuela, latin america, venezuela]

— Por qué todo el mundo debería oponerse al secuestro del presidente de Venezuela

 

at 1/1/26 1:00pm

Trump quiere que pensemos que el secuestro y el juicio contra el presidente de Venezuela son una acción de "cumplimiento de la ley". En realidad, se trata de un secuestro ilegal y de un acto de guerra.

[Category: Analysis, Español, Venezuela]

— La revolución venezolana sigue de pie: desmantelando la operación psicológica de Trump

 

at 1/1/26 12:55pm

La revolución ha sufrido un golpe severo, pero su control del poder estatal persiste. Aunque el periodo que viene pondrá a prueba su cohesión y su creatividad estratégica, ha demostrado de manera constante una capacidad notable para navegar y superar grandes crisis.

[Category: Analysis, Español, Venezuela, venezuela]

— RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine crusade puts millions of lives at risk

 

at 1/1/26 9:57am

Making America healthy means fighting for a system that values people more than the profit.

[Category: Analysis, COVID-19, health care]

— Nashville residents push back as city revives police surveillance plan

 

at 12/30/25 5:12pm

Community members warned that expanding police access to private camera networks raises the risk of data-sharing beyond the city.

[Category: Militant Journalism]

— Corporate interests are driving Colorado River to near-collapse

 

at 12/28/25 12:36pm

The Colorado River is on the verge of collapse, potentially threatening the water supply of 40 million people.

[Category: Analysis, Climate Crisis, Features, water rights, climate crisis, environment]

— Indiana Republicans reject midterm redistricting

 

at 12/27/25 10:56am

Polls repeatedly indicated that redistricting was broadly unpopular with Hoosiers regardless of their political affiliation.

[Category: Analysis, elections, Indiana]

— Trump launches air strikes in Nigeria

 

at 12/27/25 6:20am

Stop bombing Nigeria! U.S. out of Africa!

[Category: Africa, Features, africa, nigeria]

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