Experiments with truth: 5/27/09

    • Russian flight attendants for KrasAir vow to continue their 12-day hunger strike despite six hospitalizations
    • Opposition forces in Mauritania staged a demonstration on Monday against the electoral agenda announced by the military junta
    • Four hundred inmates at a prison in Kyrgyzstan went on hunger strike, and three sewed their mouths shut
    • Events held in 117 cities across the U.S. and Canada to protest the California Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ban on same-sex marriage

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    US communities are organizing to end complicity with genocide in their backyards

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    As the genocide in Gaza nears its fourth year, communities across the U.S. are pressuring their local governments to break the supply chain of weapons to Israel.

    • Review

    What the 1960s can teach us about cross-racial solidarity

    September 1, 2026

    Alice Echols’ new history of the Panthers and SNCC, “Black Power, White Heat,” emphasizes the possibility — and power — of solidarity across real differences.

    • Analysis

    Why solidarity is vital to freeing imprisoned human rights defenders

    and Susan Marx
    August 28, 2026

    A global campaign proves that ordinary people can free political prisoners through the simple act of standing witness. But the work is far from finished.