(2025-07-17). Trump Hits Amazon with 50 Percent Tariffs. counterpunch.org 
(2025-07-17). Socialist Party of Malaysia demands Trump invitation be withdrawn, calls him a genocide enabler. peoplesdispatch.org Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been vocal against Israeli war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza and even demanded Israel's expulsion from the UN.
(2025-07-17). The Wearables Trap: How the Government Plans to Monitor, Score, and Control You. counterpunch.org 
Bodily autonomy—the right to privacy and integrity over our own bodies—is rapidly vanishing. We are entering a new age of algorithmic, authoritarian control, where our thoughts, moods, and biology are monitored and judged by the state. This is the dark promise behind the newest campaign by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's Secretary of Health
(2025-07-17). Ventura County activists call for justice for Jaime Alanís, first known casualty of Trump's ICE raids. peoplesdispatch.org Grassroots immigrant rights activists challenge federal claims about the circumstances of the ICE raid that lead to the farmworker's death…
(2025-07-17). Trump's ICE Raids Target Working-Class Immigrants, Not Criminals. popularresistance.org Following Donald Trump's pledge to detain 3,000 undocumented immigrants per day, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids have surged across the United States. California, home to an estimated 2.8 million undocumented immigrants as of 2023. has emerged as a primary target. | Department of Homeland Security official Kristi Noem traveled to Los Angeles for a press conference, declaring the government's intent to "bring in criminals that have been out on our street far too long." But data tells a different story. | According to ICE datasets analyzed by the Los Angeles Times, during the first 10 days of June,…
(2025-07-17). Trump's 50-Day Deadline Threat Against Putin Will Backfire. popularresistance.org In the first six months of his second term, President Donald Trump has demonstrated his love for three things: deals, tariffs, and ultimatums. | He got to combine these passions during his Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday. Only moments after the two leaders announced a new plan to get military aid to Ukraine, Trump issued an ominous 50-day deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire. "We're going to be doing secondary tariffs if we don't have a deal within 50 days," Trump told the assembled reporters. | The threat is unlikely to change Putin's calculus…
(2025-07-17). PDF of July 17 print issue. workers.org 
Download the PDF Trump and politicians' inactions behind Texas flood deaths Union picket defends queer youth Teamsters expand sanitation strike Zohran Mamdani's victory Working class must defend Iran Budget bill = 'Robin Hood' in reverse Free, free Palestine! Teachers union dumps Zionist ADL Hamas condemns Israel's crimes Does Israel have . . . |
(2025-07-17). US-China Tariff Actions Since 2018 — Analysis. api.follow.it 
By Karen M. Sutter | Since 2018, the U.S. government has imposed a series of tariffs on imports from the People's Republic of China (PRC, or China) with the stated intention of addressing U.S. concerns about PRC trade practices and foreign policies. | Since January 2025, the Trump Administration's trade policy and tariff actions have maintained a focus on China among other countries. Some actions explicitly target China; others involve sectors that affect China. The PRC has responded to U.S. tariffs with its own tariffs and market restrictions. Given the trade imbalance (China exports to the United States mor…
(2025-07-16). Fighting fascists in Spain: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade. therealnews.com 
On July 17, 1936, the Nazi-backed Spanish General Federico Franco led an armed rebellion against the Spanish government. It began a bloody civil war that would last for years. | Thousands of people left their homes and traveled to Spain to stand up and defend its democratically elected government against Franco and fascism. | Roughly 35,000 people from more than 50 countries would join the Spanish International Brigade. Of those internacionalistas, roughly 3,000 men and women came from the United States and volunteered to fight. They founded the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. | This is episode 58 of Stories of Re…
(2025-07-17). Israel plunged headlong into the Syrian storm — and could find itself at odds with Trump. haaretz.com Optimism earlier in the week gave way to widespread violence and chaos on Wednesday but the United States still believes a cease-fire is imminent. The Israeli response, meanwhile, is being governed by Druze anger, government hubris, narrow interests and — of course — populism…