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AUTO WORKERS HAVE BIG DEMANDS FOR THE BIG 3
The new leaders of the UAW have come out swinging, and in quickly growing numbers, members are stepping up to prepare for a strike.

BY DAN DIMAGGIO AND KEITH BROWER BROWN
AUGUST 18, 2023
70 years after Iranian coup, the British still won’t confess to their crimes
70 YEARS AFTER IRANIAN COUP, THE BRITISH STILL WON’T CONFESS TO THEIR CRIMES
Iranian filmmaker Taghi Amirani joins Chris Hedges to discuss his documentary ‘Coup 53,’ which uses newly discovered archival material to expose how the CIA and British intelligence worked clandestinely to overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh 70 years ago.

BY CHRIS HEDGES
AUGUST 18, 2023
New biography reveals what MLK really said about Malcolm X—and what the FBI really said about MLK
NEW BIOGRAPHY REVEALS WHAT MLK REALLY SAID ABOUT MALCOLM X—AND WHAT THE FBI REALLY SAID ABOUT MLK
Jonathan Eig’s ‘King: A Life’ is the first major biography in decades to be written on the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.—and the first to include recently declassified FBI files on King and the Civil Rights Movement.

BY ANDERS LEE
AUGUST 18, 2023

Amid Maui fire devastation, Big Oil tries to kill Hawaii climate lawsuit
AMID MAUI FIRE DEVASTATION, BIG OIL TRIES TO KILL HAWAII CLIMATE LAWSUIT
BY JESSICA CORBETT
AUGUST 17, 2023
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