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LA Progressive is a daily digital news and opinion magazine that is dedicated to providing a platform for progressive thought. Published by Dick & Sharon. https://www.laprogressive.com
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · Nov 20
More than 50 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. said, "This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.” 
I'm currently listening to the Macro and Cheese podcast. We have to stay informed and prepared.
The Price of Apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evin men - Plato
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3h
Palestine, My Palestine

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We should mourn Palestinian losses as we mourn those of Israelis, as we would mourn those in our own families. #palestine
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4h
Which Trump? Inconsistent Models Are Both True

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He might just seize power and stay in office until he dies, but the fact is he is already failing. He won’t be around long. John Peeler #trump
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 5h
No Cheers for ""Normality"

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We will need to take up the work of fundamental reconstruction, taking down the culture of violence and predation piece by piece and building up a different kind of American Experiment. Peter Laarman #trailoftears
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 6h
How Israel Reached Its Mass-Murder Quota

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Around 1,275 Israelis died as a result of the attack on October 7. Israel’s mass murder quota was therefore around 63,750 (= 50 x 1,275). @JeffDSachs Sybil Fares #genocide
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 7h
Technology Shapes How We Move, Speak, and Think

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From hands to feet, voice to vision, our digital tools extend, transform, and sometimes erase the human body. Vanessa Chang #robotics
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 1d
John Peeler: He might just seize power and stay in office until he dies, but the fact is he is already failing. He won’t be around long. https://f.mtr.cool/vkyoudlnfb
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 2d
Meeting Needs in All the Wrong Ways

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Young men should not be isolated or scapegoated, but understood within a chain of complicity that includes corporations, governments, and communities. Cynthia McDermott #video
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
Making Sense of a World with a Maniac in the Driver's Seat

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If a certain prevalent strain of MAGA masculinity feeds on anger and hate, it’s not an easy persona to sustain. @mazzarino_a #trump
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
Trump’s Indictment of James Comey Renews the Unfinished Business of the Mueller Report

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It is ironic that Trump is attacking Comey with a highly politicized indictment. @donewithNFL #comey
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
Just How "War-Ravaged" Is Portland?

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This is either a pattern of inept mistakes – which is unacceptable in the leaders of this nation – or it’s a pattern of intentional deception which is dangerous and wrong. @RiveraSunAuthor #portland
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
No Need for California to Secede

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The Golden State is aready gone—the U.S. committed ‘constructive abandonment’. @joemmathews #california
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
Ripped from Home: The ICE Raid That Exposed a North Country’s Divide

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Despite having declared themselves to immigration judges, attending court dates, and following the legal process. George Cassidy Payne #iceraid
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
We Have to Mind Our Words

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If we call Donald Trump Adolf Hitler, we render ourselves unable to understand either man accurately. Chuck Yates #trump
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
When Liberty Goes Dark

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When Lady Liberty goes dark, it isn’t just her flame that’s out—it’s the American experiment itself, a civilized civilization. @desi_cortez
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
A Real Peace Plan for the Palestinian People

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A real peace plan must eliminate the colonial scaffolding. It should restore Palestinian sovereignty by addressing Palestinian statehood.  Sybil Fares: @JeffDSachs #freepalestine
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
Protesting the Military in American Cities

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You pledge to uphold the US constitution, and your training taught you to disobey illegal orders. The orders sending you here are unlawful and unjust. #protest
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
Our Right to Read: Annual Banned Books Week Celebrates the Right to Read

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Don’t allow those in power to whitewash history or cast historic civil rights struggles down the memory hole.  Mickey Huff and Cameron Samuels  #bannedbooks
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
Bringing a Howitzer to a Knife Fight: US Armada Off Venezuela

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Washington’s escalating regime-change offensive against Venezuela uses drug interdiction to expand imperial militarism. Roger Harris #venezuela
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
Mr. Secretary of War: Are We Fighting the Wrong Battle?

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The military brass sitting silently in Mr. Hegseth’s come-to-Jesus meeting are caught between a dying mission and what will become an inescapable new one.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
Why It’s Time to Retire ‘Global North’ and ‘Global South’

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Martina Moneke: Decolonizing our worldview requires decolonizing our language—terms like ‘Global North’ and ‘Global South’ obscure complexity.  #globalsouth
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
Power in My Voice: Black Girls, Self-Worth and Suicide Prevention

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Although Black youth are vulnerable to criminalization, colorism, and hypersexualization, these stigmas are especially acute for Black girls. @sikivuhutch #blackgirls
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
Will California Zionize K-12 Education?

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The intent of AB715 is clear: to restrict information about an important region of the world and to punish educators who present the anti-zionist perspective. @ricksterling99 #ab715
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
Gaza Sky Geeks: The Digital Uprising of Gaza's Youth

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Analis Rossi & Alejandra Vergara: Home of the Middle East's top tech talent since 2011, Gaza Sky Geeks still holds hope for the future, even today #gaza
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
Are Fat Generals Really the Problem?

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Hegseth's absurdity masks a far scarier issue. @astore_wj #hegseth
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
Assata Shakur (1947-2025)

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Michael Steven Smith: We say goodbye to this great woman, acknowledging her and the example of courage and humanity she set for all of us.