Eugene Puryear
@EugenePuryear
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Host, @BTnewsroom, Revolutionary, lover of books, author of Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America. member @PSLnational.
Baltimore, MD
Joined August 2013
The person I interviewed here is The real voice of Minneapolis. Really belies the whole “foreign influence” bs floating around. Before anyone says anything my mask is down because we had just been gassed and I was catching my breath.
Mother of three from Minneapolis: “We’ve been quiet for too long. I mean this from my heart: TEAR IT DOWN!”
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Federal agents raided a St. Paul home and arrested one person. Within minutes, community members rushed in as witnesses to hold them accountable. Instead of allowing observers, St. Paul Police unleashed pepper spray, tear gas, and violent tackles on the crowd. City Council
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“Under capitalism, you do not see documentaries made this way. And that's exactly why we wanted to do it” WATCH @AbbyMartin discuss her new film, Earth’s Greatest Enemy– which exposes the Pentagon’s central role in the global climate disaster:
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Amid a US escalation of interventionist discourse, the Honduran people are voting in general elections to decide their next president and other authorities. Peoples Dispatch spoke to Camilo Bermúdez of COPINH about what is at stake. Read more ⬇ https://t.co/VQtt9vhQMS
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The US escalation of interventionist discourse regarding the polls in Honduras reveals the deep-seated fear of the victory of a progressive project in the Americas
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The U.S. is pushing a “Libya-style” ceasefire in Sudan — but it’s not about peace. @EugenePuryear explains how the U.S. is trying to freeze the conflict to look like peace, while militaries and foreign backers prepare for the next offensive. WATCH: https://t.co/bWC7R88wjy
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The U.S. military is the single largest polluter on the planet — and the “status quo is death,” says @AbbyMartin. “They are barreling us off a cliff and destroying the habitability of our future.” WATCH her discuss the new film, Earth’s Greatest Enemy: https://t.co/TyMTF0duPI
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Sudan isn’t just a civil war — it’s a battlefield for US, European, and Gulf influence. WATCH @EugenePuryear explain how resource control and regional politics are shaping a conflict with massive human cost: https://t.co/bWC7R88wjy
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🚨Heartbreaking: Children line up at a charitable kitchen in the Gaza Strip to receive a meager meal, as the Israeli soldiers continues its blockade and fails to fulfill the provisions of aid, reconstruction, and shelter.
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The coup came on the heels of the long-delayed elections on Sunday, November 23. Both domestic and international observers had reportedly agreed that Embaló was voted out of the presidency. Read more ⬇ https://t.co/EdA5PjOp5D
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Claiming to be under arrest, President Embaló has left the country while his opponents remain in custody after a military coup a day ahead of the announcement of the final results
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The Israeli military – caught on video this week executing two Palestinian men after they had already been detained – now says it has killed three Palestinians in two separate incidents inside Gaza today. In Khan Younis, the IDF says two people who crossed the Yellow Line were
The IDF says it killed three Palestinians who crossed the Yellow Line demarcating the military's withdrawal in two separate incidents in the southern Gaza Strip earlier today. In the first incident, the military says two "suspects" were identified by troops of the Kfir Brigade
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On Wednesday, November 26, hundreds of thousands of workers and farmers across India came out in a mass protest against the Narendra Modi government’s so-called anti-people policies. Read more ⬇ https://t.co/8L1PtdNUDk
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Farmers joined the factory and public sector workers across the country on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the historic Delhi protests which had forced the extreme right wing government to...
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🇵🇦🇻🇪 Panama rejects US attacks on the region Members of Panamanian popular movements rallied in Panama City to reject the presence of the US Military in Panama and condemn the use of their land as a staging ground for a possible invasion of Venezuela. They also presented a
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🚨 Latin America and the Caribbean are facing one of the most dangerous escalations of U.S. aggression in decades. The Trump–Rubio administration has launched a regional offensive combining military threats, political destabilization, and economic pressure—from the deployment of
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America’s Profit-Based Health System Is Leading to ‘Self-Destruction’ w/ @profwolff WATCH: https://t.co/jtkndIR4Yw
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“The fossil fuel companies have an army — and that army is the U.S. military.” WATCH @AbbyMartin discuss her new film Earth’s Greatest Enemy, exposing how U.S. imperialism is ravaging the planet and “barreling us off a cliff.”: https://t.co/TyMTF0duPI
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In 2019, Sudan’s people toppled dictator al-Bashir. Now rival militaries — backed by foreign powers — fight over the country’s wealth, trapping civilians in mass violence. WATCH @EugenePuryear explain the roots of Sudan’s war and the global forces behind it:
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Israeli soldiers execute two unarmed Palestinian civilians in front of their home in Jenin despite that they pose no threat.
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Thousands of Cubans gathered in Havana to honor Fidel Castro on the 9th anniversary of his passing. Students told BT's @ldejesusreyes they remain committed to the revolution he led.
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