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Committee Chair and gatekeeper to a progressive foreign policy: Eliot Engel’s violent incumbency

June 15, 2020 by Stephen Semler in Featured, New Left

Sixteen-time incumbent Eliot Engel supported the racist 1994 crime bill, building more prisons, and gutting public schools. His foreign policy is even worse. As House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Engel stands in the way of a progressive foreign policy.

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June 15, 2020 /Stephen Semler
Congress, Eliot Engel, Jamaal Bowman, New York, Iran, Palestine, Israel, Colonialism, Defense Industry, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Profile
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Pelosi’s legacy: Warfare abroad, class warfare at home

May 28, 2020 by Stephen Semler in Featured, New Left

Speaker Pelosi asks “How do you pay for that” only for working-class priorities. Every year, Congress has the opportunity to right our broken spending priorities. Some try and fail. Others, like Pelosi, actively work to entrench inequality.

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May 28, 2020 /Stephen Semler
Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Party, war on terror, Forever War, NDAA, Shahid Buttar
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Corporate militarism: Steny Hoyer’s foreign policy for the few

May 05, 2020 by Stephen Semler in Featured, New Left

A better Congress requires electing leaders who will fight for the working class, and removing those who won’t. There is an opportunity to do both in Maryland’s 5th congressional district on June 2.

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May 05, 2020 /Stephen Semler
Steny Hoyer, Congress, Israel, Palestine, Apartheid, AIPAC, One Percent, Forever War, Corporate Welfare
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