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Michael Arria

Michael Arria is the US correspondent for Mondoweiss and the author of Medium Blue: The Politics of MSNBC.

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	Views Monday, February 17, 2020 Bloomberg Defied a Flight Ban to Show Support for Israel, Defended the Country Shelling a School and Killing Sleeping Children In July 2014, Israel launched a series airstrikes on Gaza, kicking off a 51-day war that left thousands dead. According to the United Nations, at least 2,104 Palestinian were killed, including 1,462 civilians. 495 were children and 253 were women. Over 17,000 homes were destroyed or severely... Read more
	Views Monday, January 06, 2020 To Stop Trump’s War with Iran, We Must Also Confront the Democrats Who Laid the Groundwork Since President Trump took office in 2017, the leadership of the Democratic Party has overwhelmingly supported the precursors to today’s dangerous U.S. escalation towards Iran: sanctions, proxy battles and a bloated military budget. Yet, now that we stand on the brink of a possible U.S. war of... Read more
	Views Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Over the Last Week, At Least 85,000 Workers Were Out on 13 Different Strikes According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , 485,000 U.S. workers were involved in strikes and lockouts during 2018. That’s the highest number since 1986. The data for 2019 won’t be released until 2020, but there’s a good chance that number will be exceeded, a point driven home by the fact that,... Read more
	Views Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Why Are Progressive Democrats Backing an Anti-BDS Bill That Was Introduced at an AIPAC Conference? On July 17, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will begin to mark up a number of measures including a resolution that condemns the Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS Movement). Despite concerns about the bill being constitutional, it’s currently supported by 70% of the... Read more
	Views Friday, April 19, 2019 The Stop & Shop Strike Is Showing There’s Still Power in a Union Roughly 31,000 employees of the northeastern grocery chain Stop & Shop have been on strike for nearly a week across more than 240 stores in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The workers, represented by the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW), walked out on April 11 after... Read more