Cameron Orr
LATEST ARTICLES BY Cameron Orr
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Politics
Peace movement reviving to challenge U.S.’ empire of foreign bases
April 10, 2018Chalmers Johnson once wrote, “America’s version of the colony is the military base.” With over 800 of them, the U.S. has built an empire that wraps around the globe.
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Politics
New York tenants rise up for fair housing
January 9, 2018“This action brought together a broad and deep representation of the tenant movement in what is a new unification of housing activists."
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U.S.
U.S. youth set off for international festival in Russia
October 11, 2017More than 50,000 young people will descend on Russia in a few days to discuss how to secure international peace and development.
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News
Donald Trump: Evictor-in-chief
September 11, 2017With the termination of DACA, Trump seeks to evict 800,000 people from the U.S., but New Yorkers are standing up to him.
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U.S.
New Yorkers hit Trump-type titans they say sap public transit
July 17, 2017The economic toll the public pays due to transit delays, derailments like this one, and/or poor service is almost too great, many say, to measure.
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U.S.
Cuomoville, paid for by developers
June 28, 2017A coalition of tenant organizations marched June 14th from the New York Public Library to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s NYC office where they camped outside for three days. They called their encampment Cuomoville.
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U.S.
Jubilant crowds, union members gather at Buffalo’s Juneteenth celebration
June 26, 2017The holiday’s history is a bittersweet one.
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U.S.
Sweet home Alabama: Peoples Summit tackles problems of rural America
June 19, 2017The more communities Trump attacked, the more the coalition grew to fight for “dignity, respect, and acknowledgment of being a human being...”
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