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LESSONS FROM THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL

By The Virginia Defender on January 8, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Commentary on the January 6 takeover of the U.S. Capitol: what it was, what it means, and what we need to do about what comes next.

WHY DID TRUMP PARDON FOUR BLACKWATER WAR CRIMINALS AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY?

By The Virginia Defender on December 30, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

On December 22nd 2020, outgoing President Donald Trump pardoned four Blackwater mercenaries convicted of attacking Iraqi civilians in the 2007 Nisour Square massacre. Was this move just more cruelty for its own sake? Or was there another motive?

Dec. 11 2020 Media Release on: Gov. Northam’s announcement of $9 million for Shockoe Bottom historical memorialization

By The Virginia Defender on December 11, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Statement by the Virginia Defenders on Gov. Northam’s announcement of $9 million for Shockoe Bottom historical memorialization: There’s something missing.

AUTUMN 2020 ISSUE

By The Virginia Defender on November 1, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The Autumn 2020 issue of the Virginia Defender was published on October 29, 2020. Click here to find a full PDF.

FREE THE RICHMOND 300!

By The Virginia Defender on October 29, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

During the months of national anti-racist protests triggered by the brutal police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, around 300 protesters were arrested in Richmond. Some are facing serious felony charges.

KROGER WORKERS PROTEST PROPOSED HEALTH CARE CUTS

By The Virginia Defender on October 29, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Despite record sales growth amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, along with a rising number of confirmed cases among store workers, the nation’s largest supermarket chain, Kroger, is proposing to cut health care benefits for thousands of employees in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio.

VA. BEACH SANITATION WORKERS STRIKE OVER HAZARD PAY

By The Virginia Defender on October 29, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

What do you do when, in the middle of a pandemic, they call you an “essential worker,” but then don’t pay you like one? For Virginia Beach sanitation workers, the answer was to strike.

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