A controversial Florida law which took effect Saturday no longer recognizes driver’s licenses issued to undocumented immigrants
from other states, among other restrictions. It is part of a sweeping
immigration bill signed by Republican Florida governor and presidential
candidate Ron DeSantis. The run-up to the new law has sparked protests
by immigrant workers.
The youth-led direct action organization Climate Defiance shut down a
2024 swing state fundraiser at the Harvard Club in New York
City, headlined by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). The
activists were protesting Schumer’s hand in approving the Mountain
Valley Pipeline and his ties to the company leading the project, utility
giant NextEra Energy.
Over the weekend of June 16, 80 democratic socialist elected officials and their aides from across the country came together for the first U.S. socialist policy conference since the 1980s. The event, titled ?“How We Win: The Democratic Socialist Policy Agenda in Office,” was held at the Gallaudet University in Washington, DC and was hosted by Jacobin, The Nation and the Democratic Socialists of America Fund.
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