The detention of green card holder Mahmoud Khalil for non-violent political activism has raised widespread alarm about the fascist orientation of the Trump regime. Capitalist democracy embraces the idea of individual rights, but fails to deliver on its promises when it comes to the rights of workers and oppressed people. At this critical moment, this week’s GMR panelists ask:
What are rights? Where do they come from … and where are they headed?
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The Communist Party stands for the interests of the American working class and the American people. It stands for our interests in both the present and the future. Solidarity with workers of other countries is also part of our work. We work in coalition with the labor movement, the peace movement, the student movement, organizations fighting for equality and social justice, the environmental movement, immigrants rights groups and the health care for all campaign.
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