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Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## [Supreme Court decision could mean increase in labor trafficking of farmworkers](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22043-supreme-court-decision-could-mean-increase-in-labor-trafficking-of-farmworkers) The farmworkers, who spoke no English, took off running when Monterey County Resource Management Agency officials approached them. They couldn’t go f… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/f6/055f-f66f4172.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22042-the-differences-between-fascism-and-trump-ism)### [The Differences Between Fascism and Trump(ism)](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22042-the-differences-between-fascism-and-trump-ism) Written by CJ Polychroniou on July 12 2021. 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