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Material of Interest to People on the Left
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Material of Interest to People on the Left
‘Untold Harm': Supreme Court Ruling Against Trans Youth
Zohran Mamdani’s Messaging Machine a Model To Emulate
Trump Brushes Off US Intel on Iran To Align With Israel
Trump DEI Rollbacks Hit Juneteenth Celebrations
Global Left Midweek – June 18, 2025
Misinformation-Federal Research Cuts Will Make It Worse
The U.S. Must Force Israel To End Its War on Iran
Dispatches From the Culture Wars — June 17, 2025
The Real Democratic Civil War
“No Kings” Was a Rebellion in Trump Country
Culture
books
Moral Limits
Dissent Magazine
This book, writes reviewer Alpert, is "a powerful account of our failures to stop the war in Gaza, despite the professed worth we place on values like empathy.
food
Bring Back Horn & Hardart
Broken Palate
David Arena relaunched Horn & Hardart a little over two years ago. His goal is to bring back not just the company but its values.
tv
Netflix’s ‘The Eternaut’ Makes a Haunting Series of an Esteemed Argentine Comic
NPR
That in 1977, during a brutal military dictatorship, Oesterheld and his four daughters were all "disappeared" added immeasurably to the graphic novel's resonance. Today it's regarded as an Argentine pop culture classic.
poetry
Marxist Analysis of the Fifth Labor of Hercules
Riffing on an ancient myth, poet Alan Dugan finds a lesson applicable to our current predicament.
books
“A Thinker Deeply in Love With Humanity” – Understanding Hannah Arendt
LSE Review of Books
This book looks at previously under examined aspects of Arendt's thinking, especially regarding issues of love, gender, and race, in order to probe more deeply into the work of one of the 20th century's most celebrated political thinkers.
film
The IP Machine Laughs at Itself
Jacobin
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg mock Hollywood’s creative collapse in The Studio — while continuing to churn out sequels, reboots, and branded spin-offs.
food
Trump Wants To Replace Grocery Aid for Seniors With “MAHA Food Boxes”
CBS
George Matysik, executive director of non-profit Share Food Program, expressed concern about the Trump administration's plans. "...the program that we currently have is working and seniors have come to rely on us," he said.
Labor
labor
Americans Will Feel Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Farms, Union President Warns
NPR
As immigration enforcement ramps up, the head of the United Farm Workers (UFW) union says agriculture workers across the country are afraid to show up for work – and warned that fear could impact households across the country.
labor
Two Top Union Leaders Quit D.N.C. Posts in Dispute With Chairman
The New York Times
Randi Weingarten, president of the AFT, and Lee Saunders, president of AFSCME, resigned their positions in the Democratic National Committee, suggesting the party is failing to expand their coalition.
labor
Trump’s War on the Administrative State Is a Class War
Jacobin
Donald Trump’s attacks on environmental regulation and the administrative state are part of a right-wing class war — one that pits patriotic citizens against perceived liberal experts defending what’s left of the New Deal order.
labor
Article What’s Next for Capitalism
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Reinvention or Authoritarian Rule?
labor
AI Surveillance Won’t Stop Theft, but It Might Stop Unions
The American Prospect
The loss prevention industry is excited about using technology to combat shoplifting. But workers are getting caught up in the dragnet.
labor
It’s About Policies, Not Political Parties or Politicians
International Longshore and Warehouse Union
While we may be living in a very different world politically, the work of our union has not changed. The last three months have underscored the importance of solidarity and having strong unions in our communities.
labor
Trump Has Put a Target on SEIU, and the Labor Movement Is Fighting Back
In These Times
The arrest of SEIU President David Huerta in Los Angeles has put unions on the leading edge of resistance to mounting authoritarianism.
Friday nite video
video
"Who'll Stand With Us?" | Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys music video for "Who'll Stand With Us?" from the forthcoming album 'For The People' out on streaming July 4, 2025, out on CD/LP October 10.
video
Meme Coin Entrepreneur Plans $45 Million Military Parade | The Daily Show
Desi Lydic tackles Trump’s politicized Fort Bragg rally, which screened soldiers for loyalty and waist size. Plus, Trump's $45 million birthday parade.
video
Senator Padilla Deals Unexpected Blow to Mike Johnson
INTERVIEW: Brian Tyler Cohen interviews Senator Padilla, who sets the record straight about Trump and Republicans lies about the assault on him.
video
STRAW | Tyler Perry Movie
A single mother's (Taraji P. Henson) day spirals into chaos, she becomes the prime suspect in a crime she never meant to commit—and suddenly, her survival depends on the one thing she’s never been able to trust: the people around her. Streaming on Netflix.
video
The Business Interests Funding NYC Mayoral Candidates
Real estate interests have spent over $6 million to make Andrew Cuomo NYC's next mayor. That’s $6 million more than any other candidate.
video
I Love a Parade! (Trump Military Parade Song)
What do you get when you mix Harry Richman, a golden tank, Ivanka’s tugboat, nuclear missiles in glitter, and a dictator’s wave? A $40 million MAGA musical spectacular.
video
We Asked 5 Young Men: Are They Struggling More Than Women?
Some of what they said might make you uncomfortable. But if politicians want to actually reach working class men, they need to have more messy conversations like this one.
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