Friday Nite Videos | September 2, 2022

Portside
​I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. Medicine’s Fixation on the Sex Binary. Here’s How Animals Experience the World. This Supreme Court Case Could Determine Who Wins Future Elections. How US Corporations Poisoned This Indigenous Community.

The Bear and the Contradictions of Work

Sherry Linkon and John Russo Working Class Perspectives
The Bear helps us see the struggles that make work difficult and the commitments that make it meaningful. If we want to understand why work matters, and what workers might be longing for, we have to recognize both sides of this balance sheet.

Comic Books as Propaganda

Hank Kennedy New Politics
The author is strongest when he deals with the government’s direct attempts to influence public opinion through comics either through the Writers’ War Board (WWB) of World War II or the creation of propaganda comics during the early Cold War.

Los Angeles Is Creating a Model for Fighting Mass Incarceration

Mark Engler and Paul Engler Dissent
Abolitionists and advocates of criminal justice reform in Los Angeles County have amassed some impressive victories, laying out a vision for reducing incarceration and providing care that could have national significance.

Green Tide Rising in Latin America

Laura Carlsen The Indypendent
U.S. has much to learn from new feminist movements that spurred Argentina, Colombia and Mexico to dump traditional abortion laws. Now powerful women’s movements in Mexico, Argentina and Colombia have won access to the right to choose

As the World Floods and Burns, It’s Time To Hold Wall Street To Account

Alec Connon and Arielle Swernoff Common Dreams
Flooding in Pakistan is the latest in a long line of climate disasters. Now the 150,000 residents of Jackson, Mississippi were ordered to evacuate as flooding hit the city. This weekend, temperatures in California are projected to hit 115°F.

It Matters That Joe Biden Used the F-Word

Matt Ford The New Republic
The president made waves when he referred to the Trump-drunk GOP as “semi-fascist.” Republicans have earned it—and more.