Trump’s Tariffs Aren’t Going to Work How He Thinks

Supposedly, this is all going to revive domestic manufacturing. But the evidence for that is slim, and it wouldn’t happen overnight—especially not without other policies. At a basic level, tariffs make stuff more expensive.

Susan Crawford Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race.

Crawford's win in Wisconsin points the way forward for Democrats. The high court has held a 4-3 liberal majority since 2023. That liberal majority will hear any cases related to the administration of the 2028 election.

How Democrats Can Win by Organizing From the County Up

In her new role as a party leader, Jane Kleeb is organizing Democrats to go on the offensive. "People are excited to hear the Democratic Party giving them something concrete that we are working toward."

Execution-Style’ Killings of Palestinian Aid Workers

Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from short range in attack that has caused global outrage. Israel expanded aerial and ground attacks in Gaza since ending the ceasefire. Benjamin Netanyahu said it intends to divide up the territory

Reader Comments & Tidbits, April 3, 2025

Reader Comments: All Out for April 5th - Hands Off!; Thousands Protest ICE Abductions; Trump Signs Order Ending Union Bargaining Rights for Federal Employees; The New Definition of Antisemitism; Public Sector Labor Struggles, Then and Now; and more..

Democrats Finally Stood Up – Thank You, Cory Booker

Watching the New Jersey senator hold court for 25 hours felt radical and cathartic

Protesters Chain Themselves to Gates Outside Columbia

Demonstrators are protesting in support of Mahmoud Khalil, calling for “the names of the trustees who facilitated the abduction” of Khalil.

Major Gaza Land Grab as Ethnic Cleansing Escalates

Israeli forces also bombed an U.N. clinic in Jabalia, killing at least 68 Palestinians including elders, women, and children—one of them a newborn baby.

Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. A Police State Has Arrived

The citizens of such a state live with a feeling of being constantly watched. They live with a sense of random danger. Anyone can be a plainclothes agent or a self-appointed enforcer.

Global Left Midweek – April 2, 2025

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Culture

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Don’t Blame Rachel Zegler for Snow White

Eileen Jones Jacobin
The press is blaming the young and very online actor Rachel Zegler for Snow White’s dismal box office showing. But Zegler’s performance as the original Disney princess is the only bright spot in an otherwise cynical cash grab.

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Dear America

Marsha de la O Salt Number 7
As she travels across America, poet Marsha de la O asks her country, "Who is lost, and who isn't?"

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The Mystery of Neil Gorsuch

Andrew Koppelman Los Angeles Review of Books
"The principal virtue of the book," writes reviewer Koppelman, "is the light it unintentionally sheds on some of the Supreme Court’s least defensible decisions."

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Black Bag: Not Much To See Here

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Black Bag is being hailed by critics as highly sophisticated cinematic fare — rather than an unambitious rush job by a talented director eager to move on to his next, similarly unsatisfying project.

Labor

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Setting the Pace in Auto: Thinking Bigger Than Tariffs

Andrew Elrod Labor Notes
For the 12 million workers in U.S. manufacturing, the question is whether it is possible, under this administration and in this moment of twenty-first-century capitalism, to create a pro-worker, pro-union trade policy.

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Commemoration: March 25, 1911…

UNITE HERE!
In 2023, a permanent memorial at the site of the fire was unveiled in memory of the workers. The memorial tells the stories of the victims and is a landmark site to visit, mourn, and learn at the very site where factory workers labored and perished.

Friday nite video

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I've Never Been to a Bernie Sanders Rally Like This

The Fight Oligarchy Tour is drawing larger crowds than Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign ever did, but it’s also drawing a different sort of crowd, writes Mother Jones Senior Reporter Tim Murphy.

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Visit Mississippi | Playing for Change

Experience the magic of Robert Johnson's "Crossroads," featuring renowned artists Keb’Mo’, Kingfish, Vasti Jackson, Charlie Worsham, Sierra Hull, Cedric Burnside and a diverse array of blues and world music talents

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Could Canada Join the EU?

As tensions rise between Canada and the US, new PM Mark Carney has made overtures to Europe in a bid to strengthen ties. It's unlikely to happen soon, but it certainly isn't impossible.

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Musk's Family Ties to Apartheid and Neo-Nazi Movements

Elon Musk was born in 1971 in South Africa, and raised under apartheid. His family had ties to apartheid and neo-Nazi politics. We speak with Guardian reporter Chris McGreal about how Musk's upbringing shaped his worldview.