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Material of Interest to People on the Left
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Material of Interest to People on the Left
Friday Nite Videos | June 2, 2023
Bernie: Why I Could Not Vote for the Debt Ceiling Bill
The Surprising Pervasiveness of American Arrogance
Paxton Is Burning
Kareem Abdul-Jaabar: My Body Wants To Assassinate Me
The For-Profit Takeover of Medicare Is a Huge Scam
Biden’s Antisemitism Strategy - Has One Problem
Sara Innamorato Upends Pennsylvania Fracking Politics
The Fed’s 2% Inflation Target – Good for the Rich
June 1, 2023- Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements
Culture
poetry
Upon Voiding Pills
New Verse News
Lavinia Kumar’s poetry protests the government’s repression of safe medical abortion.
books
The Struggle for a Decent Politics: On “Liberal” as an Adjective
LSE Review of Books
In this new book, writes reviewer Clemens, author Walzer "muses on the evolution of the word liberal, from indicating a fixed ideology to signifying a ‘universal’ set of values that can be attached to a diverse array of political projects."
film
The Discovery of a Little-Known History of the Nuremberg Trials
The NewYorker
“Filmmakers for the Prosecution” producer describes emptying out her mother's loft and under a daybed, found boxes of documents concerning the first Nuremberg trial and a 1948 never-released 16 mm film "Nuremberg: It's Lesson's for Today."
food
Will ‘Superfood Powders’ Actually Make You Healthier?
New York Times
These once-daily supplements claim to boost energy, nourish your gut, support your immune system and more. But health experts aren’t convinced.
tv
Succession Is Television’s Most Devastating Critique of the Ultrarich
Jacobin
Succession is heading toward its series finale, having settled into a portrait of how the ultrarich’s quest for limitless accumulation crowds out any semblance of humanity. The show is the most potent piece of class critique on TV in recent memory.
poetry
Simply Breathing
Killing George Floyd
Three years after the murder of George Floyd on March 25 2020, San Francisco poet Beau Beausoleil offers a limited portfolio of 20 poems as homage and legacy. (More will follow in June.)
books
Amanda Gorman ‘Gutted’ After Florida School Bans Biden Inauguration Poem
The Guardian
Poet Amanda Gorman, 25, vows to fight back after single complaint, which wrongly ascribed The Hill We Climb to Oprah Winfrey, prompts removal.
Labor
labor
I’m on Strike With the W.G.A. I Owe My Father at Least That Much.
NYTimes
A strike is a collective assertion of our dignity. It’s not about money — except insofar as, in America, money equals respect.
labor
3 Decades Ago, There Was a Deadly Attack on Mexican Autoworkers. Here’s What It Can Teach the U.S. Labor Movement Today.
Workday Magazine
A weakness of labor is an inability to critically examine the stakes. As a healthy organization, you have to be able to examine the past, acknowledge it, account for it, and move forward. Without that you’re stuck in a circular trap.
labor
Barboncino Workers Are Forming New York City’s First Unionized Stand-Alone Pizzeria
Jacobin
Workers at the Crown Heights pizzeria Barboncino are organizing a union with Workers United. It would be the first pizzeria of its kind to go union in New York — and perhaps not the last.
labor
Historic Gains: Low-Income Workers Scored in the COVID Economy
POLITICO
A POLITICO analysis shows that pandemic-era policies reversed the trend toward a widening income gap. The move away from them threatens those gains. Which way will Biden turn?
labor
MAAN and the Protests for Democracy in Israel: Questions and Answers
The MAAN Workers Association, based in Israel, fights for worker rights and has joined the protest movement for democracy. "Without democracy there are no workers' rights".
labor
Profit-Obsessed Private Equity Is Now Dominating the US Hospice System
Jacobin
The US hospice system is supposed to provide compassionate end-of-life care. But private equity firms have swallowed up the industry: 7 out of 10 hospice agencies are now for-profit, putting profit maximization over patient well-being.
labor
In 49 States, Your Boss Can Hold You Captive
Working In These Times
Minnesota just banned captive audience meetings, presumably understanding that it is unreasonable to force working people to attend mandatory meetings at which their boss delivers to them the equivalent of an Ayn Rand book reading.
Friday nite video
What a Vietnam War Riot Says About Today’s Culture Wars | Robert Reich
The "Hard Hat Riot" of 1970 was used by Nixon to stoke division and is strikingly similar to the tactics used by modern culture warriors like Ron DeSantis.
video
Color of the ‘Āina | Pō & the 4fathers | Playing for Change
Be transformed by the rhythmic sounds of Pō & the 4fathers as they perform "Color of the ‘Āina" Live Outside in Waiāhole, Oʻahu.
video
This Could Be the Biggest Strike in U.S. History
If they don't get a fair contract deal by July 31, 2023, UPS workers could go on strike. It would be the largest single-employer strike in U.S. history.
video
The Boys – Season 3 Official Trailer
The Boys learn of a mysterious anti-Supe weapon, crash into The Seven, start a war, and chase the legend of the first Superhero: Soldier Boy. Arrives June 3.
video
Why the Dyslexic Brain Is Misunderstood
How dyslexia is a differently organized brain.
video
The Corporate Money Behind 'No Labels'
Kyrsten Sinema or Joe Manchin for President? 'No Labels' has emerged as a potential ballot line and financier for a spoiler candidacy.
video
Tina Turner Talks About Gaining Respect in the Music Industry
In this 1985 interview, Anne Rohmer interviews Tina Turner, who has finally risen to the top of the pop music ladder and been honored at the Grammy Awards.
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