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Material of Interest to People on the Left
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Material of Interest to People on the Left
History Is a Human Right
This Week in People’s History, June 6 to 12
What Happened When a Neighborhood Policed Itself
Liberalism and Inverted Totalitarianism
Latino Activist Rudy Lozano Was Murdered 40 Years Ago
A New Way To Study Biology
What Will Be Left of the Voting Rights Act?
The Little Man’s Big Friends
Getting Across Baltimore
It's Not the End of the Supreme Court War on Labor
Culture
food
Food Innovations That Came From War
Atlas Obscura
Many processed foods now common in civilian life were first created by and for the military-industrial complex. Thank Uncle Sam for Cheetos, air fryers, and other modern mainstays.
tv
Reality, Starring Sydney Sweeney, Is Unsettling, Vital Viewing
Vox
The HBO film adapts the FBI transcript from Reality Winner’s interrogation into a stunning thriller.
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.
Labor
labor
‘Codes Being Broken Every Day’: Dollar General Safety Violations Alarm Workers
The Guardian
Federal safety authority Osha has imposed millions in fines on discount retailer which is largest retail chain in US.
labor
Thousands of Early-Career NIH Researchers Forming Union for First Time
Nature
Push for better pay and benefits among US scientists arrives at world’s largest biomedical funder.
labor
Supreme Court Rules Company Can Pursue Strike Damages
NBC News
The ruling means Glacier Northwest Inc. can sue over its claim that wet concrete loaded onto trucks was rendered useless after workers walked off the job.
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?
Friday nite video
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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