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Material of Interest to People on the Left
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Material of Interest to People on the Left
A Day of Protest and Resistance Across Palestine
‘We’re Tired of Being Beaten’
German Tanks Against Russia? A Mistake
Amilcar Cabral and South Africans
What the Media Forgot About David Crosby
Friday Nite Videos | January 27, 2023
Trump, Russia and the Indicted Ex-FBI Agent
The Constitution Has an Answer to the Debt Ceiling
Why CRT Belongs in the Classroom and How To Do It Right
Trump's Secret $1M Donation to Arizona ‘Audit’
Culture
poetry
Big Bird Died for Your Sins
Virginia Quarterly Review
The poet Martín Espada recounts a childhood encounter of death, mourning the loss of baseball’s Puerto Rican star, Roberto Clemente.
books
The Problem of Democracy
The Guardian
In this book, author Hamid writes about what he calls a "democratic dilemma" facing U.S. policymakers, who, he says, "want democracy in theory but do not necessarily want its outcomes in practice.”
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film
“Argentina, 1985”: Oscar-Shortlisted Film Depicts Historic War Crimes Trial of U.S.-Backed Generals
Democracy Now
Democracy Now interviews director Santiago Mitre about “Argentina, 1985,” his dramatization of the Trial of the Juntas, when a civilian court prosecuted Argentina’s former military leaders for brutal crimes committed during the U.S.-backed right-wing military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983. The film just won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture in a Non-English Language and is also shortlisted for an Oscar for best international film.
food
Ultra-Processed Foods: It’s Not Just Their Low Nutritional Value That’s a Concern
The Conversation
Some researchers have theorised that ultra-processed foods increase inflammation because they are recognised by the body as foreign – much like an invading bacteria. The body mounts an inflammatory response, which has been dubbed “fast food fever”.
tv
Why We Can’t Turn Off the NFL
Vox
America’s unbreakable fixation with football will only lead to more injuries like Damar Hamlin’s. A uniquely American concoction of capitalism and culture has allowed football to continue to thrive, even as the dangers it presents to players, both professional and amateur, have become clearer. Football remains the biggest hit on TV.
poetry
Hanging Mohsen on the Gallows
The Persian poet Majid Naficy still awakens at night, mourning friends and family, victims of the Iranian regime.
Labor
labor
How We Began To Bring the Mail Back
Labor Notes
In the 1980s and 1990s, after we secured local contract language against delivery in the dark (“both inefficient and unsafe”), carriers in Portland would bring the mail back, instead of delivering in the dark.
labor
South Korea’s Unions Cry ‘Red Scare’ Amid North Korea Spy Claims
ALJAZEERA
South Korea’s spy agency has accused members of the country’s largest union of illegally contacting North Korean agents.
labor
What Nurses and Teachers Won by Withholding Their “Feminized Labor”
Workday Magazine
“When you think about gender perspectives, being a teacher or being a nurse, what they hope is that we care so much about our charges or our patients that we’re willing to accept the bare minimum.”
labor
Sacramento-Area Peet’s Coffee Store Becomes Chain’s First US Location To Unionize
The Sacramento Bee
Peet’s Workers United received assistance from Starbucks Workers United organizers.
labor
Making Hope and History Rhyme: A New Worker Movement From the Shell of the Old
New Labor Forum
Two long-time organizers for economic, racial, and gender justice reflect on the lessons of the past half-century and assess the strategic challenges and opportunity confronting a new generation of workers, activists, and organizers.
labor
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If America Had Fair Laws, 60 Million Workers Would Join a Union Tomorrow
Jacobin
According to the latest data, the ranks of unionized workers grew by 200,000 between 2021 and 2022. If the United States’ unionization rules in place weren’t so biased toward bosses, tens of millions more workers indicate they would have joined a union, too.
Friday nite video
video
Roy Wood Jr. Explores Police Militarization & Atlanta's "Cop City"
Roy Wood Jr. visits the "forest defenders" who are actively protesting the construction of Atlanta's "Cop City." #DailyShow #Comedy
video
Make the Super-rich Pay Their Fair Share
The very existence of billionaires while poverty and inequality are both on the rise is damning proof of a failing economic system. It's time to tax the rich. https://oxf.am/TaxTheRich
video
Memphis BLM Activist: Tyre Nichols's Killing Is Part of Police Brutality Crisis for Black Residents
"It's literally just being caught on camera," Sherman says. "We have experienced this same kind of violence over and over and over again in our communities."
video
Why We All Need Subtitles Now
It's not you — the dialogue in TV and movies has gotten harder to hear. Here's why.
video
When Culture Changes Our DNA
Thanks to our ability to develop and share complex learned behaviors across generations - a thing we sometimes call culture - we have become the ultimate niche builders.
video
Life And Death 3,000,000 Years Ago
What was life and death like for some of our earliest ancestors, like famed australopith Lucy, who lived almost three million years ago?
video
Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young) | Woodstock (We Are Stardust)
David Crosby (1941-2023), singer (the Byrds; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) and songwriter for six decades, performs Joni Mitchell's 'Woodstock.'
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