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One Nation, Not Under God

Stephen Rohde Los Angeles Review of Books
This book was first published in 2019 and is a classic whose relevance has only grown over time. Reviewer Rohde offers a detailed tour of this important work.

film

Highest 2 Lowest Is a Cringeworthy Remake of a Classic

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest attempts to remake a beloved Akira Kurosawa film about the injustices of a class-stratified society all while sidestepping class. Even Denzel Washington can’t save this misfire.

tv

‘Alien: Earth’ Is One of the Best Shows So Far This Year

Eric Deggans NPR
'Alien: Earth' is one of the best shows so far this year. Many classic themes recur: A modern world corrupted by corporate exploitation of average people. The question of whether technological advancements are meant to serve humans or replace them.

poetry

In a Berlin Bar

Rafaella Del Bourgo
Poet Rafaella Del Bourgo offers a quick intro to sexual politics, reminding us that sex is "a tune both familiar and strange."

books

The New Samizdat

Lee Rossi Portside
These two anthologies showcase poets that are responding to the anxieties of our time.

Labor

labor

Hawaii Workers Rally Over Trump Policies

Victoria Budiono Honolulu Star Advertiser
The Workers Not Billionaires rally in Honolulu mirrored actions across the nation, where workers marked Labor Day by demanding that their voices, not just the wealthiest Americans, shape the country’s future.

labor

Fred Ross Changed Community Organizing

Peter Dreier Jacobin
Community organizer Fred Ross Sr was a key figure in progressive activism during the 20th century. He started in the 1930s farmworker camps that inspired John Steinbeck’s novels and went on to pioneer methodical tactics that transformed American orga

labor

Kentucky Battery Plant Joins UAW in Close Vote

Luis Feliz Leon Labor Notes
The outcome of the election will ultimately hinge on the 41 challenged ballots. The union called those ballots “illegitimate,” and called on Ford to “drop their anti-democratic effort to undermine the outcome of the election.”

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The Labor Education That Workers Need Most

Helena Worthen Dollars & Sense
Although labor education educates the individual, it also organizes the individual. It’s a kind of learning that progresses in sudden leaps and bounds, as people get the idea of the power of concerted collective activity and the whole group changes.

Friday nite video

20 Years After Hurricane Katrina

Twenty years ago today, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina roared ashore. Democracy Now! speaks with Academy Award-nominated director, Traci A. Curry.

ICE Regrets Stopping This Informed Citizen

Constitutional auditor Robert Trudell exercised his rights to legally bypass an immigration checkpoint, sparking frustration from the immigration agents on the scene.

video

Putin Is Trapped by Trump's Misunderstandings

Trump has misunderstood what Putin told him, and that is a problem for the Russian president. Is this is a negotiation tactic or just Trump not understanding the issues?