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Material of Interest to People on the Left
Friday Nite Videos | October 18, 2019
The Fierce Urgency of Less
Not, 'Is Trump Nuts?' But 'How Did Get Elected?'
Salesforce CEO: We Need a New Capitalism
Mark Zuckerberg Is Not Defending the 1st Amendment
How to Resolve the Chicago Teachers Strike?
Left Organizers Should Join the Fight for Impeachment
Mainstream Media Mantra: Medicare for All Is Impossible
Civil Rights on Chopping Block before Supreme Court
Oct. 17, 2019-Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements
Culture
poetry
Three Flats
Mississippi poet Philip C. Kolin traces the evolution of his childhood neighborhood in Chicago
that went from Czech to Hispanic.
books
Insular, Controversial Picks for Nobel Literature Laureates
The Nation
Next year, says the reviewer, the Nobel Committee for Literature should look beyond Europe. Despite the differences between awardees Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke, they both reflect a divided Europe as viewed only from within its borders.
books
From Commune to Capitalism: How China’s Peasants Lost Collective Farming and Gained Urban Poverty
Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
"This brief but effective book, only about 100 pages in main text," writes reviewer Meulbroek, claims "that decollectivization laid the basis for China’s capitalist restoration."
film
'The Irishman": The Ghost of Jimmy Hoffa Won’t Go Away
Jacobin
Martin Scorsese’s new film The Irishman continues Hollywood’s obsession with the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. We’re more concerned with what happened to Teamster working conditions under his son, James P. Hoffa.
food
Food Waste Is a Huge Environmental Problem. Here's 5 Ways to Reduce Yours
Time Magazine
The average household is an important contributor to food waste; these tips show how we can all do our part.
tv
How Amazon's Carnival Row Explores the Fear Around Immigration
PopSugar
Carnival Row tells the tale of mythical creatures forced out of their homeland and gathering in the city, where tensions begin growing between the citizens and the ever-increasing immigrant population.
poetry
Noon in a three star restaurant
Chiron Review
“He does not represent us,” writes poet Marge Piercy about the misogynist Senator, but knows the “clichés that light up brains.”
Labor
labor
The G.M. Strike Was the Best and the Worst of the Labor Movement
The New York Times
On picket lines around the country, from Wyoming, Michigan to Rochester, N.Y. to Langhorne, Pennsylvania ---G.M. workers made the strike their own.
Their fight is one that all of us, regardless of the work we do, should claim as our own.
labor
Without a Clear Strategy for Labor, Socialists are Falling Behind Workers
Medium
While labor is clearly on the march forward, socialists appear to be floundering, still unsure about the way forward. But if the past year is any indication, workers will not be waiting for socialists to catch up.
labor
CPS Strike is Officially On As Teachers Union, Chicago Mayor Fail to Reach a Last-Minute Deal
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Public Schools teachers are on strike and w ill hit picket lines Thursday after failing to reach a new contract deal with the city following months of negotiations.
labor
Government-Sponsored Retirement Plans for Private-Sector Workers Fall Short
www.thenewcrossroads.com
The government-promoted plans let employers completely off the hook and put the entire burden of retirement savings and investment management on workers. They put another nail in the coffin of traditional plans in which employers share the expense.
labor
The Push to Unionize Cannabis Workers, Explained
Vox
Labor unions see an opportunity to organize one of the fastest-growing industries.
labor
What’s at Stake in Chicago Teachers’ Strike: Whether Unions Can Bargain for the Entire Working Class
In These Times
By raising an issue that affects not only teachers, but the communities they live and work in, CTU is deploying a strategy known as “bargaining for the common good.”
labor
State Board Of Education Votes To Restore Local Control Of LRSD, Strips Power Of Teacher's Union
KUAR
The Arkansas State Board of Education busted the Little Rock Education Association, the teacher’s union for the district, voting not to renew the contract, effectively ending the bargaining power for the union.
Friday nite video
video
John Oliver | Weather
John Oliver discusses the tension between the public and private worlds of predicting the weather
video
Rising Up | Bernie 2020
The corporate media covers Bernie's campaign while millions of people around the country rise up
video
Glory to Hong Kong: A New Protest Anthem
After months of peaceful marches and clashes, Hong Kong protesters have begun staging a different type of demonstration - mass singalongs of a new song called Glory to Hong Kong.
video
Hosting G7 at Doral Violates the Constitution
The Constitution is clear: the President cannot accept gifts or payments from foreign governments. No one is above the law. #EmolumentsClause pic.twitter.com/bHEx2qI2D3
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) October 17, 2019
Fox's legal commentator minces no words about Trump's impeachable violation of the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause
video
The Irishman | Movie
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci star in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th century. Full review.
video
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Speaks at Global Climate Summit
AOC, on her first international trip as a lawmaker, delivers the keynote address at the C40 summit on climate crisis, a global gathering of mayors, lawmakers and city administrators
video
Joker | Movie
A complex movie for tumultuous times. Check out these reviews for two takes on Joker as a reinvention of Superhero Cinema and as an expose of a broken class system that creates its own monsters.
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