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November 28, 2019

Tidbits - Nov. 28, 2019 - Reader Comments: Impeachment-Obfuscation, Corruption; Benjamin Netanyahu; Bolivia, Chile; Puerto Rico; My Lai Massacre; Whistleblowers, Amazon; workers rights-Climate Crisis, #MeToo; book sale; more....

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Reader Comments: Impeachment, Obfuscation, Political Corruption; Benjamin Netanyahu; International Solidarity- Bolivia, Chile; Puerto Rico; Vietnam War, My Lai Massacre; Whistleblowers, Amazon; workers rights-Climate Crisis, #MeToo; book sale; more.

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November 26, 2019

Ruthless Quotas at Amazon Are Maiming Employees

Will Evans The Atlantic

This holiday season, Amazon will move millions of packages at dizzying speed. Internal injury reports suggest all that convenience is coming at the expense of worker safety.

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November 25, 2019

New Forms of Worker Organization to Free Democracy From Corporate Clutches

Andrea Dehlendorf & Michelle Miller Stanford Social Innovation Review

To rebalance our democracy and economy, a real system of economic checks and balances must exist to ensure that working people have power in their workplaces.

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November 21, 2019

Fascism in Multiple Translations

Yuliya Komska Boston Review

Far-rightists glorify one nation united under one language, yet are adept at using translation to spread their politics. E-commerce behemoths like Amazon allow fascism in translation the reach and veneer of a successful global business venture.

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October 22, 2019

Kickstarter's Employees Want a Union. Will the Company Continue to Oppose Them?

Nathan Robinson The Guardian

If Kickstarter became a union company, it would be the first of the major tech companies to do so. The company has a chance to show which side it’s really on.

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October 13, 2019

How Amazon's Carnival Row Explores the Fear Around Immigration

Andrea Reiher 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.

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September 9, 2019

Hundreds of Amazon employees plan to walk out of work in protest of Amazon’s environmental policies

Shirin Ghaffary Vox

Organizers want to see the company reduce its carbon footprint, cancel contracts with fossil fuel companies, and stop lobbying for politicians who deny climate change.

September 10, 2019

Media Bits and Bytes - September 10, 2019

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Busting Google; Taxing Amazon; Indie Media; Those Darn Pundits; Who Owns Spider-Man?; Epstein's MIT Buddies; Remembering Gene Crick; Build Tech We Trust

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September 8, 2019

Did Not Know It Was Possible For a Show to Be This Stupid

Jack Mirkinson Splinter News

It is worth noting the existence of this thing as a cultural symbol of the way in which Venezuela—which, whatever your thoughts on it, is not, like, al-Qaeda—is becoming the new Russia.

August 10, 2019

Prince George’s County Residents Want To Halt Suspected Amazon Warehouse

Dominique Maria Bonessi WAMU American University Radio

Price George's County, Maryland residents complain that instead of promised stores and library, a backdoor deal may bring an Amazon warehouse to their neighborhood.

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