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Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Vote Union

Luis Feliz Leon Labor Notes
To head off a union drive, Volkswagen boosted wages 11 percent to match the immediate raise UAW members received at Ford.

How We Rebuilt the Young Democratic Socialists

David Duhalde The Forge
DSA's youth section used lessons from Mao and contemporary labor to build a winning strategy: When a strategy and its tactics cease producing desired results, you need to reassess. Sometimes that means going beyond your comfort zone to find success.

Why They Hate Us: Anti-Zionism in the Jewish Community

Alan Wagman CounterPunch
We must demonstrate that one can leave Zionism and still be part of a Jewish community that lives its traditions, its values, and – if so inclined – its spiritual life with vitality and integrity.

Friday Nite Videos | April 19, 2024

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The Biggest Win for Workers in Decades. Criminalizing Homelessness Won't Make It Go Away. If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof Parody). Jordan Klepper Crashes Trump's Criminal Trial. A Bombshell Supreme Court Case on Jan. 6.

The War on Protest

Adam Federman Type Investigations
Since 2017, 21 states have passed 41 laws enhancing penalties and fines for common protest-related crimes—part of a wave of nearly 300 anti-protest bills introduced nationwide.

Dead Last (With an Emphasis on Dead!)

Juan Cole Tom Dispatch
Despite the fact that the Middle East has experienced hellish heat waves and epic floods, Middle Eastern regimes get failing grades on climate action

Si, Se Puede (It Can Be Done)

Philip Kolin
Marking the anniversary of his death (April 23, 1993), Cesar Chavez continues to inspire support for immigrant farm workers’ rights around the country.