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This Week in People’s History, Jan 9 – 15

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Page 1 of an early issue of La Follette's Weekly Magazine
Fighting the Good Fight (in 1909), Teach Literacy, Go to Jail (1854), Deadly But Very Popular (1964), Pretending to Drain the Swamp (1984), Orgy of Police Brutality (1874), McCarthyism's Downfall (1964), Hitler's Friends in the House of Lords (1934)

Time for a Victory Lap?

Joseph E. Stiglitz The American Prospect
Those who believed inflation would be transitory were proven right, and those who demanded the sacrifice of mass unemployment proven wrong.

The EU Is in Bad Shape, and Left-Wing Forces Are in Crisis

Roberto Musacchio Transform! Europe
We are on the brink of a precipice, which the World risks falling into. We need a radical, left-wing exit route. Italy should contribute in the European elections with an electoral list concentrated on the theme that marks the dividing line: Peace.

State-Run Court Blocked in Jackson As NAACP Appeals H.B. 1020 Case

Shaunicy Muhammad Mississippi Free Press
The mostly white group of Mississippi lawmakers who backed the law argued that the new court system would quell crime in majority-Black Jackson. Opponents say it is an example of state lawmakers attempting to dilute the power of Black voters.

“Talking Socialism” on the Job

Garrett Brown Against the Current
What’s needed beyond “talking socialism on the job” is a sensible labor policy, humility and respect for fellow workers, the commitment to learn from mistakes while taking the initiative to organize the working class majority for a just society.