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The Emerging Anti-MAGA Majority

Michael Podhorzer Weekend Reading
Wake up: Trump has fundamentally reshaped the electorate. This is good news for the fight against MAGA fascism.

This Week in People’s History, June 13 . . .

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Photo of attorney Michael Ratner denouncing torture of prisoners at Guantanamo
A people's tribune's birthday. Opposing the Vietnam War in 1968. Opposing U.S. imperialism in 1898. Debs' 1918 sedition conviction. A win for abolitionists in 1833. Boycotting Jim Crow in 1953. Thousands say, 'Escalate the war on poverty!' in 1968.

To Deepen Democracy, Give Workers More Say

Desmond Serrette Convergence
If we are to save our democracy, we must increase the influence of everyday people, of the workers who make corporations run. Worker power is the only counterbalance to corporate power.

The SEC Comes for Big Crypto

Ryan Cooper The American Prospect
The agency has sued both Binance and Coinbase for violating securities law.

Full Employment: The Recovery’s Missing Ingredient

Jared Bernstein and Dean Baker The Washington Post
The bargaining power of most American workers is at a historical low point. The best way to restore it is to get the economy back to full employment.