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April 18, 2018

I Wish Someone Taught Me About the Real Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Chrizelda Kekana Times Live

I only realised recently that I knew nothing about Winnie Mandela. And, it was a deliberate plan set in motion by enemies to progress.

April 18, 2018

The Wave of Militant Teacher Strikes Has Gone Global. Just Look at the UK.

Steven Parfitt In These Times

On February 22, the same day that West Virginia teachers began their walkout, more than 40,000 lecturers, researchers, technical and academic-related staff went on strike at 61 British universities. Three other universities joined them the following week.

April 18, 2018

#FreeSiwatu: Pregnant Black Detroit Activist Jailed for Standing Her Ground & Protecting Her Family

Amy Goodman Democracy Now!

An environmental activist and young black mother in Detroit may be forced to give birth behind bars, after standing her ground during a frightening encounter.

April 18, 2018

What’s Been Stopping the Left?

Dani Rodrik Project Syndicate

If progressive political parties had pursued a bolder agenda in the face of widening inequality and deepening economic anxiety, perhaps the rise of right-wing, nativist political movements might have been averted. So why didn't they?

April 18, 2018

Salinas Farm Workers March To Oppose Immigration Raids

David Bacon People's World

In Salinas on April 8, over a thousand farm workers and allies filled the streets of its working-class barrio to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

April 18, 2018

Broad Band

Dylan Schleicher Porchlight Book Company

A "computer" used to be a job description, not just a machine. At the time, most computers were women. Dylan Schleicher reviews a fascinating history of how "computers" helped make the computer networks that are so interwoven into contemporary life.

November 14, 2014