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Biden Fires Labor Board’s Peter Robb

Gabrielle (Gay) Semel Labor Notes
Many in the labor movement had pushed for Robb’s removal; they cheered. Employers, not so much. But who is Robb and why does it matter?

Celebrating 50 Years of El Comité-MINP

Néstor David Pastor NACLA Co-published with Intervenxiones of the Latinx Project.
50 years ago, the struggle against urban renewal led a group of working class Puerto Ricans on Manhattan’s West Side to form a revolutionary socialist movement, combining community activism, Third World solidarity, and Puerto Rican independence.

Party and Country: the Unexplored Reserves of the Gramsci Genome

Luciana Castellina il manifesto
On the 100th anniversary of the Italian Communist Party we should learn from Gramsci's legacy which lies in the attempt Italian Communists made to build forms of direct democracy alongside representative democracy,

Al-Aqsa Status Quo at the Heart of New Violence

Mike Hanna Al Jazeera
It is understood that Kerry intends to meet Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and, importantly, King Abdullah II of JordanSeveral sources- Palestinian, Israeli and European- say Kerry is focusing on one major issue that many argue is the root cause of the current conflict: the status quo of what Israel calls the Temple Mount - the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. These are the mutually agreed arrangements that govern access to a site holy to both Jews and Muslims.