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April 8, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | April 8, 2022

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What We Found When We Went Looking for Another Earth. Vieux Farka Toure w Julia Easterlin "Masters Of War." Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Her Historic Supreme Court Confirmation. The Wobblies | Movie. Pink Floyd - Hey Hey Rise Up.

April 8, 2022

What If Everyone Voted? The Case for 100 Percent Democracy.

E.J. Dionne Jr. and Miles Rapoport The Washington Post

We propose universal voting. All of us, as a matter of civic duty, have an obligation to shape our shared project of democratic self-government.

April 8, 2022

Beyond Con Ed: For New York, Public Power Is the Past and the Future

Lachlan Hyatt and John Tarleton The Indypendent

There’s an alternative to the utility monopoly’s soaring rates, shoddy service and indifference to climate change.

April 8, 2022

Sometimes a Student Movement Can Spark a Revolution

Dawson Barrett Waging Nonviolence

"Globally, no period has seen more student activism than the past 20 years."

April 8, 2022

The Abolitionist Legacy of the Civil War Belongs to the Left

Dale Kretz Jacobin

The Civil War was a revolutionary upheaval that crushed slavery and stoked hopes of a broader emancipation against the rule of property. We should draw on that memory today for struggles against racism and capitalism.

What We Found When We Went Looking for Another Earth

April 8, 2022

In the last few years, scientists have discovered thousands of exoplanets - and a lot of them are surprisingly weird.

Vieux Farka Toure w Julia Easterlin "Masters Of War"

April 8, 2022

Vieux Farka Toure with Julia Easterlin performs Bob Dylan's "Masters Of War" on September 19, 2015 at MASSMoCA during Freshgrass in N Adams, MA.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Remarks on Her Historic Supreme Court Confirmation

April 8, 2022

"I have dedicated my career to public service because I love this country and our Constitution."

The Wobblies – Re-Release Trailer

April 8, 2022

This compelling documentary of the IWW, telling the story of workers in factories, sawmills, wheat fields, forests, mines and on the docks, mirrors today’s headlines, depicting a nation torn by corporate greed. Returns to theaters May 1 for International Workers Day!

Pink Floyd - Hey Hey Rise Up

April 8, 2022

Pink Floyd’s new Ukraine fundraiser feat Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox.