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June 5, 2016

Don't Remember Muhammad Ali as a Sanctified Sports Hero. He Was a Powerful, Dangerous Political Force

Dave Zirin Los Angeles Times

Political courage might seem to be in short supply, but it was inside a young boxer from Louisville

June 5, 2016

The Real Housewives of Jane Austen

Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic

Why do reality television’s most popular stars so uncannily resemble the heroines of the 19th-century writer’s work?

June 5, 2016

The Power of the NYC Teachers Union’s Rank-and-File Caucus MORE Is Growing

Kevin Prosen In These Times

Movement of Rank-and-File Educators (MORE) earns an important foothold for an emerging rank-and-file challenger at New York City's United Federation of Teachers (UFT).

June 4, 2016

Prophets of Rage’s Tom Morello: Republican National Convention Would Be Perfect Place to ‘Cause a Ruckus’

Chad Childers Loud Wire

Tom Morello told Bloomberg Politics, “Well there a thing called the Republican National Convention in July and that’ll be a perfect place for a band like Prophets of Rage to cause a ruckus and we will be there on the streets in the fields and in the concert hall.”

June 4, 2016

Let Them Drown: “Othering” in a Warming World (long article)

Naomi Klein London Review of Books

In her recent address honoring the distinguished Palestinian intellectual and activist Edward Said, noted Canadian author and environmentalist Naomi Klein speaks to the urgent need for the environmental movement to understand Said and other anti-imperialist, postcolonial thinkers; or what we can learn from reading Said in a warming world. Klein says without that knowledge there is no way to understand how we ended up in this dangerous place or how we can get out of it.

June 3, 2016

Friday Nite Videos -- June 3, 2016

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Frederick Douglass vs Thomas Jefferson. Trump University Was Textbook Fraud. Gente-fied | Series Trailer. Prophets of Rage. Neanderthals Built Underground Structures.

Frederick Douglass vs Thomas Jefferson

June 3, 2016

High powered and high speed confrontation of issues of history, slavery, agency and more. One more of the Epic Rap Battles of History.

Trump University Was Textbook Fraud

June 3, 2016

Donald Trump is in a lot of trouble since a judge unsealed the documents of the Trump University case. Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks breaks it down.

Gente-fied | Series Trailer

June 3, 2016

GENTE-FIED is a web series produced by America Ferrera that follows seven characters as they deal with the effects of change in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights. An explosion of fusion tacos, LGBTQ raza, micheladas, defiant murals, generational clashes and more.

Prophets of Rage

June 3, 2016

Prophets of Rage combines the sonic firepower of Rage Against The Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill.