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W. E. B. Du Bois's Revolutions

Phillip Luke Sinitiere Public Books
A new book examines Du Bois's radicalism, tracing its career-long development.

A New Farm Worker Union Is Born

David Bacon The American Prospect
Indigenous Oaxacan farm workers win themselves a union in the Pacific Northwest. Members are filled with ideals, starting with their own organization. Its principles for organization sound like those of radical unions throughout U.S. history. Union leaders should be workers, and the rank and file should make all decisions. No leader or staff member should have a salary higher than a worker in the fields. The union shouldn't accumulate property and large bank accounts.

Atlanta Fought for $15 and Won

Joel Mendelson Jobs with Justice
Economic progress is hard to come by in the South, and Atlanta is no exception. Georgia’s state minimum wage is just $5.15 an hour. The triumph for city employees represents the first step in the clarion call to ensuring everyone in the Peach State earns a fair return on their work.

The Speaker and the Ironworker

Sarah Jaffe, Interviews for Resistance The Baffler
My name is Randy Bryce. I have been an ironworker for the past twenty years. I am a U.S. Army veteran, a dad, and a cancer survivor, and I am currently running to take Paul Ryan’s seat in the 1st Congressional district.

Settlements: The Real Story

Gershom Gorenberg The American Prospect
Fifty years after the Six-Day War, a mistaken account of how settlement began still plagues Israeli politics.

Dispatches From the Culture Wars

Portside
ACHA’s war on women; Two tales of rape; Assange documented; TSA going political; Punishing speech at Trinity College

Inside a Bestselling Syrian Cookbook From the 13th Century

Hannah Walhout Food & Wine
This 13th centure cookbook of Syrian recipes shows us the opulent upper limits of the cuisine from those who cooked and ate it—chefs developing recipes, explorers discovering ingredients, the wealthy elite who demanded luxury and ingenuity.