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March 30, 2022

How Joe Manchin Aided Coal, and Earned Millions

Christopher Flavelle and Julie Tate The New York Times

At every step of his political career, Joe Manchin helped a West Virginia power plant that is the sole customer of his private coal business. Along the way, he blocked ambitious climate action.

March 30, 2022

Afghanistan Facing ‘Total Collapse’ As Biden Refuses To Release Central Bank Assets

Jake Johnson Common Dreams

"If the Afghan economy is not resuscitated, the severity of the current humanitarian crisis will only deepen, with dire consequences for life and limb of ordinary Afghans," warned one aid group.

March 30, 2022

How the Starbucks Worker Organizing Model Can Accelerate Unionization Across the Country

Shuvu Bhattarai Jacobin

A Starbucks union drive is sweeping across the country. In an industry that has been all but impossible to unionize, these baristas have created an organizing model that can be replicated at similar corporate chains everywhere.

March 30, 2022

Putin Is Attempting to Center Russia as a Hub of the Global Right Wing

Carl Davidson & Bill Fletcher Jr. Truthout

Getting clear for the sake of both strategy and tactics will require a deep examination of Putin’s Russia and its political character and direction.

March 30, 2022

Condé Nast, BuzzFeed, and the Ever-Growing Media Labor Movement

Jon Allsop Columbia Journalism Review

Yesterday, Staffers at Condé Nast announced that they are forming a company-wide union with the NewsGuild of New York, covering more than five hundred staffers across a dozen titles.

March 30, 2022

Global Left Midweek – March 30, 2022

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What the left is saying after a month of Russia/Ukraine war

February 10, 2017

Friday Nite Videos -- February 10, 2016

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Six Patriots Players Refusing to Go to the White House. Everybody Knows | Leonard Cohen. Senator Elizabeth Warren Reacts to Being Silenced. Sean Spicer Press Conference (Melissa McCarthy). #TrumpLiesMatter: Trump National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn Spoke With Russia About Sanctions.