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“If we can unionize Amazon…, then workers anywhere can unionize their workplaces. That means you.” - Angelika Maldonado

The award-winning Ukrainian poet Yakimchuk reveals the upheaval following the pro-Russian rebellion of 2014.

The salvation of unions resides in joining with allies to fight the coming Trump onslaught – and then to go beyond that to define a bold, unapologetic vision of society and economy, one that inspires millions of workers to engage and take action.

Another business leader has dropped out of Donald Trump's manufacturing jobs initiative amid concerns about how the president responded to the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend. And Richard Trumka!

In a time of crisis the president is supposed to bring us together. Donald Trump did not.

“We have been vastly outspent by industry and their corporate allies. It is clear to us that we are trying to advance rights via the ballot in an election system set up to favor corporations. This time, we’re addressing the election system too.” Lynn Anderson The initiative states that the people of Youngstown recognize that “corporations use their disproportionate wealth to frame important issues and influence elections.”

Fascism USA; Kareem on Kaepernick; Euro-identity politics; Islamophobia and Islamophilia; Jamboree jive; 25,000 reasons why

After Trump's election, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power feels like an elegy for a bygone era.