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Non-Aligned Movement Celebrates Sixty Years

Charles McKelvey New Cold War
On October 11, delegations representing the governments of more than 105 nations, nearly all of the global South, met in Belgrade, Serbia to commemorate the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement sixty years ago in the capital of the former Yugoslavia.

The Dark Side of Hosting the Olympics

Kenneth Worles OtherWords.org
The Olympics are coming back to Los Angeles. But the games are notoriously bad news for poor people in host cities.

Carlos Rosa’s Political Capital

INTERVIEW BY Micah Uetricht Jacobin
Recently, Chicago city council member Carlos Rosa's socialist politics cost him in the halls of power. He speaks to Jacobin about why he refuses to "throw a movement under the bus."

The Mounting Attack on Organized Labor and What it Means for African-Americans

D. Amari Jackson Atlanta Black Star
Given the public sector is the largest employer of African-Americans, and recognizing their substantial and traditional involvement in unions — Black workers are more likely to belong to a union than any other racial group — such anti-union campaigns as Right to Work have particular implications for African-Americans.