West Virginia Teachers Are Now Out on a Wildcat Strike.
In These Times
The Labor Movement Should Follow Their Lead.
The Little Agency That Could Have Tamed the Military-Industrial Complex
The American Prospect
The Pentagon’s Office of Economic Adjustment mostly missed its chance to wean communities off America’s dependence on defense economics.
Unlikely Alliance Arises to Fight Iraqi Corruption and Sectarian Strife
Middle East Eye
As Iraq prepares for its first post-Islamic State elections, the Iraqi Communist Party has formed a singular alliance with the movement led by activist Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. And it is a move that is not as bizarre as it may first appear.
Friday Nite Videos | March 2, 2018
Portside
Melvin Van Peebles | This Ain't America, Is It? John Oliver | Italian Elections. Civil Rights Leader on Student-Led Movements of 1960s and Today. The Oligarch, the Escort and the Bureaucrat. Pete Seeger | Waist Deep In The Big Muddy.
This Ain't America, Is It?
Montage of images from Occupy Wall Street set to the 1971 song Love, That's America, by Melvin Van Peebles, from the soundtrack of Watermelon Man.
John Oliver | Italian Elections
Italy is in the throes of a turbulent race to elect a new prime minister. John Oliver discusses the colorful contenders and introduces an equally ridiculous candidate.
Civil Rights Leader on Student-Led Movements of 1960s and Today
As a student-led movement for gun control sweeps the country, we look back with a leader in the student movement that desegregated the University of Georgia in 1961.
How New York City Won Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Portside
This campaign was years in the making, but Donald Trump's election and the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord spurred the local activism that led to this important victory.
Russia Is Trying to Bury This Video—And Might Shut Down YouTube to Do It
Mother Jones
An investigation into a deputy prime minister, escorts, and a yacht sends regulators scrambling.
The Oligarch, the Escort and the Bureaucrat
Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny alleges a new link between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign. (With closed caption translation.)
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