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October 28, 2018

Trump’s NLRB Just Quietly Ruled to Make Union Pickets Illegal

Moshe Z. Marvit In These Times

The NLRB based its decision on a particularly onerous provision in federal labor law that prohibits employees from engaging in boycotts, pickets or other activities that are aimed at a secondary employer.

October 28, 2018

The Real Magic of Netflix's 'Sabrina' Reboot is Radical Teen Feminism

Sara David Broadly

The teens of "Sabrina" are witch and human, girl and gender nonconforming—and they have a message: If magic isn’t used for justice, then it’s not witchcraft.

October 27, 2018

Voting While Black

Fredreka Schouten CNN

How activists are racing to create a midterm Black wave.

October 27, 2018

In and Against the State

Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin Socialist Project

Here, ‘reform versus revolution’ is not a useful way to frame the dilemmas that socialists must actually confront. Political hopes are inseparable from notions of what is possible.

October 27, 2018

Avoiding a DFR Charge under Tougher New Rules

Richard de Vries Labor Notes

A union can now be found guilty of violating the duty of fair representation (DFR) for losing track of a grievance or failing to promptly return a member’s phone calls about it.

October 27, 2018