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Useful Enemies

Christopher de Bellaigue The Guardian
This book examines the influence Islam had on European political thought between the 15th to the 18th centuries, as well as the complex relations between the Ottoman Empire and emergent modern Europe during that era.

The People are with Evo: A Glimpse at a New Bolivia

Rodolfo Machaca Yupanqui People’s Dispatch
Rodolfo Machaca Yupanqui, the leader of the Unified Confederation of Bolivian Peasant Workers Union (CSUTCB): after being marginalized for hundreds of years, indigenous people are gaining rights. That is why we support Evo.

Global Left Midweek - May 29 2019

Portside
Post-Election Pandemonium! EU, India, South Africa, Israel, Iraq - and national strike in Sudan, suppression of Marxists in China, climate kids call on adults, Yellow Vests' inside baseball, and the workers of the world!

Unions, States Confront Trump Home Care Worker Rule

Sophie Quinton Pew Research Center
The rule is "a blatant political attack on a group of workers that are 90% women and majority people of color,” said April Verrett, president of SEIU Local 2015, which represents some 380,000 California home care and nursing home workers.

The Future of Jobs

Stephen Greenhouse The American Prospect
Round 2: This article explores some different means of raising wages for precarious workers.

My Pentagon Regret

James Carroll TomDispatch
As the U.S. Rattles Its Sabers at Tehran, Echoes of Sabers Past