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White Power: At Home and Abroad

Thomas Meany London Review of Books
Two differently themed books complement each other; one on the rise of white power at home and the other on anti-communist adventures abroad show the domestic scourge nurtured by foreign experiences even as the global Right employed its services.

A Great Labor Leader Gone: Hector Figueroa, 1962–2019

Steven Greenhouse The American Prospect
Hector believed that the spirit of a union lives not just inside the halls of a union and in winning contracts. That promise is realized when the people in the communities where the workers live can live with dignity, can thrive, and can be happy.

Pay Discrimination in Women’s Sports Is a Labor Issue

Kim Kelly Teen Vogue
It will take a combination of worker power, union muscle, and legislative force to make equal pay a reality. However, if these athletes have made one thing clear, it’s that quitting isn’t an option — they’re certainly not giving up.

CNN's Debate Fail

David Dayen Common Dreams
The Democratic debate was an inevitable by-product of turning news into an entertainment and cultural product

Indecent Advances

Michael Nava Los Angeles Review of Books
Here is a book, says reviewer Nava, that makes "a significant contribution to queer history and to understanding the forces that shape contemporary queer identity."

Global Left Midweek - July 31, 2019

Portside
Labour and Brexit, Puerto Rico en la lucha, Hong Kong's ongoing fight against extradition, Fighting repression in Colombia, Opposing communal and caste violence in India, Ágnes Heller remembered, 98 years of the SACP, Plea for Iranian unionists