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The Amazon’s Neocolonial Problem

Daniel Hunt Brazil Wire
The Amazon fires led to a wave of indignation around the world. This should be channeled into supporting the inhabitants of the Amazon rainforest and progressive Brazilians in their struggle to extinguish the political cause of this catastrophe.

Nurses Say: Patients’ Rights Have No Borders

Bonnie Castillo Red Pepper (UK)
As a US-friendly no-deal Brexit inches closer, Bonnie Castillo of National Nurses United explains why US nurses have joined the fight against NHS privatisation.

Everything Must Go: Selling Off and Selling Out the Public Sector

Whitney Curry Wimbish The Baffler
Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital, San Antonio, TX.
Selling off public assets and contracting out basic government functions has never been a cause driven by strong popular sentiment. Nonetheless, Trump is but the latest President, Democrat and Republican alike, to champion privatization.

Lessons from a Big, Flawed Story About the New York Public School System

Alexandria Neason Columbia Journalism Review
Public School #10, Brooklyn, New York.
Alexandria Neason critiques a widely circulated article by Atlantic writer George Packer on his experience with New York public schools, and how the lack of diversity in its ranks allows the media to easily label one experience as emblematic of many.

Friday Nite Videos | September 20, 2019

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Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot | Short Film on the Climate Crisis. Billie Eilish - All the Good Girls Go to Hell. Where's My Roy Cohn? | Documentary. Trump Whistleblower Complaint Centers on Ukraine. Legal Immigration | John Oliver

Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot | Short Film on the Climate Crisis

Living ecosystems like forests, mangroves, swamps and seabeds can pull enormous quantities of carbon from the air and store them safely, but natural climate solutions currently receive only 2% of the funding spent on cutting emissions. The film’s director, Tom Mustill of Gripping Films, said: 'We tried to make the film have the tiniest environmental impact possible.'

Billie Eilish - All the Good Girls Go to Hell

The lyrics and images off this smash hit reference God, the devil and climate change, with the performer herself posting a note urging participation in the global climate strikes on September 20 and 27 before the UN Climate Summit in New York City

Legal Immigration

John Oliver explains how our legal immigration system works, and how it often doesn’t.