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July 16, 2019

Resisting the Wall Industry, From Mexico to Palestine

Chung-Wha Hong Yes! Magazine

The institutions responsible for harming people operate across borders far more than most people realize, yet many groups are joining forces to gain strength.

July 16, 2019

Puerto Rico’s Privatizers Are Finally Getting What They Deserve

Monique Dols Jacobin

Julia Keleher, Puerto Rico's former secretary of education, exploited the island's post-hurricane crisis to close hundreds of schools and privatize the education system. Now, thanks to a massive corruption scandal, she may be going to jail.

July 16, 2019

Trump's Latest Tweets Are Not Just Racist, But Part of a Broader Reactionary Attack on the Left

Jeffrey C. Isaac Common Dreams

While these comments surely further fueled the vicious, racist right-wing attacks against AOC and her colleagues in “The Squad,” it would be a mistake to reduce them to their racism. For they also articulated a broader reactionary agenda.

July 16, 2019

In Patriarchy No One Can Hear You Scream: Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein and the Silencing Machine

Rebecca Solnit Literary Hub

Indeed, power is not vested in them (all powerful men) but in the individuals and institutions all around them. This makes it essential to look past individual perpetrators to the systems that allow them to commit crimes with impunity.

July 16, 2019

Amazon Workers Are Celebrating Prime Day With A Protest

Emily Stewart Vox

Amazon has to do more than pay a $15 minimum wage to keep workers happy.

July 16, 2019

Media Bits and Bytes - July 16, 2019

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The Chicago Defender; Facial Recognition; Left in the Info Age; Cancel Amazon Prime; Rightists Cry Bias; Detroit Cops and Social Media; Disappearing Local Papers; Too Left for the MSM

July 16, 2019