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U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement—Weak Tea, at Best

Thea M. Lee, Robert E. Scott Economic Policy Institute
The USMCA will in no way offset or reverse the massive devastation caused by the original NAFTA agreement. Nor is the deal a “model for future trade agreements.”

Dispatches From the Culture Wars - December 10, 2019

Portside
SCOTUS Attacks Repro Rights / Fuel Industries Have Known All Along / Free Public Transit / E-Cars and Green Capitalism / Uberization / Jumping the Turnstiles / Sanders and Corbyn / UK Labour and Antisemitism / Chilean Women Change World Culture

Do We Deserve to Heal?

Max Page Boston Society of Architects
In this era of memorial building, how do we acknowledge history and spur justice?

Building a Solidarity Economy in Jackson, Mississippi

Cheree Franco The Indypendent
Cooperation Jackson is a long term vision. “We’re going to ultimately have to create our own network of supply and value chain. If we exist in a bubble, we won’t survive. It’s a big experiment in democracy."

Why Israel is Struggling to Find a Way Out of Its Political Deadlock

Jonathan Cook The Nation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The sad reality is there is strong unity in Israel – over shared, deeply ugly attitudes towards Palestinians, whether citizens or under occupation. Paradoxically, the only obstacle to realizing that unity is Mr. Netanyahu’s efforts to cling to power.