Dreamers With Shovels
The American Prospect
How the first New Deal remade America
France faces second day of travel chaos as strikes continue
The Guardian
Transport stoppages to run into weekend amid protests against planned pension changes
Labour Manifesto may be Corbyn’s – and Britain’s – last chance
il manifesto
No matter what the court jesters of post-political analysis say, the British elections have right and left as the clear contenders. A victory for Labour would show that the voice of class cannot be silenced.
A Canadian Mining Company Intensifies a Culture War in Oaxaca
NACLA
Local Oaxacan representatives accuse Fortuna Silver Mines, a Canadian corporation, of appropriating their culture to whitewash a record of environmental crimes and incitement to violence that has killed local activists and divided their communities.
Iraqis Rise Up Against 16 Years of 'Made in the USA' Corruption
OpenDemocracy
With massive protests embroiling Iraq, Western media casts Iran as the chief foreign player in Iraq today. While Iran is one of the targets of the protests, most of those ruling Iraq now remain former exiles the US flew in with its occupation forces.
A Hidden Ingredient in Chicago’s Gun Violence: The Lack of Housing Options for At-Risk Young Men
The Trace
"Wherever there is homelessness and housing insecurity, there is violence. So I think anybody who is concerned about crime in a city like Chicago should look at homelessness as a contributing factor."
Friday Nite Videos | December 6, 2019
Portside
Why Billionaires Won’t Save Us. GIULIANI! (Here He Goes Again). Pete Buttigieg and the Republican Lie. Youth Climate Strike Leader Endorses Bernie. Who Is Worse: Donald Trump or Mitch McConnell?
Why Billionaires Won’t Save Us
Hasan Minhaj dissects how the ultra-rich use philanthropy to get richer, distract from the injustices on which they built their fortunes, and dictate politics and policy
GIULIANI! (Here He Goes Again)
A Randy Rainbow song parody
Pete Buttigieg and the Republican Lie
Lawrence O’Donnell looks at Pete Buttigieg’s strange comments in New Hampshire today about Democrats and deficits
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