Portside

This book is "a radical, genre-defying examination of the lives of 'ordinary' young Black women" in the rapidly urbanizing USA of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, says this reviewer.

Gare de Lyon protest comes on 19th day of industrial action over pension changes.

The Left in the EU + American Lessons From Labour's Defeat + Fury in India, Algeria and Colombia + Mass Strike in France + Building Democracy in Kurdish Syria

The plan to merge the current 42 pension plans into a universal points system is overwhelmingly rejected by the unions, and the ‘pivot age’ is still a fantasy, unacceptable to unions like the CGT and Force Ouvriere.

The bill would strengthen workers’ right to organize into unions, bargain collectively, and conduct strikes.

"We'd be in much better shape if Trump and company were merely heartless misers. What they really are is much, much worse."

A National Labor Relations Board decision gives McDonald’s a major victory over the threat that it might share a duty to franchise employees, or that workers might have an easier path to unionization.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest women ever elected to Congress, did not come to play by the old rules – and she has pushed the party to the left

White Nationalism + Prizefighters + Trump's Antisemitism Swindle + Recycling + Food Stamps + Jersey City Murder + #WouldYouShootMeToo + Scott Free

Terrence Malick's latest film explores whether a single civilian’s quiet act of resistance can have any tangible impact during times of systemic evil.