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October 10, 2020

Moneybags for Billionaires, Body Bags for Workers: Organizing in the Time of Pandemics

Sheri Davis Faulkner and Marilyn Sneiderman New Labor Forum

In 2020, COVID and the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police revealed the extent to which people of color and the entire working class is confronting the economic injustice and racism of a political system stacked in favor of elites.

October 10, 2020

Murder, He Said - America’s Maestro of Death and Destruction

Tom Engelhardt TomDispatch

In 2016, Donald Trump said "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK? It's, like, incredible." He is indeed a murderer, but as president, he's proven to be anything but a smalltime killer.

October 10, 2020

Trump’s Minnesota Visit had Him Acting Like a Proud Boy

Sarah Lahm The Progressive

Amid “white power” chants and maskless rallies, the President spreads hate (and likely COVID-19) during Minnesota fundraiser and campaign rally.

October 10, 2020

Voting Rights Advocates Demand Officials Do More to Stop Voter Intimidation

Steven Rosenfeld Voting Booth - A Project of the Independent Media Institute

Members of the Proud Boys, a right-wing extremist group, at a rally in defense of a Confederate monument.

Voting rights groups are demanding local officials do more to protect voters from intimidation by right wing extremists enlisted by President Trump to suppress the vote. The most likely targets will be polls in communities of color in swing states.

October 10, 2020

The 2020 Elections and the Cruel and Complex History of Native American Citizenship

Johnnie Jae Prism

Diné (Navajo) voters registering to vote in 1948.

Tribal sovereignty and the well being of Native people hinge on the outcome of the 2020 elections. Yet, voter suppression, the fractured relationship with the major political parties and the US government continues to disenfranchise Native voters.

October 9, 2020

Friday Nite Videos | October 9, 2020

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Scowls, Smirks, Eye Rolls. Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder) | Playing For Change. The Big Scary 'S' Word | Trailer. A Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair. Newman Trashes Trump.

Scowls, Smirks, Eye Rolls

October 9, 2020

Fox News has issues with the way this candidate debated #DailyShow #Trump #Debate

Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder) | Playing For Change

October 9, 2020

Shot on location with musicians from Senegal, Mali, Brazil, South Africa, Italy, Japan, USA, the Netherlands, and Jamaica,

The Big Scary 'S' Word | Trailer

October 9, 2020

The Big Scary “S” Word explores the rich history of the American socialist movement and the people striving to build a socialist future today.

A Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair

October 9, 2020

An animated short film that dares to dream of a future in which 2020 is a historic turning point, where the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic and global uprisings against racism drive us to build back a better society in which no one is sacrificed and everyone is essential.