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December 25, 2021

United Elf Workers Union Offers Comforting Words from the North Pole

Ben Kimmel Labor Press

Merry Christmas, folks. Let’s take a lesson from Elf Local 1225 and stand together. Most importantly, let’s not forget what this time of year is supposed to mean. It’s not about masks or or vaccines. It’s about peace, unity and togetherness.

December 25, 2021

SNCC’s Unruly Internationalism

Dan Berger Boston Review

Though the organization’s legacy has been domesticated, its grassroots leadership embraced the global fight for freedom.

December 24, 2021

Friday Nite Videos | December 24, 2021

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Chile 2021: Leftwing Millennial to Be New President. Chile 1973: Manifiesto | Victor Jara. ‘Surprising Is An Understatement’: Kim Potter Verdict. Why New York’s Billionaires’ Row Is Half Empty. Fauci Holiday Message Cold Open | SNL.

December 24, 2021

What Low-Wage Workers Understand About the True Meaning of Christmas

William J. Barber II TIME

Poor people and low-wage workers understand the basic message of Christmas. When the justice of God comes to those at the bottom of society, it is good news for all of us.

December 24, 2021

Donald Trump Has Normalized Fascism

Jason Stanley The Guardian

By giving a growing fascist social and political movement in the United States a classically authoritarian leader, Trump shaped and exacerbated it, and his time in politics has normalized it.

December 24, 2021

Millions of Angry, Armed Americans Stand Ready to Seize Power If Trump Loses in 2024

David H. Freedman Newsweek

"The idea that people would take up arms against an American election has gone from completely farfetched to something we have to start planning for and preparing for," says an expert on gun policy and constitutional law.

December 24, 2021

The Vigilante World of Comic Books

Scott Bradfield The New Republic

A sweeping new history of American comics traces the rise of characters caught in a Manichaean struggle between good and evil.

Chile 2021: Leftwing Millennial Gabriel Boric to Be Chile's New President

December 24, 2021

Gabriel Boric, former student leader, will become Chile’s youngest president after storming to a resounding victory (56-44) in a run-off vote against his far-right opponent, José Antonio Kast. Kast quickly accepted his defeat and called Boric to congratulate him.

Chile 1973: Manifiesto | Victor Jara (With English Subtitles)

December 24, 2021

One of the last songs Victor Jara wrote, and a poem composed in his final days, while imprisoned in a Santiago stadium.

‘Surprising Is An Understatement’: Civil Rights Attorney on Kim Potter Verdict

December 24, 2021

Attorney David Henderson reacts to the jury finding ex-officer Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Daunte Wright: “I think calling this surprising is an understatement.”