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Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song | Trailer

July 22, 2022

A definitive exploration of singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, “Hallelujah.” Featuring Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Sharon Robinson, Rufus Wainwright and many others.

The 60,000 Year Old Artefact Rewriting Neanderthal History

July 22, 2022

A unique perforated bone was found in the Divje Babe cave in Slovenia, in the middle of a palaeolithic layer of earth, near the remains of a Neanderthal fire place, stone and bone tools.

July 22, 2022

Being Roommates With a Stripper

Jennifer Elise Wang New Verse News

Poet Jennifer Elise Wang gives the inside scoop about sex workers and other exploited workers.

July 21, 2022

‘Good Trouble’: 17 House Democrats Arrested Protesting Roe Reversal at Supreme Court

Jessica Corbett Common Dreams

"Even though they arrested us, we won't stop our organizing, agitating, and legislating for justice," declared Rep. Cori Bush.

July 21, 2022

What Will Chris Smalls Do Next? He Did the Impossible: Unionize an Amazon Warehouse. Then the Hard Part Began

Wes Enzinna New York Magazine

Smalls has been celebrated by everyone from President Joe Biden to Jesse Jackson as the prime author and strategist of what the New York Times called “one of the biggest victories for organized labor in a generation,”

July 21, 2022

Doctor Moves To Sue Indiana Attorney General – Dr. Caitlin Bernard Was Attacked for Doing Her Job

Tracey A. Wilkinson and the Associated Press Portside

Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who gave the girl a medication-induced abortion, filed a tort claim notice over what she says are false statements that Attorney General Todd Rokita has made about her and her work.

July 21, 2022

Militarism on the Ballot: Two Vets Vie in NY Primary

Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon Convergence

Brittany Ramos DeBarros is taking on a centrist Dem—and the military-industrial complex—in the race to represent NYC’s most conservative congressional district.

July 21, 2022

Tidbits – July 21, 2022 – Reader Comments: Hearings Big Night, When Are Charges?; Latin America’s Next Left; African American Solidarity Archives; Rosenberg Sons File New FOIA Request; Donations To Send Books & Pamphlets to Newly-Unionized Baristas;

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Reader Comments: Hearings Big Night, When Are Charges?; Latin America's Next Left; African American Solidarity Archives; Rosenberg Sons File New FOIA Request; Publisher Seeks Donations to Send Books & Pamphlets to Newly-Unionized Baristas; more

July 21, 2022

The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet

Jane LaTour New York Labor History Association

Many books describe organizing drives and some capture the transformative impact these campaigns can have on the participants. The empowerment that happens when a worker decides to engage in collective action, and this book documents that reality...

July 21, 2022

Ghana’s Unions and Left Reject Bailout Talks With the IMF As Economic Crisis Spirals

Tanupriya Singh People’s Dispatch

Ghana initiated talks with the International Monetary Fund to seek a bailout amid a major economic crisis. The Socialist Movement of Ghana and trade unions reject this, arguing it will do nothing to alleviate the economy's structural problems.