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How Unions Are Backing BDS

Olivia Katbi Electronic Intifada
This divestment resolution lays the groundwork for a new generation of labor rank and file to continue mainstreaming support for Palestine, and to move that support into concrete action.

The Case for Taxing the Rich Gets an Unexpected Boost

Sam Pizzigati CounterPunch
“Countries and regions with higher levels of inequality typically experience deeper recessions,” adds the BIS analysis. “In other words, excessive inequality serves to erode macroeconomic stability.”

Happening Is an Abortion Story About Working-Class Women

Jess Cotton Jacobin
Audrey Diwan’s film adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s abortion memoir, Happening, captures the violence and drama of its source material. It depicts a time when sex, for young women — without the resources of contraception and abortion — carried unfathomable consequences.

Russians Line Up for Final Big Macs

Reuters Reuters
Although providing food and employment to tens of thousands might seem the right thing to do, Chief Executive Chris Kempczinski said in a letter to employees, "it is impossible to ignore the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine."