What Comes After National Liberation Movements?

Imraan Buccus New Frame
History shows that the decline of national liberation movements is inevitable. Without undertaking the political work to build progressive alternatives, moving from one political epoch to another can be a movement from the frying pan into the fire.

Friday Nite Videos | January 14, 2022

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Trump Hangs Up on NPR. David Byrne's American Utopia. Michigan AG Refers Fake Electors to Feds. The Landlord’s Worst Nightmare Could Protect Millions of New Yorkers. Jordan Klepper Runs Into Matt Gaetz.

Sanderistas Inspire Union Drive at Starbucks

Noam Scheiber The New York Times
The liberal workers the company has long attracted are expanding a union campaign to other cities after a landmark victory in Buffalo.

Supreme Court Rules for Death by Covid

Lawrence Gostin Daily Beast
Six Supreme Court ideologues have defied science, common sense and established law. Thousands will die of covid as a result.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Internationalist

Khury Petersen-Smith OtherWords.org
King looked beyond our borders — not only at injustice, but how people worked together to end it. It’s an example we need today.

David Byrne's American Utopia

A one-of-a-kind film directed by Spike Lee. Byrne is joined by an ensemble of 11 musicians, singers, and dancers from around the globe, inviting audiences into a joyous dream world. Now streaming.