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This Week in People’s History, Jul 16–22, 2025

Portside
Two men standing at ground zero after the first nuclear bomb test
Deadly Fallout Heralds the Nuclear Age (1945), Bob Marley’s Breakthrough (1975), Hitler’s Publishing Debut (1925), Struggle Pays (2000), The Origin of Ignorance (1925), The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same (1665)

Insoumission

Jean-Luc Mélenchon & Tariq Ali Sidecar
The liberals say it’s every man for himself and the fascists say it’s everyone against the Arabs. They have their worldviews, and we, the left, must offer another way of seeing the world. That’s what we’re trying to do.

America’s Brutal Capitalist Class Tamed Its Labor Movement

Maya Adereth Jacobin
Across Europe, trade unions have a long history of making political demands for universal health care and benefits. The unique brutality of the US capitalist class bred a labor movement that has often limited itself to being a private insurance provi