Global Left Midweek - May 6, 2020
Portside
Bay of Pigs 2020 in Venezuela, and more international news and analysis
Turning and Turning: Jericho Brown’s The Tradition
The Rumpus
Jericho Brown is the 2020 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Poetry for his collection, The Tradition. Here is a review of that volume.
'A Dangerous Idea': Public School Advocates Denounce Cuomo-Gates Plan Seizing on Pandemic to 'Reimagine' New York's Education System
Common Dreams
"If you're looking for a bold new idea for New York public schools," wrote congressional candidate Jamaal Bowman, "how about you just try fully funding them for once?"
Ahmaud Arbery: Anger Mounts Over Killing of Black Jogger Caught on Video
The Guardian
Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was on his regular run through Brunswick, Georgia, when he encountered an armed white father and son.
‘We Are Not Essential. We Are Sacrificial.’
The New York Times
I’m a New York City subway conductor who had Covid-19. Now I’m going back to work.
UC Workers Continue COLA Movement Virtually on International Workers’ Day
Daily Bruin
University of California graduate and union workers held strikes and panels Friday for International Workers’ Day to demand increased wages to match rising living costs.
Media Bits and Bytes - May 5, 2020
Portside
Why Press Freedom Day? Is encrypted messaging the future of social media? And more media news
'The Assistant' – Eloquent Sexual Harassment Drama
The Guardian
'The Assistant': Julia Garner excels as a junior assistant to a predatory media mogul boss in Kitty Green’s powerfully understated #MeToo drama.
It’s Workers Who Should Determine When Their Workplace Is Safe
The American Prospect
States must create health and safety councils—one way that ‘essential’ workers can begin to gain one essential they lack: power.
Trump Must Choose Between a Global Ceasefire and America’s Long Lost Wars
Nation of Change
Like his predecessors from Truman to Obama, Trump has been caught in the trap of America’s blind, deluded militarism.
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