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San Diego Workers Gather at Chicano Park for May Day

Benjamin Guevarra, USCD The Guardian
Workers in San Diego joined global May Day demonstrations on Friday to demand better working conditions and advocate for immigrants’ rights. Rallies across San Diego County, including one at Chicano Park, drew more than 500 participants.

Cooperation Is More Powerful Than Coercion

Rebecca Solnit Waging Nonviolence
The Trump administration profoundly misunderstands power as being synonymous with violence. But we can learn a lesson about real power from a humble source — flowers.

Aftermath: Oil Execs Thrill to Higher Profits From War

Ryan Cooper, Whitney Curry Wimbish The American Prospect
Plus: Why Iran won’t make a deal with Trump to end the crisis Today on Aftermath, we look at the stalemate the war has settled into and whether there’s any way out.

The Corporate Thriller Lied to Us

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Criterion Channel is hosting a retrospective on Hollywood’s “corporate thrillers” from the 1980s through the early 2000s. If anything, their message about the capitalist rot in America’s institutions looks far too tame for how the last couple of deca

Is DNC Boosting Kamala for ’28?

Norman Solomon LA Progressive
Who are party leaders protecting most by not releasing an autopsy of the former vice president’s 2024 loss to Donald Trump?

What Starbucks Taught Me About Union-Busting

Jaz Brisack The Nation
A new labor nonprofit called Union Now is trying to help workers weather firings, delays, and first-contract battles. We could’ve used their help in our Starbucks campaigns.