Global Left Midweek – March 21, 2024
Portside
On the electoral front, surges and splits
AFSCME’s DC 37 Retirees Hearing Didn’t Settle Anything…
Work Bites
The Judicial Panel hearing ostensibly called to decide if AFSCME President Lee Saunders acted appropriately in taking over control of the DC 37 Retirees Association and suspending its officers in February has only sparked more questions.
Did Stalin Deliberately Let Ukraine Starve?
The Guardian
A vivid account exposes the myths of the catastrophic Ukrainian famine of 1932-3.
The Problem With ‘Affordable’ Child Care
The Atlantic
The service is essential to families and communities. It should be free.
Is SCOTUS About To Make Bribing Politicians the Same As “Earning a Tip”?
Hartmann Report
And now it appears that the six corrupt Republicans currently on the Court are preparing to make political bribery even easier for their well-heeled patrons…
Biden Administration Announces Rule Aimed at Expanding Electric Vehicles
The New York Times
The regulation would require automakers to sell more electric vehicles and hybrids by gradually tightening limits on tailpipe pollution.
Armed by Washington, Israel Trashes the Genocide Convention
TomDispatch
Stop Treating Gaza Like a Natural Disaster
Media Bits and Bytes – March 20, 2024
Portside
Who’s afraid of TikTok?
A Revolution in American Foreign Policy
Foreign Affairs
Replacing Greed, Militarism, and Hypocrisy With Solidarity, Diplomacy, and Human Rights
The Zone of Interest Is About the Danger of Ignoring Atrocities – Including in Gaza
The Guardian
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present – not to say, ‘Look what they did then’; rather, ‘Look what we do now.”
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