Global Left Midweek – February 5, 2025
Portside
Antifascism and social transformation
The Musk-Bezos War on Collective Bargaining
The American Prospect
When Biden’s NLRB began to restore workers’ rights, the world’s richest men moved to shut down the NLRB altogether.
The Struggle for Black Education
Los Angeles Review of Books
An outstanding contribution to the history of Black education that focuses on the career of Carter G. Woodson.
Anti-Trump Protests Break Out at State Capitols Across the Country
The New Republic
Anti-Trump, Anti=Musk 'Movement 50501' Protests Take Place Nationwide
King Musk’s Government Purge Hits a Snag
The American Prospect
Before Elon Musk can exercise authoritarian power, he must purge the federal bureaucracy. But federal workers aren’t playing ball.
Palestinians in Gaza on Trump’s Plan: ‘We Would Rather Die Here Than Leave’
The Guardian
The US president’s idea to take over the territory and his claims Palestinians were keen to move were met with anger – and a determination to stay
‘Frankly Insane’: Trump’s Plan To Ship Migrants to Guantanamo Could Quickly Collapse
Politico
A reality check from a top lawyer who knows Guantanamo.
Media Bits and Bytes – February 4, 2025
Portside
The exodus from mainstream media
Palestinian and Israeli Filmmakers Team Up To Create ‘No Other Land’
NPR
No Other Land, an award-winning documentary about the dispossession of Palestinians in the West Bank, still hasn’t found a distributor in the US.
America’s Dangerous Movement Toward Oligarchy, Authoritarianism and Kleptocracy
CounterPunch
In my view, the Trump administration is moving this country very aggressively into an oligarchic form of society where extraordinary power rests in the hands of a small number of unelected multi-billionaires.
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