Blue Collar Empire
Portside
A review of Blue Collar Empire:The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anti-Communist Crusade by Jeff Schurhke.
Being Against the Right Is Not Enough
Transform!Europe
The politics of ‘being against’ is part of the problem. The left’s claim must always be to make a difference in the daily life of people.
A Review of Key 2024 Ballot Measures
Economic Policy Institute
Voters backed progressive policy measures
Lincare Became a Multibillion-Dollar Medicare Scofflaw
ProPublica
Lincare, the nation’s largest distributor of home oxygen equipment, has repeatedly violated Medicare rules and probation agreements.
The 2017 Trump Resistance Playbook Is Out. Community Organizing Is In.
The 19th
The Women’s March is now the People’s March, and groups working to oppose Trump’s agenda are highlighting specific actions volunteers can take.
To My Classless Motherland
the Journal
Chinese Poet Weijia Pan offers a glimpse of the contradictions in a “classless” society.
Barnes & Noble Workers Rally for a Contract Joined by Other Bookstore Workers & Labor Groups
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)
“The administration coming into this country has made no secret about its feelings on unions. Together as book workers we have the collective ability and strength to fight back." - Daniela Franceschetti, Book Seller
Iraqis Tortured at Abu Ghraib Win $42 Million Judgment
A federal jury has ordered a U.S. military contractor to pay a $42 million to three Iraqi men who were tortured at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison
We Have To Talk About Weed
Cannabis is finally being decriminalized, for good reason. But there’s a dark side. Let’s take an honest look at some of the latest research
Separated | Trailer
The U.S. government’s role in developing and implementing policies that have kept over 1,300 children without confirmed reunifications. Airs Dec. 7.
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