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Reports on the threatened coup in Venezuela have mostly overlooked the gross belligerence of the Trump administration. Global Left Midweek brings you news and opinion from the left press, including translations from Spanish by Portside.

"The Senate is voting on a bill promoting state laws that suppress the right to boycott Israel. It's up to us to tell our senators: Hands off the right to boycott."

This first book by a young African American writer offers a glimpse into the post-Ferguson generation's thinking and concerns. In this essay, reviewer Mtshali engages in a productive dialogue with these ideas and concerns.

Stanley Hill rose through the ranks of District Council 37. He became its first black executive director but was forced to resign when the union was rocked by a corruption scandal involving some of his closest aides and political allies.

"Get Me Roger Stone" uses Stone’s story as a cipher for modern political history. It’s a horror show!

"Act American!"; The Kids Aren't Alright; Up From Bondage For Campaign Workers; AOC; Bernie; Shutdown Heroes

Hands off Venezuela! U.S. Labor Against the War opposes the Trump Administration intervention in the internal affairs of Venezuela.

'This is truly an ominous development for the poor people of Venezuela.'

“The war was started by men, the war will be ended by men . . but it’s the women and children who suffer the most and they have a right to define peace.”

No Class is an op-ed column by writer and radical organizer Kim Kelly that connects worker struggles and the current state of the American labor movement with its storied — and sometimes bloodied — past.