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How ‘Fist Rice’ Became a Symbol of Korean Democracy

Jia Jung Atlas Obscura
On May 18, 1980, some 600 students and civilians gathered at Gwangju’s Chonnam National University in peaceful protest against Chun Doo-hwan. Gwangju’s rice ball is no less than an edible encapsulation of the city’s history and moral fiber.

Building Worker Power

Daniel Judt The Forge
Worker Power is a new political organization with deep roots in the work of UNITE HERE Local 11, the hospitality workers local in Southern California & Arizona. They are bringing union organizing tactics to door-knocking and political power building.

Marxists Changed How We Understand History

Alfie Steer Jacobin
Marxist historians in Britain — like E. P. Thompson and Eric Hobsbawm — sparked a revolution in understanding the role of working people in making history. Their work is still fresh and vibrant today.

5 Store-Level Changes Driving the Starbucks Union

Aneurin Canham-Clyne Restaurant Dive
With bargaining organized and led by workers, Starbucks Workers United’s proposals often focus on specific changes to systems that workers interact with all day, every day.

Contest or Conquest?

Daniel Immerwahr Harper's Magazine
A provocative history of Indigenous America. How best to tell the story of oppressed peoples? By chronicling the hardships they’ve faced? Or by highlighting their triumphs over adversity?