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Will Gawker Go Union?

Steven Greenhouse Los Angles Times
If the unionization effort succeeds, it will be a big PR boost for the ailing labor movement. It will show that unions, which have focused in recent years on organizing low-wage workers, can also attract hip, highly educated workers, many of them Ivy League graduates. But if Gawker staffers reject the union, it will be an embarrassing blow to labor, especially because so much of the Gawker debate has been out in the open.

Malcolm X, Gentrification and Housing as a Human Right

John Bartlett Truthout
Every day the Metropolitan Tenants Organization works with renters who are facing the negative effects of gentrification and economic forces that threaten their housing. Thousands of low-income renters and homeowners are displaced every year by a property law system with misplaced priorities. We all pay when people are involuntarily displaced because of increased crime, skyrocketing medical costs and a failing educational system.

Guantanamo's Refugees Released to Uruguay Still Seeking Relief

Aisha Maniar Truthout
Guantánamo Bay is a mess the United States created and which it expects the rest of the world to clean up. Many of the remaining 122 prisoners are in a situation similar to that of the 15 prisoners released to Uruguay in December 2014. Among them were six men - a Tunisian, a Palestinian and four Syrians - who were resettled in Uruguay as refugees. All had been held without charge or trial for over 12 years at Guantánamo, and had been cleared for release since 2010.

May Hope Prevail in Greece and Europe: SYRIZA Central Committee Statement

SYRIZA Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
May 28, 2015 -- The following is the resolution of the central committee of SYRIZA, published on May 24 and is binding for the party collectively. The resolution is a product of consensus and has been voted for. It is posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal for the information of the international left.

Graphic Novel Illustrates the Architecture of Immigration Detention

Victoria Law Bitch Media Bitch Magazine
With Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention, Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist and migrant rights organizer Tings Chak peels away the invisibility of massive immigration detention facilities. In graphic novel form, she walks the reader through these physical spaces step by step.

Five Years on, Nanhai Honda Workers Want More from Their Trade Union

China Labour Bulletin China Labour Bulletin
Five years ago, workers at Nanhai Honda in China captured the world's attention in a wildcat strike that shut down Honda production. Workers demanded a large pay increase and the chance to elect their own union representatives. What has happened since? The current situation at Nanhai Honda presents both a challenge and an opportunity to the trade union.

The Perfect Pivot

Willa Paskin Slate
In its second season, Halt tells the story of two women laboring to bring a new, better technology to consumers with an assist from a houseful of gamers. Lean In, Gamergate, and the ongoing under-representation of women in tech hang heavy over the episodes.

Volkswagen-Funded Study Determines Incentives Given To Volkswagen Are Good Business

Bill Visnic Forbes
Volkswagen is touting a University of Tennessee study that determined controversial incentives from the state of Tennessee for the expansion of VW’s assembly plant in Chattanooga are, in fact, a damn good investment for the state. The sunny conclusions of the report may even be mostly accurate, at least with some context. Problem is, Volkswagen paid for the study. Greg LeRoy of Good Jobs First said he believed numbers for created jobs were exaggerated.

Neoliberalism Has Created New System of Dual Citizenship for the Poor and the 1%

Bill Fletcher, Jr. Alternet
The exit from a dystopian future does not rest with a brave individual or a small group of high tech activists who undermine the state. Rather, it rests in winning the confidence of millions that there is an alternative to chaos and dystopia that is not to be found in one or another variant of authoritarianism. This is the challenge for the global Left . . .