No, Israel Is Not a Democracy
Jacobin
Israel is not the only democracy in the Middle East. In fact, it's not a democracy at all.
Book Review: How Electrical Workers Powered Up Their Union
Labor Notes
A book review: Union Power: The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Suffer the Children, Forbid Them Not
Portside
"a mirror/ if our eyes are strong enough," so the poet J. David Cummings evokes the death of children: at Hiroshima, on the Mediterranean today.
'From Laughable to Inevitable': $15 Minimum Wage Hits Congress
Common Dreams
Responding to grassroots labor movement, Democratic lawmakers show that they are ready to join the pro-worker fight
Mulvaney Corrects Jesus
Campaign for America's Future
Compassion, says Trump's budget chief, explaining Trump's new budget, is measured in how many people you kick off social programs for poor and working people.
Jared Kushner's Secret Channel to Moscow
The Guardian
Russia’s ambassador told his superiors that he and Kushner discussed ways to shield White House transition team discussions from monitoring, sources said
Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Address on Removal of Four Confederate Statues
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu powerfully explains why the Confederate statues had to go.
Movie: The Zookeeper's Wife
A true story of resistance to Nazism based on the diaries of Antonina Żabiński, now in theaters. A review and comment on its relevance to Israel/Palestine here.
To Donald Trump, from Vicente Fox
The former president of Mexico, Vincente Fox, explains what it means to be president and why Donald Trump is doing it wrong.
Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards Jam
What does it sound like when three guitar greats "take a break"? Epic, as you can experience in this outtake from the movie Hail Hail Rock n Roll.
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