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Wal-Mart Strikes Lawful, Must Reinstate Workers: NLRB Judge

Nathan Layne Reuters
Carter ordered Wal-Mart to offer 16 former workers their previous jobs and make them "whole for any loss of earnings and other benefits suffered as a result of the discrimination against them". Wal-Mart was also ordered to hold a meeting in more than two dozen stores to inform workers of their rights to organize under U.S. labor law.

Chavismo and Its Discontents

Roger Harris - Chuck Kaufman CounterPunch
International Left Intellectuals Respond to Venezuelan Government's Legislative Election Setback: We have to ask ourselves, “Do my statements empower and amplify the articulated priorities of the movements and governments I am in solidarity with, or do they strengthen the US government narrative and create even greater space for it to intervene in the sovereign affairs of other countries?”

What's New

Jill McDonough AGNI
For the novelty fetishists, everything's new, new, new. Boston-based poet Jill McDonough shines a light on what's happening, what's coming. Only maybe not.

Hillary and Bernie: The Credibility Gap

Robert Borosage Campaign for America's Future
The Clinton campaign has aggressively sought campaign donations from the biggest financial interests and Clinton has personally taken millions of dollars in speaking fees from Wall Street and the health care industry. Meanwhile, Sanders has generated enough true popular excitement and small donations to be financially competitive at a presidential level.

Richard Levins: The People's Scientist

Pankaj Mehta Jacobin
Levins showed it is possible to be a serious scientist and a radical — a revelation for a scientifically and mathematically inclined young adult growing up at the “end of history.” He leaves an extraordinary scientific legacy matched by his legacy as a radical and activist.

Buddy Can You Spare a Dime

Charlie Palloy and his orchestra (1932) perform Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (Yip Harburg and Jay Gorney). 

Willie Nelson -- Summertime

Willie Nelson shares his redition of Summertime (Ira and George Gershwin), the title track of his upcoming album.