Trump Administration to Ease Constraints on Use of Nuclear Weapons

Julian Borger The Guardian
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense James (Mad Dog) Mattis.
According to a draft of the soon to be released Nuclear Posture Review, President Trump wants to ease checks on the use of nuclear weapons and develop more “usable” nuclear warheads, steps, experts say, that will raise the likelihood of nuclear war.

The Man in Black Goes to Folsom

Nicole Coleson Socialist Worker
On the 50th anniversary of Johnny Cash's concerts behind prison walls, later released as At Folsom Prison, Nicole Colson looks at how Cash gave voice to the voiceless.

From Spinoza to Vilkomerson, Jewish Voices for Peace Have Long Been Banned– by Jews

Jonathan Ofir Mondoweiss
This throws me 362 years back, to the expulsion of the legendary philosopher Benedict (Baruch) Spinoza in 1656, from the Amsterdam Jewish-Portuguese community. There are admittedly differences, which I shall address, between that expulsion and the banning of Jewish Voice for Peace – but there are also striking similarities, which I believe are instructive for understanding the psychological mechanisms at hand.

Union-busters Set Themselves Up for Janus Backfire

IUOE Local 150 IUOE Local 150
Unfortunately, for the special interest groups that are pushing this agenda, the ramifications of a win will have the opposite of the desired effect. If not bargaining is protected free speech, then bargaining will conversely be protected free speech, giving union workers new protections that we’ve never enjoyed before.

Jeremy Corbyn is About to Transform the Labour Party – Again

Richard Power Sayeed The Independent
If the Labour leader gets his way, when you think of Labour, you won’t imagine rows of MPs on green leather benches. Instead, you’ll think of activists reinvigorating their estate’s tenants association.

Harry Belafonte | Zombie Jamboree

In Belafonte's version, the Zombie Jamboree takes place in a New York cemetery, naturally enough, in the wake of nuclear war, which Belafonte adds a verse about how to avert. 

Camperforce | Documentary

A short by Jessica Bruder and Laura Poitros (Citizenfour) featuring the stories of some of the thousands of nomadic senior citizens recruited by Amazon to work in its far-flung giant warehouses. With secret camera footage from inside the Amazon empire, and a twist ending.

Response

Mary Anna Dunn Tar River Poetry
Reflecting contemporary tensions that explode into violence, Virginia poet Mary Anna Dunn explores the failures of imagination to create resolution.