13 Men Tackle Trumpcare in Senate
Common Dreams
"When women aren't at the table, they're on the menu," says Planned Parenthood president
National Lynching Memorial Preview
Commemoration of America's history of racial terrorism can play a significant role in community-wide reconciliation.
Ryan's Rush to Strip Health Care
Seth Meyers takes a closer look at the House Republicans' rush to strip health insurance from millions of Americans, without knowing what's in it.
Stephen Colbert Goes One-On-One With Trump
In his exclusive and totally not-edited conversation with the Trump, Stephen asks the President about his first 100 days in office.
Alice's Restaurant - Original 1967 Recording
In his signature song released 50 years ago Arlo Guthrie tells a true and powerfully understated story of draft resistance that encourages listeners to sing together, resist together and end war.
F**king Unbelievable: GOP Shoves Health Care Through the House
Despite opposition from almost every major health organization, the GOP pushes an Affordable Care Act replacement bill through the House of Representatives.
Friday Nite Videos | May 5, 2017
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F**king Unbelievable: GOP Shoves Health Care Through the House. Alice's Restaurant - Original 1967 Recording. Stephen Colbert Goes One-On-One With Trump. Ryan's Rush to Strip Health Care. National Lynching Memorial Preview.
Iranian workers continue to struggle for independent trade unions
Equal Times
During Iran’s post-revolution reform era (1997-2005), a new wave of trade unionism began in the country. However, this spring of unionism quickly turned to winter, and most union leaders were arrested when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power in 2005. Nowadays, any attempts by workers to organise strikes are met with severe repercussions by security agents. Nonetheless union resistance is growing.
Tidbits - May 4, 2017 - Reader Comments: We Remember-May 4, 1970; Korea; Peace Movement; Pre-Existing Conditions; March on McDonald's; Boycotts; Responses to Culture posts; Know Your Rights: What To Do; European Left; and more...
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Reader Comments: We Remember - May 4, 1970; New Korean War?; Where is the Peace Movement; Pre-Existing Conditions; March on McDonald's May 23; Boycotts; Workers; Luddites; Marine Le Pen; California Single-Payer; Responses to Culture posts - Identity Politics; Picasso's Guernica; The Zookeeper's Wife; The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks; Lunch and Bologna; Donna Leon; The Handmaid's Tale; KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: What To Do If You're Stopped; The European Left; and more...
And It Could Have Been Me
Kent and Jackson State 1970-1990
Twenty years after the murders of students at Kent State (May 4) and Jackson State (May 15), in 1970, Holly Near wrote "And It Could Have Me." in 1990. "The song has grown over the years, new verses being added as violence continues to interrupt human potential." Today with Trump as President and a right-wing GOP-cabal in control, the song has new meaning - "it could have been me; But instead it was you; So I’ll keep doing the work you were doing as if I were two."
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