Gimme Shelter | Playing for Change Band

In this moving live performance in Dubai, the Playing For Change Band radically reinterprets the Rolling Stones classic about war, “Gimme Shelter.” 

Chris Smalls: The Man Who Took on Amazon and Won

“I’m playing for a different team, and I’m with the people.” Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls discusses how the lack of humanity in Amazon’s hiring and firing practices led him to organize a warehouse workers’ union, despite all the odds against him. #DailyShow

White Nationalist Fringe Moves Closer to Center of GOP

Annika Brockschmidt Religion Dispatches
“Today, the United States finds itself at a crossroads. To the left, lies multiracial democracy; to the right a 'white Christian nation' or Herrenvolk 'democracy.'” It’s clear which path the Republican party has chosen. 

Why Ukraine Affects the Whole World

John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus
The West is focused on Russia's war in Ukraine. Here's why the rest of the world should care as well.

Reconnecting With the Radical Roots of Earth Day

Johanna Chao Kreilick Union of Concerned Scientists
Set in the wider arc of history, Earth Day stands for me as a reminder of the importance of fact-based and community-grounded advocacy for moving the needle on inclusive, just environmental policy and practice.

Friday Nite Videos | April 22, 2022

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Chris Smalls: The Man Who Took on Amazon and Won. Gimme Shelter | Playing for Change Band. Michigan Lawmaker Says, ‘We Will Not Let Hate Win.’ Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen | Documentary. Astrophysicist Breaks Down the Origins of Life.

How Creative Writing Programs De-Politicized Fiction

Annie Levin Current Affairs
In the shadow of the Cold War, the rise of creative writing programs and ‘show don’t tell’ philosophy drained fiction of its political bite. Author Sandra Cisneros, writing about her college program said: How can art make a difference was never asked

Tidbits – Apr 21, 2022 – Reader Comments: Ukraine and the Left; Grad Students; Who Is Working-Class; Amazon Rainforest; Jackie Robinson; Amazon Rally Sunday; May Day; Global Green New Deal; Labor Notes Conference; Teaching Socialism; Mark Rogovin;

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Reader Comments: Ending Ukraine War; Ukraine and the Left; Grad Students; Who Is Working-Class; Amazon Rainforest; Jackie Robinson; Amazon Rally Sunday; May Day; Global Green New Deal; Labor Notes Conference; Teaching Socialism; Mark Rogovin; more...

A Message From President Chris Smalls

Chris Smalls Amazon Labor Union
The founder and president of the ALU wants workers to know his long history of dedication to Amazon and the workers, what has brought him to be leading this campaign to build the first Amazon labor union in the country on behalf of all Amazon workers