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Amazon Transformed Seattle. Now, Its Workers Are Poised to Take It Back.

E. Tammy Kim The New York Times
A growing segment of the general population now recognizes the threat of “Amazon capitalism”: what scholars describe as reflecting “the larger global trend of the increasing influence of finance capitalism, neoliberal politics and corporate power."

Angela Davis 1971 Prosecution : First Hand Remembrance

Michael Myerson Jacobin
When Angela Davis was arrested after two months on the lam in 1971, Michael Myerson interviewed her and a codefendant in jail — turning him into a prosecution’s witness. He was now in a tough spot: Could he defy the prosecution without going to jail

Ethel Rosenberg by Anne Sebba Review – A Notorious Cold War Tragedy

Melissa Benn The Guardian
This is a sensitive portrait of the American civilian who was executed for allegedly passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. There are striking similarities between the poisonous atmosphere of the cold war and that of contemporary politics...

Nina Turner Is Reaching Forward and Reaching Back

Sarah Jaffe The American Prospect
Her willingness to learn from her base, while holding fast to principles and being willing to take a public stand even when that stand might cost her, offers a lesson to the party in how to evolve in the years to come.

Amazon Transformed Seattle. Now, Its Workers Are Poised to Take It Back

By E. Tammy Kim The New York Times
Protesters with picket signs
In the coming years, Amazon will most likely become the largest private employer in the United States — perhaps even the world. It already employs nearly a million U.S. workers and indirectly commands many more thousands of contracted drivers.