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This Week in People’s History, Apr 23–29

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The cover of the book, The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
Class Struggle by the Book (in 1914), The Global South Gets Organized (1955), Portugal Dumps Fascism (1974), Apartheid’s End (1994), Nixon on the Skids (1974), Pray for the Dead, Fight for the Living (1989), A College with No Color Line (1854)

Workplace Militancy Isn’t Enough for Labor

Bob Master Jacobin
The uptick in high-profile strikes in recent years has been heartening. But sustaining and expanding the gains won by that militancy will require careful strategizing and deep political engagement that starts with but goes beyond the shop floor.

We Are Already Defying the Supreme Court

Ryan Doerfler, Samuel Moyn Dissent
The risks of calling on politicians to push back against the court must be weighed against the present reality of a malign judicial dictatorship.

Buried: How We Choose To Remember the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Annina van Neel, Joseph Curran, Dominic Aubrey De Vere, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Peggy King Jorde The Guardian
How to create an appropriate memorial for the recently uncovered remains of thousands of formerly enslaved Africans, one of the most significant traces of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

The Two-State Solution Is an Unjust, Impossible Fantasy

Tareq Baconi New York Times
The Two-State solution mantra has allowed policymakers to avoid confronting the reality that partition is unattainable in the case of Israel and Palestine, and illegitimate as an arrangement originally imposed on Palestinians without their consent.

Sunday Science: Scientists Discover First Nitrogen-Fixing Organelle

Erin Malsbury University California Santa Cruz
After years of work, an international team of scientists have detected a sign of a major life event that may have only occurred three times before in the last billion years. They’ve observed two lifeforms merging into one organism.

Why They Hate Us: Anti-Zionism in the Jewish Community

Alan Wagman CounterPunch
We must demonstrate that one can leave Zionism and still be part of a Jewish community that lives its traditions, its values, and – if so inclined – its spiritual life with vitality and integrity.