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This Week in People’s History, Aug. 7–13

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Lyrics to the first verse of Next Stop, Vietnam
Next Stop, Vietnam (1964), 80 Years Late, the Mutiny that Never Was (1944), ‘A Lonely Island of Poverty’ (1964), Warplanes Aren’t Cheap (1939), Destruction and Devastation (1779), Little Rock’s Slo-Mo Crisis (1959), A Powerful Union Is Born (1919)

New ‘Battery Belt’ Opens Organizing Front in the South

Ben Carroll Labor Notes
Thanks in part to investments from the Inflation Reduction Act and tariffs on China, the US South is seeing a boom in electric-vehicle manufacturing. The industry’s expansion in the mostly nonunion region presents an urgent organizing challenge

The Pitch of Passion

Colm Tóibín The New York Review of Books
James Baldwin was fascinated with eloquence itself, the soaring phrase, the rhythm pushed hard, the sharp and glorious ring of a sentence.

How Harris Can Outfox Trump (and Vance) on Taxes

Bill Scher Washington Monthly
The presumptive Democratic nominee can appeal to the working class by slapping a higher tax rate on corporations that lavish money on their chief executives but don’t adequately pay their workers.

Friday Nite Videos | August 2, 2024

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Can the Supreme Court Strike Down Court Reform? The Woman Who Inspires Fear in Corporate America. War Game | Documentary. Kamala Harris Hunts for a VP | Daily Show. Religious Affiliation Declines, Christian Communities Divide.

Protest and Serve

Kamau Franklin Yes! Magazine
Organizers working to end police violence refuse to be intimidated by growing efforts to criminalize free speech.