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A Mutiny Against the West’s Order

Peter Mertens - Interview by Loren Balhorn Jacobin
Western hegemony is in decline, the Left has to reckon with a new international balance of power. Peter Mertens, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Belgium, spoke to us about what the “mutinies” in the Global South mean for socialist strategy

The Call Is Out for Mass Strikes in 4 Years

Sarah Lazare Workday Magazine
These labor leaders are organizing for 2028. Cooperation across unions and sectors—if carried out on a large scale—would be unprecedented in the 21st century United States.

Breaking the Public Schools

Jennifer C. Berkshire The American Prospect
Red states are enacting universal education vouchers, threatening budget calamity and potentially degrading student achievement.

This Week in People’s History, Oct 16–22

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Harpers Ferry as it looked in 1857
Harpers Ferry, a Bridge Too Far (1859), Lynch Mob Gets Served (1894), A Frame-Up Falls Apart 15 Years Too Late (1989), George Washington’s Indigenous ‘Enemies’ (1779), Civil Servants In the Crosshairs (2020), A Guilty Verdict Reversed by Trump (2014)

Indian Fighting Today: Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher

Winona LaDuke High Plains Reader
There’s a long list of law firms who specialize in modern day Indian fighting. It’s usually to do with tribal jurisdiction over water, land, or children, all pretty basic for the survival of a people.

Bidenomics: A Giant Step Forward for Workers

Mark Levinson New Labor Forum
Bidenomics is a break with four decades of policy that disempowered workers. This record was obscured by Biden’s inability to explain his accomplishments. Undoing neoliberalism will take time but can happen with a revitalized labor movement.