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November 17, 2023

Tesla Union Pressure Increases in Sweden As Dockworkers Escalate Strike

Marie Mannes Reuters

A photo of a parking lot of tesla cars in the foreground and a ship in background.

In addition to dockworkers, unionized cleaners are refusing to clean Tesla buildings and postal workers have stopped delivering mail. Electricians stopped service and repair work for Tesla, including at its charging stations across Sweden

November 17, 2023

‘From the River to the Sea’ – A Palestinian Historian Explains

Maha Nassar The Conversation

A Palestinian historian explores the history, meaning and intent of the scrutinized slogan

November 17, 2023

The Off-Year Election Variants of Mad Poll Disease

Michael Podhorzer Weekend Reading

In the 2022 elections, the mainstream media’s lodestar was polling that made it seem like voters didn’t want to hear any more about Trump and January 6th. Tuesday’s election returns confirmed a different anti-MAGA reality.

November 17, 2023

A New Class Consciousness

Andrew Elrod Dissent

There is unquestionably a new force undergirding the labor market: a new class consciousness. But leaving neoliberalism behind will require sustained collective action among millions of unorganized workers.

November 17, 2023

Ask a Scientist: How To Avoid Climate Disaster

Elliott Negin Union of Concerned Scientists blog

The Inflation Reduction Act's $400B investment in clean energy will make a significant dent in emissions, but not enough to meet US carbon reduction goals. A Union of Concerned Scientists team showed how to lower emission by 50 percent by 2030.

The Night Doctrine: The Truth About Afghanistan’s Zero Unit Night Raids

November 17, 2023

ProPublica’s first animated documentary traces a young British journalist of Afghan-Pakistani origins, who returns to Afghanistan to find out who killed her family 30 years earlier, only to stumble upon a secretive U.S.-backed program the killed hundreds of civilians