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Tomás Gutiérrez Alea brought the experience of postrevolutionary Cuba to the screen in classic movies like Memories of Underdevelopment and Strawberry and Chocolate. Alea’s committed, artistically dazzling work set a benchmark for political cinema.

A wave of mass layoffs across the U.S. exposes the real cost of Trump’s trade war, as union leaders and lawmakers warn of deepening instability in American manufacturing

As the White House carries out an anti-worker agenda, labor leaders fear corporate America could also grow more hostile

We asked Prof. Falk specifically about the Palestinian people’s right to defend themselves, and, specifically, about armed struggle and its consistency (or lack thereof) with international law.

Trump and his MAGA movement are conspiring with oligarchs to turn the U.S. into a rightwing authoritarian state. The labor movement can play a key role in fighting back.

Trump rewards the real offshorers with trillions in tax cuts.

Researchers from Minnesota State University Mankato showed that ‘storytelling’ combined with marketing tactics like coupons “significantly increases consumers’ consumption of unattractive produce”.

Rumeysa Ozturk and John Peter Zenger are book ends to the history of the First Amendment — the one that guarantees freedom of speech, association, religion, the right to petition for redress of grievances and freedom of the press.

Peddling Snake Oil from the Oval Office (2020), Refugees from the Great Dust-Up (1935), Jonas Salk, Lifesaver (1955), Fighting Racism for the Long Haul (1775), Ireland’s Prelude to Freedom (1920), Getting Organized to Fight Jim Crow (1960)

Unions are calling for the release of abducted union members and political organizers who are being swept up in the Trump Administration's campaign of terror against working people. Sign this call and add your name.