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How Corporations Crush New Unions

Steven Greenhouse The New Republic
Bargaining-table negotiations over a first contract are never easy, but now they’re becoming excruciatingly slow and difficult. For companies like Trader Joe’s, that’s the goal.

Portside Moderators: Fascism Drops the Mask

Portside
Trump's fascist ideology and his plans for dictatorial rule are in plain view, day after day. The overriding question of 2024 is: How to defeat this imminent threat? Here is how we -- the Portside moderators -- see it.

This Week in People’s History, Dec 19–25

Portside
Cartoon of automaker bosses squeezing taxpayers dry
Is the President a King? (in 2008), Justice for Crimes Against Humanity (1983), A Safe, Legal, Way to Relieve Stress (1913), Where Was OSHA and EPA? (2008), Integrating Carnegie Hall (1938), You Call This "Home Rule"? (1973), Freedom Now! (1848)

Pro-Israel Billionaires Are Spending Big To Oust Socialists From Office

Liza Featherstone Jacobin
Across the country, pro-Israel groups and billionaires are trying to stop the antiwar movement pushing for a cease-fire in Gaza by bringing down its elected leaders, including Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. These are fights the Left can win with popu

Neanderthals: More Knowable Now Than Ever

Tim Vernimmen Knowable Magazine
Inviting a Neanderthal for the holidays? That's a good thing. Not only are they the closest relative of homo sapiens, but there's a bit of Neanderthal in almost all of us. New findings about them are coming thick and fast.

Big Contract Battles Ahead for Unions in 2024

Dan DiMaggio Labor Notes
Dan DiMaggio reviews the major contract expirations coming up in 2024, including 30,000 Boeing workers and 32,000 AT&T workers. Will we see more big strikes?