Global Left Midweek – May 24, 2023
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Nakba at 75
Nakba at 75
Nakba at 75
COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus.
Nakba at 75
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The Disappearing White-Collar Job
The Wall Street Journal
A once-in-a-generation convergence of technology and pressure to operate more efficiently has corporations saying many lost jobs may never return.
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The Undercover Organizers Behind America’s Union Wins
Bloomberg Businessweek
Activists known as “salts” have been a key to recent successful organizing campaigns. And they say they’re just getting started.
Media Bits and Bytes – March 21, 2023
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Fact-checking Tucker lie by lie, and the shameless New York Times
‘Frankenstein’ Apartments and Weak Libraries: Is This New York’s Future?
New York Times
After surviving the worst of the pandemic, the city now faces budget cuts that seem to promise even more disruption. The average rent of a Manhattan apartment is now reaching $5,249 a month, an increase of nearly 20 percent over the previous year.
Beyond the Pandemic Origins Debate
Force of Infection
We don't need an answer before acting.
Tidbits – Mar. 02, 2023 – Reader Comments: Peace Movement Now?; Centrality of Black-White Unity; Roberto Clementine Book Restored; Ukrainian War – Differing Perspectives; Honoring Pathbreakers-Celebrating International Women’s Day; Resources; More
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Reader Comments: Peace Movement-Then, Now?; Lessons from History-Centrality of Black-white unity; Roberto Clementine Book Restored; Ukrainian War - Differing Perspectives on the Left; Honoring Pathbreakers-Celebrating International Women's Day
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – February 28, 2023
Portside
Dilbert's race problem, how COVID affected the labor market, and more cultural crackups
What Ending the COVID Emergency Actually Means
Your Local Epdemiologist
What does it mean to 'end the emergency'? Questions and answers about antigen tests, vaccines, Paxlovid, healthcare coverage and more. Why we, as a society, need to transition NOT to a 2019 world but to a new and better 2023 world.
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‘It Can Be Scary’: How Corporate America Is Hitting Back Against Unions
The Guardian
Employers are using heavy-handed tactics to prevent workers from organizing, and U.S. labor union density is falling as a result.
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