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We Can Breathe!

Gabriel Winant London Review of Books
The fascinating history of how the antifascist movement of the 1930s created "the left" as we know it today. Joseph Fronczak shows how socialists, liberals, communists, anarchists, and others achieved a semblance of unity in the fight against fascism

Election 2024: The Path Forward

Michael Podhorzer Weekend Reading
There are 106 days to reconsolidate the Anti-MAGA majority. We, not just Democratic campaigns, but also civil society, the free press, and everyday Americans, have a big task ahead of us. We have risen to the challenge before, and we can do it again.

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A Return to Gompers

Dustin Guastella Jacobin
Teamster president Sean O’Brien’s speech at the Republican National Convention may represent a return to nonpartisan realpolitik for unions. But does that reflect labor's strength or its decline?

Friday Nite Videos | July 19, 2024

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The GOP Wants Us To Forget. Delta's Illegal Union-Busting Habit. The Project 2025 Song. We Need to Rethink Exercise – The Workout Paradox. How Cults Use Language to Control | Otherwords.

‘He’s Dangerous. So Is His Book.’

Michael Kruse Politico
An Appalachian writer says Hillbilly Elegy played to bogus notions on the left and right about the impoverished region. The only thing that benefited was Vance’s political career.

Donald, You’re No Teddy Roosevelt

Mike Konopacki The Cap Times
Since the shooting at Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania, pundits have gone from branding it "unprecedented" (which it's not) to comparing it to other incidents of political violence that have plagued our nation.

Tidbits – July 18 – Reader Comments: GOP Convention and Trump Shooting; Ocasio-Cortez Takes On Thomas and Alito; IDF Ordered Hannibal Directive on Oct 7; Protest Netanyahu’s Visit to Congress; at the Heart of Health in Cuba Tour; Cartoons, More…

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Reader Comments: GOP Convention and Trump Shooting; Ocasio-Cortez Takes On Thomas and Alito; IDF Ordered Hannibal Directive on Oct 7; Protest Netanyahu’s Visit to Congress; At the Heart of Health in Cuba - People-to-People Tour; Cartoons, more....
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