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Rural People and the Working Class. Here’s How We Unite.

Beth Howard Barn Raiser
The director of the Appalachia People’s Union on why the South is ready to stand up to Trump. White people delivered this victory to Trump. Out of 76 million votes cast for Trump (2 million more than in 2020), 84% of those were white voters.

Friday Nite Videos | October 28, 2022

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Could Kentucky Be the Next State To Reject an Abortion Ban? 40,000 Years of Music Explained in 8 Minutes. God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty. Dr. Oz's Misstep of the Year. The War With Ukraine Is Coming Home to Russians.

Is Kentucky the New Kansas?

Deborah Yetter Louisville Courier-Journal
On Nov. 8, Kentucky will vote on a constitutional amendment which, if approved, would eliminate the right to abortion in Kentucky's Constitution. The proposed amendment was approved last year by the Republican-controlled Kentucky General Assembly.

As the World Floods and Burns, It’s Time To Hold Wall Street To Account

Alec Connon and Arielle Swernoff Common Dreams
Flooding in Pakistan is the latest in a long line of climate disasters. Now the 150,000 residents of Jackson, Mississippi were ordered to evacuate as flooding hit the city. This weekend, temperatures in California are projected to hit 115°F.

This Is What Happens When Workers Don’t Control Their Own Lives

Jamelle Bouie New York Times
For a vast majority of Americans democracy ends when work hours begin. Most people in this country are subject, as workers, to the nearly unmediated authority of their employers, which can discipline, sanction or fire them for nearly any reason

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bell hooks - Rest in Power - Get to Know bell hooks

Robin D.G. Kelley; Berea College
bell hooks was a revolutionary...Like Ella Baker and Assata (and Audre Lorde and Barbara Smith and Angela Davis, etc) she has her share of "daughters." Literally thousands of amazing young Black women leading radical movements and making radical art
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