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Tidbits – Nov. 14 – Reader Comments: Trump 2.0; What Next?; Where To Begin?; Texas Victories; What the Hell Happened? How – Why Did Working Class and Union Members Vote? Virtual Event; Strategy for Labor: Panel Discussion in Honor of Merle Ratner

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Reader Comments: Trump 2.0; What Next?; Where Do We Begin?; Texas Victories; What The Hell Happened? How - And Why Did Working Class and Union Members Vote? -- Virtual Event; Strategy for Labor: Panel Discussion in Honor of Merle Ratner; Cartoons;

How We Can Defend Ourselves in the New Trump Era

Bill Fletcher, Jr., Dave Zirin The Nation
The labor organizer Bill Fletcher says that, to protect our constitutional democracy, “the union movement needs to become an anti-fascist movement.”

In Search of the Trump-Osborn Voters

Austin Ahlman The American Prospect
Dan Osborn is forging a new path through red states with anti-corporate populism and working-class identity politics.

Operation Dixie Failed but Pushed Racial Equality Forward

William P. Jones, Benjamin Y. Fong Jacobin
The famous Operation Dixie campaign to unionize the South in the 1940s was mostly unsuccessful. Still, it left a positive mark on American society. It’s even possible that the civil rights movement wouldn't have staged the March on Washington without

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Why Harris’ VP Choice Is Good News for Workers

Steven Greenhouse Slate
Last year, long before his name was on anyone’s lips as a possible vice presidential pick, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz received huge praise from labor groups for signing what was considered the most pro-worker, pro-family package of legislation enacted.
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