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America’s Brutal Capitalist Class Tamed Its Labor Movement

Maya Adereth Jacobin
Across Europe, trade unions have a long history of making political demands for universal health care and benefits. The unique brutality of the US capitalist class bred a labor movement that has often limited itself to being a private insurance provi

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The Dismantling of American Health Care

Adam Gaffney, David U. Himmelstein and Staffie Woolhander The New York Review of Books
We must resist Trump’s war on medical access and knowledge today, even as we prepare to rebuild something better tomorrow.

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Fight ICE. Build the Union.

Natascha Elena Uhlmann and Sarah Lazare Workday Magazine
How Labor is mobilizing to defend workers from federal raids.

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Educators Union Rejects Anti-Defamation League, Cuts Ties

Emmaia Gelman Labor Notes
The three million-member National Education Association approved a measure that the NEA “will not use, endorse, or publicize materials from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), such as its curricular materials or statistics.

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Stealing From the Poor

Heidi Shierholz Economic Policy Institute
The radical Republican budget bill steals from the poor to give tax cuts to the rich

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PSC, Higher-Ed Unions Slam Federal Research Funding Cuts

Crystal Lewis The Chief
President of PSC and other members rally with signs saying "stop the war of universities". th In addition to the grants already defunded, the Trump administration has proposed setting a 15-percent cap on indirect cost reimbursements, leaving a gap many public colleges and universities would be unable to cover, the advocates said.
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