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Operation Metro Surge Wasn’t the End

William P. Jones, Greg Nammacher Dissent Magazine
The Minnesota movement still holds important lessons for those working to defend democracy in the Trump era.

Trump’s Fraudulent Forced Labor Tariffs

John Miller Dollars & Sense
The Trump administration says its new tariffs are aimed at combating forced labor. But the countries with the highest rates of modern slavery are largely exempt, while countries with the lowest rates are being hit with tariffs. So what are the tarif

Democrats With Union Backgrounds Aim To Retake Congress

Michael Sainato The Guardian
Meet the candidates with labor ties vying for Senate and House seats in midterm races. Most of the nominees are Democrats as the party looks to rebuild support among working-class voters

First Principles for a New Progressive Foreign Policy

Phyllis Bennis Foreign Policy in Focus
A new wave of progressive, left-wing, and socialist candidates and elected officials face an enormous challenge in articulating a foreign policy for the future. Here’s a start.

Revolution Passed Down From Father to Son—and Now, to You

Joe Maniscalco Work Bites
Fight & Win Minneapolis Teamsters Strike, 1934 reminds us all of a time when working class men and women refused to allow that failure to continue—and exactly how they acted together to turn the tide.

Why the Stories Working People Tell Ourselves About Ourselves Matter

Maximillian Alvarez The Real News Network
“We are not the only ones to face hard times. Our ancestors who faced such times left us their stories so that we would know what to do now. Don’t let those stories go to waste! There is power in them. We have power in them.”

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