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Global Left Midweek - September 11, 2019

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Fury Over Bolsonaro and 9/11/73 * Training for Climate Strike * Algeria * Honduras * Sudan * Palestine * South Africa * France * Mugabe's Legacy

Sewing Dissent with Textile Artist Diana Weymar

Celestina Billington The Indypendent
framed handkerchief with embroidery The words, stitched in black, glare out from the center of a handkerchief, decorated with a motif of pink roses: “Oh, my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I’m fucked.”

What Happens in El Norte Doesn’t Stay in El Norte

Rebecca Gordon TomDispatch
women protesting ...more than four years have passed since the police shot Amílcar Pérez-López a few blocks from my house in San Francisco’s Mission District. He was an immigrant, 20 years old, and his remittances were the sole support for his mother and siblings...

Americans Deserve Safer Jobs

Matt Sedlar Center for Economic and Policy Research
There are thousands of accidents across the United States every year that could be prevented by stronger safety and health regulations and enforcement.

Leon Wofsy: The Organizer (1921-2019)

Conn Hallinan and Max Elbaum People's World
Having given his first political speech when not yet a teenager, Leon at 97 worked to pass on the wisdom gained from decades of organizing and deep thought to a new generation.
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