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Friday Nite Videos | August 30, 2019

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5 Reasons for Workers to Celebrate This Labor Day

Rebecca Burns In These Times
The U.S. labor movement is under siege by powerful anti-union forces, including the Trump administration. But with approval of unions at a 15-year high, and a wave of labor militancy on the rise, working people have plenty to celebrate.

Why People Hate Religion

Timothy Egan The New York Times
The charlatans and phonies preen and punish, while those of real faith do Christ’s work among refugees

Inside the White Supremacist Movement

Joe Sexton ProPublica
Michael German, a former federal agent, spent years infiltrating white supremacist groups. Here’s what he has to say about what’s going on now.

From Protest to Power

Mike Miller CounterPunch
We are in a time when there is a tremendous sense of movement for a more just nation and world. The question that has to be answered if this protest movement is not to be marginalized is this: “What are the people power vehicles we are building?"

Kashmir Women are the Biggest Victims of This Inhumane Siege

Adnan Bhat Al Jazeera
Sense of fear deepens as Indian politicians stoke misogyny with talk of freedom to marry 'white-skinned' Kashmiri women. At present everyone in Kashmir is being immensely subjugated. But women are the biggest victims of this inhumane siege.
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