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Tidbits-Aug. 20: Reader Comments: Where Next for Wisconsin?; He Doesn’t Care About the Crew; Gloves That Deliver Electric Shocks; ‘Zionist’ Has Become Toxic; Three Israeli Arab Parties Announce Joint Slate; Live-Stream the Socialism Conference;

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Reader Comments: Where Next for Wisconsin?; He Doesn't Care About the Crew; Gloves That Deliver Electric Shocks; ‘Zionist’ Has Become Toxic; Three Israeli Arab Parties Announce Joint Slate; Live-stream the Socialism Conference; Cartoons; and more...

This Week in People’s History, August 19–25, 2026

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NY Daily News with "Airline Strike Snarl Spreads" headline Big Strike Wins Big (1966), Radical Idea No Longer (1866), Haiti Gives Slavery the Boot (1791), Jury’s Verdict: Freedom! (1781), Greenhouse Effect? Forget About It! (1856), Ugly Moment, Uglier War (1636), Workers Lose Big on Blair Mountain (1921)

Democratic Voters Are Fired Up

Ryan Cooper The American Prospect
2018 was a historic blowout for the Dems. This year, primary turnout is much higher.
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