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The Media’s Climate Blindspot

Saleemul Huq, Mark Hertsgaard Columbia Journalism Review
Last week, virtually every news outlet in the global North ignored a landmark meeting where leaders of low-income countries articulated their positions prior to the make-or-break United Nations COP26 climate summit in November.

When Communists Organized a New Jersey Textile Strike

Liza Featherstone Convergence
In 1926, New Jersey textile workers went on a massive strike, organized and supported by the Communist Party. The strike ultimately failed, but it showed the central role Communists could play in American class struggle.
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