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Bolsonaro Joins a Rogues’ Gallery of Coup Plotters

John Joseph Chin and Joe Wright The Conversation
When defeated at the polls, both Donald Trump and Bolsonaro tried to overturn the official results. Both attempted to alter vote totals after they had lost and block an election winner from being inaugurated. Bolsonaro faces 27 years in prison.

Labor Day and May Day, Both Made in America

Jeffrey Sklansky The Conversation
The battles that birthed these labor holidays united native-born and immigrant workers in an extraordinary alliance to demand an eight-hour workday at a time when American workers toiled an average of 10 or more hours daily, six days a week.

Orwell As Advocate for Workers and Against Exploitation

Mark Satta The Conversation
That George Orwell, famous as the author Animal Farm and 1984, came to his ideas about freedom via his thinking about work, poverty and democratic socialism, among other themes, may surprise those familiar with only his dystopian fiction

Smartphones Again Set the Agenda for Justice

Allissa V. Richardson The Conversation
Smartphones are once again setting the agenda for justice as the Latino community documents ICE actions. On the ground, the videos helped inspire a “No Kings” movement, which organized protests in all 50 states on June 14, 2025.
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