Missing Links in Textbook History: Labor Before World War I
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass Canandaigua, New York 1857 When I was…
Patrick Lawrence: Tampering With History
History tells us where we are in the human story and what we, alive now, must do to advance this story. To tamper with history is among the gravest of…
Washington Post Columnist Charles Lane Wants Auto Workers to Lose Their Jobs
By Dean Baker / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) The Washington Post has a long history of hating on powerful unions, like the United Auto Workers (UAW), or…
The Priority Must Be to Put Bush, Blair and Cheney Behind Bars Before Trump
So long as swamp creatures like Cheney. Bush and Blair can direct our gaze exclusively at Trump, they grow in power. They can keep waging wars, keep stealing resources, keep…
Get Real Congress: Censoring Search Results or Recommendations Is Still Censorship
By Jason Kelley / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) For the past two years, Congress has been trying to revise the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to address criticisms from EFF,…
Biden Tells Congress ‘Stop Playing Games’ and Pass New Ukraine Aid
A stopgap funding bill passed on Saturday to avert a government shutdown did not include the Ukraine spending the White House is seeking.
Ralph Nader: Good News — Big Opportunities on the Horizon
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org In the midst of so much bad news in the media, it is always good to be alert to rays of sunlight that civic action…
Newsom to Pick Laphonza Butler, EMILY’s List Head, to Fill Senate Seat on an Interim Basis
The California governor is set to announce that Butler will replace longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein, fulfilling a promise to name a Black woman to the seat.
Right-Dominated Supreme Court Is Poised to Do Grave Harm in Upcoming Term
Voting rights and the protection of workers, consumers, health, safety and the environment are on the court’s docket.
Grassroots Organizing in Red States Is at the Heart of Abolitionist Struggle
Here’s what we can learn from abolitionists who are organizing in some of the most conservative parts of the country.
Mexican Auto Parts Workers Face Blacklist After Union Campaign
By Charlie Saperstein and Dan DiMaggio / Labor Notes In August 2022, auto parts workers at VU Manufacturing won a landmark election to gain recognition for a new independent union,…
Chris Hedges: Why Our Popular Mass Movements Fail
The wave of global popular protests that erupted in 2010 and lasted a decade were extinguished. This means new tactics and new strategies, as Vincent Bevins explains in his book…
Canada’s Honoring of Nazi Vet Exposes Ottawa’s Longstanding Ukraine Policy
By celebrating a Waffen-SS volunteer as a “hero,” Canada’s Liberal Party highlighted a longstanding policy that has seen Ottawa train fascist militants in Ukraine while welcoming in thousands of post-war…
Contemplating the Unimaginable Costs of a Nuclear War
If you are on the road to annihilation—get off.
Matt Taibbi: Footnote: I, Faucius
About being late to the party, and other issues raised by readers about today's "Anthony Fauci, Warmup Dictator" piece