Unfortunately, we are still mid-pandemic. Fortunately, there’s lots of good stuff to watch, listen to, and read. Here’s an internationalist selection.
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Review: Redbone and Black History: As Seen Through the Eyes of a Child
Helen Collier imparts hard truths about racism and slavery’s legacy in her video play.
Book Review: The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia
Bill Gammage documents the real history of Australia.
In defense of the US Postal Service
Why federal bailouts for airlines and cruise lines, but not for the postal service? Perhaps the strongly unionized, multiracial nature of its workforce figures into the answer.
A tale of two pandemics
Comparing and contrasting the coronavirus and AIDS crises.
The General Strike: vital tool of workers’ power
This classic tactic unites broad sections of the working class and asserts workers’ power and ability as few other actions can.
The Unexpected: an unflinching fable about slavery and race
Helen Collier exposes the pain and degradation of slavery and the need for African American and white women to unite against racism today.
Fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years on
It wasn’t really about the “death of communism.” It was about the failure of Stalinism, to which capitalism has hardly been an answer to celebrate.
Lessons from the 1969 General Strike in Australia: Unity wins — every time!
Like today, class struggle was breaking out around the world five decades ago. What can we learn?
Nazi militias down home
Written in 1995 after the Oklahoma City bombing, this article explores how fascist-inspired “patriots” are created.
