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Global Left Midweek - August 1, 2018

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Total Shutdown in South Africa; Euro Left and Migration; Activism Under Duterte; Argentina vs IMF; Reproductive Rights Victories; Young Activists Go Electoral

Celebrate Black August: The Power of Prisoner-Led Organizing

Critical Resistance Critical Resistance
huge crowd in streets and bridge
The month of August bursts at the seams with histories of Black resistance--from the Haitian Revolution to the Nat Turner Rebellion, the Fugitive Slave Law Convention and the founding of the Underground Railroad...

Los Angeles Public Defenders Unionize

Spike Friedman KNOCK
On July 29th the Los Angeles Public Defenders’ Union was formally recognized by the Los Angeles County Employee Relations Committee. This paves the way for collective bargaining for the attorneys who represent defendants.