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Indigenous Resistance, from Wounded Knee to Standing Rock

An interview with Nick Estes by David Barsamian The Progressive
We didn’t stop the Dakota Access Pipeline, but nonetheless, it was a win. It was part of a longer struggle to radically transform our carbon economy, our extractivist economy.

In the Shopping Cart

Lena Beck Modern Farmer
A short guide to commonly diluted, adulterated and/or fraudulent foods.

Jews, Lakota and an American Inheritance

Rebecca Clarren Politico
A new book explores the opportunity Jewish immigrants found on the South Dakota prairie — and what it cost Native Americans.

This Week in People’s History, Oct. 10-Oct. 16

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Ronald Reagan sitting in front of an aerial photo of a target in Cuba in March 1983
U.S. to World Court: Drop Dead! (in 1983). ACT UP shuts down FDA (1988). Secrecy runs amuck (1973). Stars and stripes fly over Dixie (1863). GIs strike against Vietnam War (1968). SCOTUS prefers civil wrongs (1883). Athletes protest racism (1968).

Does Your Employer Have Illegal Rules on the Books?

Robert M. Schwartz Labor Notes
Stericycle overturned the Labor Board’s 2017 Boeing decision, which allowed employers to maintain work rules even if they discouraged workers from taking part in union activities.

This Week in People’s History, Oct. 10-Oct. 16

Portside
President Reagan sitting at his desk in front of an aerial photo of fighter plans on the ground in Cuba
U.S. to World Court: Drop Dead! (in 1983). ACT UP shuts down FDA (1988). Secrecy runs amuck (1973). Stars and stripes fly over Dixie (1863). GIs strike against Vietnam War (1968). SCOTUS prefers civil wrongs (1883). Athletes protest racism (1968).

Gaza Shatters the Facade of ‘Calm’

Mohammed R. Mhawish 972 Magazine
Palestinians have long warned that Israel's blockade and repeated aggressions would eventually lead to an explosion. But few of us in Gaza expected this.