things i haven't finished reading yet

[toastykitten]

• The Team Behind a Pro-Iran, Lego-themed Viral-Video Campaign
• At Synagogues, Tensions are Boiling Over
• In LA, a Teacher's Strike is on the Horizon - apparently LAUSD does have money. It's just tied up and is not being allocated to kids/teachers. In my district we don't have money because of the way the state allocates money and our district is "too wealthy" to be allocated enough money to cover our expenses. So...I guess we're all screwed either way?
• Been trying, and failing to find a specific article about the Jewish Bund, a socialist, anti-Zionist movement. This is what I found so far. Molly Crabapple has been making the media rounds with her new book on it called "Here Where We Live is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Labor Bund" and there's an article she wrote for Harper's Bazaar on the how the women of the Bund fought to free their loved ones. 
• An actual article in Jacobin about China and the US that isn't irritating and makes good points - Both the “kill line” and “Chinamaxxing” are digital projections born of the same dissatisfactions with the present. For the Chinese observer, the American kill line makes domestic struggles feel manageable by comparison. For Americans, Chinamaxxing is an escape to high-tech efficiency and economic security that feels unattainable at home. Behind these parodies lie two societies that face the same crises of alienation, unemployment, and a weak welfare state. Only by moving beyond these fictions can we build the international solidarity necessary to overcome our shared struggles.
• Stop asking if Israel has the right to exist. 
• What happened to the SLPC--and me.