Weekly Roundup, Vol. 12

July 17, 2020 | Weekly Roundup

Happy Friday, comrades! Get comfortable and dig in to our Weekly Roundup.

Call to Action

Tell Nevada Lawmakers to Divest from LVMPD

Restaurant Workers Call on Congress: Save Our Federal Unemployment Benefits!

Menstrual Product Drive

COVID-19

Nationalize the Pharmaceutical Industry Now [7 min]

There Is No Plan (For You) [5 min]

We’ve Been Left to Fend for Ourselves [5 min]

Police / Abolition

How Prison Abolitionists Are Meeting The Moment [7 min]

Why Mainstream Unions Shouldn’t Represent the Cops [15 min]

The Left Is Remaking the World [6 min]

History

The Forgotten History of the Jewish, Anti-Zionist Left [18 min]

How the Young Lords Took Lincoln Hospital, Left a Health Activism Legacy [12 min]

Local Issues

Longtime Las Vegas activists reflect on the protest movement here [4 min]

In eight hours, bill to draw millions more in taxes from mining is born, dies at Legislature [5 min]

Nevada must not miss this chance to recognize that Black lives matter [3 min]

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