From The Prison Notebooks I gleaned that reading is a necessary step on the road to becoming an organic intellectual  I assume that means an intellectual made of biodegradable compost, but I’ve been known to be wrong from time to time about such things.

Iraq steps out of Iran’s shadow

A fine European farce

Richard Seymour on the European elections (more commentary)

A day in the life of the ruling class

Why David Zirin is rooting for the Lakers

Global crisis and the labor movement

Building a lasting union-community alliance

Observations on a Venezuelan workplace struggle