Material of Interest to People on the Left

	Portside Snapshot - November 9, 2017
	Democrats' Historic Victories on Election Day Philip Lewis and Willa Frej Huffington Post Democrats won races across the country on Tuesday, securing key state legislative seats and governorships. Many of those victories also made history. A Century Ago, the Working Class Redefined Peace Liz Payne Morning Star One day after the Revolution, the Soviet government issued a Decree of Peace -- a signal of the centrality of the struggle against war to the building of socialism. Literature’s Inherited Trauma Nur Nasreen Ibrahim The Millions Jesmyn Ward is best known for her novel Salvage the Bones (2011). In this new book, says reviewer Ibrahim, "she traces an American highway odyssey, from the Mississippi Gulf Coast to Parchman Farm, the notorious state penitentiary."