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March 9, 2023 at 5:45 AM

Greece’s Tragic Rail Accident Was Caused by Austerity and Privatization

Greece’s Tragic Rail Accident Was Caused by Austerity and Privatization     Matthaios Tsimitakis and Mihalis Panayiotakis March 8, 2023Jacobin Last week, two trains collided in central Greece, claiming 57 lives. Unions had long warned that cuts to the now-privatized …

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March 9, 2023 at 5:25 AM

US Educational Authorities Must Resist ‘Anti-Woke’ Censorship

US Educational Authorities Must Resist ‘Anti-Woke’ Censorship     Ta-Nehisi Coates, Angela Davis, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Ibram X Kendi, Gloria Steinem, Cornel West and others March 8, 2023The Guardian We are deeply concerned about disinformation campaigns that seek to …

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March 9, 2023 at 5:15 AM

Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT

Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT     Noam Chomsky, Ian Roberts and Jeffrey Watumull March 8, 2023The New York Times We know from the science of linguistics and the philosophy of knowledge that AI minds differ profoundly from how humans reason and use langua…

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March 9, 2023 at 4:50 AM

The Surprising History of International Women’s Day

The Surprising History of International Women’s Day     Sarah Pruitt March 6, 2023History Though International Women’s Day may be more widely celebrated abroad than in the United States, its roots are planted firmly in American soil where efforts were made to separat…

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March 9, 2023 at 1:00 AM

The Left Should Defend Classical Education

Portside Culture The Left Should Defend Classical Education     Liza Featherstone December 6, 2021Jacobin The great books aren’t just a collection of “dead white males,” and teaching or reading them isn’t elitist or Eurocentric. On the contrary, they are a trea…

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March 9, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – International Women’s Day 2023

Global Left Midweek – International Women’s Day 2023     March 8, 2023xxxxxx The fight for women's lives and liberation is everywhere and addresses everything! Women gather in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 6, 2023. Credit, Amu TV   Dossier: Feminism From the…

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March 8, 2023 at 1:45 AM

We Aren’t Talking Enough About Wage Theft

We Aren’t Talking Enough About Wage Theft     Joe Mayall March 5, 2023Jacobin Every year, $50 billion are stolen from American workers by their bosses. The Left and labor should be working tirelessly to pass anti-wage-theft legislation at every level of government. …

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March 8, 2023 at 1:45 AM

A Mass Wave of Israeli Army Refusal Could Be a Transformative Moment

A Mass Wave of Israeli Army Refusal Could Be a Transformative Moment     Shimri Zameret March 5, 2023+972 Civil resistance against the government has put the Israeli military in an unparalleled crisis, presenting an opportunity for those fighting apartheid. Is…

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March 8, 2023 at 1:40 AM

‘A Very Dark Day’: FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn Withdraws After Relentless Attack by Telecom Lobby

‘A Very Dark Day’: FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn Withdraws After Relentless Attack by Telecom Lobby     Jessica Corbett March 7, 2023Common Dreams "I could not have imagined that legions of cable and media industry lobbyists, their bought-and-paid-for surrogates, and dark mo…

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March 8, 2023 at 1:40 AM

Wounded Knee and Today’s Fight for Treaty Rights

Wounded Knee and Today’s Fight for Treaty Rights     Sand Brim March 7, 2023xxxxxx Fifty years have passed but for American Indians the struggle for recognition of the nation-to-nation treaties continues to be seen as survival. A child leans against the Wound…

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March 8, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – March 7, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – March 7, 2023     March 7, 2023xxxxxx Is Fox News finished? ...and more burning questions from media land , Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images   UN: Digital Space Needs a Feminist Revolution Banning TikTok Is Fox News Finis…

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March 8, 2023 at 1:00 AM

‘Justice’ Review: Brett Kavanaugh Doc Should Compel FBI To Reopen Investigation

Portside Culture ‘Justice’ Review: Brett Kavanaugh Doc Should Compel FBI To Reopen Investigation     Christian Blauvelt March 21, 2023IndieWire Doug Liman’s “Justice,” a breathtaking documentary about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s silenced sexual assa…

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March 7, 2023 at 2:55 AM

Wokeness = Kindness

Wokeness = Kindness     Jonathan Klate March 2, 2023Peace Voice : When teaching actual history is branded as woke and therefore bad, our children are denied the truth that can make future mistakes much less likely. ,   “Wokeness” is what folks on the pol…

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March 7, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Whose “Red Lines”?

Whose “Red Lines”?     Lawrence Wittner March 5, 2023History News Network Setting red lines for the world is too important to be left to individual, self-interested countries.  toy soldiers, by Judy ** (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)   In the conflict-ridden realm of …

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March 7, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Fain Leads, but Ballot Questions Delay Decision in UAW Presidential Election

Fain Leads, but Ballot Questions Delay Decision in UAW Presidential Election     Eric D. Lawrence March 5, 2023Detroit Free Press Shawn Fain, who is challenging incumbent Ray Curry for the presidency of the UAW in the union’s first direct election of top leaders, was…

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March 7, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Fast and Pluribus: Impacts of a Globalizing McDonald’s

Portside Culture Fast and Pluribus: Impacts of a Globalizing McDonald’s     Danielle Han February 27, 2023JSTOR The expansion of McDonald’s in the twentieth century brought the fast food chain to more than 100 countries. But how well did it integrate into its n…

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March 7, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Meet the Bronx Activists Who Won a Historic Settlement for NYPD’s Violent Attack at 2020 BLM Protest

Meet the Bronx Activists Who Won a Historic Settlement for NYPD’s Violent Attack at 2020 BLM Protest     March 3, 2023Democracy Now The protest was during the uprisings right after George Floyd’s murder. And simply, we were exercising our human rights, our civil righ…

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March 7, 2023 at 1:00 AM

On False Hopes and Broken Promises: Behind the Scenes of the UN Statement on Palestine

On False Hopes and Broken Promises: Behind the Scenes of the UN Statement on Palestine     Ramzy Baroud March 3, 2023CounterPunch The UN statement in question is just that: a statement, with no tangible value and no legal repercussions. , Jakob Rubner   …

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March 6, 2023 at 7:55 AM

Science Sunday: Do No Unconscious Harm

Science Sunday: Do No Unconscious Harm     Rodrigo Pérez Ortega March 2, 2023Science Researchers are finding new ways to mitigate implicit bias in health care providers , Thumy Phan   Before being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease several years ago, L…

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March 6, 2023 at 7:00 AM

Sergei Prokofiev Was One of the Soviet Union’s Great Composers

Sergei Prokofiev Was One of the Soviet Union’s Great Composers     Simon Behrman March 5, 2023Jacobin Sergei Prokofiev died 70 years ago today, overshadowed by the death of Joseph Stalin, who had banned much of his work. But Prokofiev’s brilliant musical compositions…

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March 6, 2023 at 6:35 AM

Haymarket Books Fights Back Against Republican Attacks on Educational Freedom

Haymarket Books Fights Back Against Republican Attacks on Educational Freedom     Ramenda Cyrus February 20, 2023The American Prospect This lefty publisher is giving out censored books for free in Florida. We know that books in and of themselves don't change the worl…

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March 6, 2023 at 6:15 AM

A Rarely Revived Lorraine Hansberry Play Is Here — And It’s Messy but Powerful

A Rarely Revived Lorraine Hansberry Play Is Here — And It’s Messy but Powerful     Jeff Lunden February 11, 2023NPR Following the critical success of Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window – a critique of white liberalism that takes pla…

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March 6, 2023 at 5:40 AM

ILWU Alums Tackle Labor Power and Strategy Questions

ILWU Alums Tackle Labor Power and Strategy Questions     Steve Early March 3, 2023CounterPunch How unions can fight back. ,   Workers in the logistics industry often make headlines when their handling of goods is disrupted by pandemic conditions or labor…

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March 6, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Party Down’s New Season Says Hustle Culture Is a Scam

Portside Culture Party Down’s New Season Says Hustle Culture Is a Scam     Alissa Wilkinson March 2, 2023Vox 14 years later, we’re all still trying to make it work. Party Down is back, in a brave new world. , Starz   Alissa Wilkinson covers film an…

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March 5, 2023 at 1:05 AM

‘NY Times’ Hides Israeli Military Aid in Settler Pogrom

‘NY Times’ Hides Israeli Military Aid in Settler Pogrom     James North March 1, 2023Mondoweiss The New York Times barely mentions that the latest settler rampage in Huwwara was a state-sponsored pogrom, presided over by the Israeli army. They don't want to destroy t…

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March 5, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Setting Our Sights on the Equality of Women

Setting Our Sights on the Equality of Women     H Patricia Hynes March 3, 2023xxxxxx Only a handful of countries are nearing full equality for women; and ours is not even close. Indeed, US women’s progress in gaining equality has both stagnated and lost ground. …

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March 5, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Biden Says He Won’t Veto Congress’ Move To Block D.C. Bill Overhauling the Criminal Code

Biden Says He Won’t Veto Congress’ Move To Block D.C. Bill Overhauling the Criminal Code     Martin Austermuhle March 2, 2023DCist "National Democrats cannot only be supportive of D.C. statehood and D.C. autonomy when it is politically convenient for them. D.C. laws …

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March 5, 2023 at 1:00 AM

An Escalating Arms Race Will Not Solve the World’s Multidimensional Problems

An Escalating Arms Race Will Not Solve the World’s Multidimensional Problems     Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde March 23, 2023Equal Times The picture emerging from this powerful militarist trend illustrates the continuing strength of the mantras inherited from the Cold Wa…

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March 5, 2023 at 1:00 AM

June Jordan’s Legacy of Solidarity and Love Remains Relevant

June Jordan’s Legacy of Solidarity and Love Remains Relevant     Sriram Shamasunder February 13, 2023Yes Magazine We look to our elders to demonstrate another way of being in this broken world, extending our circle of commitment to the person in front of us, or to a …

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March 4, 2023 at 2:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | March 3, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | March 3, 2023     March 3, 2023xxxxxx The History of Women's History Month. Trump Train Visit Cold Open | SNL. East Palestine Trump Voters Speak About the Rail Disaster. Alaska Daily 2023 Trailer. The Truth Behind “Self-Made” Billionaires | Rober…

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March 4, 2023 at 1:40 AM

How Did Life Begin? One Key Ingredient Is Coming Into View

How Did Life Begin? One Key Ingredient Is Coming Into View     Amber Dance February 28, 2023Nature The birth of this molecule that links amino acids into chains would have created a fundamental shift in the the prebiotic world, providing a key ingredient to all life …

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March 4, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Rosewood Massacre at 100: Black Florida History and White Terror

Rosewood Massacre at 100: Black Florida History and White Terror     Dan Royles February 27, 2023African American Intellectual History Society Thinking about the role that historical testimony played in getting some measure of justice for the Rosewood survivors, it’s…

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March 4, 2023 at 1:05 AM

‘Russia Ends Nowhere,’ They Say

‘Russia Ends Nowhere,’ They Say     Margarita Liutova February 25, 2023Meduza Russian sociologist Grigory Yudin discusses a year of war and what comes next Grigory Yudin,   Interview by Margarita Liutova. Abridged translation by Emily Laskin. Sociologist…

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March 4, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Beyond the Pandemic Origins Debate

Beyond the Pandemic Origins Debate     Caitlin Rivers February 28, 2023Force of Infection We don't need an answer before acting. COVID-19 Virus, Trinity Care Foundation (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)   The Department of Energy, home to the country’s network of nation…

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March 4, 2023 at 1:00 AM

My California

Portside Culture My California     Beau Beausoleil 03 March 3, 2023 Back in the Sixties, a young Black activist Rap Brown said “violence is as American as cherry pie” and see now how much has not changed. ,   My California By Beau Beausoleil The …

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March 3, 2023 at 2:40 AM

How Police Culture Has Reshaped America

How Police Culture Has Reshaped America     Cristina Beltrán February 25, 2023New York Times America’s wars on drugs, crime, terrorism and more — along with our endless involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan — have created a weapons-saturated politics of policing, borde…

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March 3, 2023 at 2:00 AM

The Nuclear “War” in Ukraine May Not Be the One We Expect

The Nuclear “War” in Ukraine May Not Be the One We Expect     Joshua Frank February 28, 2023TomDispatch From time to time, Vladimir Putin or one of his cronies has hinted that the Russians, pressed to the wall, might use a “tactical” nuclear weapon in Ukraine. And Ru…

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March 3, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Haaretz: Israel Has Erected ‘A Formal, Full-Fledged Apartheid Regime’

Haaretz: Israel Has Erected ‘A Formal, Full-Fledged Apartheid Regime’     Middle East Monitor February 28, 2023Informed Content Israel has erected “a formal, full-fledged apartheid regime,” the editorial of Haaretz newspaper said yesterday, in a stark warning about t…

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March 3, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Andrew Tripp Is an All-Star Union Organizer — And a Kick-Ass Cross-Country Coach, Too

Andrew Tripp Is an All-Star Union Organizer — And a Kick-Ass Cross-Country Coach, Too     Derek Brouwer February 22, 2023Seven Days (Vermont) Andrew Tripp has organized more than 100,000 people in Vermont and 20 other states, and has coached Nordic skiing, track and …

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March 3, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Mar. 02, 2023 – Reader Comments: Peace Movement Now?; Centrality of Black-White Unity; Roberto Clementine Book Restored; Ukrainian War – Differing Perspectives; Honoring Pathbreakers-Celebrating International Women’s Day; Resources; More

Tidbits – Mar. 02, 2023 – Reader Comments: Peace Movement Now?; Centrality of Black-White Unity; Roberto Clementine Book Restored; Ukrainian War – Differing Perspectives; Honoring Pathbreakers-Celebrating International Women’s Day; Resources; More     March 2, 2023xxxxxx…

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March 3, 2023 at 1:00 AM

What It’s Like To Be a Female Union Electrician – A Review of Wirewomen: Lighting It Up

Portside Culture What It’s Like To Be a Female Union Electrician – A Review of Wirewomen: Lighting It Up     Kurt Stand March 1, 2023Portside International Women’s Day is next week, when we celebrates the achievements of women in numerous walks of life–individu…

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March 2, 2023 at 2:40 AM

OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not To Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit

OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not To Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit     Chloe Xiang February 28, 2023Vice OpenAI is today unrecognizable, with multi-billion-dollar deals and corporate partnerships. Will it seek to own its shiny AI future? …

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March 2, 2023 at 2:25 AM

I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction

Portside Culture I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction     Paula Tarnapol Whitacre February 15, 2023Washington Independent Review of Books This book draws from the once well-known Ku Klux Klan hearings before Con…

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March 2, 2023 at 2:25 AM

The GOP’s Grand Immigration Con Job

The GOP’s Grand Immigration Con Job     Thom Hartmann February 23, 2023The Hartmann Report Republicans have figured out how to have it both ways. They get cheap labor for their big business buddies, while stoking the hate and fear of their white racist base , …

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March 2, 2023 at 2:15 AM

Brandon Johnson Is Heading to Chicago’s Mayoral Runoff as a Champion of the Working Class

Brandon Johnson Is Heading to Chicago’s Mayoral Runoff as a Champion of the Working Class     Miles Kampf-Lassin March 1, 2023Jacobin The results of last night’s Chicago mayor election were stunning: former Chicago Teachers Union organizer Brandon Johnson advanced to…

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March 2, 2023 at 1:55 AM

Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.

Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.     Hannah Dreier February 25, 2023The New York Times Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make products for …

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March 2, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Indigenous in the World

Global Left Midweek – Indigenous in the World     March 1, 2023xxxxxx Reports and analyses from the world left's hot spots Eduardo Mendúa, an Indigenous activist who was fighting to protect Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest from oil extraction, was killed by hooded …

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March 1, 2023 at 2:05 AM

Inequality Is Weakening Social Security. Here’s How We Fix That.

Inequality Is Weakening Social Security. Here’s How We Fix That.     Linda Benesch February 24, 2023Inequality.org When Congress set the cap on Social Security contributions in 1983, they didn’t anticipate forty years of rising inequality. And it’s cost us — a lot. …

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March 1, 2023 at 2:00 AM

50 Years On, Legacy of Wounded Knee Uprising Lives in Indigenous Resistance

50 Years On, Legacy of Wounded Knee Uprising Lives in Indigenous Resistance     Brett Wilkins February 27, 2023Common Dreams "We're not the subjugated and disenfranchised people that we were," said one Ponca elder who took part in the 1973 revolt. "Wounded Knee was a…

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March 1, 2023 at 2:00 AM

In 1996, There Was Union Summer. This Year, There’s “Labor Spring.”

In 1996, There Was Union Summer. This Year, There’s “Labor Spring.”     Cindy Hahamovitch, William P. Jones, Joseph A. McCartin February 24, 2023In These Times “Labor Spring” brings back a national teach-in on organizing to campuses across the country. Graduat…

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