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May 19, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Khader Adnan’s Last Hunger Strike

Khader Adnan’s Last Hunger Strike     Mouin Rabbani May 8, 2023London Review of Books Khader Adnan died in prison on May 2, aged 45, after an 87-day hunger strike. He had been repeatedly held in administrative detention since 1999. Despite vilifying him as a terroris…

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May 18, 2023 at 9:30 PM

Tidbits – May 18, 2023 – Reader Comments: GOP Rot at the Top; Florida Lies; MAGA PRESENTS: The Three Scamigos; Nabka at 75; 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; African American Singing Traditions; Cartoons; More...

Tidbits – May 18, 2023 – Reader Comments: GOP Rot at the Top; Florida Lies; MAGA PRESENTS: The Three Scamigos; Nabka at 75; 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; African American Singing Traditions; Cartoons; More…     May 18, 2023xxxxxx Reader Comme…

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May 18, 2023 at 2:50 AM

Vietnam Changed the Way This Jazz Man Heard the World

Portside Culture Vietnam Changed the Way This Jazz Man Heard the World     Dwight Garner May 15, 2023The New York Times Henry Threadgill’s memoir unfolds from his maddening wartime experience to his boundary-pushing musical career. ,   Easily Slip …

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May 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Lessons From Barcelona’s 8-Year Experiment in Radical Governance

Lessons From Barcelona’s 8-Year Experiment in Radical Governance     Mark Engler and Paul Engler May 9, 2023Waging Nonviolence Activists who took over Barcelona’s City Hall have made lasting progressive gains, while also confronting the limits of being in power. …

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May 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Firearms Classes Taught Me, and America, a Very Dangerous Lesson

Firearms Classes Taught Me, and America, a Very Dangerous Lesson     Harel Shapira May 16, 2023New York Times The classes I attended trained students to believe that their lives are in constant danger. They prepared us to shoot without hesitation and avoid legal cons…

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May 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM

America’s Cold Civil War

America’s Cold Civil War     David A. Love May 15, 2023LA Progressive The nation is now divided between people who want a multiracial democracy in which every American is allowed and encouraged to vote, and those who yearn for an anti-democratic system in which an ex…

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May 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Young Afghan Girls Are Finding Ways To Keep Learning

Young Afghan Girls Are Finding Ways To Keep Learning     Mahsa Kosha and Emily Khossaravi May 16, 2023Hechinger Report Teens in California and Afghanistan have formed the Flowers for the Future club to help keep dreams of education alive After the Taliban seiz…

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May 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – May 17, 2023

Global Left Midweek – May 17, 2023     May 17, 2023xxxxxx xxxxx Hiroshima protest against G7 summit, May 14, 2023. Credit, Twitter/ @Whistle020   Unions and LGBTQ+ Rights BRICS, ANC and Anti-Imperialist Solidarity Thailand Voters Rebuke Military Rulers U…

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May 17, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – May 17, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – May 17, 2023     May 17, 2023xxxxxx Is tech taking us over a cliff, or giving us wings? , Electronic Frontier Foundation   Open Letter to News Media and Policy Makers A Digital Pioneer is Worried NYT’s Sneak Attack on Randi Weingar…

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May 17, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Washington Consensus Supporting Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela Is Breaking

The Washington Consensus Supporting Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela Is Breaking     Branko Marcetic May 16, 2023Jacobin Twenty-one members of Congress last week called for lifting US sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela, including most of the Squad. The pushback is needed…

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May 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM

To Protect Our Children, Let’s Tax Our Rich

To Protect Our Children, Let’s Tax Our Rich     Sam Pizzigati May 16, 2023Counterpunch Last week brought the alarming news that three Kentucky-based McDonald’s franchises had kids as young as 10 working at 62 stores in four different states. Some of these under-worki…

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May 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Economists Hate Rent Control. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.

Economists Hate Rent Control. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.     Mark Paul May 16, 2023The American Prospect Half of Americans, namely homeowners, already have rent control. It’s time to expand it to everyone. Some 67 percent of Americans live in owner-occupied hom…

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May 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Big Win for Victims of Racist Restrictive Covenants

Big Win for Victims of Racist Restrictive Covenants     James Gregory May 12, 2023LAWCHA The Covenants Homeownership Account Act provides compensation in the form of substantial mortgage assistance to victims and their descendants. It was written with a view to overc…

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May 16, 2023 at 8:10 PM

‘Plan 75’ Review: Haunting Japanese Heartbreaker Imagines a Dystopia That Could Start Any Day Now

Portside Culture ‘Plan 75’ Review: Haunting Japanese Heartbreaker Imagines a Dystopia That Could Start Any Day Now     David Erlich April 19, 2023IndieWire Chie Hayakawa's raw and sobering debut imagines a near-future Japan in which the elderly are encouraged t…

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May 16, 2023 at 7:10 AM

The Buffalo Massacre Happened a Year Ago — And Racism Is Still Very Much Alive in the City

The Buffalo Massacre Happened a Year Ago — And Racism Is Still Very Much Alive in the City     Phillip Jackson May 14, 2023Huff Post Buffalo residents say the supermarket shooter being put in prison isn't enough — they want more justice. Police walk outside th…

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May 16, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Contemporary Pundits Need a Refresher on Populism’s History

Contemporary Pundits Need a Refresher on Populism’s History     Steve Babson May 14, 2023History News Network Elites who tar their critics in the U.S. with the sly pejorative of “populist” count on our collective amnesia. They’d rather the real Populists remained for…

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May 16, 2023 at 12:05 AM

For US Maple Syrup Producers, Climate Change and Competition Threaten a Way of Life

Portside Culture For US Maple Syrup Producers, Climate Change and Competition Threaten a Way of Life     Elena Valeriote April 11, 2023Modern Farmer Very little about the process of harvesting maple syrup on Maple Breeze Farm has changed in the last four centur…

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May 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

‘We’re a Community’: These Groups Are Working To Bail Out Incarcerated Women in Time for Mother’s Day

‘We’re a Community’: These Groups Are Working To Bail Out Incarcerated Women in Time for Mother’s Day     Candice Norwood May 12, 2023The 19th Free Black Mamas DMV in 2017 is a self-described Black women and femme-run abolitionist campaign seeking to end the country’…

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May 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Debt Ceiling Drama Is All Stagecraft

The Debt Ceiling Drama Is All Stagecraft     James K. Galbraith for The Nation May 11, 2023The Nation Remember: The US Treasury is obligated to make payments. The rest is optics. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has no legal discretion to stop payments. , Alex …

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May 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

This Week in People’s History, May 16 . . .

This Week in People’s History, May 16 . . .     xxxxxx President Wilson unleashes repression of peace advocates. Republican Party denounces slave trade as a ‘crime against humanity.’ First compulsory public education. Camden draft protestors acquitted. Wiretapping get…

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May 15, 2023 at 7:25 AM

Sunday Science: GIVING HEART

Sunday Science: GIVING HEART     Jennifer Couzin-Frankel May 11, 2023Science A new procedure for donating hearts and other organs is saving lives. But for some it challenges the definition of death. Tony Donatelli (foreground) was the first person ever to rece…

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May 15, 2023 at 6:40 AM

Chile Has Entered Its Thermidorian Period

Chile Has Entered Its Thermidorian Period     Marcelo Casals, Translation by Nicolas Allen May 10, 2023Jacobin The far right’s victory in elections for the Constitutional Council may be the death knell for a progressive constitution in Chile. It’s also a needed wake-…

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May 15, 2023 at 6:00 AM

The Religious Landscape Is Undergoing Massive Change. It Could Decide the 2024 Election.

The Religious Landscape Is Undergoing Massive Change. It Could Decide the 2024 Election.     Ryan Burge May 14, 2023Politico The new decennial Religion Census offers cause for hope — and alarm — for both parties. In former Rust Belt states like Wisconsin, Mich…

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May 15, 2023 at 5:25 AM

Clarence Thomas Reversed Position After Gifts and Family Payments

Clarence Thomas Reversed Position After Gifts and Family Payments     Julia Rock, Andrew Perez May 9, 2023The Lever The Supreme Court justice switched sides on a landmark legal doctrine, satisfying his benefactors’ conservative advocacy machine. Chevron Sign a…

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May 15, 2023 at 5:00 AM

Zulu vs Xhosa: How Colonialism Used Language To Divide South Africa’s Two Biggest Ethnic Groups

Zulu vs Xhosa: How Colonialism Used Language To Divide South Africa’s Two Biggest Ethnic Groups     Jochen S. Arndt May 11, 2023The Conversation South Africa has 12 official languages. The two most dominant are isiZulu and isiXhosa. While the Zulu and Xhosa people sh…

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May 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

White House Plumbers Is a Hilarious Take on the Watergate Break-In

Portside Culture White House Plumbers Is a Hilarious Take on the Watergate Break-In     Eileen Jones May 10, 2023Jacobin In the new series White House Plumbers, a brilliant send-up of the Watergate scandal, Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux star as Richard Nix…

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May 14, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Biden Anxiety

Biden Anxiety     Harold Meyerson May 9, 2023American Prospect Though the public thinks he’s too old to serve a second term, Joe Biden keeps getting older. What should the Democrats do? President Joe Biden arrives to deliver his State of the Union address to a…

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May 14, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Medicare for All Legislation

Medicare for All Legislation     Bernie Sanders May 12, 2023Bernie Sanders Sanders Introduces Medicare for All with 14 Colleagues in the Senate , Gage Skidmore   More than 1 in 3 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. linked to lack of health insurance. …

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May 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Dems’ Old Formula Is a Big 2024 Risk

Dems’ Old Formula Is a Big 2024 Risk     David Sirota May 10, 2023The Lever Dems’ are settling on the same playbook: shifting right, crushing a primary, and hoping demoralized voters are repulsed by the GOP ,   The Democratic Party’s political class has …

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May 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

‘We Will Not Be Silenced’: Tlaib Headlines DC Nakba Event Despite McCarthy Meddling

‘We Will Not Be Silenced’: Tlaib Headlines DC Nakba Event Despite McCarthy Meddling     Brett Wilkins May 10, 2023Common Dreams The Michigan Democrat joined rights groups in a Senate committee room to mark the ethnic cleansing of more than 750,000 Palestinians during…

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May 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

How Rep. James Clyburn Protected His District at a Cost to Black Democrats

How Rep. James Clyburn Protected His District at a Cost to Black Democrats     Marilyn Thompson May 5, 2023ProPublica Facing the possibility of an unsafe district, South Carolina’s most powerful Democrat sent his aide to consult with the GOP on a redistricting plan t…

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May 13, 2023 at 1:45 AM

Friday Nite Videos | May 12, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | May 12, 2023     May 12, 2023xxxxxx Tuberville on White Nationalists in the Military: ‘I Call Them Americans.’ The House of the Rising Sun | Wuaquikuna. MEMORIAL DAY MASSACRE: Workers Die, Film Buried. Native Americans Demand Accountability. Wher…

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May 13, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Is What Would Happen if Biden Ignores the Debt Ceiling and Calls McCarthy’s Bluff

This Is What Would Happen if Biden Ignores the Debt Ceiling and Calls McCarthy’s Bluff     Robert Hockett May 9, 2023New York Times The current debt ceiling nonsense is a case of one faction of Congress being pitted against Congress itself. It's time to end this abs…

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May 13, 2023 at 12:05 AM

‘The Forever Prisoner’: Abu Zubaydah’s Drawings Expose the Depraved US Torture Policy

‘The Forever Prisoner’: Abu Zubaydah’s Drawings Expose the Depraved US Torture Policy     Ed Pilkington May 11, 2023Guardian For 21 years, the Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah has been in US custody without charge, tortured and sexually humiliated, with no prospect f…

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May 13, 2023 at 12:05 AM

HomeVestors Praised ProPublica’s Reporting, Then Tried To “Bury It”

HomeVestors Praised ProPublica’s Reporting, Then Tried To “Bury It”     Anjeanette Damon, Byard Duncan and Mollie Simon May 11, 2023ProPublica The “We Buy Ugly Houses” company held a virtual meeting for its franchises to outline a plan to “minimize visibility” of our…

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May 13, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Lessons From Barcelona’s 8-Year Experiment in Radical Governance

Lessons From Barcelona’s 8-Year Experiment in Radical Governance     Mark Engler and Paul Engler May 9, 2023Waging Nonviolence Activists who took over Barcelona’s City Hall have made lasting progressive gains, while also confronting the limits of being in power. …

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May 13, 2023 at 12:00 AM

I Am Not a Robot

Portside Culture I Am Not a Robot     Lisa Allen Ortiz December 1, 2022Bennington Review Not a robot, suggests poet Lisa Allen Ortiz. Prove it and she deftly does. ,   I am not a Robot By Lisa Allen Ortiz What language do machines speak? Yes. No…

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May 12, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Weaponizing the Debt Limit Should Not Be Normalized

Weaponizing the Debt Limit Should Not Be Normalized     Josh Bivens and Samantha Sanders May 9, 2023Economic Policy Institute President Biden should do “whatever it takes” to avoid an economic catastrophe. House GOP-led efforts are to blame for the impending debt cri…

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May 12, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Deepening Mother’s Day

Deepening Mother’s Day     H Patricia Hynes May 7, 2023xxxxxx The 19th century origins of Mother’s Day differ vastly in spirit and purpose from celebrations of it in the 20th and 21st centuries. The first public “Mother’s Day for Peace” rally was in New York City on …

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May 12, 2023 at 12:05 AM

What’s Next for the Climate Left? The IRA Is an Invitation to Organizers

What’s Next for the Climate Left? The IRA Is an Invitation to Organizers     Kate Aronoff May 1, 2023Dissent Magazine The Inflation Reduction Act would not have happened without the movement for a Green New Deal, but it shouldn’t be confused for one. The climate left…

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May 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Trump’s CNN Town Hall Was a Mess of Lies – And It Was Utterly Predictable

Trump’s CNN Town Hall Was a Mess of Lies – And It Was Utterly Predictable     Adam Gabbatt May 10, 2023The Guardian Neither CNN nor its host was able to take control as the ex-president played steamroller, to the audience’s delight. It began and ended in a way that a…

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May 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – May 11, 2023 – Reader Comments: GOP Defends Sex Offender; Debt Crisis; Child Labor Laws, Population Decline; Yes, I Am Latina. And No, I Am Not Mexican -an Exchange; Vietnam 50 Years Later; Charlene Mitchell Memorial Livestream Link; More

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May 11, 2023 at 6:45 AM

Big Food Raking In Huge Profits From Price Hikes as US Hunger Persists: Analysis

Big Food Raking In Huge Profits From Price Hikes as US Hunger Persists: Analysis     Jessica Corbett May 10, 2023Common Dreams "It's shameful that Americans are left food insecure and have to skip meals while corporations and their wealthy shareholders enjoy the spoi…

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May 11, 2023 at 6:35 AM

The Debt Ceiling Debate Is a Massive Deception of the American Public

The Debt Ceiling Debate Is a Massive Deception of the American Public     Richard D. Wolff May 9, 2023Independent Media Institute The unspoken agreement between the two major parties is to omit any serious discussion of raising taxes to avoid hitting the debt ceiling…

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May 11, 2023 at 6:25 AM

The Book-Bans Debate Has Finally Reached a Turning Point

The Book-Bans Debate Has Finally Reached a Turning Point     Ronald Brownstein May 10, 2023The Atlantic Potentially the most consequential shift has come from the Biden administration. , Bryan Anselm / The New York Times / Redux   Across multiple fronts,…

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May 11, 2023 at 6:10 AM

Erdoğan Faces Real Chance of Losing As Turkey Gets Ready To Vote

Erdoğan Faces Real Chance of Losing As Turkey Gets Ready To Vote     Jon Henley May 10, 2023The Guardian A united opposition group led by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu could finally end the Turkish president’s decades of power Turkish voters are faced with a momentous ch…

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May 11, 2023 at 4:05 AM

Revisiting the Great Migration and the Black Literary Legends It Inspired

Portside Culture Revisiting the Great Migration and the Black Literary Legends It Inspired     Eleanor J. Bader February 9, 2023The Indypendent Chi Boy is part memoir, part social history, part eulogy for his ancestors, and part tribute to men whose literary ou…

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May 10, 2023 at 12:40 AM

After 75 Years, What Future for Palestine-Israel?

After 75 Years, What Future for Palestine-Israel?     Ghada Karmi May 8, 2023Mondoweiss 75 years after the Nakba, Palestine-Israel is one state under Israeli sovereignty but unequal. The struggle for a more equitable and democratic future will be long and ferociously…

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May 10, 2023 at 12:35 AM

AI Machines Aren’t ‘Hallucinating’. But Their Makers Are

AI Machines Aren’t ‘Hallucinating’. But Their Makers Are     Naomi Klein May 8, 2023The Guardian Tech CEOs want us to believe that generative AI will benefit humanity. They are kidding themselves , Illustration: LiliGraphie/Alamy   Inside the many debate…

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May 10, 2023 at 12:35 AM

May Day in Cuba: Solidarity Against the Embargo

May Day in Cuba: Solidarity Against the Embargo     Walter Smolarek May 8, 2023CounterPunch Miya Tada, a brigade participant from New York, explained how this showed that “the biggest obstacle the Cuban people are facing is the repression and economic warfare of our …

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