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July 3, 2023 at 5:15 AM

The AMLO Project

The AMLO Project     Edwin F. Ackerman June 5, 2023Sidecar/New Left Review Whatever the shortcomings of AMLO’s answers, his attempt to break with neoliberalism cannot easily be dismissed. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Wikipedia   The Mexican political sys…
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July 3, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Warrior Season 3 Review: Gritty Martial Arts Drama Is Back With a Vengeance

Portside Culture Warrior Season 3 Review: Gritty Martial Arts Drama Is Back With a Vengeance     Max Gao June 27, 2023AV Club Warrior’s greatest strengths have always lied in its ability to combine deft social commentary, such as the parallels between the racis…
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July 2, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Green New Deal in the Cities – Part 1: Boston

The Green New Deal in the Cities – Part 1: Boston     Jeremy Brecher June 1, 2023Labor Network for Sustainability Part 1 of “The Green New Deal in the Cities” provides an extended account of the Boston Green New Deal, perhaps the most comprehensive effort so far to a…
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July 2, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Cesspool of Corruption

Cesspool of Corruption     Julia Conley June 30, 2023Common Dreams Dems Reintroduce Bill to Impose Supreme Court Term Limits Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for their official photo in Washington, D.C. on October 7, 2022. , Olivier Douliery/AFP via Get…
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July 2, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Returning to Laurel

Returning to Laurel     Jonathan Odell June 23, 2023The Progressive A feel-good HGTV show sweeps a Southern town’s racist past, and gentrified present, under the rug. ,      When I tell people where I grew up, they say, “Oh, is that the Laurel, Mississi…
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July 2, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Industrial Accidents in 2023, Including East Palestine, OH, and West Reading, PA, Have Cost Lives and Hurt Communities

Industrial Accidents in 2023, Including East Palestine, OH, and West Reading, PA, Have Cost Lives and Hurt Communities     Kim Kelly June 20, 2023Teen Vogue Too many politicians are bought and paid for by the corporations that are killing us. Capitalism is the greate…
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July 2, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Ultra Violence

Ultra Violence     Nelson Lichtenstein May 23, 2023Dissent Rachel Maddow’s podcast tells the story of American Nazis in the 1940s. But the era’s real and lasting authoritarian danger came from the spectacular growth of a national security state. Father Charles…
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July 1, 2023 at 4:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | June 30, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | June 30, 2023     June 30, 2023xxxxxx The Democrats Have Moves To Flip the House. Grandmaster Flash 50 Years of Hip Hop - Full Performance. When Flight Attendants Fought the Airline Industry and Won. Every Body | Movie. How America’s Richest Don…
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July 1, 2023 at 4:30 AM

Democrats Shift Gears to Student Loan Plan B

Democrats Shift Gears to Student Loan Plan B     Igor Bobic and Arthur Delaney June 30, 2023Huffington Post Democrats are looking for a workaround after the Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden's student loan debt forgiveness plan. Eliminate Student Debt,…
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July 1, 2023 at 12:05 AM

‘Movement’ Judges Mete Out ‘Movement’ Justice

‘Movement’ Judges Mete Out ‘Movement’ Justice     Robert L. Tsai and Mary Ziegler June 25, 2023Politico Movement judges as not interchangeable with partisan judges. Unlike a partisan judge, the movement judge will be tempted to advance a movement’s goals even when do…
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July 1, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Boris Kagarlitsky: My Peace Plan

Boris Kagarlitsky: My Peace Plan     Boris Kagarlitsky June 28, 2023Russian Dissent The left must offer a program of an honest peace without territorial conquest or any further aggressive policy, with remuneration for all destruction at the expense of those who unlea…
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July 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Harassment Against Scientists Is Out of Control

Harassment Against Scientists Is Out of Control     Katelyn Jetelina June 27, 2023Your Local Epdemiologist A recent study surveyed 350 scientists about social media commentary: 2 out of 3 reported harassment related to comments made about the COVID-19 pandemic, 1 in …
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July 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Our Constitution

Portside Culture Our Constitution     Beau Beausoleil June 24, 2020Intermitten Press Three years after the murder of George Floyd on March 25 2020, San Francisco poet Beau Beausoleil offers a limited portfolio of 20 poems as homage and legacy. ,  …
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June 30, 2023 at 12:20 AM

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Scathing Dissent To ‘Let-Them-Eat-Cake Obliviousness’ at End of Affirmative Action

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Scathing Dissent To ‘Let-Them-Eat-Cake Obliviousness’ at End of Affirmative Action     Ketanji Brown Jackson June 29, 2023Yahoo! Entertainment The Supreme Court ruled race-based college admissions are unlawful, ending aff…
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June 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Moving Past Neoliberalism Is a Policy Project

Moving Past Neoliberalism Is a Policy Project     Matt Stoller, David Dayen June 27, 2023The American Prospect In order to test whether improving people’s lives can convince them to support Democrats, you have to, well, improve people’s lives. Deepak Bhargava, Shahrz…
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June 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM

300+ Actors, Including Jennifer Lawrence, Quinta Brunson, & Meryl Streep, Sign Letter to SAG-AFTRA Saying They’re Prepared To Strike

300+ Actors, Including Jennifer Lawrence, Quinta Brunson, & Meryl Streep, Sign Letter to SAG-AFTRA Saying They’re Prepared To Strike     Just Jared “A strike brings incredible hardships to so many, and no one wants it,”...“But we are prepared to strike if it comes…
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June 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Atlanta’s Attack on Cop City Protesters Should Be a Warning to Us All

Atlanta’s Attack on Cop City Protesters Should Be a Warning to Us All     Angela Y. Davis & Barbara Ransby June 23, 2023Truthout The fight against the militarized police training center dubbed “Cop City” is one of the great struggles of our time. Law enfor…
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June 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – June 29, 2023 – Reader Comments: Supreme Court: Diversity Not a Compelling Interest; Pay the Writers (and Actors); Outrage Over Medicaid Purge; German Left; Remembering Gus Newport; Charlene Mitchell; Cartoons; More...

Tidbits – June 29, 2023 – Reader Comments: Supreme Court: Diversity Not a Compelling Interest; Pay the Writers (and Actors); Outrage Over Medicaid Purge; German Left; Remembering Gus Newport; Charlene Mitchell; Cartoons; More…     June 29, 2023xxxxxx Reader Comments:…
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June 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Martin Luther King Understood Solidarity

Portside Culture Martin Luther King Understood Solidarity     Michael K. Honey June 21, 2023Jacobin Jonathan Eig’s new Martin Luther King biography stirs exhilaration and visceral pain at the unexpected triumphs and vicious violence that he and the freedom move…
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June 29, 2023 at 6:15 AM

Health Care Discrimination Rampant – Still

Health Care Discrimination Rampant – Still     Mark Kreidler June 28, 2023LA Progressive In searching for answers, the nation might begin by asking why their highest rated hospitals do no better at reducing race-based inequities than anyone else. , Photo by To…
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June 29, 2023 at 4:30 AM

A Companion to Marx’s Grundrisse

Portside Culture A Companion to Marx’s Grundrisse     Benjamin Tetler May 15, 2023Marx & Philosophy Review of Books Reviewer Tetler assesses Harvey's commentary on Marx's famous and influential early work. ,   A Companion to Marx’s Grundrisse D…
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June 29, 2023 at 4:10 AM

EPA, Sanders Launch $7 Billion Program To Expand Rooftop Solar in Poor Neighborhoods

EPA, Sanders Launch $7 Billion Program To Expand Rooftop Solar in Poor Neighborhoods     Kenny Stancil June 28, 2023Common Dreams "At a time when people are struggling to make ends meet, all while dealing with the existential threat of climate change, we must make re…
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June 29, 2023 at 1:35 AM

California Jury Pay Could Soon Increase to $100 a Day

California Jury Pay Could Soon Increase to $100 a Day     Soumya Karlamangla June 27, 2023New York Times The proposal was inspired by a pilot program in San Francisco that has increased the racial and economic diversity of the county’s jury pools by providing $100 da…
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June 29, 2023 at 1:15 AM

Unionizing Made Me a Different Person

Unionizing Made Me a Different Person     Emily Markwiese June 28, 2023Jacobin Forming a union with my coworkers at the immersive arts company Meow Wolf wasn’t easy. It was stressful and scary. But we pushed past that fear — and ended up transforming our lives in the…
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June 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – June 28, 2023

Global Left Midweek – June 28, 2023     June 28, 2023xxxxxx What Russian leftists have to say about the almost coup Rallying points for worldwide climate protests. Credit, fightfossilfuels.net   Left Analyses From Russia Worldwide Climate Protests Set Fo…
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June 28, 2023 at 1:40 AM

The Prigozhin Mutiny Is a Lesson in the Folly of War

The Prigozhin Mutiny Is a Lesson in the Folly of War     Branko Marcetic June 27, 2023Jacobin This past weekend’s attempted insurrection in Russia is a reminder of the self-defeating stupidity of Vladimir Putin’s invasion. It should also be a reminder of the profound…
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June 28, 2023 at 1:35 AM

IMF Says Corporate Profiteering Caused Nearly Half of Europe’s Recent Inflation Surge

IMF Says Corporate Profiteering Caused Nearly Half of Europe’s Recent Inflation Surge     Jake Johnson June 27, 2023Common Dreams "Companies increased prices by more than spiking costs of imported energy," said economists with the International Monetary Fund. …
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June 28, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Facing Extinction, Tuvalu Considers the Digital Clone of a Country

Facing Extinction, Tuvalu Considers the Digital Clone of a Country     Kalolaine Fainu June 27, 2023The Guardian As the climate emergency threatens its existence, the tiny Pacific nation is not only trying to reclaim physical land but create a ‘twin’ to survive in fu…
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June 28, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Lula Faces Powerful Opposition As He Seeks To Protect the Amazon and Recognize Indigenous Rights

Lula Faces Powerful Opposition As He Seeks To Protect the Amazon and Recognize Indigenous Rights     Farai Shawn Matiashe June 27, 2023New Lines Magazine Brazil’s president is determined to save his country’s rainforest but agribusiness and its political supporters …
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June 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – June 27, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – June 27, 2023     June 27, 2023xxxxxx Leftys look at AI, the writers' strike ties up the entertainment market, and news gets strip-mined Hollywood writers hit the bricks. Credit, Gilbert Flores for Variety   What the Papers Say Abo…
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June 27, 2023 at 6:20 AM

‘Change Is Possible’: How Campaigners Are Using Deep Canvassing To Build a Just Future

‘Change Is Possible’: How Campaigners Are Using Deep Canvassing To Build a Just Future     Jake Johnson June 26, 2023Common Dreams "Beliefs are not fixed," said Eboni Taggart, training manager at the Deep Canvass Institute. "We don't want to write people off as unrea…
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June 27, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, June 27–July 3

This Week in People’s History, June 27–July 3     xxxxxx International law? What's that? in 1986. First marches for Gay Pride in 1970. Saving a bridge in 1923. Torturers unwelcome in 1980. Bronx hospital patients first in 1970. Guantanamo opens in 1903. Gettysburg in…
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June 27, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Why Settler Pogroms Are Now Sweeping the West Bank

Why Settler Pogroms Are Now Sweeping the West Bank     Menachem Klein June 26, 2023962 Magazine Frustrated at the military's pushback to their pogroms, settlers will continue upholding Jewish supremacy by any means necessary. A field burns amid a series of Isr…
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June 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Genetically Edited Pork Has Entered the Food Supply

Portside Culture Genetically Edited Pork Has Entered the Food Supply     Jesse Hirsch May 18, 2023Ambrook Research Newsletter Washington State University used CRISPR technology to produce pigs that were sold in sausage form. Is this a one-off, or a sign of thin…
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June 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Prigozhin’s Coup Attempt Exposes Putin’s Vulnerability

Prigozhin’s Coup Attempt Exposes Putin’s Vulnerability     Maxim Trudolyubov June 25, 2023Me The war has gradually revealed Putin to be an ’emperor with no clothes,’ which even his inner circle will soon be forced to admit Putin declares Prigozhin, his protégé…
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June 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Have Billionaires Outfitted Justices With Golden Handcuffs To Stop “Liberal Drift”?

Have Billionaires Outfitted Justices With Golden Handcuffs To Stop “Liberal Drift”?     Thom Hartman June 22, 2023The Hartmann Report The GOP & the billionaires who fund them learned their lesson. Never again would they allow a rightwing justice to stray beyond t…
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June 26, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Black Mirror’s Big AI Episode Has the Wrong Villain

Portside Culture Black Mirror’s Big AI Episode Has the Wrong Villain     Rebecca Ackermann June 23, 2023Vox You’re okay, Computer — it’s the corporations that aren’t. Joan (Annie Murphy) isn’t nearly as awful as a computer that steals lives., Nick Wall/N…
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June 26, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Go Ahead, Try To Explain Milk

Go Ahead, Try To Explain Milk     Katherine J. Wu June 22, 2023The Atlantic No one can define it, much less fully replicate it. , Miya, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons   If an alien life form landed on Earth tomorrow and called up some of the planet’…
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June 26, 2023 at 12:05 AM

No Labels Declines To Reveal Just Who Is Funding Its Third Party Bid

No Labels Declines To Reveal Just Who Is Funding Its Third Party Bid     Heidi Przybyla and Shia Kapos June 23, 2023Politico The group isn’t required under law to disclose its donors even as it takes on the look of a political party While No Labels has not act…
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June 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Future of the Labor-Climate Alliance

The Future of the Labor-Climate Alliance     J. Mijin Cha June 15, 2023Dissent Relying on the private sector to decarbonize is a recipe for abandoning workers. , John Englart   President Joe Biden has emphasized the need for climate action since he was o…
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June 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Unfolding Medicaid Disaster

The Unfolding Medicaid Disaster     Andrew Perez, Nick Byron Campbell June 21, 2023The Lever Now that Biden and Congress have ended pandemic protections, nearly a million have lost Medicaid coverage for procedural reasons so far — and many more will. President…
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June 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Long War on Black Studies

The Long War on Black Studies     Robin D. G. Kelley June 17, 2023New York Review It would be a mistake to think of the current wave of attacks on “critical race theory” as a culture war. This is a political battle. , Cliff Joseph: Blackboard, 1969   We …
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June 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Executive Trading in Health Care Stocks

Executive Trading in Health Care Stocks     Ellis Simani and Robert Faturechi June 22, 2023ProPublica Secret IRS records reveal dozens of highly fortuitous biotech and health care trades. One executive bought shares in a corporate partner just before a sale, and an i…
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June 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Death of “Deliverism”

The Death of “Deliverism”     Deepak Bhargava, Shahrzad Shams, Harry Hanbury June 22, 2023Democracy This article draws on some ideas developed further in Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World by Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce (New Press, Novemb…
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June 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change

The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change     Tapti Sen June 15, 2023Inequality.org We praise charity efforts to combat climate change in countries like Bangladesh as generous, without critiquing why they are made necessary in the first place. ,   I…
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June 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Kurt Vonnegut Warned Us About the Dangers of Automation

Kurt Vonnegut Warned Us About the Dangers of Automation     David H. Price June 21, 2023The Progressive The greatest immediate risk presented to humanity by AI is not robotic control of military weapons, but its application within the logic of capitalism—an alignmen…
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June 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Cornel West: The Primaries Call

Cornel West: The Primaries Call     Tom Gallagher June 22, 2023Stansbury Forum Hopefully, West’s supporters will prevail upon him to undertake his fight in the most effective arena that currently exists, where the greatest light-to-heat potential lies – the primaries…
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June 24, 2023 at 12:15 AM

Rosenberg Executions: Let the Full Truth Be Known

Rosenberg Executions: Let the Full Truth Be Known     Michael Meeropol and Robert Meeropol June 16, 2023Just Security We call on Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to follow her own wise counsel and direct the NSA and the National Archives to open all fil…
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June 24, 2023 at 12:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | June 23, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | June 23, 2023     June 23, 2023xxxxxx 'Elect Clowns, Expect a Circus.' The Case for a 4-Day Work Week | Juliet Schor. Republican Grifting Exposed, Chief Justice John Roberts Confronted. 'Re-Indicted' - A Parody | Emma's Revolution. Former Cop's …
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June 24, 2023 at 12:15 AM

RIP Jim Brown, Hero and Monster

RIP Jim Brown, Hero and Monster     TOMGRAM Robert Lipsyte June 22, 2023TomDispatch The angry sports star who was a milestone between Jack Johnson and Brittney Griner Jim Brown, by Erik Drost (CC BY 2.0 / Flickr)   Jim Brown was a monster, not only as a …
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