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July 28, 2023 at 12:10 AM

They’re the Names You Don’t Know. Hollywood’s ‘Journeyman’ Actors Explain Why They Are Striking

They’re the Names You Don’t Know. Hollywood’s ‘Journeyman’ Actors Explain Why They Are Striking     Jocelyn Noveck and R.J. Rico July 24, 2023WCVB.com (ABC Boston) Extras - they fear the general public thinks all actors get paid handsomely and are doing it for the lo…

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July 28, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Myth of Progress in Voting Rights

The Myth of Progress in Voting Rights     Van Gosse July 26, 2023xxxxxx There are many myths surrounding the political history of the United States. The most deeply-held is the claim that the right to vote has steadily expanded since 1789, incorporating an ever-broad…

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July 28, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Journey to Medicare’s 58th Anniversary

The Journey to Medicare’s 58th Anniversary     F. Douglas Stephenson July 6, 2023Informed Comment The most successful health insurance program, Medicare, was enacted in July,1965 to provide health insurance for people ages 65 and older and disabled regardless of inco…

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July 28, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Israel’s One-State Reality – It’s Time To Give Up on the Two-State Solution

Israel’s One-State Reality – It’s Time To Give Up on the Two-State Solution     Michael Barnett, Nathan Brown, Marc Lynch, and Shibley Telhami April 14, 2023Foreign Affairs Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power with a narrow, extreme right-wing coalition has shattered…

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July 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Ernst Bloch: Looking Backward, Looking Forward in the Fight Against Fascism

Portside Culture Ernst Bloch: Looking Backward, Looking Forward in the Fight Against Fascism     By Kurt Stand* July 19, 2023Socialist Forum The German Marxist philosopher's work can help us understand fascism and how to fight it. Ernst Bloch was a critical Mar…

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July 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – July 27, 2023 – Reader Comments: Climate Disaster-Record Heat Wave; Oppenheimer, Nuclear War Danger-Still; SAG/AFTRA & WGA Strikes; Israel; Remembering Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz; Forgotten History of March for Jobs and Freedom; More...

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July 27, 2023 at 6:55 AM

‘Immensely Invisible:’ Women Fighting ICE’s Inaction on Sexual Abuses

‘Immensely Invisible:’ Women Fighting ICE’s Inaction on Sexual Abuses     Zeba Warsi July 21, 2023Futuro “He asked me to lower my pants and placed the stethoscope down there,” Viviana said. “He would make lewd faces while doing that. I froze and stared into the void.…

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July 27, 2023 at 6:40 AM

‘There’s No Other Option but To Fight’: Iranian Women Defiant As ‘Morality Police’ Return

‘There’s No Other Option but To Fight’: Iranian Women Defiant As ‘Morality Police’ Return     Deepa Parent July 24, 2023The Guardian Activists speak of their dismay at renewed patrols to enforce wearing of the hijab, but insist protests will continue ahead of the ann…

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July 27, 2023 at 6:20 AM

A Supreme Dissent: Justice Sonia Sotomayor Eviscerates the Court’s Civil Rights Rollback

A Supreme Dissent: Justice Sonia Sotomayor Eviscerates the Court’s Civil Rights Rollback     Stephen Rohde July 20, 2023Truthdig Sotomayor's dissent should be read by every American and taught in colleges and universities. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor…

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July 27, 2023 at 6:05 AM

Making the Radical Case for Sinéad O’Connor: She Was Right All Along

Making the Radical Case for Sinéad O’Connor: She Was Right All Along     Meredith Blake October 7, 2022LA Times This review of "Nothing Compares", a documentary on the life of the courageous Irish singer/songwriter, who died yesterday at age 56, appeared in the LA Ti…

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July 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

A Syrian Epic

Portside Culture A Syrian Epic     Marcel Theroux July 26, 2023The Guardian Set against the tumultuous backdrop of modern Syria’s birth pangs, this saga of friendship, freedom and tragedy celebrates Aleppo’s lost past. ,   No One Prayed Over Their …

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July 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – July 26, 2023

Global Left Midweek – July 26, 2023     July 26, 2023xxxxxx History is happening Closing of People’s Summit at Free University of Brussels. Credit, Zoe Alexandra, Peoples Dispatch   India Opposition Unites for Democracy Spain: It’s Center/Left vs Right/F…

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July 26, 2023 at 2:25 AM

A Dark Day for Israeli Democracy

A Dark Day for Israeli Democracy     Eetta Prince-Gibson July 25, 2023Moment With no judicial oversight, this self-serving government can use its powers to fire and appoint anyone it wants, use public resources for pet projects and otherwise abuse its power. Israel i…

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July 26, 2023 at 1:50 AM

Strategy in the Time of MAGA: Block and Build

Strategy in the Time of MAGA: Block and Build     Max Elbaum July 21, 2023Common Dreams A GOP presidential and congressional win in 2024 would bring a national abortion ban, national right to work law; more tax cuts for the rich; an eliminationist program for transge…

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July 26, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Inside the Teamsters’ Historic Contract at UPS

Inside the Teamsters’ Historic Contract at UPS     Luis Feliz Leon July 25, 2023The American Prospect The union’s new leadership used effective messaging and rank-and-file organization to win significant gains. UPS Teamsters and workers hold a rally in downtow…

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July 26, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Gulf Stream Could Collapse As Early as 2025, Study Suggests

Gulf Stream Could Collapse As Early as 2025, Study Suggests     Damian Carrington July 25, 2023Guardian A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis Perpetual Ocean - Gulf Stream, by NASA Goddard Photo and V…

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July 26, 2023 at 12:30 AM

In the Beginning, There Was Barbie

Portside Culture In the Beginning, There Was Barbie     Alissa Wilkinson July 20, 2023Vox Turns out Greta Gerwig’s 'Barbie" movie is a Biblical metaphor after all... "She's Everything. He's just Ken.", Poster for the film 'Barbie - Warner Bros. Pictures …

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July 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – July 25, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – July 25, 2023     July 25, 2023xxxxxx Media past, present and future , Tom Tomorrow   AI Guidelines The Case For Social Media Socialism Next Intellectual Property Orgy: Movies About Toys OpenAI WGA and SAG-AFTRA Shake the Industry …

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July 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

“Concrete Coffins:” Surviving Extreme Heat Behind Bars

“Concrete Coffins:” Surviving Extreme Heat Behind Bars     Jamiles Lartey July 22, 2023The Marshall Project Record temperatures in much of the U.S. threatening more people in prisons. The William G. McConnell Unit in Beeville, Texas. A 2022 study concluded tha…

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July 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, July 25 – 31

This Week in People’s History, July 25 – 31     xxxxxx Alabama tries to ban the NAACP in 1956. Freedom Summer under the gun in 1964. Cigarette health warning in 1965. Protesters killed in DC in 1932. "Fight for 15" in 2013. Federal health insurance for some in 1965. …

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July 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Blame Capitalism? Why Hundreds of Decades-Old Yet Vital Drugs Are Nearly Impossible To Find

Blame Capitalism? Why Hundreds of Decades-Old Yet Vital Drugs Are Nearly Impossible To Find     Geoffrey Joyce July 20, 2023The Conversation Hundreds of proven, decades-old vital drugs that can be produced inexpensively are difficult or impossible to find due to the …

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July 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

CNN Town Halls Do Democracy No Favors

CNN Town Halls Do Democracy No Favors     Julie Hollar July 19, 2023FAIR Good journalism demands one-on-one encounters with candidates, questions that speak to people’s actual concerns, real-time factchecking. If candidates can’t agree to a platform that holds them a…

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July 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Sánchez’s Tricky Road to Victory After Shock Spanish Election Result

Sánchez’s Tricky Road to Victory After Shock Spanish Election Result     Aitor Hernandez-Morales July 24, 2023Politico The Socialist may remain prime minister if he can cobble together enough support from wildly different political groups. Pedro Sánchez is on …

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July 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Curious Economics of Pick- Your-Own Farms

Portside Culture The Curious Economics of Pick- Your-Own Farms     Shelby Vittek July 13, 2023Ambrook Research The U-pick business model, which relies on farm visitors to do the harvesting, has the potential to produce big profits. But its success depends on an…

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July 24, 2023 at 8:40 AM

Sunday Science: The Scientists Who Understood Their Obligation to Humanity

Sunday Science: The Scientists Who Understood Their Obligation to Humanity     John Mark Hansen July 22, 2023The Atlantic Nuclear experts demanded limits on the atomic bomb. AI developers should follow that example. , The Atlantic   J. Robert Oppenheimer…

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July 24, 2023 at 7:55 AM

Chicago Has a Pension Crisis, but It’s Not Progressives’ Fault

Chicago Has a Pension Crisis, but It’s Not Progressives’ Fault     Dean Baker July 19, 2023The New Republic One recent media report is emblematic of the kinds of errors the press makes when it sees a chance to put pressure on a Black progressive mayor. Chicago…

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July 24, 2023 at 7:35 AM

Political Monocultures Weaken Resistance to the GOP and Big Business

Political Monocultures Weaken Resistance to the GOP and Big Business     Ralph Nader July 23, 2023Common Dreams The GOP’s off-the-wall positions should make it easy for the Dems to defeat the out-of-touch Republicans. But not when the party is dialing for the same co…

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July 24, 2023 at 7:15 AM

The Waning Days of the ‘Special Relationship’

The Waning Days of the ‘Special Relationship’     Meron Rapoport July 20, 2023972 Magazine The White House will not cut aid to Israel or stop cooperation overnight, but the day America treats Israel like any other country is nearer than we think. President Joe…

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July 24, 2023 at 6:45 AM

Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia — Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists

Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia — Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists     Doug Bock Clark July 13, 2023ProPublica The recent transformation of the state’s election laws explicitly enabled citizens to file unlimited challenges t…

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July 24, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Unauthorized AI-Generated ‘South Park’ Episode Leaves WGA and SAG Strikers Enraged: “Straight to Hell”

Portside Culture Unauthorized AI-Generated ‘South Park’ Episode Leaves WGA and SAG Strikers Enraged: “Straight to Hell”     Raven Brunner July 20, 2023Decider While the specific program is new, this isn’t the first time artificial intelligence has created a ver…

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July 23, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Why It Feels Like the 1850s

Why It Feels Like the 1850s     Robert Kuttner July 21, 2023The American Prospect States that deny rights to women are demanding that free states do their bidding—with the help of courts. People demonstrate in Davenport, Iowa, following the Supreme Court decis…

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July 23, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Favorable Views of Supreme Court Fall to Historic Low

Favorable Views of Supreme Court Fall to Historic Low     Katy Lin and Carroll Doherty July 21, 2023Pew Research Center Fewer than half of Americans (44%) now express a favorable opinion of the court, , dbking   Following a series of high-profile rulings…

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July 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Nahel’s France: Neo-Colonized and Pan-African Voices Speak Up

Nahel’s France: Neo-Colonized and Pan-African Voices Speak Up     Julia Wright July 15, 2023Pan-African News Wire Since we are listening to muted voices, what about little Nahel's voice? The 14-year-old passenger sitting next to him in the car related that Nahel's la…

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July 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM

A New Strategy To Take On AIPAC: Actually Take Them On

A New Strategy To Take On AIPAC: Actually Take Them On     Ryan Grim July 18, 2023badnews.substack.com “To take money from a lobbying group that dictates your foreign policy, I think it’s completely unacceptable. I do not think it’s OK to take money from a group that…

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July 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM

‘Don’t Let the Chain of Freedom Break at Your Link’

‘Don’t Let the Chain of Freedom Break at Your Link’     Loretta Ross and Scot Nakagawa July 6, 2023Convergence We have three different kinds of allies: potential, problematic and proven. They all have the most important word in there: ally. But we need different stra…

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July 22, 2023 at 12:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | July 21, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | July 21, 2023     July 21, 2023xxxxxx Lifting the Fog: The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Lean On Me | Kori Withers and Friends. Oppenheimer | Movie. JFK Jr. Was Killed in 1999 ... Or Was He? How Streaming Caused the TV Writers Strike. …

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July 22, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Manhattan Project Scientist Who Quit

The Manhattan Project Scientist Who Quit     September 28, 2005 Joseph Rotblat was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project, believing it was necessary in view of German atom bomb development. When he learned the German project was unsuccessful, he resigned an…

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July 22, 2023 at 12:05 AM

No Labels Says It’s Not a Political Party. But It’s Setting Up State Parties.

No Labels Says It’s Not a Political Party. But It’s Setting Up State Parties.     David Corn July 17, 2023Mother Jones No Labels says its not a political party. It runs on dark money. But now it's setting up state parties. Democrats and Never-Trump GOPers are worried…

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July 22, 2023 at 12:05 AM

How College Towns Are Decimating the GOP

How College Towns Are Decimating the GOP     Charlie Mahtesian and Madi Alexander July 21, 2023Politico Growing population in America’s highly educated enclaves has led to huge gains for the Democratic Party. And Republicans are scrambling for answers. , …

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July 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Wagnerization: How Putin Degraded the Russian State

Wagnerization: How Putin Degraded the Russian State     Ilya Matveev July 3, 2023Left East The Wagner mutiny exposed the weakness of the Russian state. Behind the monolithic facade of Putinism are clans, networks and corporations pursuing their own goals. They are qu…

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July 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM

F Is for Fear

Portside Culture F Is for Fear     Heidi Seaborn June 25, 2023Rattle Poet Heidi Seaborn (a distinctive surname) envisions a death at sea by strangulation, though it didn’t quite happen that way. ,   F is for Fear By Heidi Seaborn And it is raining…

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July 21, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Fran Drescher Breaks Down the SAG-AFTRA Strike’s Heated First Days: ‘We’re Striking for the Journeyman,’ Not Tom Cruise

Fran Drescher Breaks Down the SAG-AFTRA Strike’s Heated First Days: ‘We’re Striking for the Journeyman,’ Not Tom Cruise     Stephen Rodrick July 19, 2023Variety "The Nanny" speaks on land barons, new business models and why she is the right person for the job. “I thi…

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July 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Vast Majority of House Dems Back GOP Resolution Saying Israel Isn’t an Apartheid State

Vast Majority of House Dems Back GOP Resolution Saying Israel Isn’t an Apartheid State     Michael Arria July 19, 2023Mondoweiss The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution declaring Israel is "not a racist or apartheid state." The final vote was 412-9. Rep. Rashida…

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July 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Alabama Legislators Buck Supreme Court, Cling to Racially Discriminatory Voting Districts

Alabama Legislators Buck Supreme Court, Cling to Racially Discriminatory Voting Districts     Judd Legum July 19, 2023Popular Information In the 1950s and 60s, southern officials — desperate to maintain the racial status quo — regularly ignored court orders affirming…

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July 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Crimes and Dangers of Elliott Abrams: Why Biden Should Not Appoint Him

The Crimes and Dangers of Elliott Abrams: Why Biden Should Not Appoint Him     Ariel Gold and Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler July 14, 2023Fellowship Magazine To honor those who have died and suffered from the fires Biden nominee Elliott Abrams lit and fanned abroad, we mu…

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July 21, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – July 20, 2023 – Reader Comments: Hollywood Strike To Limit AI Is for You and Me – We Are All Extras; DeSantis Using State Guard As Private Army; Negro League, Baseball Integration the Left; Hollywood Labor Films; Robert Reich; War on Women

Tidbits – July 20, 2023 – Reader Comments: Hollywood Strike To Limit AI Is for You and Me – We Are All Extras; DeSantis Using State Guard As Private Army; Negro League, Baseball Integration the Left; Hollywood Labor Films; Robert Reich; War on Women     July 20, 2023xxxx…

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July 21, 2023 at 12:00 AM

How Jeremy Corbyn Was Toppled by the Israel Lobby

Portside Culture How Jeremy Corbyn Was Toppled by the Israel Lobby     Michael Steven Smith July 12, 2023Mondoweiss Asa Winstanley's new book shows how the Israel lobby weaponized antisemitism to create a new McCarthyism to bring down Jeremy Corbyn and those bu…

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July 20, 2023 at 5:45 AM

Cop City and the Escalating War on Environmental Defenders

Cop City and the Escalating War on Environmental Defenders     Basav Sen and Gabrielle Colchete July 13, 2023In These Times From laws targeting fossil fuel protests to the crackdown on Stop Cop City activists, corporations are calling in militarized law enforcement t…

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July 20, 2023 at 5:30 AM

Palestinian Resistance Will Not Be Snuffed Out by Israel

Palestinian Resistance Will Not Be Snuffed Out by Israel     Mohammed R. Mhawish July 5, 2023Jacobin The Israeli incursion into Jenin showed the violence of occupation and blatant disregard for Palestinian rights. At least 133 Palestinians have been killed by Israel …

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July 20, 2023 at 4:30 AM

Plenty of Black College Students Want To Be Teachers, but Something Keeps Derailing Them

Plenty of Black College Students Want To Be Teachers, but Something Keeps Derailing Them     Jill Barshay July 10, 2023The Hechinger Report Study inside Michigan’s teacher preparation programs sheds light on some of the reasons for the scarcity of Black teachers in A…

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