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September 1, 2023 at 1:05 AM

The Civil Rights Movement Was Filled to the Brim With Leftists

The Civil Rights Movement Was Filled to the Brim With Leftists     Matthew F. Nichter interviewed by Shawn Gude August 28, 2023Jacobin August 28th was the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. Ignore the lies and distortions — the reality, as the latest resear…

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September 1, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Conservative Groups Draw Up Plan To Dismantle the US Government and Replace It With Trump’s Vision

Conservative Groups Draw Up Plan To Dismantle the US Government and Replace It With Trump’s Vision     Lisa Mascaro August 29, 2023AP News With a 1,000-page “Project 2025” handbook and an “army” of Americans, the idea is to have the civic infrastructure in place on D…

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September 1, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Tidbits – Aug.31, 2023 – Reader Comments: Racist Gun Violence Fueled by MAGA; March on Washington, Chicano Moratorium; GOP “Debate”; Capital Destruction, Maui; Hollywood Runs on Low Pay; Dolly Parton–The Book Lady; 50th Anniversary of Chile Coup;

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September 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Chile Announces Much-Anticipated Plan To Search for Pinochet’s Victims

Chile Announces Much-Anticipated Plan To Search for Pinochet’s Victims     John Bartlett August 30, 2023The Guardian Chile’s government has announced its much-anticipated plan to search for the victims of forced disappearance and political execution under Augusto Pin…

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September 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Can We Learn From Cuba’s Sustainable Revolution?

Can We Learn From Cuba’s Sustainable Revolution?     Elias Ferrer Breda August 24, 2023Forbes Being forced to live with scarce quantities of fossil fuels, it has pioneered different forms of energy saving and alternative energy production. In the last two decades, Cu…

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August 31, 2023 at 6:10 AM

‘War Against the Children’

‘War Against the Children’     Zach Levitt, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Simon Romero and Tim Wallace August 30, 2023New York Times The Native American boarding school system — a decades-long effort to assimilate Indigenous people before they ever reached adulthood — robb…

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August 31, 2023 at 5:45 AM

Mixture of Nuclear Modernization and Rising Global Mistrust Is ‘Recipe for Annihilation’: UN Chief

Mixture of Nuclear Modernization and Rising Global Mistrust Is ‘Recipe for Annihilation’: UN Chief     Jake Johnson August 30, 2023Common Dreams A legally binding prohibition on nuclear tests is a fundamental step in our quest for a world free of nuclear weapons," sa…

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August 31, 2023 at 5:25 AM

The NYPD Has Stopped Tens of Thousands of People Under Mayor Adams. Just 5% Were White.

The NYPD Has Stopped Tens of Thousands of People Under Mayor Adams. Just 5% Were White.     Bahar Ostadan August 25, 2023Gothamist Racial disparities even starker than at the height of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “stop and frisk” era. Police, in 2012, sto…

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August 31, 2023 at 5:05 AM

The Government Makes It Harder for the Formerly Incarcerated To Be Good Citizens

The Government Makes It Harder for the Formerly Incarcerated To Be Good Citizens     Jared McClain and Andrew Ward August 28, 2023The Daily Beast If rehabilitation is the point of our justice system, government agencies shouldn’t punish people who’ve paid their debt,…

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August 31, 2023 at 4:05 AM

‘The Man Who Changed Colors’

Portside Culture ‘The Man Who Changed Colors’     John Bachtell August 29, 2023People's World Reviewer Bachtell on this "multi-layered working-class suspense thriller," the second novel by this widely respected working class movement leader, activist, and think…

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August 31, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – August 30, 2023

Global Left Midweek – August 30, 2023     August 30, 2023xxxxxx News and analysis about and from movements and parties around the world From Idlib, Syria: Druze, Assyrian and Kurdish flags signaling revolutionary unity, 25 August 2023. Credit, Omar Albam …

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August 30, 2023 at 12:10 AM

20 Groups Demand Passage of Bowman Amendment To Disclose Cost of US Military Footprint

20 Groups Demand Passage of Bowman Amendment To Disclose Cost of US Military Footprint     Jessica Corbett August 28, 2023Common Dreams "This amendment is crucial as taxpayers and other citizens remain concerned—and inadequately informed—about the cost to U.S. taxpay…

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August 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Care(ful) Work of Abolishing Prisons

The Care(ful) Work of Abolishing Prisons     Amanda Alexander & Deanna Van Buren February 27, 2023Yes! How to kick our national addiction to prisons , pacific press   Our society is addicted to punishment. For the last 50 years, we have expanded poli…

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August 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Living on a War Planet

Living on a War Planet     David Bromwich August 29, 2023Tom Dispatch When we think about our latest war — the one that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is a hidden benefit. As long as American minds are on Ukraine, we are not thinking about planetar…

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August 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Biden’s NLRB Brings Workers’ Rights Back From the Dead

Biden’s NLRB Brings Workers’ Rights Back From the Dead     Harold Meyerson August 28, 2023The American Prospect A decision last Friday makes union organizing possible again. , Jon Elswick/AP Photo   Hot Labor Summer just became a scorcher. To listen to t…

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August 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 29, 2023

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 29, 2023     August 29, 2023xxxxxx What to make of the GOP debate, human rights for Juggalos, and more culture clash , Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images/Fulton County Sheriff’s Office   A Tal…

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August 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

“Aurora’s Sunrise” Illuminates the Armenian Genocide

Portside Culture “Aurora’s Sunrise” Illuminates the Armenian Genocide     Dick Price and Sharon Kyle August 15, 2023Hollywood Progressive An animated documentary film based on a true story, the film follows Aurora Mardiganian’s life during and just after the Ar…

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August 29, 2023 at 5:50 AM

The March on Washington Advanced a Radical Vision for Society That Remains Unfulfilled

The March on Washington Advanced a Radical Vision for Society That Remains Unfulfilled     Paul Prescod August 28, 2023Jacobin Sixty years ago today, hundreds of thousands gathered at the Washington Mall, where they heard Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” spee…

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August 29, 2023 at 1:05 AM

The Making of John Lewis’ 1963 March on Washington Speech

The Making of John Lewis’ 1963 March on Washington Speech     David Greenberg August 28, 1963New York Times John Lewis' 1963 speech bluntly assailed deficiencies in the civil rights bill others were championing — but succeeded in doing so without undermining the day…

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August 29, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Aug. 28 – Sept. 5

This Week in People’s History, Aug. 28 – Sept. 5     xxxxxx Deadly weather in 2005. KKK run out of town in 1923. FBI informers mess up in 1973. The telephone industry discovers women workers in 1878. TV news is ready for prime time in 1963. Frederick Douglass frees h…

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August 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Impact of the Raise the Wage Act of 2023, by Congressional District

The Impact of the Raise the Wage Act of 2023, by Congressional District     Ben Zipperer August 22, 2023Economic Policy Institute The federal minimum hourly wage is just $7.25 and has not increased in 14 years, the longest period of congressional inaction in the hist…

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August 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Wild History of Not Eating Meat

Portside Culture The Wild History of Not Eating Meat     Diana Hubbell August 15, 2023Atlas Obscura Alicia Kennedy’s debut book tackles punk restaurants, underground vegan zines, and Silicon Valley. A sustainable cashew farming initiative in Puerto Carre…

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August 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Taking Lessons From Black Political Prisoners During Black August

Taking Lessons From Black Political Prisoners During Black August     Jomo Muhammad and Justin A. Davis August 22, 2023Waging Nonviolence From food justice to energy to housing, the freedom of political prisoners should be a demand, and organizations should create ti…

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August 28, 2023 at 6:15 AM

Sunday Science: NIH Withdraws Opposition to Unionization Effort

Sunday Science: NIH Withdraws Opposition to Unionization Effort     Katie Langin August 10, 2023Science The move opens the door for postdocs and graduate students who want a union to push for better pay and working conditions In June, early-career researchers …

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August 28, 2023 at 5:35 AM

Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson Made a Suggestion During the 1963 March on Washington − and It Changed a Good Speech to a Majestic Sermon on an American Dream

Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson Made a Suggestion During the 1963 March on Washington − and It Changed a Good Speech to a Majestic Sermon on an American Dream     Bev-Freda Jackson August 25, 2023The Conversation Every now and then, a voice can matter. Mahalia Jackson …

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August 28, 2023 at 5:20 AM

Giving Shakespeare the Tough Love He Deserves

Giving Shakespeare the Tough Love He Deserves     John Douglas Thompson August 18, 2023New York Times In “The Great White Bard,” Farah Karim-Cooper maintains that close attention to race, and racism, will only deepen engagement with the playwright’s canon. Joh…

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August 28, 2023 at 5:00 AM

NLRB: Companies That Try to Union-Bust Will Be Forced To Recognize Union

NLRB: Companies That Try to Union-Bust Will Be Forced To Recognize Union     Tori Otten August 25, 2023The New Republic The National Labor Relations Board just made it a whole lot harder to union-bust. , Fred Wright Union Cartoons   The National Labor Re…

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August 28, 2023 at 4:35 AM

“It’s Always About Oil”

“It’s Always About Oil”     Amy Goodman, Juan González, Ervand Abrahamian, Taghi Amirani August 23, 2023Democracy Now! The CIA & MI6 Staged Coup in Iran 70 Years Ago, Destroying Democracy in Iran Screen grab from show video, Democracy Now   We look a…

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August 28, 2023 at 2:05 AM

King the Land Is a Netflix Hit About Love and Labor Rights

Portside Culture King the Land Is a Netflix Hit About Love and Labor Rights     Aja Romano August 18, 2023Vox Can romance’s fantasy of wealth survive the labor rights movement? Let’s ask, uh, this frothy K-drama. Im Yoon-ah (Yoona) and Lee Jun-ho star in…

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August 27, 2023 at 3:25 AM

Can Boycotts Help Workers Win?

Can Boycotts Help Workers Win?     Stephen Lerner and Eric Blanc August 23, 2023Labor Politics With workers and unions beginning to reconsider the potentialities and pitfalls of boycotts, it makes sense to take a look back at the famous boycott campaigns led by the U…

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August 27, 2023 at 12:25 AM

Barbie: Marxism for Gen Z

Barbie: Marxism for Gen Z     Walden Bello August 21, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus Is Barbie out to change the world or just her own life? ,   I finally got what director Greta Gerwig was up to in her movie Barbie that features Margot Robbie as the adult …

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August 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Delivering Addresses (and Access) to the Navajo Nation

Delivering Addresses (and Access) to the Navajo Nation     Peter Yeung August 25, 2023Yes Magazine Emergency healthcare, mail delivery, broadband internet, government-issued IDs, and the right to vote often require a physical address. Navajo Mountain, a Native…

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August 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

LGBTQ+ Rights Advocates Mourn California Store Owner Killed Over Pride Flag

LGBTQ+ Rights Advocates Mourn California Store Owner Killed Over Pride Flag     Jessica Corbett August 21, 2023Common Dreams "The tragic, targeted killing of Lauri over the Pride flag displayed at her Lake Arrowhead store was senseless and, unfortunately, part of a g…

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August 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Latin America Is Stronger Together

Latin America Is Stronger Together     Guillaume Long August 15, 2023CEPR Despite difficult conditions, the dream of Latin American integration endures. It is one that the international community, particularly the United States, should share. The leaders of Co…

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August 26, 2023 at 12:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | August 25, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | August 25, 2023     August 25, 2023xxxxxx Billy Bragg | Rich Men Earning North of a Million. Georgia Prosecutor and Judge Call Trump Ally’s Bluff. Watch a Climate Scientist Fact Check an Alarming PragerU Video. The Day Women Shut Down Iceland. A …

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August 26, 2023 at 12:15 AM

How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows.

How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows.     Robin Fields June 28, 2023ProPublica Insurers’ denial rates — a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care — remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have do…

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August 26, 2023 at 12:15 AM

We Oppose McCarthyism and Apologizing for China

We Oppose McCarthyism and Apologizing for China     Dan La Botz and Stephen R. Shalom August 15, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus Here's how to oppose Cold War rhetoric and still be an internationalist who supports democracy and human rights. The red scare, UC Berk…

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August 26, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Bill Bragg Answers a Divisive Song With a Song of His Own

Bill Bragg Answers a Divisive Song With a Song of His Own     Billy Bragg August 22, 2023Guardian The No 1 hit Rich Men North of Richmond rails against billionaires but punches down on the poor. So I decided to write a song in reply. Bill Bragg,   ‘Don’t…

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August 26, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Indictments of Trump and Allies Highlight Need To Protect Election Systems

Indictments of Trump and Allies Highlight Need To Protect Election Systems     Derek Tisler and Lawrence Norden August 15, 2023Brennan Center for Justice The Georgia RICO indictment details the targeting of both election machines and election officials. Mug sh…

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August 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Winner and Still Champion

Portside Culture The Winner and Still Champion     Jeannette Ferrary Poet/photographer Jeannette Ferrary finds no small irony in the fact that Mattel has turned its products into a movie and the movie into more products, another merchandise opportunity. …

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August 25, 2023 at 12:10 AM

The GOP Debate – Trump and the MAGA Party

The GOP Debate – Trump and the MAGA Party     Harold Meyerson August 24, 2023DSA North Star Even without Donald Trump on stage, in the first GOP debate, the treatment the crowd gave Trump’s critics made it vociferously clear - this is a MAGA Trump Party. Image…

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August 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

What Might Finally Resolve the Hollywood Strikes

What Might Finally Resolve the Hollywood Strikes     David Dayen August 22, 2023The American Prospect The unions raised the need for antitrust enforcement, and the Biden administration’s top antitrust cops paid attention. The one-two punch of simultaneous WGA and SAG…

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August 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

‘Orphaned by Decree’: Italy’s Same-Sex Parents React to Losing Their Rights

‘Orphaned by Decree’: Italy’s Same-Sex Parents React to Losing Their Rights     Ashifa Kassam August 21, 2023The Guardian Rightwing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has demanded local councils register only biological parents on birth certificates, leaving partners in l…

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August 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Niger Revolution Takes Bonapartist Turn

Niger Revolution Takes Bonapartist Turn     M. K. Bhadrakumar August 23, 2023Indian Punchline The 4-week old turmoil in the West African state of Niger is taking a curious turn that no longer allows a binary vision of “neo-colonialism and imperialism” versus “nationa…

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August 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Aug.24, 2023 – Reader Comments: Donald Trump, Mob Boss; Georgia Indictment Speaks to History; Biden Climate Bill Leaves Workers Behind; German Left Debates Putin’s War; Sept 17 March To End the Era of Fossil Fuels; Cartoons; More;...

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August 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Hollywood Is a Union Town, but the History Is Complicated

Portside Culture Hollywood Is a Union Town, but the History Is Complicated     Steven Wishnia August 7, 2023The Indypendent The American movie industry has been one of the most consistently unionized sectors of the economy since the 1930s — but to achieve that,…

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August 24, 2023 at 6:20 AM

We Did Not Evolve To Be Selfish

We Did Not Evolve To Be Selfish     April Short August 19, 2023Indpendent Media Institute A new paper on multilevel cultural evolution shows how looking to our cultural evolutionary origins might help us improve society. , Photo by Randy Fath on Unsplash …

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August 24, 2023 at 6:05 AM

Anti-Trans Bills Are Sweeping the US Despite, Not Because of, Public Opinion

Anti-Trans Bills Are Sweeping the US Despite, Not Because of, Public Opinion     Interview with Erin Reed by Doug Henwood August 23, 2023Jacobin The coordinated attack on trans rights in state legislatures across the US is built on a foundation of hateful paranoia an…

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August 24, 2023 at 5:50 AM

6 Biased Tropes in Israel/Palestine Reporting

6 Biased Tropes in Israel/Palestine Reporting     Lara-Nour Walton August 22, 2023Common Dreams As stories about Israel/Palestine continue to bombard our screens and daily papers, readers and journalists alike need to remain aware of the pro-Israel pitfalls that pock…

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August 24, 2023 at 5:30 AM

Ecuadorians Vote To Halt Oil Drilling in Biodiverse Amazonian National Park

Ecuadorians Vote To Halt Oil Drilling in Biodiverse Amazonian National Park     Dan Collyns August 21, 2023The Guardian Referendum result protecting Yasuní reserve will benefit huge range of species as well as ‘uncontacted’ Indigenous peoples Waorani indigenou…

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