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September 27, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Democrats Walking the Picket Lines vs. Anti-Worker Republicans

Democrats Walking the Picket Lines vs. Anti-Worker Republicans     John Nichols September 26, 2023The Capital Times (Madison, WI) Since United Auto Workers union members struck the Big Three automakers, GOP candidates have confirmed that the party of Eisenhower is no…

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September 27, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Biden Just Made History by Becoming the First U.S. President To Join Striking Workers on the Picket Line

Biden Just Made History by Becoming the First U.S. President To Join Striking Workers on the Picket Line     Jeff Schuhrke September 26, 2023In These Times - Labor “The most union-friendly president in U.S. history” may be a low bar, but Biden took another step towar…

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September 27, 2023 at 12:05 AM

What’s the Matter With Legislatures?

What’s the Matter With Legislatures?     Alan Ehrenhalt September 25, 2023Governing A lot, says one prominent political scientist. But most of all, they aren’t accountable to anyone. The Utah House of Representatives in session. , Matthew Thomas Allen/Shutters…

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September 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

A Telling Tale of Two Press Lords

A Telling Tale of Two Press Lords     Sam Pizzigati September 25, 2023Inequality.org Rupert Murdoch made the world safe for grand fortune. E.W. Scripps had a better idea. Rupert Murdoch, 92, is stepping down as chair of his global media empire, which includes …

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September 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

‘Stop Making Sense’ Is Back, and Talking Heads Have More to Say

Portside Culture ‘Stop Making Sense’ Is Back, and Talking Heads Have More to Say     Jon Pareles September 9, 2023The New York Times The 40th-anniversary restoration of Jonathan Demme's Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense", a great concert film, is a funk spectacl…

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September 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – September 26, 2023

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – September 26, 2023     September 26, 2023xxxxxx When celebs disappoint, and creators turn against their industries Maren Morris: “I don’t know what I’m doin’ / Don’t know what I’m tryin’ to find / My only resolution is I’m al…

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September 26, 2023 at 4:25 AM

This Week in People’s History, Sept. 26-Oct. 2

This Week in People’s History, Sept. 26-Oct. 2     xxxxxx Racist judges get schooled (in 1963). School integration? No way (1958). A very deadly parade (1918). Prisoners of conscience (1943). Broadway says 'no' to racism (1933). No way to run a website (2013). Abolit…

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September 26, 2023 at 3:00 AM

Netanyahu Shows Map of ‘New Middle East’—Without Palestine—to UN General Assembly

Netanyahu Shows Map of ‘New Middle East’—Without Palestine—to UN General Assembly     Brett Wilkins September 22, 2023Common Dreams "Netanyahu made clear with his little map today what normalization really seeks: eliminating Palestine... from the region and legitimiz…

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September 26, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Has Post-Neoliberal Order Already Arrived? A Conversation With Quinn Slobodian

Has Post-Neoliberal Order Already Arrived? A Conversation With Quinn Slobodian     September Collective September 10, 2023September September sat down with Quinn Slobodian, author of Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy, to …

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September 26, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Popcorn Is a Time Capsule for How We Snack

Portside Culture Popcorn Is a Time Capsule for How We Snack     Jane Godiner September 19, 2023Taste Popcorn’s path to ubiquity is marked by the same milestones that we associate with the development of culture—from notable technological advancements to the ten…

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September 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Why Latin America Rejects Western Hypocrisy

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Why Latin America Rejects Western Hypocrisy     Amy Goodman September 21, 2023Democracy Now We’re neutral in any war, not because we don’t believe there is an occupation, but because many of the countries of Latin America have su…

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September 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

How Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus Broke the Hollywood Blacklists

How Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus Broke the Hollywood Blacklists     Taylor Dorrell September 14, 2023Jacobin Telling the story of a slave revolt in ancient Rome, the 1960 film Spartacus was penned by two blacklisted Communist writers. Its arrival in theaters was a mid…

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September 25, 2023 at 6:40 AM

Sunday Science: Quantum Wave Functions: What’s Actually Waving?

Sunday Science: Quantum Wave Functions: What’s Actually Waving?     Nick Lucid September 27, 2019The Science Asylum The most mysterious aspect of quantum mechanics is the wave function. What does it have to do with probability and statistics? Let's find out. T…

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September 25, 2023 at 5:15 AM

The Moment It All Changed for UAW President Shawn Fain

The Moment It All Changed for UAW President Shawn Fain     Steven Greenhouse September 22, 2023Politico Here’s what launched the militant union leader toward a historic strike. Shawn Fain was known for his unremitting opposition to concessions, a stance that h…

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September 25, 2023 at 4:40 AM

Jackson out of Sight As Mississippi Goes to the Polls

Jackson out of Sight As Mississippi Goes to the Polls     Gabrielle Gurley September 21, 2023The American Prospect The state’s water crisis hasn’t fully abated, but nobody’s talking about it on the campaign trail. FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell, right, Mis…

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September 25, 2023 at 4:25 AM

Alabama Wants To Be the 1st State To Execute a Prisoner by Making Him Breathe Only Nitrogen

Alabama Wants To Be the 1st State To Execute a Prisoner by Making Him Breathe Only Nitrogen     AP August 28, 2023NBC News Alabama authorized nitrogen hypoxia in 2018 amid a shortage of lethal injection drugs, but the state has not attempted to use it until now to ca…

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September 25, 2023 at 4:15 AM

Who Lived at Machu Picchu? DNA Analysis Shows Surprising Diversity at the Ancient Inca Palace

Who Lived at Machu Picchu? DNA Analysis Shows Surprising Diversity at the Ancient Inca Palace     Roberta Davidson July 26, 2023The Conversation International team of researchers has uncovered the incredible genetic diversity hidden within the ancient remains of thos…

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September 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Other Black Girl Review – Workplace Thriller Mixes Satire With Silliness

Portside Culture The Other Black Girl Review – Workplace Thriller Mixes Satire With Silliness     Gloria Oladipo September 13, 2023The Guardian A blunt but mostly entertaining adaptation of Zakiya Dalila Harris’s bestseller 'The Other Black Girl' explores the c…

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September 24, 2023 at 12:05 AM

PragerU’s Propaganda Is Now Being Taught in Schools

PragerU’s Propaganda Is Now Being Taught in Schools     Robert McCoy September 18, 2023The Progressive The media group was just approved to spread its brand of historical disinformation to classrooms in Florida, Oklahoma, and New Hampshire. Dennis Prager, Gage…

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September 24, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Missing Inflation Data

The Missing Inflation Data     Matt Stoller September 20, 2023The Lever The Biden administration is getting bad data and bad advice — but there’s a way out. Joe Biden, Gage Skidmore   I’ve been out in Los Angeles for the last few days, and the big econom…

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September 24, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Why Does Flying Suck So Much?

Why Does Flying Suck So Much?     Robert Reich September 14, 2023Nation of Change Companies get away with bad behavior when we accept their excuses that there’s just no other way to run a business. ,   You might not believe this, but I’m old enough to re…

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September 24, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Sacrificing Security for Militarism: European Fighter Jet Transfers and the Discourse of World War III

Sacrificing Security for Militarism: European Fighter Jet Transfers and the Discourse of World War III     Jonathan Michael Feldman September 13, 2023CounterPunch The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board has moved the hands of its Doomsday Clock …

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September 24, 2023 at 12:00 AM

‘Talking Points’ – The New Language of Censorship

‘Talking Points’ – The New Language of Censorship     Editorial September 14, 2023Morning Star It’s important the left challenges language intended to suppress serious discussion of the war and its causes. You can counter an accusation of spreading disinformation or …

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September 23, 2023 at 3:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 22, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | September 22, 2023     September 22, 2023xxxxxx The Scheme To Capture the Court. Hannity Tonight | Parody. Rupert Murdoch Resigns, Will Lachlan Be More Extreme? Long Knife | Documentary. The Real Reason Auto Workers Are Fed Up. To view an …

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September 23, 2023 at 2:00 AM

Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events

Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events     Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski September 22, 2023ProPublica Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a poli…

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September 23, 2023 at 1:30 AM

Hip-Hop — and America — Are Changing, and Not for the Better

Hip-Hop — and America — Are Changing, and Not for the Better     Kevin Powell September 17, 2023Politico Hip-hop was rooted in politics and social justice and a diversity of voices. But now, at 50, has it become a minstrel show? ,   “I went to the crossr…

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September 23, 2023 at 1:15 AM

The Animals Are Talking. What Does It Mean?

The Animals Are Talking. What Does It Mean?     Sonia Shah September 20, 2023New York Times Language was long understood as a human-only affair. New research suggests that isn’t so. ,   Can a mouse learn a new song? Such a question might seem whimsical.…

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September 23, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Was the Freak ‘Medicane’ Storm That Devastated Libya a Glimpse of North Africa’s Future?

Was the Freak ‘Medicane’ Storm That Devastated Libya a Glimpse of North Africa’s Future?     Mike Rogerson, Belkasem Alkaryani and Mahjoor Lone September 21, 2023The Conversation Storm Daniel was a Mediterranean cyclone or hurricane (a "medicane") that struck Greece,…

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September 23, 2023 at 12:45 AM

What Is Left

Portside Culture What Is Left     Bunkong Tuon July 24, 2023Copper Nickel A survivor of the American war in Cambodia, the poet Bunkong Tuon lives with ancestral ghosts and gratitude for what is left. ,   What is Left   By Bunkong Tuon What is lef…

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September 22, 2023 at 12:10 AM

How the Federal Government Can Hold the Oil and Gas Industry Accountable

How the Federal Government Can Hold the Oil and Gas Industry Accountable     Mariel Lutz and Jenny Rowland-Shea September 19, 2023Center for American Progress Oil and gas companies have been cheating the leasing and drilling system for years, but the Biden administra…

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September 22, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Labor’s Militant Creativity

Labor’s Militant Creativity     Robert Kuttner September 18, 2023The American Prospect UAW builds on a tactic—selective strikes—pioneered 30 years ago by the Flight Attendants. It conserves the strike fund, which would only last about 90 days if all workers were out.…

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September 22, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Trump Attacked Me. Then Musk Did. It Wasn’t an Accident.

Trump Attacked Me. Then Musk Did. It Wasn’t an Accident.     Yoel Roth September 18, 2023New York Times Donald Trump publicly attacked me. Two years later, following his acquisition of Twitter and after I resigned my role as the company’s head of trust and safety, El…

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September 22, 2023 at 12:05 AM

What Eric Adams Is Getting Wrong About the Migrant Crisis

What Eric Adams Is Getting Wrong About the Migrant Crisis     Errol Louis September 12, 2023New York Magazine No sensible New Yorker should believe for a moment that a stream of migrants — despite the daunting financial and logistical issues involved in giving them f…

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September 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Sept. 21, 2023 – Reader Comments: Auto Strike; Ukraine War; Billionaire Tax, Dems, SCOTUS; Africa and France; Walter Mosley’s New; Nuclear Truth Telling; Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich; Nano Stern Sings Victor Jara; Vito Marcantonio;

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September 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Arundhati Roy: The Dismantling of Democracy in India Will Affect the Whole World

Portside Culture Arundhati Roy: The Dismantling of Democracy in India Will Affect the Whole World     Arundhati Roy September 14, 2023Scroll.in The text of the writer’s speech as she received the 45th European Essay Prize on September 12..."What’s happening in …

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September 21, 2023 at 4:55 AM

The Shutdown Is the Two Santa Clauses Scam Rearing Its Ugly Head Again

The Shutdown Is the Two Santa Clauses Scam Rearing Its Ugly Head Again     Thom Hartmann September 20, 2023The Hartmann Report Hopefully this time Democratic politicians and our media will, finally, call the GOP out on Wanniski’s and Reagan’s Two Santa Clauses scam a…

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September 21, 2023 at 4:45 AM

The Shared Struggle of Iranian Women and African Americans

The Shared Struggle of Iranian Women and African Americans     Piruz Alemi and Gregory N. Heires September 20, 2023The New Crossroads The far reach of the Iranian and U.S. struggles for freedom is a testament to the tenacity and resistance of both Iranian and African…

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September 21, 2023 at 4:25 AM

Biden Latest President To Tout the Vietnam War As Proud History

Biden Latest President To Tout the Vietnam War As Proud History     Norman Solomon September 18, 2023LA Progressive You might think that—after killing such a vast number of people in a war of aggression based on continuous deceptions—some humility and even penance wo…

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September 21, 2023 at 4:15 AM

Half a Million California Workers Get a Raise—And a Seat at the Table

Half a Million California Workers Get a Raise—And a Seat at the Table     Harold Meyerson September 13, 2023The American Prospect Fast-food workers compel McDonald’s and Starbucks to abandon a ballot measure that would have squelched both. RINGO CHIU VIA AP In…

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September 21, 2023 at 1:25 AM

Walter Mosley’s New York: Classes Divided, Races at War

Portside Culture Walter Mosley’s New York: Classes Divided, Races at War     Daniel Nieh February 17, 2023The New York Times Book Review His new novel, “Every Man a King,” is a hard-boiled tale of billionaires, white nationalists and a detective with a complica…

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September 21, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – September 20, 2023

Global Left Midweek – September 20, 2023     September 20, 2023xxxxxx News and analysis from, and about, left social movements and parties around the world Greta Thunberg was arrested with others at a protest in Malmö, for blocking a road for oil trucks in pro…

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September 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The GOP Is the Party of Corrupt Oligarchy

The GOP Is the Party of Corrupt Oligarchy     Ryan Cooper September 19, 2023The American Prospect In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton escaped conviction after being impeached. Ellen McCluskey holds a sign outside the Senate Chamber as the impeachment trial f…

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September 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

A Global Maui Moment

A Global Maui Moment     Tom Engelhardt September 13, 2023Tom Dispatch The most devastating war on the planet is the war waged against the planet. The effects of the wildfire in Lahaina on Maui , Getty Images   From the earliest kingdoms to late last nig…

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September 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Demanding an End to ‘Deadly Fossil Fuels,’ Tens of Thousands Take the Streets in NYC

Demanding an End to ‘Deadly Fossil Fuels,’ Tens of Thousands Take the Streets in NYC     End Fossil Fuels, Tens of Thousands Demand September 17, 2023Common Dreams "It's time for Biden to declare a climate emergency and phase out the fossil fuels killing people and w…

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September 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM

UAW’s “Element of Surprise” Strike Appears To Be Working

UAW’s “Element of Surprise” Strike Appears To Be Working     Sarah Lazare, Jeff Schuhrke September 15, 2023In These Times - Labor “We heard like everyone else at 10 p.m.,” a Stellantis spokesperson says Supporters and workers cheer as United Auto Workers membe…

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September 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Errol Morris Tells Us About Finding an ‘Exquisite Poet of Self Loathing’ in John le Carré

Portside Culture Errol Morris Tells Us About Finding an ‘Exquisite Poet of Self Loathing’ in John le Carré     Anne Thompson IndieWire For the AppleTV+ production “The Pigeon Tunnel,” documentary filmmaker Errol Morris again captured elusive quarry by recording …

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September 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – September 19, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – September 19, 2023     September 19, 2023xxxxxx Gearing up to de-monopolize Google , Drew Sheneman/The Star-Ledger   First Week of Google Antitrust Trial Stephen Fry Sounds the Alarm Did NBC Normalize Trump? Ransomware Attacks Educ…

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September 19, 2023 at 4:40 AM

Against the Odds, Gustavo Petro Has Implemented Ambitious Left Policies in His First Year

Against the Odds, Gustavo Petro Has Implemented Ambitious Left Policies in His First Year     Carlos Cruz Mosquera September 16, 2023Jacobin The Colombian right has done everything in its power to undermine Gustavo Petro. That hasn’t stopped the nation’s first leftis…

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September 19, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Sept. 19–25

This Week in People’s History, Sept. 19–25     xxxxxx Terror reigns in Georgia (in 1868). The First Great Depression (1873). First-ever Vietnam War protest (1963). The Redcoats are coming! (1768). A worthless piece of paper (1823). Nuke fallout treaty (1963). Deadly …

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September 19, 2023 at 12:05 AM

America’s Bee Problem Is an Us Problem

Portside Culture America’s Bee Problem Is an Us Problem     Lex Pryor August 3, 2023The Ringer You may have heard America’s honeybees are dying. But what does that mean for the people on the front lines—and what could it mean for what ends up on your plate? …

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