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October 6, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Now Republicans Are Trying To Redefine Abortion Itself

Now Republicans Are Trying To Redefine Abortion Itself     Jessica Valenti October 2, 2023New York Times In the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the Republican Party has tested out constantly changing talking points and messages on abortion in an attempt to mak…

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October 6, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Closing Guantánamo? Yes, a Snail’s Pace... but a Pace

Closing Guantánamo? Yes, a Snail’s Pace… but a Pace     Karen J. Greenberg October 5, 2023TomDispatch There are still 30 detainees at Guantánamo. Sixteen of them have been deemed no longer threats to the United States and cleared for release, but arrangements have ye…

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October 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Oct. 5, 2023 – Reader Comments: Trump Says Shut It Down, House Goes Limbo; the Race To Be Speaker; Lots of Cartoons; It Could Have Been Me by Holly Near; Indigenous Peoples’ Day Resources; More...

Tidbits – Oct. 5, 2023 – Reader Comments: Trump Says Shut It Down, House Goes Limbo; the Race To Be Speaker; Lots of Cartoons; It Could Have Been Me by Holly Near; Indigenous Peoples’ Day Resources; More…     October 5, 2023xxxxxx Reader Comments: Trump Says Shut It …

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October 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM

A Newly Translated Novel Captures the Tragedy of Greek Communism

Portside Culture A Newly Translated Novel Captures the Tragedy of Greek Communism     Tadhg Larabee October 2, 2023Jacobin Written in 1972, during Greece’s military junta, leftist Marios Chakkas’s recently translated novel The Commune is a mournful testament fr…

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October 5, 2023 at 7:20 AM

The War on Black Educators and Wokeism

The War on Black Educators and Wokeism     David A. Love October 1, 2023LA Progressive Whether in college or in K-12, the purging of Black educators, administrators and Black studies will have a devastating impact on American society. , Cagle Cartoons   …

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October 5, 2023 at 7:10 AM

The Complicity That Enables Sexual Predators

The Complicity That Enables Sexual Predators     Renée Graham September 30, 2023The Boston Globe Survivors are chastised for waiting to speak out against abusers. But what about others who choose silence over truth? Russell Brand leaving the Troubabour Wembley…

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October 5, 2023 at 7:00 AM

‘They Made a Huge Profit Knowing They’d Kill People’: US Firms Use Tactics To Avoid Paying Asbestos Victims

‘They Made a Huge Profit Knowing They’d Kill People’: US Firms Use Tactics To Avoid Paying Asbestos Victims     Michael Sainato October 4, 2023The Guardian Advocates say corporate strategy known as ‘Texas two-step’ is being used as ‘menu choice’ to avoid paying compe…

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October 5, 2023 at 6:35 AM

New Foreign Intervention Would Be Disastrous for Haiti’s People

New Foreign Intervention Would Be Disastrous for Haiti’s People     W.T. Whitney October 4, 2023Counterpunch The UN force occupied Haiti in 2004-2017 violated Haitians’ human rights, abused women and children, and introduced a cholera epidemic that killed 40,000 Hait…

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October 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Nobody Does It on Their Own

Portside Culture Nobody Does It on Their Own     Renee Feltz May 9, 2023The Indypendent Alissa Quart’s New Book Debunks ‘Self-made’ Myth ,   Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream Alissa Quart Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0063028005 In Boo…

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October 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – October 4, 2023

Global Left Midweek – October 4, 2023     October 4, 2023xxxxxx News and analysis on left parties and social movements around the world West Papuan independence activist Victor Yeimo is welcomed after release from prison. Credit, Green Left   The Energy …

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October 4, 2023 at 12:25 AM

A Battle Rages in Maine Could Change the Course of Climate Action

A Battle Rages in Maine Could Change the Course of Climate Action     Sabrina Shankman and Aruni Soni October 2, 2023The Boston Globe In November, Mainers will vote on whether they want Pine Tree Power — a consumer-owned nonprofit utility — to replace the investor-ow…

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October 4, 2023 at 12:20 AM

Rejoice, America: These Trials Should Bring Donald Trump to Rui

Rejoice, America: These Trials Should Bring Donald Trump to Rui     Michael Tomasky October 2, 2023The New Republic This is the week that the former president’s epic legal misadventures begin. It’s hard to imagine his coming out unscathed. , Andrew Kelly/Getty…

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October 4, 2023 at 12:20 AM

We All Live in a Company Town Now. The Labor Movement Can Lead the Way Out.

We All Live in a Company Town Now. The Labor Movement Can Lead the Way Out.     Ann Finkel, Lewis Barnes October 1, 2023Jacobin Private profiteers have concentrated the grip over real estate to such an extent that virtually every American lives in a company town now.…

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October 4, 2023 at 12:20 AM

Corporate PR & Global Warming – The Big Con

Corporate PR & Global Warming – The Big Con     Thomas Klikauer October 3, 2023Counterpunch Moving the big polluters out of the crime scene by focusing on the individual is a proven PR or public relations (read: propaganda) con, a manipulative trick. It is a cunn…

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October 4, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Old Oak Review – Ken Loach’s Fierce Final Call for Compassion and Solidarity

Portside Culture The Old Oak Review – Ken Loach’s Fierce Final Call for Compassion and Solidarity     Peter Bradshaw September 27, 2023The Guardian A northern pub landlord confronts locals’ hostility towards Syrian refugees in Loach’s latest – and possibly last…

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October 4, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – October 3, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – October 3, 2023     October 3, 2023xxxxxx Big Tech is on the spot , Darrin Bell   The WGA Deal Is the Sun Setting On the Murdoch Empire? Google vs DOJ Amazon vs FTC Black Folks: It’s Bad News The Pains of Researching Disinfo Gender…

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October 3, 2023 at 6:00 AM

Abortion, Guns, Democracy: US Rights at Stake As Supreme Court Term Begins

Abortion, Guns, Democracy: US Rights at Stake As Supreme Court Term Begins     Ed Pilkington October 2, 2023The Guardian As rightwing supermajority starts third term, legal experts ask how far it will go in reconfiguring the legal landscape of US Experts say a…

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October 3, 2023 at 2:25 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct. 3-Oct. 9

This Week in People’s History, Oct. 3-Oct. 9     xxxxxx Exercising the right to vote in Mississippi (in 1963). Air travel revolutionized (1958). Feds can't prove their case (1918). Markets plummet (1973). A new way of walkin' (1923). Deadly influenza (1918). None dar…

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October 3, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Matt Gaetz Accuses Kevin McCarthy of Behaving Like an Adult

Matt Gaetz Accuses Kevin McCarthy of Behaving Like an Adult     Andy Borowitz October 2, 2023The New Yorker “Kevin McCarthy needs to look at himself in the mirror and ask if he wants to be an adult, or a Republican,” the congressman said. Matt Gaetz, Gage Skid…

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October 3, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Fighting To Keep Milk a Household — but Not Plant-Based — Name

Portside Culture Fighting To Keep Milk a Household — but Not Plant-Based — Name     John McCracken March 15, 2023Ambrook Research Plant-based milk products such as almond milk have reached over $3 billion in annual domestic sales. The dairy industry — and the p…

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October 3, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Marxism & Class

Marxism & Class     Helena Sheehan September 21, 2023MR OnLine The working class should not be positioned as the most vulnerable in need of help, but as those who labour and deserve a just distribution of the fruits of their labour. The working class comes not wi…

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October 3, 2023 at 12:00 AM

“Purlie Victorious” Hustles for Social Justice

“Purlie Victorious” Hustles for Social Justice     Vinson Cunningham September 30, 2023The New Yorker Sophisticated comedic turns from Leslie Odom, Jr., and Kara Young guide Kenny Leon’s Broadway revival of Ossie Davis’s 1961 play. Odom plays each of Purlie’s …

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October 2, 2023 at 6:20 AM

Sunday Science: Ancient Logs Offer Earliest Example of Human Woodworking

Sunday Science: Ancient Logs Offer Earliest Example of Human Woodworking     Carl Zimmer September 20, 2023New York Times Scientists have unearthed logs in Africa that are nearly a half-million years old, the remnants of large wooden structures crafted by our early a…

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October 2, 2023 at 5:50 AM

Congress To Replace 2001 AUMF With ... 2001 AUMF

Congress To Replace 2001 AUMF With … 2001 AUMF     Connor Echols September 28, 2023Responsible Statecraft If you were expecting Congress to reassert its war-making authorities, think again. U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Josh Williams, a supply clerk assigned to an Af…

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October 2, 2023 at 5:25 AM

Hellen Keller’s Forgotten Radicalism

Hellen Keller’s Forgotten Radicalism     Jessica Max Stein September 20, 2023The Indypendent There’s more to Helen Keller than her inspiring story of overcoming serious physical disabilities. Young Helen Keller (left) with Anne Sullivan (right), who taught her…

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October 2, 2023 at 4:55 AM

Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I.

Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I.     Kyle Chayka September 26, 2023The New Yorker Brian Merchant’s new book, “Blood in the Machine,” argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation. , Il…

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October 2, 2023 at 4:25 AM

Americans Have Already Lived Through a Shutdown

Americans Have Already Lived Through a Shutdown     September 29, 2023Chris Lehmann While Republicans threaten to bring the government to a halt, Democrats are caving in to the austerity measures they demand. President Joe Biden talks with House Speaker Kevin …

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October 2, 2023 at 1:40 AM

‘The Changeling’ and the State of Black Prestige TV

Portside Culture ‘The Changeling’ and the State of Black Prestige TV     Justin Charity September 8, 2023The Ringer Though it’s not an outright race-focused series, the new Apple TV+ drama is clearly in the vein of shows like ‘Them’ and ‘Lovecraft Country’ …

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October 1, 2023 at 12:05 AM

2023, the US Finally Destroyed Its Chemical Weapons

2023, the US Finally Destroyed Its Chemical Weapons     Jen Kirby September 30, 2023VOX The world banned chemical weapons in 1997. Here’s why it took so long for the US to eliminate its arsenal. , Niv Bavarsky for Vox   heThe United States’s Chemical War…

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October 1, 2023 at 12:05 AM

NYC Is Totally Unprepared for Climate Disaster

NYC Is Totally Unprepared for Climate Disaster     Kate Aronoff September 29, 2023The New Republic If hordes of cops are going to keep polluting New York’s increasingly flood-prone subways, the least they could do is grab a bucket and be helpful. Rain leaks fr…

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October 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

One School’s Missing History: A Family Heirloom, Lost in Plain Sight

One School’s Missing History: A Family Heirloom, Lost in Plain Sight     Tamar Sarai September 26, 2023TomDispatch Reshaping the Kansas Technical Institute’s campus into an actual prison provides a perspective on what it means when, over time, whole populations are f…

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October 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

When New York City Stood With Chile

When New York City Stood With Chile     Mariana Fernández September 21, 2023Indypendent The Friends of Chile, An Evening With Salvador Allende Benefit Concert, on May 11, 1974, was one of the first to openly confront the intervention of the U.S. government in the mil…

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October 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Senate Dems Want To Cancel All Student Lunch Debt—A ‘Term So Absurd That It Shouldn’t Even Exist’

Senate Dems Want To Cancel All Student Lunch Debt—A ‘Term So Absurd That It Shouldn’t Even Exist’     Jessica Corbett September 25, 2023Common Dreams U.S. Sen. John Fetterman said the aim of the bill is to "stop humiliating kids and penalizing hunger." Element…

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September 30, 2023 at 2:00 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 29, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | September 29, 2023     September 29, 2023xxxxxx Get Up, Stand Up | Bob Marley Live at Munich. The Secret C.I.A. Operation That Haunts U.S.-Iran Relations. AOC Speaks at UAW Strike Rally. Insurance Reps Laugh at Denying Claim. The 'Transformer' Th…

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September 30, 2023 at 1:25 AM

Writers’ Reps Tell the Story | Negotiating With Hollywood

Writers’ Reps Tell the Story | Negotiating With Hollywood     Jeremy Fuster The Wrap Top negotiators for the writers guild believe the studios’ interests “are no longer sufficiently aligned to allow them to easily negotiate together” ,   Writers are final…

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September 30, 2023 at 1:15 AM

The Lost History of East Germany

The Lost History of East Germany     Samuel Clowes Huneke September 22, 2023The Daily Beast Katya Hoyer argues for a closer look at the triumphs and travails of everyday life under socialism. Trabant, Wbs 70 (CC BY 2.0)   At the 1988 Winter Olympics in C…

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September 30, 2023 at 1:00 AM

How ‘Reservation Dogs’ Changed Television Forever

How ‘Reservation Dogs’ Changed Television Forever     September 26, 2023 As the groundbreaking TV show comes to an end, one Native American pop culture aficionado reflects on its impact ,   For three beautifully honest seasons, we’ve watched Reservation …

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September 30, 2023 at 12:50 AM

A New Picture of When We Mated With Other Kinds of Humans

A New Picture of When We Mated With Other Kinds of Humans     Maddie Burakoff and Laura Ungar September 24, 2023AP DNA evidence shows that H. sapiens mated with groups including Neanderthals and Denisovans. It even reveals evidence of other “ghost populations” — grou…

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September 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Where Are We Headed

Portside Culture Where Are We Headed     Beau Beausoleil Loss of liberty, the rise of civil terror, asks San Francisco poet Beau Beausoleil. Is that where we are headed? ,   Where Are We Headed By Beau Beausoleil We tie the words of desperate borde…

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September 29, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Strikes Aren’t Bad for the US Economy. They’re the Best Thing That Could Happen

Strikes Aren’t Bad for the US Economy. They’re the Best Thing That Could Happen     Robert Reich September 19, 2023The Guardian America is in the midst of the biggest surge in labor activity in a quarter-century. Auto workers, writers, actors, Starbucks workers, Amaz…

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September 29, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Socialists in Office Condemn New York’s Failure To Support Immigrants and Asylum Seekers

Socialists in Office Condemn New York’s Failure To Support Immigrants and Asylum Seekers     New York City Democratic Socialists September 18, 2023New York City Democratic Socialists We do not accept New York City and State officials’ cruel response to asylum seekers…

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September 29, 2023 at 12:05 AM

How Ideology Can Help (or Hurt) Movements Trying To Build Power

How Ideology Can Help (or Hurt) Movements Trying To Build Power     Mark Engler and Paul Engler September 22, 2023Waging Nonviolence Bernie Sanders and the Squad have helped pave the way for open socialists to win elected seats in multiple levels of government at a s…

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September 29, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Maren Morris Distancing Herself From Country Music Underscores Its Existential Crisis

Maren Morris Distancing Herself From Country Music Underscores Its Existential Crisis     Li Zhou September 19, 2023Vox Maren Morris, a progressive chart-topping country and pop singer known for hits like “The Middle” and “The Bones,” has announced she’s distancing h…

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September 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Sept. 28, 2023 – Reader Comments: Holding Oil Industry Accountable; Trump Bankrupt; Netanyahu Map Without Palestine; Support Striking UAW Auto-Workers; Nationwide Free Banned Book Club; Triangle Fire Memorial To Be Dedicated;

Tidbits – Sept. 28, 2023 – Reader Comments: Holding Oil Industry Accountable; Trump Bankrupt; Netanyahu Map Without Palestine; Support Striking UAW Auto-Workers; Nationwide Free Banned Book Club; Triangle Fire Memorial To Be Dedicated;     September 28, 2023xxxxxx Re…

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September 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Bund: A Graphic History of Jewish Labour Resistance

Portside Culture The Bund: A Graphic History of Jewish Labour Resistance     Henry Chamberlain September 24, 2023Comic's Grinder "The Bund was a phenomenal uprising of people doing the right thing at a critical time when it was needed most...Think of The Bund a…

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September 28, 2023 at 6:15 AM

A Court Ruling That Targets Trump’s Persona

A Court Ruling That Targets Trump’s Persona     Lora Kelley September 27, 2023The Atlantic Indeed, when Letitia James filed suit against Trump last year, she dubbed his behavior the “art of the steal.” , Art work by Eric Fischl   Donald Trump is a deals …

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September 28, 2023 at 5:55 AM

What America Can Learn From Canada’s New ‘$10 a Day’ Child Care System

What America Can Learn From Canada’s New ‘$10 a Day’ Child Care System     Jackie Mader September 23, 2023The Hechinger Report Canada’s launch of a national child care system shows what it takes to improve child care across a country A child plays in a classro…

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September 28, 2023 at 5:35 AM

FTC Hits Amazon With ‘One of the Most Important Antitrust Cases in US History’

FTC Hits Amazon With ‘One of the Most Important Antitrust Cases in US History’     Jessica Corbett September 26, 2023Common Dreams "Breaking up Amazon is key to repairing the online market and opening the way for competition," said one expert. , REUTERS/Pascal…

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September 28, 2023 at 5:20 AM

In Some States, More Than Half of the Local Election Officials Have Left Since 2020

In Some States, More Than Half of the Local Election Officials Have Left Since 2020     Miles Parks September 26, 2023NPR A report focused on 11 western states and found that the problem of voting official turnover is particularly acute in the region's swing states, …

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September 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – September 27, 2023

Global Left Midweek – September 27, 2023     September 27, 2023xxxxxx Workers in action , Autonomous Design Group   Perspectives for the Euro Left Workers in Action Africa: Coups and Democratization Kurdish Women’s Movement Democratic Rights Victories in…

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