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November 1, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Curse of the AR-15

The Curse of the AR-15     Colin Dickey October 23, 2023The New Republic How the gun became a cultural icon—and unmade America. A Review of American Gun, True Story of the AR-15 by Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson , Illustration by Brian Stauffer   Th…

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November 1, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Joe Biden Is Engaging in Atrocity Denialism for Israel. It Has a Long History.

Joe Biden Is Engaging in Atrocity Denialism for Israel. It Has a Long History.     Bradley Simpson October 28, 2023Jacobin I’m a historian of US foreign policy. The Biden administration’s effort to muddy the waters about the staggering human toll of Israel’s assault …

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November 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

House GOP Wants To Pair Israel Military Aid With IRS Cuts That Help Rich Tax Cheats

House GOP Wants To Pair Israel Military Aid With IRS Cuts That Help Rich Tax Cheats     Jake Johnson October 31, 2023Common Dreams "House Republicans are using aid for Israel as a political pawn in order to slash taxes for their wealthy donors," said Senate Finance C…

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November 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

An Anti-Racist Cinematic Masterpiece: Stamped From the Beginning

Portside Culture An Anti-Racist Cinematic Masterpiece: Stamped From the Beginning     Ed Rampell October 27, 2023Hollywood Progressive Roger Ross Williams cinematic tour de force proceeds to tell the story of racism through the colonial period up to today’s Bla…

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November 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – October 31, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – October 31, 2023     October 31, 2023xxxxxx Some headway on net neutrality... maybe , Mike Luckovich | Copyright 2016 Creators Syndicate   Another Attempt at Net Neutrality Israel Silences Gaza Social Media Mainstream Media Respond…

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October 31, 2023 at 6:10 AM

UAW President Says Workers Must ‘Flex Our Collective Muscles’ To Win Class War

UAW President Says Workers Must ‘Flex Our Collective Muscles’ To Win Class War     Jake Johnson October 30, 2023Common Dreams "One of our biggest goals coming out of this historic contract victory is to organize like we've never organized before," said United Auto Wo…

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October 31, 2023 at 2:20 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct. 31-Nov.6

This Week in People’s History, Oct. 31-Nov.6     xxxxxx Strikers win big (in 1913). Strikebreaking's deadly cost (1918). No way to win an election (1968). Reign of terror in Georgia (1868). Better late than never (1988). FBI at its worst (1968). Public health catastr…

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October 31, 2023 at 12:05 AM

‘McCarthyite Backlash’: Response to Criticism of Israel Alarms Rights Groups

‘McCarthyite Backlash’: Response to Criticism of Israel Alarms Rights Groups     Chris McGreal October 30, 2023Guardian Civil rights groups say critics of the Israeli assault on Gaza have lost jobs and students who support Palestine have been blacklisted , …

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October 31, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Pushing Back Against Disaster Capitalism in Florida

Pushing Back Against Disaster Capitalism in Florida     Elena Novak October 19, 2023Yes Magazine A coalition of churches has achieved some successes in resisting and mitigating against rent gouging and displacement after Hurricane Ian. ,   urricane Ian b…

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October 31, 2023 at 12:00 AM

FDA Proposes a Helpful New Consumer-Friendly Canned Tuna Label

Portside Culture FDA Proposes a Helpful New Consumer-Friendly Canned Tuna Label     Dave Dickey October 18, 2023Investigate Midwest It took a while, but the FDA’s proposal on net and drained weight of tuna cans is a good thing; just how much tuna resides in any…

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October 31, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Western States Opposed Tribes’ Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago. History Is Repeating Itself.

Western States Opposed Tribes’ Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago. History Is Repeating Itself.     Mark Olalde, ProPublica & Anna V. Smith, High Country News October 17, 2023Propublica Records unearthed by a University of Virginia professor shed new light…

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October 30, 2023 at 9:55 AM

Science Sunday: Menopausal Chimpanzees Deepen the Mystery of Why Women Stop Reproducing

Science Sunday: Menopausal Chimpanzees Deepen the Mystery of Why Women Stop Reproducing     Dyani Lewis October 26, 2023Nature Some chimpanzees have been found to experience menopause. But are they the exception or the rule? An older female chimpanzee (Pan tro…

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October 30, 2023 at 9:13 AM

Fossil Fuel Demand Is Predicted To Peak by 2030. Oil Giants Are Betting Against It.

Fossil Fuel Demand Is Predicted To Peak by 2030. Oil Giants Are Betting Against It.     Kate Aronoff October 25, 2023The New Republic Why Chevron and Exxon are doubling down on fossil fuels, despite what the International Energy Agency says about our renewable future…

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October 30, 2023 at 9:10 AM

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander

Anatomy of a North Carolina Gerrymander     Michael Li, Peter Miller, Gina Feliz October 27, 2023Brennan Center for Justice A new congressional map takes the Tar Heel State from having one of the fairest maps in the country to its most biased — and voters of color ar…

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October 30, 2023 at 6:10 AM

‘Get the Right Cases to the Supreme Court’: Inside Charles Koch’s Network

‘Get the Right Cases to the Supreme Court’: Inside Charles Koch’s Network     Ed Pilkington, Nick Surgey October 26, 2023The Guardian Billionaire’s web of rightwing groups works to bring cases to court that could undermine core functionings of the US government …

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October 30, 2023 at 5:45 AM

Is the Two-State Solution Dead?

Is the Two-State Solution Dead?     Noah Lanard, Yousef Munayyer October 27, 2023Mother Jones “You need to take reality as it is, not the way you imagine it to be,” says Yousef Munayyer. A group of Palestinian refugees walking along a road from Jerusalem to Le…

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October 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Korea Is Showing the World How To Make Political Horror Movies

Portside Culture Korea Is Showing the World How To Make Political Horror Movies     MICHAEL G. VANN October 28, 2023Jacobin From The Host to Kingdom, Korean filmmakers have used the horror genre as a vehicle for political critique and reached a huge global audi…

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October 29, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Tumultuous Times for the Left in Europe

Tumultuous Times for the Left in Europe     Nick Wright July 26, 2023Morning Star With the left coalition NUPES rapidly disintegrating in France and the formation of a new party led by Sahra Wagenknecht in Germany, it’s been a dramatic recent period for Europe’s prog…

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October 29, 2023 at 12:05 AM

NLRB Issues New Joint Employer Rules

NLRB Issues New Joint Employer Rules     National Labor Relations Board October 27, 2023NLRB The National Labor Relations Board has issued a new rule on defining joint employers (like McDonalds), overturning the Trump Board rule. , NLRB   NLRB Joint-Empl…

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October 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Calls for Cease-Fire Fill Grand Central Terminal

Calls for Cease-Fire Fill Grand Central Terminal     Claire Fahy, Julian Roberts-Grmela, Sean Piccoli and Erin Nolan October 27, 2023New York Times A large demonstration, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, came as Israel ramped up its military operations in Gaza. …

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October 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM

What a Second Trumpocracy Would Mean the Coming Crisis of 2025

What a Second Trumpocracy Would Mean the Coming Crisis of 2025     Clarence Lusane October 26, 2023TomDispatch The 2024 election will not resolve the authoritarian attraction that the Trump vote represents. So it’s time to prepare now, not later, for the political cr…

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October 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Beyond Terrorism and Militarism: An Alternative to Surplus Political Violence

Beyond Terrorism and Militarism: An Alternative to Surplus Political Violence     Jonathan Michael Feldman October 26, 2023The Global Teach-In We have seen immoral and dysfunctional violence and expansionism. There are many Israelis and Palestinians engaged in promot…

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October 28, 2023 at 3:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | October 27, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | October 27, 2023     October 27, 2023xxxxxx AOC | The Daily Show. A Prison Lullaby for Donald Trump. Unexpected News on Televising Trump’s DC Trial. Angela Davis: 'Palestine Is a Moral Litmus Test.' MAGA Mike Johnson. To view an video, cli…

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October 28, 2023 at 1:25 AM

The Enduring Limits of American Power

The Enduring Limits of American Power     John Feffer October 25, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus The decline of U.S influence should not feed the narrative that anarchy has been loosed upon the world. The choice is not between a U.S.-led world and a Joker-led world. …

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October 28, 2023 at 12:55 AM

Israel’s War Cabinet Has Learned Nothing From Its Failures

Israel’s War Cabinet Has Learned Nothing From Its Failures     Menachem Klein October 26, 2023972 Magazine The leaders who oversaw Israel's Gaza policy for 15 years are incapable of abandoning the erroneous ideas that collapsed on Oct. 7. Defense Minister Yoav…

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October 28, 2023 at 12:15 AM

ALEC’s Stand Your Ground Laws Have Created a Deadly Culture of Shoot-First Vigilantism

ALEC’s Stand Your Ground Laws Have Created a Deadly Culture of Shoot-First Vigilantism     Juliana Broad and Alice Herman October 26, 2023Center for Media and Democracy “Stand Your Ground laws threaten public safety, encourage armed vigilantism, and promote a culture…

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October 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Bela Lugosi: The People’s Horror Star

Bela Lugosi: The People’s Horror Star     Hank Kennedy October 27, 2023Cosmonaut Magazine Anti-fascists, leftists, socialists, radicals, and revolutionaries looking for a horror film to watch this October should seek out one of Bela Lugosi’s classics. But please broa…

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October 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Before I Was a Gazan

Portside Culture Before I Was a Gazan     Naomi Shihab Nye March 15, 2018Voices in the Air The poet Naomi Shihab Nye expresses a child’s sense of helplessness, trapped by politics and war. ,   Before I Was a Gazan By Naomi Shihab Nye I was a boy a…

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October 27, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Emerging Coalition That Could Revitalize Our Politics

The Emerging Coalition That Could Revitalize Our Politics     Raina Lipsitz October 20, 2023The New Republic The left and labor haven’t always seen eye to eye—but they may be on the verge of a fruitful reunion. Could a new labor movement—one not built or seen as the …

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October 27, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Even in Their Anguish, These Israeli Survivors Say Invading Gaza Won’t Help

Even in Their Anguish, These Israeli Survivors Say Invading Gaza Won’t Help     Nicholas Kristof October 25, 2023New York Times I just don’t think it will bring us any closer to a better position, Yonatan Zeigen, whose mother, Vivian Silver, is a hostage, said. Venge…

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October 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

I Run the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees. History Will Judge Us All if There Is No Ceasefire in Gaza

I Run the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees. History Will Judge Us All if There Is No Ceasefire in Gaza     Philippe Lazzarini October 26, 2023he Guardian Before October 7 Gaza received some 500 trucks of food and other supplies every day, including 45 trucks of fuel …

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October 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Youth Lead the Way on Addressing the Climate Crisis

Youth Lead the Way on Addressing the Climate Crisis     Tina Gerhardt October 17, 2023The Progressive Magazine A district court judge ruled state agencies were violating plaintiffs’ constitutionally guaranteed right to a clean healthy environment. It is the first of …

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October 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Oct. 26, 2023 – Reader Comments: Israel-Gaza War – Ceasefire, Stop the Bombing, Free the Hostages; Israeli Occupation and Apartheid; Solidarity and War Crimes; House Speaker; Elliott Abrams; Take Action for Ceasefire; Gaza Sources; More..

Tidbits – Oct. 26, 2023 – Reader Comments: Israel-Gaza War – Ceasefire, Stop the Bombing, Free the Hostages; Israeli Occupation and Apartheid; Solidarity and War Crimes; House Speaker; Elliott Abrams; Take Action for Ceasefire; Gaza Sources; More..     October 26, 2023xx…

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October 26, 2023 at 5:00 AM

The Canonization of Lou Reed

Portside Culture The Canonization of Lou Reed     Jeremy Lybarger October 17, 2023The New Republic In a new biography, the Velvet Underground front man embodies a New York that exists only in memory. ,   Lou Reed: The King of New York Will Hermes F…

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October 26, 2023 at 4:55 AM

How Israel’s Ground Invasion of Gaza Would Play Out – And Why It Will Fail

How Israel’s Ground Invasion of Gaza Would Play Out – And Why It Will Fail     Paul Rogers October 25, 2023The Guardian The IDF’s ‘three-phase’ operation would increase Hamas’s influence in the region rather than extinguishing it Rubble litters a street betwee…

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October 26, 2023 at 4:40 AM

New GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson Has Proposed Trillions in Cuts to Social Security and Medicare

New GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson Has Proposed Trillions in Cuts to Social Security and Medicare     Jake Johnson October 25, 2023Common Dreams "Now that Johnson is speaker, he will do what the Republicans never stop doing—everything in their power to cut our Social…

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October 26, 2023 at 4:25 AM

A Class Struggle Spirit Is Returning to the Labor Movement

A Class Struggle Spirit Is Returning to the Labor Movement     Interview with Joe Burns by Sara Van Horn and Cal Turner October 25, 2023Jacobin In the past year, we’ve seen large, militant strikes by autoworkers, Hollywood writers, and others. It’s a promising sign t…

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October 26, 2023 at 4:20 AM

The Canonization of Lou Reed

Portside Culture The Canonization of Lou Reed     Jeremy Lybarger The New In a new biography, the Velvet Underground front man embodies a New York that exists only in memory. ,         Interpret the world and change it   …

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October 26, 2023 at 4:10 AM

Students at 100 Campuses Walkout for Ceasefire

Students at 100 Campuses Walkout for Ceasefire     Lexi McMenamin October 25, 2023Teen Vogue Students are walking out today to protest for university divestment from arms manufacturers over Israel's warfare on Gaza. , Pacific Press/Teen Vogue   College s…

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October 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – October 25, 2023

Global Left Midweek – October 25, 2023     October 25, 2023xxxxxx Left responses to the Gaza siege, and news and analysis from all over Rally to mark mass women's strike in Reykjavik, October 24, 2023. Credit, AP Photo/Arni Torfason   Left Responses to t…

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October 25, 2023 at 12:35 AM

“Killers of the Flower Moon” a Slow, Staggering American Conspiracy

Portside Culture “Killers of the Flower Moon” a Slow, Staggering American Conspiracy     David Sims October 19, 2023The Atlantic Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of David Grann’s best-selling Killers of the Flower Moon explores the rot beneath the myth of American …

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October 25, 2023 at 12:15 AM

Religious Charter Schools Undermine the Foundations of Public Education

Religious Charter Schools Undermine the Foundations of Public Education     Nora De La Cour October 24, 2023Jacobin A church-run charter school is on track to open in Oklahoma — publicly funded but run by the archdiocese. The arrival of religious charter schools is o…

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October 25, 2023 at 12:15 AM

How Israel Helped To Spawn Hamas

How Israel Helped To Spawn Hamas     Andrew Higgins, Moshav Tekuma, Israel January 24, 2009The Wall Street Journal Israel cooperated with a crippled, half-blind cleric named Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, even as he was laying the foundations for what would become Hamas. Sheik…

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October 25, 2023 at 12:15 AM

US Unions Winning Big Gains Amid ‘Great Reset’ in Worker Power

US Unions Winning Big Gains Amid ‘Great Reset’ in Worker Power     Steven Greenhouse October 24, 2023The Guardian Increased militancy after pandemic sacrifices and tighter labor market contributed to impressive contract deals in the last year , Las Vegas Culin…

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October 25, 2023 at 12:10 AM

The US Supreme Court’s Incoherent, Idiotic, and Racist Rulings on Gerrymandering

The US Supreme Court’s Incoherent, Idiotic, and Racist Rulings on Gerrymandering     Miles Mogulescu October 24, 2023Common Dreams The Court may be ready to scuttle remaining portions of the Voting Rights Act by giving states the ability to racially gerrymander by cl…

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October 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – October 24, 2023

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – October 24, 2023     October 24, 2023xxxxxx A month of renewed protest and repression , Claytoonz   Responses to the Siege of Gaza Pipeline Plugged The Anti-Abortion Movement’s New Campaign Has Chick-fil-A Gone Woke? A …

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October 24, 2023 at 6:35 AM

To Defeat Injustice Follow Mandela’s, Castro’s Example

To Defeat Injustice Follow Mandela’s, Castro’s Example     August H. Nimtz October 22, 2023The Star Tribune Taking the moral high ground despite the horrors of the enemy can be a winning strategy. “Treating captured enemy soldiers humanely and with dignity was…

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October 24, 2023 at 6:00 AM

How the UAW Broke Ford’s Stranglehold Over Black Detroit

How the UAW Broke Ford’s Stranglehold Over Black Detroit     Paul Prescod October 23, 2023Jacobin In the early 1900s, Ford Motor Company commanded strong loyalty from Detroit’s black workers. But the United Auto Workers broke Ford’s stranglehold through patient organ…

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October 24, 2023 at 1:25 AM

Indigenous Groups Say Referendum Loss Proves Australia Is a ‘Country That Does Not Know Itself’

Indigenous Groups Say Referendum Loss Proves Australia Is a ‘Country That Does Not Know Itself’     Sarah Basford Canales October 21, 2023Guardian Central Land Council and Antar issue statements after week of silence, with latter claiming voice defeat an ‘unparallele…

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October 24, 2023 at 1:15 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct. 24–30

This Week in People’s History, Oct. 24–30     xxxxxx Minimum wage mandated (in 1938), City water comes to Boston (1848), Anyone know Choctaw? (1918), London says, Victory to the N.L.F! (1968), Good-bye to Penn Station (1963), Europe says No to nukes (1983), Mars atta…

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