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December 14, 2023 at 6:40 AM

Sentenced to Life for an Accident Miles Away

Sentenced to Life for an Accident Miles Away     Sarah Stillman December 11, 2023The New Yorker A draconian legal doctrine called felony murder has put thousands of Americans—disproportionately young and Black—in prison. Sadik Baxter is serving a life sentence…

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December 14, 2023 at 6:25 AM

The Selective Silencing of Campus Speech

The Selective Silencing of Campus Speech     Kevin Young December 11, 2023AmherstINDY The problem with the “all-sides-are-being-silenced” argument is that administrators have responded differently based on whether the targeted individuals support or oppose US-Israeli…

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December 14, 2023 at 5:35 AM

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Portside Culture Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism     Joan Burda December 1, 2023New York Journal of Books Maddow's new book surveys pre-WW II fascism in the United States, including the well-known figures in public life who sympathized with or were o…

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December 14, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – December 13, 2023

Global Left Midweek – December 13, 2023     December 13, 2023xxxxxx Focus on China and Germany European Trade Union Confederation members hold banners at a demonstration against government policies in Brussels on December 12, 2023. Credit, Dursun Aydemir/Anado…

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December 13, 2023 at 1:25 AM

COP28 on ‘Verge of Complete Failure’ As Draft Omits Fossil Fuel Phaseout

COP28 on ‘Verge of Complete Failure’ As Draft Omits Fossil Fuel Phaseout     Olivia Rosane December 11, 2023Common Dreams "Nations committed to climate action must reject this weakened proposal," said one campaigner. Activists protest against fossil fuels at C…

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December 13, 2023 at 1:20 AM

We Are No Strangers to Human Suffering, but We’ve Seen Nothing Like the Siege of Gaza

We Are No Strangers to Human Suffering, but We’ve Seen Nothing Like the Siege of Gaza     Michelle Nunn, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, Jan Egeland, Abby Maxman, Jeremy Konyndyk and Janti Soeripto December 11, 2023The New York Times As the leaders of some of the world’s large…

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December 13, 2023 at 1:20 AM

How a Trailblazing Tenants Union Forced a Mega-Landlord to the Bargaining Table

How a Trailblazing Tenants Union Forced a Mega-Landlord to the Bargaining Table     Thomas Birmingham December 8, 2023In These Times In less than two weeks, the Blake Street 16 went from facing eviction court to pioneering the first landlord-tenant negotiations in Co…

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December 13, 2023 at 1:20 AM

Did Biden Just Say the U.S. Can’t Protect Jews?

Did Biden Just Say the U.S. Can’t Protect Jews?     The Wire December 12, 2023Jewish Voices for Peace During a Hanukkah event at the White House, he claimed that “were there no Israel, there wouldn’t be a Jew in the world who is safe.” ,   Yesterday, Pre…

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December 13, 2023 at 1:00 AM

‘Anselm’ Review: An Artist Contemplates the Cosmos, in 3-D

Portside Culture ‘Anselm’ Review: An Artist Contemplates the Cosmos, in 3-D     Alissa Wilkinson December 7, 2023The New York Times The history and thought of the artist Anselm Kiefer is threaded throughout this exceptional documentary from Wim Wenders. …

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December 13, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – December 12, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – December 12, 2023     December 12, 2023xxxxxx More censorship, more surveillance, more media resistance , Matt Shirley   The IRS vs Microsoft Mehdi Hasan Gets the Ax - When He’s Most Needed America’s School Internet Censorship Mach…

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December 12, 2023 at 6:20 AM

Peter Beinart & Omer Bartov on UPenn President Resignation, Gaza & the Weaponization of Antisemitism

Peter Beinart & Omer Bartov on UPenn President Resignation, Gaza & the Weaponization of Antisemitism     Amy Goodman, Peter Beinart, Omer Bartov December 11, 2023Democracy Now! Presidents of UPenn, Harvard and MIT questioned by right-wing Republican New York …

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December 12, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Retail Group Retracts Startling Claim About ‘Organized’ Shoplifting

Retail Group Retracts Startling Claim About ‘Organized’ Shoplifting     Eduardo Medina December 8, 2023New York Times The National Retail Federation had said that nearly half of the industry’s $94.5 billion in missing merchandise in 2021 was the result of organized t…

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December 12, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Cafe Ohlone at UC Berkeley on Schedule To Reopen.

Portside Culture Cafe Ohlone at UC Berkeley on Schedule To Reopen.     Elena Kadvany November 29, 2023San Francisco Chronicle The world’s first Ohlone restaurant closed after a one- year pilot. Now it’s coming back Cafe Ohlone, an outdoor restaurant at U…

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December 12, 2023 at 1:00 AM

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Warrantless Collection of Personal Data

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Warrantless Collection of Personal Data     Mariam Malik December 5, 2023Progressive Caucus Center Despite FISA Section 702’s stated use for foreign intelligence, it has become a tool of domestic surveillance and led …

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December 12, 2023 at 1:00 AM

This Week in People’s History, Dec 12–18

This Week in People’s History, Dec 12–18     xxxxxx The Heart of Darkness (in 1903), Racism on the Bench (1893), Terror in Lancaster, Pa. (1763), Physician, Heal Thyself (1973), No Taxation Without Representation (1773), Will Sex Work Ever Be Made Safe? (2003), Cleve…

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December 12, 2023 at 1:00 AM

The Theocratic Ambitions of Project 2025

The Theocratic Ambitions of Project 2025     Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons September 8, 2023MSNBC “Project 2025” is saying the quiet part out loud: Right-wing groups do not want to ensure all Americans have religious freedom, but want to impose conservative Christian v…

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December 11, 2023 at 8:15 AM

Sunday Science: New Technique To Reveal Virtual Particles

Sunday Science: New Technique To Reveal Virtual Particles     Sabine Hossenfelder December 6, 2023Sabine Hossenfelder - Science News The experiment this week is about an experiment which will measure nothing. But not any nothing. A very specific nothing, that's the v…

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December 11, 2023 at 5:50 AM

Why Arab States Aren’t Using Oil as a Weapon Against Israel

Why Arab States Aren’t Using Oil as a Weapon Against Israel     Hafawa Rebhi December 10, 2023Jacobin During the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Arab oil producers cut off exports to Israel’s allies. Faced with today’s Israeli war on Gaza, Gulf states dismiss the idea of usi…

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December 11, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Netflix’s Squid Game Reality Show Is Kinda Great. Oh No.

Portside Culture Netflix’s Squid Game Reality Show Is Kinda Great. Oh No.     Alex Abad-Santos December 1, 2023Vox Oops, they did it again (weaponized the desperation of the proletariat for fun). Squid Game: The Challenge is like Squid Game, sometimes ac…

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December 11, 2023 at 1:00 AM

“We Want Freedom”: Refaat Alareer, Gaza Scholar & Activist Killed by Israeli Strike, in His Own Words

“We Want Freedom”: Refaat Alareer, Gaza Scholar & Activist Killed by Israeli Strike, in His Own Words     Amy Goodman, Refaat Alareer December 8, 2023Democracy Now! An Israeli airstrike in Gaza has killed the acclaimed Palestinian academic and activist Refaat Ala…

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December 11, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Notes on Craft: Writing in the Hour of Genocide

Notes on Craft: Writing in the Hour of Genocide     Fargo Nissim Tbakhi December 8, 2023Protean Magazine An early version of these remarks was delivered as part of the “Palestine as a Craft Question” panel at the Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) Fest in Minneap…

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December 11, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Labor Leader AI-Jen Poo Confronts ’The Biggest Driver of Economic Inequality That Nobody Talks About.

Labor Leader AI-Jen Poo Confronts ’The Biggest Driver of Economic Inequality That Nobody Talks About.     Jessica Goodheart December 7, 2023Capital & Main Care for children, the elderly and disabled is among the lowest-paying industries. Poo thinks federal invest…

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December 10, 2023 at 1:05 AM

The Life-and-Death Cost of Conservative Power

The Life-and-Death Cost of Conservative Power     Paul Starr December 8, 2023The American Prospect New research shows widening gaps between red and blue states in life expectancy. Attendees recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the South Dakota Republican Party M…

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December 10, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Bernie Sanders Votes Against Funding for Israel

Bernie Sanders Votes Against Funding for Israel     Sarah Mearhoff December 6, 2023Vermont Digger In an interview with VTDigger on Wednesday afternoon, the independent senator from Vermont said he was opposed to providing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s g…

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December 10, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Minnesota Women Labor Journalists Uplifted Working People for Decades

Minnesota Women Labor Journalists Uplifted Working People for Decades     Amie Stager December 4, 2023Workday Magazine Was objectivity really a historical norm? Not for these pioneering labor journalists and advocates. ,   I have always struggled with th…

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December 10, 2023 at 1:00 AM

The Transit Equity Movement Wins Their Biggest Zero Fare Victory Yet

The Transit Equity Movement Wins Their Biggest Zero Fare Victory Yet     Liam Crisan December 5, 2023Inequality.org A racial justice-focused community organizing group led the charge for Albuquerque’s free bus fare policy. ,   It’s happening: The city of…

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December 10, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Hurricane Milei

Hurricane Milei     Mariano Schuster and Pablo Stefanoni, Nueva Sociedad December 7, 2023NACLA Reports How can we understand the political shift in Argentina that led to an extreme right-wing outsider coming to power? Here are seven key points for unpacking the unpre…

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December 9, 2023 at 4:10 AM

US Police Agencies Took Intelligence Directly From IDF, Leaked Files Show

US Police Agencies Took Intelligence Directly From IDF, Leaked Files Show     Jason Wilson December 8, 2023The Guardian Analysis of BlueLeaks trove also shows police received training on domestic ‘Muslim extremists’ from pro-Israel groups A police officer in B…

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December 9, 2023 at 3:50 AM

Key Congress Staffers in AI Debate Are Funded by Tech Giants Like Google and Microsoft

Key Congress Staffers in AI Debate Are Funded by Tech Giants Like Google and Microsoft     Brendan Bordelon December 3, 2023Politico Big tech companies are funneling money through a science nonprofit to help pay the salaries of AI staffers in Congress — and it’s just…

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December 9, 2023 at 1:10 AM

Billionaires or Democracy, but Not Both

Billionaires or Democracy, but Not Both     Sonali Kolhatkar December 2, 2023LA Progressive The only way to steer American democracy to safety is to wrest money out of the claws of the wealthiest elites, who now control finances rivaling the economies of whole nation…

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December 9, 2023 at 1:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | December 8, 2023: Environment 2024

Friday Nite Videos | December 8, 2023: Environment 2024     December 8, 2023xxxxxx We WILL Fix Climate Change! What Will Earth Look Like When These 6 Tipping Points Hit? Five Animals That Could Go Extinct. What Is 'Disease X'? Abrupt Global Ocean Circulation Collapse…

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December 9, 2023 at 1:10 AM

‘Let Us Not Hurry to Our Doom’

‘Let Us Not Hurry to Our Doom’     Seth Anziska November 9, 2023New York Review of Books Israel’s insistence on “destroying Hamas” by causing mass civilian casualties and dispossession in Gaza is rooted in this longer-held desire to make “the Palestinian question” d…

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December 9, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Homeless America

Portside Culture Homeless America     Philip C. Kolin Poet Philip Kolin depicts the plight of the homeless: “They give/American progress a bad name…” ,   Homeless America By Philip Kolin This land was made for you and me but not for the homeless. …

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December 8, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Washington Post Workers Plan Strike To Pressure Bezos on Contract

Washington Post Workers Plan Strike To Pressure Bezos on Contract     Julia Conley December 6, 2023Common Dreams "We're worth more than what they're offering," said the Washington Post News Guild. The building of the Washington Post newspaper headquarters is s…

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December 8, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Gov. Reeves Mum on Health Care Meetings, Claims No Documents Exist

Gov. Reeves Mum on Health Care Meetings, Claims No Documents Exist     Devna Bose December 6, 2023Mississippi Today During that time, Mississippi’s health industry experienced significant turmoil. Mississippi Governor Jonathan Tate Reeves, Wikipedia   A…

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December 8, 2023 at 1:05 AM

UN Secretary-General Invokes Article 99 on Gaza

UN Secretary-General Invokes Article 99 on Gaza     December 7, 2023Aljazeera Antonio Guterres warned of a deepening ‘catastrophe’ in Gaza as he called on the Security Council to act. UN chief invokes Article 99 on Gaza in rare move, Aljazeera   The Unit…

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December 8, 2023 at 1:00 AM

How Israel Got an Enless Supply of U.S.-Made Smart Bombs

How Israel Got an Enless Supply of U.S.-Made Smart Bombs     Ari Tolany, Lillian Mauldin, Janet Abou-Elias and Women for Weapons Trade Transparency December 4, 2023In these Times Nearly three years ago, Congress gave Israel a pass to stockpile precision-guided bombs…

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December 8, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Israel’s Use of Disproportionate Force Is a Long-Established Tactic – With a Clear Aim

Israel’s Use of Disproportionate Force Is a Long-Established Tactic – With a Clear Aim     Paul Rogers December 5, 2023Guardian Israel is deploying vastly disproportionate force in Gaza, in keeping with an earlier UN fact-finding report that concluded that the Israel…

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December 7, 2023 at 7:15 AM

Big Oil Stifling Democracy To Keep Burning Fossil Fuels

Big Oil Stifling Democracy To Keep Burning Fossil Fuels     Brett Wilkins December 5, 2023Common Dreams "The multinational $4 trillion fossil fuel industry has not only corrupted citizens' understanding of the climate crisis but also contributed to the erosion of dem…

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December 7, 2023 at 7:00 AM

Has “Corporate Personhood” Delivered America to the Brink of Dictatorship? You Betcha...

Has “Corporate Personhood” Delivered America to the Brink of Dictatorship? You Betcha…     Thom Hartmann December 6, 2023The Hartmann Report Corporations don't need pure food, clean air, or safe drinking water, but they control our government and elections… and the o…

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December 7, 2023 at 6:50 AM

Actually, Opioid Victims Love the Sackler Immunity Shields

Actually, Opioid Victims Love the Sackler Immunity Shields     Maureen Tkacik December 5, 2023The American Prospect And other fake news from the Supreme Court’s Purdue Pharma hearing Jen Trejo holds a photo of her son Christopher outside the Supreme Court, Dec…

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December 7, 2023 at 6:40 AM

Columbia Suspended Pro-Palestine Student Groups. The Faculty Revolted

Columbia Suspended Pro-Palestine Student Groups. The Faculty Revolted     Andrew Marantz December 2, 2023The New Yorker Like other universities, the school has cracked down on activism among students, citing fears of antisemitism. Some professors think it’s gone too …

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December 7, 2023 at 5:05 AM

Trump and His Evangelical Believers

Portside Culture Trump and His Evangelical Believers     Lloyd Green December 2, 2023The Guardian Tim Alberta is a fine guide to the world of conservative US Christians, their dispiriting march to the right, and its ugly cost. ,   The Kingdom, the …

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December 7, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – December 6, 2023

Global Left Midweek – December 6, 2023     December 5, 2023xxxxxx La Via Campesina on the global political context A huge turnout of workers and union leaders rallied under union banners in Dublin on Nov 27 to show solidarity with those injured or caught up in…

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December 6, 2023 at 1:25 AM

A Prominent Election Rights Lawyer Is Calling Out Atlanta’s Voter Suppression on Cop City Referendum

A Prominent Election Rights Lawyer Is Calling Out Atlanta’s Voter Suppression on Cop City Referendum     Eamon Whalen December 4, 2023Mother Jones The Elias Law Group is supporting the Vote To Stop Cop City Coalition. , Mother Jones; Jim Mone/AP, Alex Slitz/AP…

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December 6, 2023 at 1:20 AM

Massachusetts Blues

Massachusetts Blues     Robert Kuttner December 4, 2023The American Prospect It’s not just far-right Republicans who undermine democracy. A majority of voters in the Bay State favor progressive policies, but don’t get them. Why not? The delays in passing the b…

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December 6, 2023 at 1:20 AM

Israel Deserves Every Bit of the Global Public Criticism It Is Receiving

Israel Deserves Every Bit of the Global Public Criticism It Is Receiving     Rami G Khouri December 2, 2023Aljazeera Israel has only itself to blame for the the public outrage against its apartheid reality and the horrific war on Gaza. Protesters rally during …

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December 6, 2023 at 1:20 AM

A Trump Reelection Threatens To Make America Fascist Again

A Trump Reelection Threatens To Make America Fascist Again     Clarence Lusane December 5, 2023Tom Dispatch Trump is considering invoking the Insurrection Act on his first day back in office. Former President Donald Trump attends the UFC 295 event at Madison S…

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December 6, 2023 at 1:05 AM

The Challenge to the Left in 2024

The Challenge to the Left in 2024     xxxxxx Moderators December 5, 2023xxxxxx Can democracy in the United States survive naked dictatorial ambition and Christian nationalism in 2024? Here is how we -- the xxxxxx moderators -- see it. And how you can help xxxxxx. …

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December 6, 2023 at 1:00 AM

‘American Symphony’: Jon Batiste Gave Us the Best Music Doc of the Year

Portside Culture ‘American Symphony’: Jon Batiste Gave Us the Best Music Doc of the Year     David Fear November 28, 2023Rolling Stone ‘American Symphony’: The singer-musician-composer writes his magnum opus while his wife battles cancer in a moving ode to love…

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