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December 23, 2023 at 1:05 AM

It’s Going To Be a Long Winter for Immigrants in Tents

It’s Going To Be a Long Winter for Immigrants in Tents     Luis Feliz Leon December 21, 2023Curbed Recent immigrants are housed in tents at Floyd Bennett Field in New York City. “The tents are not safe for children in any weather, and families should never have been …
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December 23, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Climate 2023: Silencing the Messengers

Climate 2023: Silencing the Messengers     Owen Jones December 22, 2023Guardian 2023 was the year governments looked at the climate crisis – and decided to persecute the activists. But around the world, the people fighting for the survival of our planet. Just …
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December 23, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Requiem for a Safeway Employee

Portside Culture Requiem for a Safeway Employee     Lita Kurth Based on a true story, Lita Kurth exposes the risk and dangers of an all-night job. ,   Requiem for a Safeway Employee By Lita Kurth It was 3 AM Maybe a friend at the register up front…
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December 22, 2023 at 1:05 AM

How Much Can Trump 2.0 Get Away With?

How Much Can Trump 2.0 Get Away With?     Thomas B. Edsall December 20, 2023New York Times I am your warrior, I am your justice, Donald Trump told the crowd. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution. The first Trump term was deeply alar…
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December 22, 2023 at 1:05 AM

These Journalists Are Reporting From Gaza Amid Israeli Bombardment

These Journalists Are Reporting From Gaza Amid Israeli Bombardment     Zahra Hankir December 18, 2023Teen Vogue "We as journalists are trying our best to publish and spread the truth, despite the closures and restrictions we face," he says. "We’ll continue to publish…
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December 22, 2023 at 1:05 AM

‘The Hostages Weren’t Our Top Priority’: How Israel’s Bombing Frenzy Endangered Captives in Gaza

‘The Hostages Weren’t Our Top Priority’: How Israel’s Bombing Frenzy Endangered Captives in Gaza     Yuval Abraham December 17, 2023+972 Magazine Contrary to initial claims, the Israeli army carried out relentless strikes with little intelligence of Israeli hostages’…
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December 22, 2023 at 1:00 AM

John Fetterman Exits the Progressive Coalition

John Fetterman Exits the Progressive Coalition     Ross Barkan December 19, 2023Political Currents "I'm not a progressive. I'm just a regular Democrat." Fetterman is in the first year of a six-year term. He has time to repair relations with progressives or sever ties…
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December 22, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Dec. 21, 2023 – Reader Comments: Trump Embraces Fascism; Housing IS a Labor Issue; the “River to the Sea” Controversy; New York Retirees Fight City Hall and Medicare Advantage; New Deal Posters; Cartoons; More...

Tidbits – Dec. 21, 2023 – Reader Comments: Trump Embraces Fascism; Housing IS a Labor Issue; the “River to the Sea” Controversy; New York Retirees Fight City Hall and Medicare Advantage; New Deal Posters; Cartoons; More…     December 21, 2023xxxxxx Reader Comments: T…
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December 21, 2023 at 7:55 AM

Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity

Portside Culture Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity     Todd Nicholas Fuist June 25, 2019Mobilizing Ideas This book explores how social identities of various kinds have spurred the divisiveness of our politics, and how politics has itself becom…
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December 21, 2023 at 6:30 AM

Elon Musk’s Swedish Problem: Has the Anti-Union Billionaire Finally Met His Match?

Elon Musk’s Swedish Problem: Has the Anti-Union Billionaire Finally Met His Match?     Les Leopold December 20, 2023Common Dreams For the first time in his life, the man who opposes any "lords and peasants sort of thing" may be learning a lesson in labor solidarity. …
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December 21, 2023 at 6:10 AM

Israel’s Choices — Not Hamas — Are an Existential Threat to the Jewish State

Israel’s Choices — Not Hamas — Are an Existential Threat to the Jewish State     Jerome Karabel December 20, 2023Forward The true threat to Israel’s survival hides not in the shadows, but in the mirror A Palestinian girl, photographed in Khan Younis, in the so…
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December 21, 2023 at 5:50 AM

George Conway Tears Apart ‘Logically Weak’ Dissents in Colorado Supreme Court’s Trump Ruling

George Conway Tears Apart ‘Logically Weak’ Dissents in Colorado Supreme Court’s Trump Ruling     Alex Henderson December 20, 2023Alternet "They don't dispute that Donald Trump engaged in an insurrection. And they don't dispute that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bar…
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December 21, 2023 at 4:50 AM

Surprise! Police Reforms Didn’t Work

Surprise! Police Reforms Didn’t Work     Sonali Kolhatkar December 17, 2023Independent Media Institute To the surprise of no one but naive liberal backers of the police, expensive reforms to law enforcement have done nothing to curb the killings. , Photo by Pi…
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December 21, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – December 20, 2023

Global Left Midweek – December 20, 2023     December 20, 2023xxxxxx A time to try the soul of humanity Extermination Rebellion activists brave the water cannons in Amsterdam on Sept. 9. Credit, Instagram/@maarten.photomic   Taking Up the Call from Palest…
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December 20, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Congress and President Biden Should Not Trade Away Human Rights and Asylum Protections for Temporary Defense Funding

Congress and President Biden Should Not Trade Away Human Rights and Asylum Protections for Temporary Defense Funding     Daniel Costa and Samantha Sanders December 15, 2023Economic Policy Institute It is unacceptable to sacrifice the basic human rights of vulnerable …
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December 20, 2023 at 1:30 AM

Colorado Supreme Court Declares Donald Trump Ineligible for the Presidency Under Constitution’s Insurrection Clause

Colorado Supreme Court Declares Donald Trump Ineligible for the Presidency Under Constitution’s Insurrection Clause     Associated Press December 19, 2023The Boston Globe The decision marks the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been used …
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December 20, 2023 at 1:30 AM

How Corporations Crush New Unions

How Corporations Crush New Unions     Steven Greenhouse December 18, 2023The New Republic Bargaining-table negotiations over a first contract are never easy, but now they’re becoming excruciatingly slow and difficult. For companies like Trader Joe’s, that’s the goal.…
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December 20, 2023 at 1:30 AM

‘Texas, We’ll See You in Court’: Migrant Law Sparks Outcry and Opposition

‘Texas, We’ll See You in Court’: Migrant Law Sparks Outcry and Opposition     Martin Pengelly December 19, 2023The Guardian Democrats call on attorney general to halt state law, while Mexican president and ACLU both say they will challenge it A person walks al…
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December 20, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – December 19, 2023

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – December 19, 2023     December 19, 2023xxxxxx Living with the monsters , Eli Valley   The Whole World is Grieving When Leftys Turn Right… … And Rightys Turn Weird The New McCarthyism Cori Bush and Ayanna Pressley Lead F…
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December 19, 2023 at 1:30 AM

xxxxxx Moderators: Fascism Drops the Mask

xxxxxx Moderators: Fascism Drops the Mask     December 18, 2023xxxxxx Trump's fascist ideology and his plans for dictatorial rule are in plain view, day after day. The overriding question of 2024 is: How to defeat this imminent threat? Here is how we -- the xxxxxx mo…
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December 19, 2023 at 1:15 AM

This Week in People’s History, Dec 19–25

This Week in People’s History, Dec 19–25     xxxxxx Is the President a King? (in 2008), Justice for Crimes Against Humanity (1983), A Safe, Legal, Way to Relieve Stress (1913), Where Was OSHA and EPA?, (2008) Integrating Carnegie Hall (1938), You Call This "Home Rule…
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December 19, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Pro-Israel Billionaires Are Spending Big To Oust Socialists From Office

Pro-Israel Billionaires Are Spending Big To Oust Socialists From Office     Liza Featherstone December 18, 2023Jacobin Across the country, pro-Israel groups and billionaires are trying to stop the antiwar movement pushing for a cease-fire in Gaza by bringing down its…
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December 19, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Neanderthals: More Knowable Now Than Ever

Neanderthals: More Knowable Now Than Ever     Tim Vernimmen November 28, 2023Knowable Magazine Inviting a Neanderthal for the holidays? That's a good thing. Not only are they the closest relative of homo sapiens, but there's a bit of Neanderthal in almost all of us. …
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December 19, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Food iS Medicine (FIM): The Latest Food Movement (of Sorts)

Portside Culture Food iS Medicine (FIM): The Latest Food Movement (of Sorts)     Marion Nestle December 11, 2023foodpolitics.com Food as Medicine is an emerging concept and the focus of the Food as Medicine Policy Summit; and a range of food companies are ready…
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December 19, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Joe Manchin and the Legal Corruption That Threatens Our Planet

Joe Manchin and the Legal Corruption That Threatens Our Planet     Basav Sen December 13, 2023The Hill Manchin’s exit should spark a bigger conversation about the corruption that’s become a defining feature of the U.S. political system. , Shutterstock   …
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December 19, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Funhouse Mirror

Funhouse Mirror     Christopher L. Brown December 15, 2023London Review of Books ‘Perhaps the greatest shame of the Atlantic slave trade was that it inspired no shame at all. In their own time, Britain’s slave traders were men of distinction: “worthy men, fathers of …
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December 18, 2023 at 7:25 AM

Sunday Science: FDA Approves First Gene-Editing Treatment for Human Illness

Sunday Science: FDA Approves First Gene-Editing Treatment for Human Illness     Rob Stein December 8, 2023NPR But elation over the approvals was tempered by concerns the breakthrough treatments may not be accessible to many sickle cell patients, both are very expensi…
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December 18, 2023 at 6:25 AM

How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras

How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras     Eric Umansky, with additional reporting by Umar Farooq December 14, 2023Propublica, co-published with The New York Times Magazine Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on what was sold as a…
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December 18, 2023 at 5:00 AM

Why Israel’s Top Court Is Greenlighting a Civil Rights Crackdown

Why Israel’s Top Court Is Greenlighting a Civil Rights Crackdown     Eyal Lurie-Pardes December 12, 2023972 Magazine After a year of fierce battles over the judicial coup, Israel’s Supreme Court seems totally subservient to the state’s policies since Oct. 7. What's c…
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December 18, 2023 at 4:25 AM

Chile’s Voters Reject a New, Conservative Constitution

Chile’s Voters Reject a New, Conservative Constitution     Jack Nicas December 17, 2023New York Times For the second time in less than two years, Chileans voted thumbs down on a new national charter, and few seem to have the energy to try again. A rally in San…
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December 18, 2023 at 3:40 AM

How Can Activists Change the World? Experts Offer Seven Strategies

How Can Activists Change the World? Experts Offer Seven Strategies     Steven Greenhouse December 17, 2023The Guardian The new book Practical Radicals takes inspiration from successful social movements to identify tactics that pay off 'A lot of people think of…
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December 18, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Twenty Years Ago, the Shield Captured the Brokenness of American Policing

Portside Culture Twenty Years Ago, the Shield Captured the Brokenness of American Policing     Joe Mayall December 11, 2023Jacobin No ordinary cop show, The Shield starred the LAPD’s corrupt anti-gang unit, which itself functioned and behaved like a gang. The s…
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December 17, 2023 at 8:20 AM

“Against Muslims Today Means Against Jews Again Tomorrow”

“Against Muslims Today Means Against Jews Again Tomorrow”     Iris Hefets and Nadija Samour December 3, 2023The Left Berlin Normalisation and full support in word and deed of Israeli settlement colonialism, apartheid and military occupation of Palestinian territories…
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December 17, 2023 at 8:20 AM

The Leftist Case for Collecting

The Leftist Case for Collecting     Charlie Squire December 14, 2023The Progressive The desire to collect is the desire to understand objects as vehicles for human expression, the physical manifestation of labor, knowledge, collaboration, and movement. , …
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December 17, 2023 at 1:00 AM

A Progressive Democracy Movement To Defeat Fascism

A Progressive Democracy Movement To Defeat Fascism     Thom Hartmann December 16, 2023Common Dreams If we don't get it together, people, things are about to get ugly. Very ugly. Former U.S. President Donald Trump is seen during the UFC 295 event at Madison Squ…
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December 17, 2023 at 1:00 AM

The Rise and Fall of Moms for Liberty

The Rise and Fall of Moms for Liberty     Maurice Cunningham December 15, 2023The Progressive Reeling from school board losses, the “parental rights” organization is collapsing on itself. Bridget Ziegler, a founder of the advocacy group Moms for Liberty, durin…
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December 16, 2023 at 2:55 AM

Friday Nite Videos | December 15, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | December 15, 2023     December 15, 2023xxxxxx De-Stigmatizing Sex Work. AI Can Do Your Homework. How Harvard Operates Like a $51 Billion Hedge Fund. How Israeli Settler Violence Forces Palestinians To Flee Their Homes. The Forgotten Populists... …
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December 16, 2023 at 2:10 AM

Traveling for Abortions: The Untold Story

Traveling for Abortions: The Untold Story     Katelyn Jetelina December 14, 2023Your Local Epdemiologist An increasing number of women are traveling out of state for reproductive healthcare. This journey isn’t without very real obstacles. The most tragic part is much…
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December 16, 2023 at 2:00 AM

The States Where Abortion Could Be on the Ballot in 2024

The States Where Abortion Could Be on the Ballot in 2024     Grace Panetta December 15, 202319th News Here’s an overview of where abortion will — and could be — directly on the ballot in 2024, how many signatures organizers need to collect and the challenges advocate…
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December 16, 2023 at 1:45 AM

Sanders Resolution Aims To Have US ‘Reckon With Its Complicity’ in Gaza

Sanders Resolution Aims To Have US ‘Reckon With Its Complicity’ in Gaza     Jake Johnson December 15, 2023Common Dreams "This is a humanitarian cataclysm, and it is being done with American bombs and money," says the Vermont senator. "We need to face up to that fact—…
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December 16, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Elise Stefanik, Great Replacement Theory and Bigotry Against Jews

Elise Stefanik, Great Replacement Theory and Bigotry Against Jews     Juan Cole December 12, 2023Informed Comment Stefanik has campaigned on Great Replacement Theory tropes and indulged genuine anti-Semites. University presidents should stop playing into her hand and…
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December 16, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Dear Human at the Edge of Time

Portside Culture Dear Human at the Edge of Time     Cassandra Bousquet Dear Human at the Edge of Time Our poet Cassandra Bousquet pleads for the shrinking opportunities before us, reminding us that “the edge is not the end”—yet! ,   Dear Human at th…
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December 15, 2023 at 4:15 AM

Biden Staffers Demand Cease-Fire at ‘Historic’ White House Vigil

Biden Staffers Demand Cease-Fire at ‘Historic’ White House Vigil     Jake Johnson December 14, 2023Common Dreams Every single one of these people is risking their jobs and, their careers because they know the stakes of this moment. In November, more than 700 staffers…
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December 15, 2023 at 3:45 AM

How Anti-Zionist American Jews Are Organizing for a Ceasefire in Gaza

How Anti-Zionist American Jews Are Organizing for a Ceasefire in Gaza     Sophie Hurwitz December 8, 2023Teen Vogue Anti-war Jewish Americans are urging U.S. leaders to call for a ceasefire. A progressive wing of American Judaism has gained prominence, one defined by…
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December 15, 2023 at 3:20 AM

Terrorism Investigations on Campus and the New McCarthyism

Terrorism Investigations on Campus and the New McCarthyism     Anthony O’Rourke and Wadie E. Said December 8, 2023Dissent Magazine Federal law enforcement is under pressure to launch specious terrorism investigations into pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuse…
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December 15, 2023 at 3:00 AM

Make America Fascist Again (MAFA!) – The Future if Donald Trump Returns to the Oval Office

Make America Fascist Again (MAFA!) – The Future if Donald Trump Returns to the Oval Office     Clarence Lusane December 5, 2023TomDispatch In the next year, anything could happen. Donald Trump, could go down, he could be convicted of one or more felonies. He could lo…
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December 15, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Tidbits – Dec. 14, 2023 – Reader Comments: GOP Embrace of Trump; Israel Assassinations in Gaza Bombing; Drugs Disappear From Insurance Coverage; Fusion??; Kissinger; UE Murals in Chicago; Huge Book Sale; Webinar From Israel-Where Do We Go From Here

Tidbits – Dec. 14, 2023 – Reader Comments: GOP Embrace of Trump; Israel Assassinations in Gaza Bombing; Drugs Disappear From Insurance Coverage; Fusion??; Kissinger; UE Murals in Chicago; Huge Book Sale; Webinar From Israel-Where Do We Go From Here     December 14, 2023x…
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December 15, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Blacklisted Communist Writer Albert Maltz’s Last Novel Will Finally Be Published in the US

Portside Culture Blacklisted Communist Writer Albert Maltz’s Last Novel Will Finally Be Published in the US     Taylor Dorrell November 30, 2023Jacobin When Communist writer Albert Maltz was blacklisted in the McCarthyist era, no commercial publisher in the U. …
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December 14, 2023 at 7:05 AM

The Secret GOP Plot To Change Our Constitution Slithers Forward

The Secret GOP Plot To Change Our Constitution Slithers Forward     Thom Hartmann December 13, 2023The Hartmann Report If their plan works, these Republican toadies of the billionaires who fund and own them will rewrite our Constitution & state governors, the US …
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December 14, 2023 at 6:55 AM

Final COP28 Deal Riddled With ‘Cavernous Loopholes’ for Fossil Fuel Industry

Final COP28 Deal Riddled With ‘Cavernous Loopholes’ for Fossil Fuel Industry     Jake Johnson December 13, 2023Common Dreams "While this agreement offers faint guidelines toward a clean energy transition, it falls far short of the transformational action we need," sa…