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January 1, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Apple TV+’s “The Buccaneers” Ruins Edith Wharton and Fails History

Portside Culture Apple TV+’s “The Buccaneers” Ruins Edith Wharton and Fails History     Drew Burnett Gregory November 8, 2023Autostraddle This approach to period pieces does not only erase historical racism and homophobia. It also erases our joy. Accurate histo…

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December 31, 2023 at 1:10 AM

Labor & Palestine: Jeff Schuhrke & Bill Fletcher on How U.S. Unions Are Responding to War in Gaza

Labor & Palestine: Jeff Schuhrke & Bill Fletcher on How U.S. Unions Are Responding to War in Gaza     Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Jeff Schuhrke, Bill Fletcher December 26, 2023Democracy Now! Part 2 of our conversation with longtime trade unionist Bill Fletche…

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December 31, 2023 at 1:05 AM

The Curious Joy of Being Wrong

The Curious Joy of Being Wrong     Daryl Van Tongeren December 26, 2023The Conversation Sometimes humility gets a bad rap. But having intellectual humility – being open to new information and willing to change your mind – can be beneficial for the individual and for …

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December 31, 2023 at 1:00 AM

2023, a Year of Progress: Expanding Voting Rights Across the Country

2023, a Year of Progress: Expanding Voting Rights Across the Country     December 28, 2023The Sentencing Project These inspiring developments serve as powerful reminders that by working together in pursuit of progress, we can manifest meaningful criminal legal reform…

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December 31, 2023 at 1:00 AM

First Things First: Don’t Oppose Trump’s Right To Run

First Things First: Don’t Oppose Trump’s Right To Run     Bill Lueders December 21, 2023The Progressive Keeping Trump off the ballot would be an affront to democracy. Denying people the opportunity to vote for him is going to make him stronger. Former Preside…

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December 31, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Lessons From One Unequal Society to Another

Lessons From One Unequal Society to Another     Liam Crisan December 18, 2023Inequality.org In the 2000s and 2010s Chileans began resolving the Crisis of Representation through protest, song, and dance. Recent political setbacks do not detract from this. Prote…

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December 30, 2023 at 5:35 AM

Friday Nite Videos | December 29, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | December 29, 2023     December 29, 2023xxxxxx 2023's Biggest Computing Breakthroughs. Carlos: The Santana Journey. The Human Toll of Philips’ Massive CPAP Recall. The Palestinian Knesset Member Suspended for Criticizing War on Gaza. Trump on the …

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December 30, 2023 at 4:50 AM

In the West Bank, I Saw How Peace Will Require Confrontation With Israel

In the West Bank, I Saw How Peace Will Require Confrontation With Israel     David Ignatius December 16, 2023Washington Post In the West Bank, I met I so many brave Israelis and Palestinians who are working together to document obstacles to peace that I can see a way…

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December 30, 2023 at 4:20 AM

The White Southerners Who Fought for the Union

The White Southerners Who Fought for the Union     Martin Pengelly December 27, 2023Guardian In his new book, Silent Cavalry, former New York Times editor Howell Raines tells of loyalties long suppressed in his native Alabama Union cavalry in action during the…

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December 30, 2023 at 4:05 AM

The U.S. and China at Year’s End

The U.S. and China at Year’s End     Michael Klare December 21, 2023TomDispatch At best, the U.S. and China will avoid a major blow-up over Taiwan or the South China Sea in 2023, while making progress on issues like climate change and drug trafficking. At worst, the …

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December 30, 2023 at 3:45 AM

How Young Karl Marx Got Radicalized

How Young Karl Marx Got Radicalized     Ryan Moore December 26, 2023Jacobin Karl Marx started out in a liberal milieu where the primary concern was abolishing religious authoritarianism. In time, he came to believe that abolishing capitalism was necessary for true fr…

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December 30, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Persistent Moon

Portside Culture Persistent Moon     Carol Kanter Chicago poet Carol Kanter offers a poem of peace, an alternative to “rage…offense…” ,   Persistent Moon By Carol Kanter Near full, she lingers high west mid-morn, night’s far stars tucked at rest. S…

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December 29, 2023 at 1:25 AM

The Long War on Gaza

The Long War on Gaza     Sara Roy December 19, 2023The New York Review of Books Gaza is being devastated as we watch. A stated goal of Israel’s assault, is to “destroy Hamas”. Israel’s goal is less to vanquish Hamas—impossible in any case—than to finally expel Palest…

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December 29, 2023 at 1:05 AM

MAGA’s Revanchist Roots: A Tale of Tropes

MAGA’s Revanchist Roots: A Tale of Tropes     Jerry Lembcke December 13, 2023CounterPunch Signs that MAGA is enmeshed in post-Vietnam War culture begin with its namesake. Make America Great Again is an adoption of Ronald Reagan’s assertion that it was “Morning in Ame…

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December 29, 2023 at 1:05 AM

The Danger of Abortion ‘Compromise’

The Danger of Abortion ‘Compromise’     Erika Christensen December 26, 2023Abortion, Every Day If we want to build a strong, safe world for pregnant people and our families, let’s start with a floor we can all stand on. Policies that claim to keep the government out …

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December 29, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Banning Christmas in Cuba Was an ‘Error’ That Fidel Castro Fixed

Banning Christmas in Cuba Was an ‘Error’ That Fidel Castro Fixed     Chuck Offenburger December 25, 2023Iowa Capital Dispatch It will probably come as a surprise to many of you that religious and church life in Cuba is thriving, and has been since the 1990s. It’s tim…

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December 29, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Dec. 28, 2023 – Reader Comments: Trump-Haley-MAGA GOP Embrace Slavery-Fascism; Israeli War Crimes; Migrants and Immigration; Reader Response to Police Reform; Maestro Does Disservice; March on Washington for Gaza-Jan 13; More...

Tidbits – Dec. 28, 2023 – Reader Comments: Trump-Haley-MAGA GOP Embrace Slavery-Fascism; Israeli War Crimes; Migrants and Immigration; Reader Response to Police Reform; Maestro Does Disservice; March on Washington for Gaza-Jan 13; More…     December 28, 2023xxxxxx Re…

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December 28, 2023 at 6:20 AM

Israeli Teen Jailed for Refusing To Take Part in Army’s ‘Criminal Attack’ on Gaza

Israeli Teen Jailed for Refusing To Take Part in Army’s ‘Criminal Attack’ on Gaza     Brett Wilkins December 27, 2023Common Dreams "I believe that slaughter cannot solve slaughter," said 18-year-old Tal Mitnick, who was sentenced to 30 days behind bars for refusing t…

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December 28, 2023 at 6:10 AM

Achille Mbembe: Necropolitics

Portside Culture Achille Mbembe: Necropolitics     Antonio Pele March 2, 2020Critical Legal Thinking Reviewer Pele says author Mbembe defines “necropolitics” “as the political making of spaces and subjectivities in an in-between of life and death.” Necropolitic…

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December 28, 2023 at 6:00 AM

Haley Declines To Say Slavery Was Cause of Civil War

Haley Declines To Say Slavery Was Cause of Civil War     Lisa Kashinski and Sam Stein December 27, 2023Politico The former South Carolina governor instead said it was a dispute over how ‘government was going to run.’ Republican presidential candidate Nikki Hal…

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December 28, 2023 at 5:45 AM

Uruguay’s Green Power Revolution: Rapid Shift to Wind Shows the World How It’s Done

Uruguay’s Green Power Revolution: Rapid Shift to Wind Shows the World How It’s Done     Sam Meadows December 27, 2023The Guardian Stung by the 2008 oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit? …

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December 28, 2023 at 5:30 AM

Javier Milei’s Shock Therapy Would Be a Disaster for Working-Class Argentinians

Javier Milei’s Shock Therapy Would Be a Disaster for Working-Class Argentinians     Andrew Stoughton December 27, 2023Jacobin Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, has issued a decree with over 350 reforms tearing up labor rights and privatizing industries. The “s…

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December 28, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – December 27, 2023

Global Left Midweek – December 27, 2023     December 27, 2023xxxxxx Looking back/Looking ahead Dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah (1958-2023). Credit, Shutterstock.com   Looking Back Looking Ahead Racism and Workers’ Rights Ukraine Philippines: Delivery Riders …

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December 27, 2023 at 1:15 AM

Vermont’s New AFL-CIO President Is a Democratic Socialist and Labor Reformer

Vermont’s New AFL-CIO President Is a Democratic Socialist and Labor Reformer     Steve Early, Interviewer December 21, 2023Jacobin Katie Maurice is a Democratic Socialists of America member and labor activist. She was recently elected president of the Vermont AFL-CIO…

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December 27, 2023 at 1:10 AM

How Jesus’s Hometown Is Coping With War at Christmas

How Jesus’s Hometown Is Coping With War at Christmas     Alex Shams December 24, 2023The New Republic Bethlehem is usually brimming with cheer—and tourists—this time of year. But the war in Gaza has turned it into a “ghost town.” A Nativity scene in Bethlehem …

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December 27, 2023 at 1:10 AM

Georgia Offered Medicaid With a Work Requirement. Few Have Signed Up

Georgia Offered Medicaid With a Work Requirement. Few Have Signed Up     Megan Messerly and Robert King December 26, 2023Politico Only 1,800 people enrolled — and critics blame the paltry expansion on an overly complex program with too many hurdles for people to clea…

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December 27, 2023 at 1:10 AM

Federalism Has Been a Disaster for the Working Class

Federalism Has Been a Disaster for the Working Class     Colin Gordon December 26, 2023Jacobin American federalism is often touted as a source of local democratic engagement, political innovation, and responsive public policy. But in practice, the American states hav…

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December 27, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – December 26, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – December 26, 2023     December 27, 2023xxxxxx Another year of what we call news , AI STUDIO/ADOBE STOCK   How Gaza Changed the Rules of Journalism The Big Tech “Magnificent Seven” in 2024 The Truth About “The Truth” About Taylor Sw…

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December 27, 2023 at 1:00 AM

The New Willy Wonka Prequel Is Fun, but It Doesn’t Hold a Candle to Its 1971 Predecessor

Portside Culture The New Willy Wonka Prequel Is Fun, but It Doesn’t Hold a Candle to Its 1971 Predecessor     Eileen Jones December 19, 2023Jacobin In Wonka, Timothée Chalamet dons the eccentric chocolatier’s purple jacket in yet another film adaptation of the …

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December 26, 2023 at 2:00 AM

NY Governor Hochul Vetoes Wrongful Conviction, Immigrant Rights Bills

NY Governor Hochul Vetoes Wrongful Conviction, Immigrant Rights Bills     Brett Wilkins December 24, 2023Common Dreams "Innocent New Yorkers will continue to sit in our jails and prisons, or remain saddled with an unlawful criminal record in our communities, unable t…

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December 26, 2023 at 1:10 AM

St. Francis, Kurt Vonnegut and the Radical Absurdity of the Incarnation

St. Francis, Kurt Vonnegut and the Radical Absurdity of the Incarnation     Stephen Copeland December 22, 2023National Catholic Reporter Sun Moon Star, Kurt Vonnegut's only children's book (which is probably a good thing for the sake of all malleable minds), is a Chr…

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December 26, 2023 at 1:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Dec 26-Jan 1

This Week in People’s History, Dec 26-Jan 1     xxxxxx Ebola Alarm Ignored (in 2013), Ma Rainey's Swan Song (1928), Endangered Species Act Too Young to Die (1973), Sinking Ship No Place for Rats (1958), Is THIS Emergency Response? (2013), Think Before You Drive (1938…

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December 26, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Sacred Tree or Tree of Paradise? Nature and the Christmas Tree

Sacred Tree or Tree of Paradise? Nature and the Christmas Tree     Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin December 25, 2023CounterPunch Whether the Christmas tree arises out of pagan worship or the nature-based polytheism of Egyptian lore, the Christmas tree plays a special part in…

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December 26, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Biden Is Paying Growers To Replace Farmworkers With Bracero Contract Labor

Portside Culture Biden Is Paying Growers To Replace Farmworkers With Bracero Contract Labor     David Bacon Truthout Under the new visa pilot program, the administration is prioritizing growers’ profits over farmworkers’ rights. Farmworkers brought to the…

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December 26, 2023 at 1:00 AM

How Congressional Maps Could Change in 2030

How Congressional Maps Could Change in 2030     Michael Li, Gina Feliz December 19, 2023Brennan Center for Justice Newly released data from the Census Bureau points at big shifts in state representation in the House after the 2030 census. , Perry Spring/Getty …

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December 25, 2023 at 6:45 AM

Sunday Science: How To Create a Black Hole out of Thin Air

Sunday Science: How To Create a Black Hole out of Thin Air     Dennis Overbye December 24, 2023New York Times Black holes were thought to arise from the collapse of dead stars. But a Webb telescope image showing the early universe hints at an alternative pathway. …

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December 25, 2023 at 6:10 AM

Who Is Funding Canary Mission? Inside the Doxxing Operation Targeting Anti-Zionist Students and Professors

Who Is Funding Canary Mission? Inside the Doxxing Operation Targeting Anti-Zionist Students and Professors     James Bamford December 22, 2023The Nation Americans who give money to Canary Mission are potentially committing a serious crime by acting as agents of a for…

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December 25, 2023 at 5:50 AM

Wages and Prices: Who Is Keeping Up With What?

Wages and Prices: Who Is Keeping Up With What?     Dean Baker December 18, 2023Center for Economic and Policy Research Since President Biden took office, the media have run a constant stream of news stories about how high various prices were and telling their audienc…

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December 25, 2023 at 5:25 AM

Justices in Wisconsin Order New Legislative Maps

Justices in Wisconsin Order New Legislative Maps     Julie Bosman December 22, 2023New York Times The ruling, coming just months after liberals gained a 4-to-3 majority on the State Supreme Court, could undo gerrymanders that have given Republicans lopsided control o…

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December 25, 2023 at 4:45 AM

FTC-DOJ Merger Guidelines Aim To ‘Restore Competition and Strengthen Democracy’

FTC-DOJ Merger Guidelines Aim To ‘Restore Competition and Strengthen Democracy’     Jessica Corbett December 18, 2023Common Dreams One expert called the guidance "a game-changer for antitrust enforcement, incorporating decades of new learnings and thousands of public…

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December 25, 2023 at 1:05 AM

xxxxxx Moderators: Fascism Drops the Mask

xxxxxx Moderators: Fascism Drops the Mask     December 24, 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 25, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Let Bradley Cooper’s Maestro Be the Death of the Biopic

Portside Culture Let Bradley Cooper’s Maestro Be the Death of the Biopic     EILEEN JONES December 23, 2023Jacobin In Maestro, Bradley Cooper plays famed conductor Leonard Bernstein but leaves out the complicating — and fascinating — real-life details for a mor…

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December 24, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Race Inequality, Class Inequality

Race Inequality, Class Inequality     Arthur MacEwan December 19, 2023Dollars and Sense There is a widely held belief, especially among white people, that social welfare programs primarily benefit African Americans. Yet, in virtually all U.S. social support programs,…

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December 24, 2023 at 1:05 AM

US People Are Funding Illegal Settlements in West Bank

US People Are Funding Illegal Settlements in West Bank     Jason Wilson December 23, 2023The Guardian Crowdfunding site IsraelGives allows US residents to donate millions to paramilitary groups, IDF units and settlers View of Israeli settlement of Har Homa in …

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December 24, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Puerto Rico’s New Leftist Alliance Poses a Threat to US Imperialism

Puerto Rico’s New Leftist Alliance Poses a Threat to US Imperialism     Jenaro Abraham December 19, 2023NACLA Reports The Puerto Rican Independence Party’s (PIP) latest assembly marks a turning point in electoral strategy and a challenge to the colonial paradigms tha…

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December 24, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Some Facts for the Unconvinced: Why We Need a Gaza Ceasefire Now

Some Facts for the Unconvinced: Why We Need a Gaza Ceasefire Now     Phyllis Bennis December 18, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus Why we need a ceasefire to save lives, release the hostages, prosecute war crimes, and follow international law: a guide for those still uneas…

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December 24, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Hollywood’s Maestro Does Disservice to a Great Musician and Educator

Hollywood’s Maestro Does Disservice to a Great Musician and Educator     Karl Nerenberg December 20, 2023rabble.ca You might put Maestro high on your holiday viewing list. And you might enjoy the film as a well-paced, sometimes heart-wrenching portrait of a troubled …

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December 23, 2023 at 2:30 AM

Friday Nite Videos | December 22, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | December 22, 2023     December 22, 2023xxxxxx Gary Younge on Race, Racism and Identity. Lock Him Away | Roy Zimmerman. Visual Evidence Shows Israel Dropped Bombs Where It Ordered Gaza Civilians to Go. The Confederate President Wasn't Tried, But S…

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December 23, 2023 at 1:15 AM

Ukraine, Israel and the Two Joe Bidens

Ukraine, Israel and the Two Joe Bidens     Matthew Duss December 14, 2023The New Republic In Ukraine, Biden has spent two years articulating a stirring argument for a rules-based order. In Israel, he set about burning that argument to the ground. Is a morally consist…

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December 23, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Fascism 101: Why We Need To Spell It Out

Fascism 101: Why We Need To Spell It Out     Walden Bello December 7, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus There is no guarantee that fascism will not triumph, but it will certainly win unless we put ourselves, body and soul, fully and smartly, on the line to stop it I…

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