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January 9, 2024 at 1:10 AM

This Week in People’s History, Jan 9 – 15

This Week in People’s History, Jan 9 – 15     xxxxxx Fighting the Good Fight (in 1909), Teach Literacy, Go to Jail (1854), Deadly But Very Popular (1964), Pretending to Drain the Swamp (1984), Orgy of Police Brutality (1874), McCarthyism's Downfall (1964), Hitler's F…

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January 9, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Six Challenges for the Tough Year Ahead

Six Challenges for the Tough Year Ahead     Max Elbaum January 5, 2024Convergence Magazine The people-power, energy, and savvy exist to regain the initiative against MAGA and win a ceasefire in Gaza. To do so, we will need to call on positive vision, political clarit…

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January 9, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Corporate America’s Big Lie: What’s Good for Us Is Good for the Country

Corporate America’s Big Lie: What’s Good for Us Is Good for the Country     Kelly Candaele January 2, 2024Capital & Main Corporations used the “crying wolf” strategy to claim that raising the minimum wage would harm the poor, that Social Security was a slippery s…

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January 9, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Does Chicken Soup Really Help When You’re Sick? A nutrition specialist explains what’s behind the beloved comfort food

Portside Culture Does Chicken Soup Really Help When You’re Sick? A nutrition specialist explains what’s behind the beloved comfort food     Colby Teeman October 20, 2023The Conversation Chicken soup as a therapy can be traced back to 60 A.D. army surgeon whose …

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January 9, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Seizing Russia’s Frozen Assets Is the Right Move

Seizing Russia’s Frozen Assets Is the Right Move     Joseph E. Stiglitz, Andrew Kosenko January 4, 2024Project Syndicate Joseph E. Stiglitz and Andrew Kosenko urge G7 leaders to send a clear message to rogue regimes waging brutal wars of aggression. , Sergei S…

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January 8, 2024 at 8:35 AM

Sunday Science: Giant Project Will Chart Human Immune Diversity To Improve Drugs and Vaccines

Sunday Science: Giant Project Will Chart Human Immune Diversity To Improve Drugs and Vaccines     Mitch Leslie January 2, 2024Science Human Immunome Project aims to capture immune data from thousands of people globally , Yale School of Medicine   The hep…

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January 8, 2024 at 8:00 AM

The Many Lives of Vinie Burrows

The Many Lives of Vinie Burrows     Helen Shaw January 5, 2024The New Yorker Remembering the activism and artistry of a New York theatre hero. , Alix Jeffry, c Houghton Library, Harvard University   When the actor and activist Vinie Burrows died, on Dece…

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January 8, 2024 at 7:45 AM

Time for a Victory Lap?

Time for a Victory Lap?     Joseph E. Stiglitz January 4, 2024The American Prospect Those who believed inflation would be transitory were proven right, and those who demanded the sacrifice of mass unemployment proven wrong. An employee works on the assembly li…

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January 8, 2024 at 7:10 AM

South Africa Files Case Against Israel at International Court of Justice Over “Genocidal” War on Gaza

South Africa Files Case Against Israel at International Court of Justice Over “Genocidal” War on Gaza     Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Francis Boyle January 2, 2024Democracy Now! South Africa has filed a case at the main judicial body for the United Nations, the Inter…

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January 8, 2024 at 4:35 AM

$8.5 Trillion in Untaxed Assets: Data Shows Why ‘We Need a Billionaire Income Tax’

$8.5 Trillion in Untaxed Assets: Data Shows Why ‘We Need a Billionaire Income Tax’     Jake Johnson January 4, 2024Common Dreams While most Americans predominantly live off the income they earn from a job—income that is taxed all year, every year—the very richest hou…

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January 8, 2024 at 1:35 AM

‘Fargo’ Is Really About One Line From the Original Coen Brothers Movie, Noah Hawley Says

Portside Culture ‘Fargo’ Is Really About One Line From the Original Coen Brothers Movie, Noah Hawley Says     Kayla Cobb November 22, 2023The Wrap The creator of "Fargo" explains why every season of his crime drama is about money, Republicans and the “American …

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January 7, 2024 at 1:05 AM

FDA Approves Medicine Imports From Canada

FDA Approves Medicine Imports From Canada     Jake Johnson January 6, 2024Common Dreams The FDA's decision is "a win for consumers and for Bernie Sanders, who first spearheaded bus trips to Canada 25 years ago," wrote David Sirota, a former Sanders campaign adviser. …

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January 7, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The Path to ‘An Excess of Democracy’

The Path to ‘An Excess of Democracy’     Doug Selwyn January 6, 2024Greenfield Recorder Education in Massachusetts from the Old Deluder to the MCAS ,   Ibegan this series of columns by sharing three questions I would pose to each entering class of teache…

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January 7, 2024 at 1:00 AM

“Talking Socialism” on the Job

“Talking Socialism” on the Job     Garrett Brown January 3, 2024Against the Current What’s needed beyond “talking socialism on the job” is a sensible labor policy, humility and respect for fellow workers, the commitment to learn from mistakes while taking the initiat…

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January 7, 2024 at 1:00 AM

State-Run Court Blocked in Jackson As NAACP Appeals H.B. 1020 Case

State-Run Court Blocked in Jackson As NAACP Appeals H.B. 1020 Case     Shaunicy Muhammad January 2, 2024Mississippi Free Press The mostly white group of Mississippi lawmakers who backed the law argued that the new court system would quell crime in majority-Black Jack…

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January 7, 2024 at 1:00 AM

The EU Is in Bad Shape, and Left-Wing Forces Are in Crisis

The EU Is in Bad Shape, and Left-Wing Forces Are in Crisis     Roberto Musacchio December 20, 2023Transform! Europe We are on the brink of a precipice, which the World risks falling into. We need a radical, left-wing exit route. Italy should contribute in the Europea…

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January 6, 2024 at 4:20 AM

Friday Nite Videos | January 5, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | January 5, 2024     January 5, 2024xxxxxx Supreme Challenge: Will SCOTUS Uphold the 14th Amendment? ‘Sedition Hunters’ Tells How J6 Rioters Are Identified. A Storm Foretold | Roger Stone Documentary. Buckle Up, The 2024 Election Is Here. Should W…

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January 6, 2024 at 3:05 AM

The Far Right Is Growing Stronger—And Has a Plan for 2024

The Far Right Is Growing Stronger—And Has a Plan for 2024     Spencer Sunshine January 4, 2024The New Republic Increasingly ignored by the mainstream, right-wing edgelords are amassing power behind the scenes. Marjorie Taylor Green, Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0…

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January 6, 2024 at 2:50 AM

Interview: Israeli Teen Says, ‘I Refuse To Take Part in a Revenge War’

Interview: Israeli Teen Says, ‘I Refuse To Take Part in a Revenge War’     Oren Ziv December 28, 2023972 Magazine Tal Mitnick is the first Israeli conscientious objector to be imprisoned since Oct. 7. He explains why the current war has only reaffirmed his conviction…

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January 6, 2024 at 2:35 AM

How DEI Programs and Liberal Politics Are Failing Gaza

How DEI Programs and Liberal Politics Are Failing Gaza     Dave Zirin January 4, 2024The Nation Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, as they exist in education, are failing, because they emphasize personal feelings over the need to collectively organize. …

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January 6, 2024 at 2:15 AM

No, COVID mRNA Vaccines Won’t Damage Your DNA

No, COVID mRNA Vaccines Won’t Damage Your DNA     Tanya Lewis January 4, 2024Scientific American You have a “better chance of becoming Spider-Man” than being harmed by DNA from COVID vaccines Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo calls for halting the use of C…

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January 6, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Iowa Requiem, 2018

Portside Culture Iowa Requiem, 2018     Peter Neil Carroll Peter Carroll’s visit to Perry, Iowa gives no warning of sudden violence that occurred there this week, except for feelings of despair that might afflict a troubled young man with nowhere to go. …

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January 5, 2024 at 2:30 AM

Israeli Public Figures Sign Letter Against ‘The Dehumanization of Palestinians and Israelis’

Israeli Public Figures Sign Letter Against ‘The Dehumanization of Palestinians and Israelis’     Haaretz staff Haaretz 'The pro-human camp coalition' opposes the 'atrocities committed on October 7' and also stands against identifying all Gazans with Hamas 'used by the…

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January 5, 2024 at 2:20 AM

The Teamster Connection: Apartheid Israel and the IBT

The Teamster Connection: Apartheid Israel and the IBT     Joe Allen December 29, 2023CounterPunch Many U.S. unions have longstanding ties to the State of Israel. What is the Teamster connection? Author Joe Allen uncovers ties going back to Israel's founding, Hoffa, o…

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January 5, 2024 at 1:50 AM

How Culture Warriors Weaponized Jewish Grief and Forced Harvard’s President To Resign

How Culture Warriors Weaponized Jewish Grief and Forced Harvard’s President To Resign     Rabbi Jay Michaelson January 2, 2024Forward Claudine Gay’s enemies are not our friends. All we’ll remember is that that she angered some rich pro-Israel donors, as well as oppor…

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January 5, 2024 at 1:00 AM

We Deserve Medicare for All, but What We Get Is Medicare for Wall Street

We Deserve Medicare for All, but What We Get Is Medicare for Wall Street     Les Leopold January 3, 2024Common Dreams Creating a sane healthcare system will depend on building a massive common movement to free our economy from Wall Street’s wealth extraction. …

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January 5, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Jan. 4, 2024 – Reader Comments: Trump Right To Run–The 14th Amendment – Readers Debate; a Just Peace in Ukraine – Readers Respond, Author Responds; Claudine Gay Resignation Letter; Emergency Summit for Gaza -Jan 12; More...

Tidbits – Jan. 4, 2024 – Reader Comments: Trump Right To Run–The 14th Amendment – Readers Debate; a Just Peace in Ukraine – Readers Respond, Author Responds; Claudine Gay Resignation Letter; Emergency Summit for Gaza -Jan 12; More…     January 4, 2024xxxxxx Reader Co…

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January 4, 2024 at 6:25 AM

Are We in the Grip of an ‘American Cultural Revolution’?

Portside Culture Are We in the Grip of an ‘American Cultural Revolution’?     Matt McManus and Nathan J. Robinson July 21, 2023Current Affairs Reviewing the new book by Christopher Rufo, architect of the right’s crusade against “critical race theory.” , …

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January 4, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Librarians, Who Lost Jobs for Not Banning Books, Are Fighting Back

Librarians, Who Lost Jobs for Not Banning Books, Are Fighting Back     Interview by Matt Bloom January 2, 2024NPR Librarians in at least three states are asking the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to intervene after they were fired for refusing to ban…

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January 4, 2024 at 1:05 AM

We All See the Horrific Videos of Suffering in Gaza. We Must Not Look Away

We All See the Horrific Videos of Suffering in Gaza. We Must Not Look Away     V (formerly Eve Ensler) January 3, 2024The Guardian We must keep watching. It is only in this pain that we will charge our resolve and our power – and force America and Israel to end this …

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January 4, 2024 at 1:05 AM

How a GOP Campaign Ousted Harvard’s Claudine Gay

How a GOP Campaign Ousted Harvard’s Claudine Gay     Interview with Khalil Gibran Muhammad by Amy Goodman January 3, 2024Democracy Now A Harvard Professor says plagiarism became a “pretext” to oust Gay, and discusses the larger right-wing war on education aimed at un…

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January 4, 2024 at 1:00 AM

The Electric-Vehicle Transition Is Quietly Surging Ahead

The Electric-Vehicle Transition Is Quietly Surging Ahead     Ryan Cooper January 2, 2024The American Prospect Nearly 10 percent of cars sold in 2023 were EVs. Vehicles move along the 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV assembly line at the General Motors Orion Asse…

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January 4, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – January 3, 2024

Global Left Midweek – January 3, 2024     January 3, 2024xxxxxx Takeaways from 2023 Striking teachers and their supporters hold a rally in front of Premier François Legault's office, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 in Montreal. Credit, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz …

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January 3, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Replacing a Disastrous War With a Just Peace in Ukraine

Replacing a Disastrous War With a Just Peace in Ukraine     Lawrence S. Wittner January 14, 2024Foreign Policy in Focus But first it's necessary to get around Russia's veto in the UN Security Council. , Shutterstock   Although the unfolding humanitarian…

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January 3, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Eugene v. Debs’s Wisdom for the New Year

Eugene v. Debs’s Wisdom for the New Year     Eugene V. Debs January 1, 2024Jacobin During World War I, Eugene V. Debs saw socialism as the “star of hope” that might redeem a world wracked by violence. Read his message of renewal as we leave a war-torn year behind and…

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January 3, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Democratic Backlash As Biden Bypasses Congress for 2nd Time To Arm Israel

Democratic Backlash As Biden Bypasses Congress for 2nd Time To Arm Israel     Jake Johnson January 2, 2024Common Dreams Sen. Peter Welch said U.S. weapons have "grave implications" for "the millions of civilians trapped in Gaza who had no part in the horrific slaught…

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January 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Twenty-Two States Will Increase Their Minimum Wages on January 1

Twenty-Two States Will Increase Their Minimum Wages on January 1     Sebastian Martinez Hickey December 21, 2023Economic Policy Institute The minimum wage continues to be a powerful tool for fostering economic equity and ensuring a dignified standard of living for wo…

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January 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM

The Quest To Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Change

The Quest To Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Change     Jake Bolster January 1, 2024New Lines Magazine Current lawsuits could create a framework for suing fossil fuel companies over their role in the environmental crisis , Illustration by Joanna Andreasson for Ne…

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January 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – January 2, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – January 2, 2024     January 2, 2024xxxxxx Will 2024 be just a hangover from 2023? , Ryan Pagelow   Boots Riley Unloads If There’s a Hell Below, They're Both Gonna Go The Undead Beatles The FBI is Still Fixated on the Le…

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January 2, 2024 at 4:05 AM

Fossil Fuel Giants to Lavish Shareholders With Record Paydays As Climate Crisis Deepens

Fossil Fuel Giants to Lavish Shareholders With Record Paydays As Climate Crisis Deepens     Julia Conley January 1, 2024Common Dreams "The global energy crisis has been a giant cash grab for fossil fuel firms," said one campaigner. "And instead of investing their rec…

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January 2, 2024 at 1:30 AM

This Week in People’s History, Jan 2 – 8

This Week in People’s History, Jan 2 – 8     xxxxxx Deadly Fire's Legacy (in 1904), Forgotten Respect for Radicals (1939), Big Money in Lies (1954), So Long, Subway Tokens (1994), Racism wins, then loses (1959), Innocent man freed after 22 years (1939), FBI Finds "Ri…

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January 2, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The Supreme Court Should Decide Trump’s Ballot Eligibility Without Fear or Favor

The Supreme Court Should Decide Trump’s Ballot Eligibility Without Fear or Favor     Ian Bassin December 20, 2023Protect Democracy The harsh reality is that the only way to get past this crisis for our democracy is to go through it. Our institutions were built to sur…

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January 2, 2024 at 1:00 AM

The Vegan School Lunch

Portside Culture The Vegan School Lunch     Jesse Hirsch December 2, 2023Ambrook Research In the popular imagination, vegan school lunch may seem like the exclusive provenance of big cities like New York, but the tide appears to have shifted significantly in mu…

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January 2, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Joe Biden and Dorothea Lange: Politics and Art Revealed!

Joe Biden and Dorothea Lange: Politics and Art Revealed!     Stephen F. Eisenman December 29, 2023CounterPunch The work of the new year must be to keep the orange fascist out of the White House. But there must a concomitant effort to inform, organize and persuade pol…

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January 2, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Shawn Fain’s New Year’s Resolution Is To Lay the Ground for a National Strike

Shawn Fain’s New Year’s Resolution Is To Lay the Ground for a National Strike     Jonathan Rosenblum December 28, 2023The Nation By having contracts with all the Big Three automakers expire on May Day, 2028, the UAW president also issued a challenge to the labor move…

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January 1, 2024 at 1:22 AM

Sunday Science: Gravity Is Not a Force. But What Does It Mean?

Sunday Science: Gravity Is Not a Force. But What Does It Mean?     Sabine Hossenfelder December 23, 2023Sabine Hossenfelder What does it mean that gravity is not a force? In this video I will revisit the question and explain why you are currently accelerating upwards…

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January 1, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Twenty-Two States Will Increase Their Minimum Wages on January 1, Raising Pay for Nearly 10 Million Workers

Twenty-Two States Will Increase Their Minimum Wages on January 1, Raising Pay for Nearly 10 Million Workers     Sebastian Martinez Hickey December 21, 2023Economic Policy Institute In total, workers will receive $6.95 billion in additional wages from state minimum wa…

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January 1, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The New ‘Scramble for Africa’: How a UAE Sheikh Quietly Made Carbon Deals for Forests Bigger Than UK

The New ‘Scramble for Africa’: How a UAE Sheikh Quietly Made Carbon Deals for Forests Bigger Than UK     Patrick Greenfield November 30, 2023The Guardian Agreements have been struck with African states home to crucial biodiversity hotspots, for land representing bill…

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January 1, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Data on Sentencing Reform Shows the First Step Act Worked

Data on Sentencing Reform Shows the First Step Act Worked     Michael Waldman December 19, 2023Brennan Center for Justice The law brings second chances and public safety. , txking/Getty   You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­…

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January 1, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Gas, Gaza, and Western Imperialism

Gas, Gaza, and Western Imperialism     Tara Alami December 20, 2023Mondoweiss The theft of natural resources all rests on the larger backdrop of the Zionist settler-colonial project and its function as an imperialist proxy. Leviathan Offshore Gas Field, …

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