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April 22, 2024 at 5:55 AM

We Are Already Defying the Supreme Court

We Are Already Defying the Supreme Court     Ryan Doerfler, Samuel Moyn April 17, 2024 Dissent The risks of calling on politicians to push back against the court must be weighed against the present reality of a malign judicial dictatorship. Lincoln…

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April 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Fallout Season 1 Finale: Capitalist Middle Managers Murder the World

Portside Culture Fallout Season 1 Finale: Capitalist Middle Managers Murder the World     William Hughes April 19, 2024 AV Club A messy sendoff is anchored by the series' best, darkest, and most grimly funny scene Fallout, Photo: Courtesy o…

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April 21, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Green Groups Slam RFK Jr.

Green Groups Slam RFK Jr.     Brett Wilkins April 19, 2024 Common Dreams "With so much at stake, we stand united in denouncing RFK Jr.'s false environmentalist claims." Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a town ha…

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April 21, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Eight Decades After the Spanish Civil War, Is Spain’s Slow Exhumation of Its Traumatic Past a Signal That It Is Ready To Build “A Culture of Memory?

Eight Decades After the Spanish Civil War, Is Spain’s Slow Exhumation of Its Traumatic Past a Signal That It Is Ready To Build “A Culture of Memory?     María José Carmona April 15, 2024 Equal Times “The aim of an exhumation is not only to recover the victim…

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April 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Vote Union

Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Vote Union     Luis Feliz Leon April 19, 2024 Labor Notes To head off a union drive, Volkswagen boosted wages 11 percent to match the immediate raise UAW members received at Ford. The vote was a key test of whether the …

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April 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM

How We Rebuilt the Young Democratic Socialists

How We Rebuilt the Young Democratic Socialists     David Duhalde April 9, 2024 The Forge DSA's youth section used lessons from Mao and contemporary labor to build a winning strategy: When a strategy and its tactics cease producing desired results, you need t…

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April 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Why They Hate Us: Anti-Zionism in the Jewish Community

Why They Hate Us: Anti-Zionism in the Jewish Community     Alan Wagman April 18, 2024 CounterPunch We must demonstrate that one can leave Zionism and still be part of a Jewish community that lives its traditions, its values, and – if so inclined – its spirit…

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April 20, 2024 at 3:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | April 19, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | April 19, 2024     April 19, 2024 xxxxxx The Biggest Win for Workers in Decades. Criminalizing Homelessness Won't Make It Go Away. If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof Parody). Jordan Klepper Crashes Trump's Criminal Trial. A Bombsh…

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April 20, 2024 at 1:35 AM

We Watched Bob Marley: One Love, and Here Is Our Take

We Watched Bob Marley: One Love, and Here Is Our Take     Playing for Change April 19, 2024 Playing for Change An undeniable truth in both the movie and real life is the message of peace, love, and redemption, and that is what Marley and The Wailers were fig…

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April 20, 2024 at 1:20 AM

The War on Protest

The War on Protest     Adam Federman April 17, 2024 Type Investigations Since 2017, 21 states have passed 41 laws enhancing penalties and fines for common protest-related crimes—part of a wave of nearly 300 anti-protest bills introduced nationwide. …

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April 20, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Dead Last (With an Emphasis on Dead!)

Dead Last (With an Emphasis on Dead!)     Juan Cole April 16, 2024 Tom Dispatch Despite the fact that the Middle East has experienced hellish heat waves and epic floods, Middle Eastern regimes gets gailing grades on climate action ,   Last …

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April 20, 2024 at 12:55 AM

Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations To Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes

Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations To Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes     Brett Murphy April 17, 2024 ProPublica A special State Department panel told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms s…

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April 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Si, Se Puede (It Can Be Done)

Portside Culture Si, Se Puede (It Can Be Done)     Philip Kolin Marking the anniversary of his death (April 23, 1993), Cesar Chavez continues to inspire support for immigrant farm workers’ rights around the country. ,   Si, se puede…

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April 19, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Statement by University of Southern California Student Asna Tabassum, Class of 2024 Valedictorian

Statement by University of Southern California Student Asna Tabassum, Class of 2024 Valedictorian     Asna Tabassum April 16, 2024 CounterPunch This should have been a time of celebration for my family, friends, professors, and classmates, anti-Muslim and an…

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April 19, 2024 at 12:05 AM

To Accomplish What?

To Accomplish What?     Jack Radey April 17, 2024 xxxxxx After reading of actions at UC Berkeley to prevent a speaker from addressing a meeting, and disrupting a dean’s backyard party, as a veteran of the Free Speech Movement, the first thing that comes to m…

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April 19, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Supreme Court Effectively Abolishes the Right to Mass Protest in Three States

The Supreme Court Effectively Abolishes the Right to Mass Protest in Three States     Ian Millhiser April 15, 2024 Vox It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas. The Court’s decision to leaves the Fifth Circuit’s attack o…

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April 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Haiti Today, America Tomorrow? – When Democracies Die, Mobs Take Over

Haiti Today, America Tomorrow? – When Democracies Die, Mobs Take Over     John Feffer April 18, 2024 TomDispatch Don’t make the mistake of associating gangs like Haiti’s with a “primitive” stage of political development or only with countries on the geopolit…

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April 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Apr 18 – Reader Comments: Trump on Trial; Bombing Embassies; Ending Property Taxes; Alabama Communists in the Jim Crow South; Israeli Pavilion Remains Shut at Venice Biennale; Earth Week; John Brown Day; Nakba Days of Action; More;,,,

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April 18, 2024 at 4:45 AM

Israeli Settlers, Soldiers ‘Wiping Palestinian Communities off the Map’ in the West Bank

Israeli Settlers, Soldiers ‘Wiping Palestinian Communities off the Map’ in the West Bank     Jake Johnson April 17, 2024 Common Dreams "While the attention of the world is focused on Gaza, abuses in the West Bank, fueled by decades of impunity and complacenc…

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April 18, 2024 at 4:20 AM

The US Isn’t Just Reauthorizing Its Surveillance Laws – It’s Vastly Expanding Them

The US Isn’t Just Reauthorizing Its Surveillance Laws – It’s Vastly Expanding Them     Caitlin Vogus April 16, 2024 The Guardian A little-known amendment to the reauthorized version of Fisa would enlarge the government’s surveillance powers to a drastic, dra…

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April 18, 2024 at 4:05 AM

Handing Taxpayers the Climate Cleanup Bill

Handing Taxpayers the Climate Cleanup Bill     Katya Schwenk April 16, 2024 The Lever New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic legislative leaders nix a landmark proposal that would have made Hochul’s fossil fuel donors pay for their pollution. , …

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April 18, 2024 at 3:55 AM

It’s Time To End the Quiet Cruelty of Property Taxes

It’s Time To End the Quiet Cruelty of Property Taxes     Andrew W. Kahrl April 11, 2024 New York Times Property taxes, the lifeblood of local governments and school districts, are among the most powerful and stealthy engines of racism and wealth inequality o…

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April 18, 2024 at 3:10 AM

Fareed Zakaria’s Speed Date With the Liberal World Order

Portside Culture Fareed Zakaria’s Speed Date With the Liberal World Order     Tim Wu March 26, 2024 The New York Times In “Age of Revolutions,” the CNN host promises to shed light on four centuries of social upheavals and to offer insights on the glo…

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April 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – April 17, 2024

Global Left Midweek – April 17, 2024     April 17, 2024 xxxxxx Internationalism and democracy Activists burn a copy of Modi's anti-Muslim law during a protest in Kolkata, India, on March 12, 2024. Credit, AP Photo/Bikas Das   Message From …

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April 17, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Voters Want Tax Day To Look Different for Billionaires

Voters Want Tax Day To Look Different for Billionaires     Amy Matsui April 15, 2024 Common Dreams New polling from the National Women’s Law Center and MomsRising found that nearly 80% of respondents supported increasing investments in the caregiving agenda …

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April 17, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Berlin Police Raid & Shut Down Palestinian Conference Yanis Varoufakis Banned From Germany

Berlin Police Raid & Shut Down Palestinian Conference Yanis Varoufakis Banned From Germany     Amy Goodman interviews Yanis Varoufakis April 16, 2024 Democracy Now! As Germany intensifies its crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices, we speak with Greek econo…

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April 17, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Alex Garland Wants ‘Civil War’ To Start the Conversation, Not Shut It Down

Portside Culture Alex Garland Wants ‘Civil War’ To Start the Conversation, Not Shut It Down     Ryan Latanzio April 7, 2024 IndieWire In an Interview with IndieWire filmmaker Alex Garland talks about why his film 'Civil War' keeps what led to its ons…

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April 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Trumpism Is a Small Business Owner’s Revolt

Trumpism Is a Small Business Owner’s Revolt     Chris Dite April 16, 2024 Jacobin The MAGA movement changed its strategy after January 6, attempting to seize control of the Republican Party from the bottom up. Finish What We Started follows the Right’s long …

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April 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Climate Activists in New England Can Finally Celebrate ‘The End of Coal’

Climate Activists in New England Can Finally Celebrate ‘The End of Coal’     Siobhan Senier April 16, 2024 Waging Nonviolence With the last of New England’s coal plants now set to close, the No Coal No Gas campaign is reflecting on the power of fighting toge…

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April 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes — April 16, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes — April 16, 2024     April 16, 2024 xxxxxx Warning! Small publishers are on the ropes , Press TV   Queering the Joker Net Neutrality and the FCC The Digital Trade Paradox in Europe Orientalism and Palestine Coverage As…

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April 16, 2024 at 6:50 AM

‘Catastrophic’: Biden Admin Approves Largest Offshore Oil Export Terminal

‘Catastrophic’: Biden Admin Approves Largest Offshore Oil Export Terminal     Julia Conley April 15, 2024 Common Dreams "Nothing about this project is in alignment with Biden's climate and environmental justice goals," said one campaigner. Supertan…

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April 16, 2024 at 1:30 AM

This Week in People’s History, Apr 16–22

This Week in People’s History, Apr 16–22     xxxxxx U.S. Torture Exposed, not Punished (in 2009), Dixie Demands “Bread or Blood!” (1864), Wasn’t That a Time? (1959), Justice Delayed Isn’t Justice (1989), An Unforgettable Song (1939), Why the U.S. Lost in Vie…

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April 16, 2024 at 12:05 AM

How To Trim the Richest Down to Democratic Size

How To Trim the Richest Down to Democratic Size     Sam Pizzigati April 6, 2024 inequality.org We're going to need to think big ... but maybe start small "I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one of them (Occupy DC)" by takomabi…

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April 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM

New York City’s New Gilded Age

Portside Culture New York City’s New Gilded Age     Linette Lopez April 4, 2024 Business Insider Beneath the city's victory over the pandemic and dining's glorious return is great divide between the haves and the have-nots. This new economy reveals t…

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April 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Words and History: The Trouble With “Genocide Joe”

Words and History: The Trouble With “Genocide Joe”     Fred Glass April 14, 2024 Stansbury Forum Ascribing personal responsibility to Biden for the carnage in Gaza takes our eyes off the prize, which is the structure of imperialist oppression, on the one han…

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April 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM

How Alabama Communists Organized in the Jim Crow South

How Alabama Communists Organized in the Jim Crow South     Robin D.G. Kelly, Daniel Denvir April 11, 2024 Jacobin In 1930s Alabama, Communist Party members fought brutal repression to organize black and white workers in the Jim Crow South. Their efforts rema…

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April 15, 2024 at 7:35 AM

Sunday Science: How To Supercharge Cancer-Fighting Cells – Give Them Stem-Cell Skills

Sunday Science: How To Supercharge Cancer-Fighting Cells – Give Them Stem-Cell Skills     Sara Reardon April 10, 2024 Nature The bioengineered immune players called CAR T cells last longer and work better if pumped up with a large dose of a protein that make…

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April 15, 2024 at 6:40 AM

Slavery Was Crucial for the Development of Capitalism

Slavery Was Crucial for the Development of Capitalism     Robin Blackburn, Owen Dowling April 10, 2024 Jacobin Historian Robin Blackburn has completed a trilogy of books that provide a comprehensive Marxist account of slavery in the New World. He spoke to Ja…

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April 15, 2024 at 6:10 AM

How Britain Made Paul Robeson a Socialist

How Britain Made Paul Robeson a Socialist     Taylor Dorrell April 9, 2024 Tribune Pioneering black singer Paul Robeson was born on this day (April 9) in 1898. One of America’s great radical figures, it was his encounters with Britain’s labour movement which…

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April 15, 2024 at 5:35 AM

The Country That Tried To Control Sex

The Country That Tried To Control Sex     Maggie Doherty April 12, 2024 The Atlantic Clair Wills’s memoir is a timely warning that sexual morality can be enforced only with violence. , Martin Parr / Magnum   When the cultural historian Clai…

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April 15, 2024 at 5:10 AM

‘The 401(k) Industry Owns Congress’: How Lawmakers Quietly Passed a $300 Billion Windfall to the Wealthy

‘The 401(k) Industry Owns Congress’: How Lawmakers Quietly Passed a $300 Billion Windfall to the Wealthy     Benjamin Guggnheim April 13, 2024 Politico Greased by lobbying and campaign cash, tax breaks for retirement savings are one thing Congress agrees on.…

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April 15, 2024 at 1:50 AM

Netflix’s ‘Good Times’: An Explicit Revival Which Feels Calculated To Offend

Portside Culture Netflix’s ‘Good Times’: An Explicit Revival Which Feels Calculated To Offend     Eric Deggans April 13, 2024 NPR The new show feels too much like a different program twisted into something vaguely resembling the old show, but without…

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April 14, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Premises of the Diplomatic Mission Shall Be Inviolable

The Premises of the Diplomatic Mission Shall Be Inviolable     Vijay Prashad April 11, 2024 Tricontinental: The Fifteenth Newsletter (2024) From Israel’s bombing of Iran’s embassy in Damascus to Ecuador’s raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, leaders feel em…

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April 14, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Not Enough War on the Ground, US Is Taking It to Space

Not Enough War on the Ground, US Is Taking It to Space     Stavroula Pabst April 5, 2024 Responsible Statecraft The military industrial complex is suiting up for a new arms race, far beyond the stratosphere , Wonder AI   Elon Musk’s space c…

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April 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Discriminatory Congressional Maps Will Remain in Place

Discriminatory Congressional Maps Will Remain in Place     Marilyn W. Thompson April 4, 2024 ProPublica With control of the House of Representatives hanging in the balance, the time-consuming appeals process means elections in multiple districts will take pl…

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April 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Green New Deal: From Below or From Above?

The Green New Deal: From Below or From Above?     Jeremy Brecher April 2, 2024 Labor Network for Sustainability The question, “should Green New Deal policies by implemented from above or from below” is rather like the question, “Should I wash my hands or my …

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April 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

‘The Closest We’ve Been Since Partition’: Irish Reunification on the Horizon

‘The Closest We’ve Been Since Partition’: Irish Reunification on the Horizon     Matt Kennard April 8, 2024 Declassified UK Since Brexit, the conversation around a unified Ireland has taken place at a pace which people have never seen before. The chaos, the …

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April 13, 2024 at 7:00 AM

Friday Nite Videos | April 12, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | April 12, 2024     April 12, 2024 xxxxxx The Lie That Made Food Conglomerates Rich...And Is Slowly Poisoning Us. The Truth vs. Alex Jones | Documentary. Jon Stewart Interrogates America's Support of Israel. Civil War | Movie. Trump Promi…

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April 13, 2024 at 12:05 AM

On the Origins of Arizona’s New Old Abortion Ban

On the Origins of Arizona’s New Old Abortion Ban     Harold Meyerson April 11, 2024 The American Prospect A brief look at the 1864 territory and legislature whose strictures Arizonans must heed today ,   Now that the Arizona Supreme Court h…

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April 13, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Survival of the Nicest: Have We Got Evolution the Wrong Way Round?

Survival of the Nicest: Have We Got Evolution the Wrong Way Round?     Jonathan R. Goodman April 8, 2024 Nature How humans, animals and even single-celled organisms cooperate to survive suggests there’s more to life than just competition, argues a cheering s…

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