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May 9, 2024 at 5:40 AM

New Laws Are Turning Police Into ‘Supercitizens’

New Laws Are Turning Police Into ‘Supercitizens’     John Pfaff May 8, 2024 The American Prospect A series of legislative and judicial efforts have removed police oversight from oversight boards and communities. Miami police detain a pro-Palestinia…
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May 9, 2024 at 5:20 AM

77% of Top Climate Scientists Think 2.5°C of Warming Is Coming—and They’re Horrified

77% of Top Climate Scientists Think 2.5°C of Warming Is Coming—and They’re Horrified     Olivia Rosane May 8, 2024 Common Dreams "I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South," one expert said. …
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May 9, 2024 at 3:05 AM

The Illiberalism at America’s Core

Portside Culture The Illiberalism at America’s Core     Julian E. Zelizer May 2, 2024 The New Republic A new history argues that illiberalism is not a backlash but a central feature from the founding to today. ,   lliberal America: …
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May 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – May 8, 2024

Global Left Midweek – May 8, 2024     May 8, 2024 xxxxxx Militarism lays waste to the climate ,   Militarism Here and Now Lifers Socialism Criminalized in Russia Labor Holds the Line in Argentina Vietnam’s Bamboo Diplomacy Reports From Spa…
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May 8, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Shawn Fain: May Day 2028 Could Transform the Labor Movement—and the World

Shawn Fain: May Day 2028 Could Transform the Labor Movement—and the World     Shawn Fain April 30, 2024 In These Times The UAW President is calling on unions everywhere to align their contract expiration dates for mass impact. Clockwise from left: …
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May 8, 2024 at 12:25 AM

A Hospital Heist Seeks Protection in the Ponzi-Friendliest Court in America

A Hospital Heist Seeks Protection in the Ponzi-Friendliest Court in America     Maureen Tkacik May 6, 2024 The American Prospect Steward Health just filed for bankruptcy in Houston’s scandal-plagued, private equity-pilled bankruptcy court. The "com…
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May 8, 2024 at 12:25 AM

Police Let Violent Mobs Attack UCLA Students. This Is What Lawlessness Looks Like

Police Let Violent Mobs Attack UCLA Students. This Is What Lawlessness Looks Like     Judith Levine May 7, 2024 The Guardian UCLA watched the chaos unfold in the middle of the night and did nothing until it was far too late ‘Something else is slidi…
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May 8, 2024 at 12:25 AM

A Diary of a Palestinian Living in Israel

A Diary of a Palestinian Living in Israel     Diana Buttu May 7, 2024 Zeteo From top-charting songs to dating apps, genocide fever has taken over Israel. Palestinian citizens of Israel march with anti-war banners and Palestinian flags during a rall…
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May 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM

‘Lyd’: A Must-See Palestinian Documentary

Portside Culture ‘Lyd’: A Must-See Palestinian Documentary     Silvi Van-Wall March 14, 2024 Screen Hub 'Lyd' is the story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world – and what it could have become. Lyd Film Poster, cinematerial.c…
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May 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – May 7, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – May 7, 2024     May 7, 2024 xxxxxx A moral panic overruns free speech Attendees cheer during a Missourians for Constitutional Freedom rally after the campaign turned in more than 380,000 signatures for its initiat…
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May 7, 2024 at 7:20 AM

We Need “Outside Agitators”

We Need “Outside Agitators”     Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix May 4, 2024 Jacobin Pro-Palestine student protesters are being smeared as puppets of shadowy “outside agitators.” The presence of community members and experienced activists in the protests i…
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May 7, 2024 at 5:40 AM

This Week in People’s History, May 7–13

This Week in People’s History, May 7–13     xxxxxx Colonialism Is Hard to Kill (in 1954), “It Was the Right Thing to Do” (1929), “Join, Or Die” (1754), Apartheid’s End (1994), Class War in the Midwest (1894), Unsafe at Any Speed (1969), “I Dreamed I Saw Joe …
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May 7, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Five Takeaways About Segregation 70 Years After the Brown Decision

Five Takeaways About Segregation 70 Years After the Brown Decision     Jill Barshay May 6, 2024 Hechinger Report Despite decades of progress, there are some worrying signs ,   It was one of the most significant days in the history of the U.…
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May 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Celebrating Links Across Species Amid a Nightmare of War

Celebrating Links Across Species Amid a Nightmare of War     Rebecca Gordon April 30, 2024 TomDispatch Did you know that Gaza — well, Palestine — even has a national bird? The Palestine sunbird is a gorgeous creature, crowned in iridescent green and blue. “T…
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May 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Refillery Is Coming for Your Grocery Store Routine

Portside Culture The Refillery Is Coming for Your Grocery Store Routine     Kate Ray February 20, 2024 Taste Cooking At package-free stores you bring your own container, weigh it, and fill it with the amount of rice or walnuts or Peanut M&Ms that…
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May 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Chair Stabenow’s Farm Bill Vision Protects and Strengthens SNAP; Chair Thompson’s Puts a Healthy Diet out of Reach for Millions

Chair Stabenow’s Farm Bill Vision Protects and Strengthens SNAP; Chair Thompson’s Puts a Healthy Diet out of Reach for Millions     Ty Jones Cox May 1, 2024 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Protect and strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance P…
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May 6, 2024 at 7:35 AM

Sunday Science: How Does Gravity Escape a Black Hole?

Sunday Science: How Does Gravity Escape a Black Hole?     Sabine Hossenfelder May 5, 2024 Sabine Hossenfelder If nothing gets out of a black hole, how does gravity do it? Something with virtual gravitons? Is this really necessary? It's tricky question, but t…
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May 6, 2024 at 6:55 AM

Banned by Germany

Banned by Germany     Yanis Varoufakis April 30, 2024 Project Syndicate Germany prohibited a Palestinian Congress from taking place, arrested its Jewish supporters, and barred one of its organizers, former Greek finance minister, from entering the country: P…
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May 6, 2024 at 6:35 AM

Left Unions Were Repressed Because They Threatened Capital

Left Unions Were Repressed Because They Threatened Capital     Victor G. Devinatz May 29, 2024 Jacobin During the 20th century’s two red scares in US and Canada, Wobblies and Communist-aligned unions faced fierce repression from employers and government. The…
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May 6, 2024 at 5:30 AM

Where’s the Barbed Wire?

Where’s the Barbed Wire?     John Lahr May 2, 2024 London Review of Books Hartigan’s book is the first full-length examination of Wilson’s life and art since his death in 2005 from liver cancer. There is both a need and demand for the story of how he and his…
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May 6, 2024 at 5:05 AM

The Price We Pay for Having Upper-Class Legislators

The Price We Pay for Having Upper-Class Legislators     Jamelle Bouie April 30, 2024 New York Times There is a coordinated, nationwide effort to roll back child labor laws, part of a broader campaign to concentrate even more power into the hands of employers…
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May 6, 2024 at 3:10 AM

A Man in Full Review: David E. Kelley Tackles Tom Wolfe

Portside Culture A Man in Full Review: David E. Kelley Tackles Tom Wolfe     John DeVore May 2, 2024 AV Club Netflix’s A Man In Full lacks Wolf’s sardonic bite, insider knowledge of privilege, and an outsider’s disdain for American institutions and t…
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May 5, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Democrats’ Rural Problem in Wisconsin

Democrats’ Rural Problem in Wisconsin     Christina Lieffring April 9, 2024 The Progressive Now that the state has fair election maps, the only thing stopping the left from flipping rural districts is themselves. Jill Brunscheen, a Joe Biden suppo…
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May 5, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Taxes for Big Companies Fell by 50% After Trump Cuts

Taxes for Big Companies Fell by 50% After Trump Cuts     Tess Owen May 2, 2024 Common Dreams And this is the policy Republicans and their presumptive presidential nominee are vowing to extend if they win in November. Former U.S. President Donald Tr…
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May 5, 2024 at 12:00 AM

War in Sudan: One Year on…

War in Sudan: One Year on…     Fathi El-Fadl April 15, 2024 Liberation The outcome of this catastrophic war, even if touted as a “victory” by either side, will only be the exacerbation in the suffering of our people, and a hastening towards our country becom…
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May 5, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Are Critics of Student Protests Anti-Semitic?

Are Critics of Student Protests Anti-Semitic?     Ajay Skaria May 2, 2024 The Wire The distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism is quite simple, and the protesting students recognise it. Students protesting at the University of Minnesota.…
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May 5, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Setting Our Sights on a Third Reconstruction

Setting Our Sights on a Third Reconstruction     Max Elbaum April 25, 2024 Convergence If our goal is a robust democracy and working-class power, the experiences of the Civil War-Reconstruction era and the Second Reconstruction of the 1950s-’60s provide cruc…
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May 4, 2024 at 4:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | May 3, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | May 3, 2024     May 3, 2024 xxxxxx Blue Bottle Baristas Are Organizing. Like a Kidney Stone | Bob Dylan and Women Journalists.Jesse Watters Math | The Daily Show. I Am Gitmo | Movie. Why Do So Many Americans Support a Neofascist? …
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May 4, 2024 at 2:40 AM

What’s Really Happening on College Campuses, According to Student Journalists

What’s Really Happening on College Campuses, According to Student Journalists     Catherine Kim May 3, 2024 Politico POLITICO Magazine asked leaders of campus news organizations to set the record straight about campus unrest, antisemitism and what the media …
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May 4, 2024 at 2:20 AM

It’s Time To Tax the Billionaires

It’s Time To Tax the Billionaires     Gabriel Zucman May 3, 2024 New York Times The idea that billionaires should pay a minimum amount of income tax is not a radical idea. A global coordinated minimum tax on the superrich will not fix capitalism. But it is …
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May 4, 2024 at 2:05 AM

Zach Shrewsbury Vows To Represent West Virginia’s Working Class

Zach Shrewsbury Vows To Represent West Virginia’s Working Class     Steve Early May 2, 2024 Barn Raiser Grassroots organizer and former Marine Zach Shrewsbury is vying for a seat in the U.S. Senate against a Manchin-backed candidate and an ex-coal excecutive…
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May 4, 2024 at 1:55 AM

Campus Protest: Here’s What You Should Worry About

Campus Protest: Here’s What You Should Worry About     Stephanie Luce May 3, 2024 xxxxxx You may not agree with their demands. And you might not like their strategy. But here is what I think everyone should know and be deeply worried about. Penn St…
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May 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Evelyn Hutchins

Portside Culture Evelyn Hutchins     Peter Neil Carroll February 1, 2024 Sketches From Spain: Homage to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Saturday May 4 the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) honors the memory of the US volunteers of the Spanish Civi…
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May 3, 2024 at 2:10 AM

Will They Crush the Biggest Student Movement Since Vietnam?

Will They Crush the Biggest Student Movement Since Vietnam?     Jewish Voice for Peace May 1, 2024 Jewish Voice for Peace In a matter of days, dozens of Gaza solidarity encampments have sprung up on over a hundred university campuses across the U.S. It’s the…
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May 3, 2024 at 1:55 AM

Students on the Right Side of History – the Distortion of Campus Protests Over Gaza

Students on the Right Side of History – the Distortion of Campus Protests Over Gaza     Helen Benedict May 2, 2024 TomDispatch The protesters, are mostly undergraduate women, along with a smaller number of undergraduate men, 18 to 20 years old, standing up f…
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May 3, 2024 at 1:40 AM

Palestinian Released From Israeli Prison Describes Beatings, Sexual Abuse and Torture

Palestinian Released From Israeli Prison Describes Beatings, Sexual Abuse and Torture     Gideon Levy and Alex Levac April 28, 2024 Haaretz Amer Abu Halil, a West Bank resident who was active in Hamas and was jailed without trial, recalls the wartime routine…
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May 3, 2024 at 1:15 AM

How Portland Teachers Led the Longest K–12 Strike in Decades

How Portland Teachers Led the Longest K–12 Strike in Decades     Melissa Blount and Matt Reed; Illustrator: Joe Brusky April 15, 2024 Rethinking Schools The seeds of our strike were sown 10 years ago. In the 2013–2014 school year, school district leaders dem…
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May 3, 2024 at 12:20 AM

Tidbits – May 2 – Reader Comments: UAW’s Fain in Solidarity With Students; Letter to Columbia Pres Shafik; Students Need Our Support Now; Anti-Zionism in the Jewish Community; Research Tools for Organizers; Setting a Larger Table-Religion & Socialism

Tidbits – May 2 – Reader Comments: UAW’s Fain in Solidarity With Students; Letter to Columbia Pres Shafik; Students Need Our Support Now; Anti-Zionism in the Jewish Community; Research Tools for Organizers; Setting a Larger Table-Religion & Socialism     May 2…
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May 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Libby Frank Presente! – Meet This Extraordinary Activist for Middle East Peace in a New Book!

Portside Culture Libby Frank Presente! – Meet This Extraordinary Activist for Middle East Peace in a New Book!     Marilyn Albert April 29, 2024 Portside Jewish activists who support the cause of the Palestinians will take particular interest in her …
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May 2, 2024 at 7:30 AM

Would “Dictator” Trump Kill His Rivals?

Would “Dictator” Trump Kill His Rivals?     Thom Hartmann May 1, 2024 The Hartmann Report Trump has unleashed his inner psychopath and if he wins this election it’s going to get uglier here in America than most people today can imagine… Trump suppo…
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May 2, 2024 at 7:15 AM

Why Are Pro-Palestinian US Student Protesters Wearing Masks on Campus?

Why Are Pro-Palestinian US Student Protesters Wearing Masks on Campus?     Nick Robins-Early April 30, 2024 The Guardian An intense and organized effort to bring down personal and professional repercussions on participants is playing out online Pro…
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May 2, 2024 at 7:05 AM

Calling the Police on Campus Protests Shows That College Presidents Haven’t Learned a Thing Since the 1960s

Calling the Police on Campus Protests Shows That College Presidents Haven’t Learned a Thing Since the 1960s     Michael Hiltzik April 29, 2024 Los Angeles Times The lessons should be obvious. Bringing police onto a college campus on the pretext of preserving…
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May 2, 2024 at 6:45 AM

How Shifting U.S. Policies Led to One of the Deadliest Incidents Involving Immigrants in Mexico’s History

How Shifting U.S. Policies Led to One of the Deadliest Incidents Involving Immigrants in Mexico’s History     Perla Trevizo May 1, 2024 ProPublica A year ago, 40 men were killed in a detention center fire in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. A ProPublica-Texas Tribune …
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May 2, 2024 at 4:50 AM

The Crisis of Classical Studies: On Mary Beard’s “Emperor of Rome”

Portside Culture The Crisis of Classical Studies: On Mary Beard’s “Emperor of Rome”     Edward J. Watts March 29, 2024 Los Angeles Review of Books This book highlights both the strengths and the weaknesses of classical studies at the present time. …
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May 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – May Day 2024

Global Left Midweek – May Day 2024     May 1, 2024 xxxxxx A special gift to GLM followers , Grandjouan, 1906   For May Day Campus Protests Going Global Palestine Resistance is an Array of Forces Streets of Rage in Argentina Two Takes on Co…
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May 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Trump Says He Would Let States Prosecute Women for Violating Abortion Ban

Trump Says He Would Let States Prosecute Women for Violating Abortion Ban     Jake Johnson April 30, 2024 Common Dreams "There is zero doubt in my mind that Trump will choose anti-abortion extremists and their horrifying agenda over American families every s…
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May 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Southern Autoworkers’ Union Drives Can Help Reverse Decades of Job Quality Decline

Southern Autoworkers’ Union Drives Can Help Reverse Decades of Job Quality Decline     Marc Bayard, Dev Wakeley April 29, 2024 Inequality.org On the heels of a UAW victory in Tennessee, Mercedes-Benz workers are about to vote on unionization in Alabama. …
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May 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Revolt in the Universities

Revolt in the Universities     Chris Hedges April 30, 2024 The Chris Hedges Report University students across the country, facing mass arrests, suspensions, evictions and explusions are our last, best hope to halt the genocide in Gaza. Where Have …
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May 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Donald Trump’s Empty Promises on Jobs

Donald Trump’s Empty Promises on Jobs     Lawrence S. Wittner April 15, 2024 The Hill During the four years of Trump’s presidency, the United States lost 2.7 million jobs. As a result, he was the only president since 1939, when the U.S. government began comp…
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May 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM

‘I Am Gitmo’: An Enhanced Interrogation of an American Shame

Portside Culture ‘I Am Gitmo’: An Enhanced Interrogation of an American Shame     Carrie Rickey April 26, 2024 Truth Dig In “I Am Gitmo,” French director Philippe Diaz recreates the torture rooms inside the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. …
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