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July 18, 2024 at 11:15 AM

Why Bernie Sanders Is Thanking Elon Musk

Why Bernie Sanders Is Thanking Elon Musk     Jake Johnson July 17, 2024 Common Dreams The Vermont senator said Musk has done "an exceptional job of demonstrating a point that we have made for years—and that is the fact we live in an oligarchic society." …

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July 18, 2024 at 11:05 AM

Trump Is Trying To “Gaslight the Black Community” About His Racist Record

Trump Is Trying To “Gaslight the Black Community” About His Racist Record     An interview with Clarence Lusane July 17, 2024 Democracy Now Lusane says that “Donald Trump never has anything positive to say about the Black community,” and that his effort to s…

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July 18, 2024 at 10:45 AM

The Long Shadow of JD Vance’s Hillbilly Pathology

The Long Shadow of JD Vance’s Hillbilly Pathology     Billy J. Stratton July 16, 2024 LA Progressive When I read Vance’s book as a person born and raised in Eastern Kentucky myself, something just didn’t seem right. ,   After Andy Beshear’s…

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July 18, 2024 at 10:25 AM

The Rise of the ‘Union Curious’

The Rise of the ‘Union Curious’     John S. Ahlquist, Jake Grumbach, and Thomas Kochan July 16, 2024 Economic Policy Institute Support for unionization among America’s frontline workers ,   Two major shifts are occurring in U.S. workers’ at…

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July 18, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Cause at Heart: Socialists & the Abolition of Antisemitism

Portside Culture Cause at Heart: Socialists & the Abolition of Antisemitism     Alan Wald September 1, 2024 Against the Current In his omnibus review of these five books, reviewer Wald shows how these authors offer valuable insights into "how and…

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July 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – July 17, 2024

Global Left Midweek – July 17, 2024     xxxxxx Climate action is breaking out all over Mounia Merzouk (centre) - the mother of Nahel, a 17-year-old who was shot dead by police in 2023 - walks behind a banner saying 'Justice for Nahel' during a rally…

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July 17, 2024 at 12:05 AM

How the Israeli Extreme Right Has Achieved Victory

How the Israeli Extreme Right Has Achieved Victory     Ellen Cantarow July 14, 2024 Tom Dispatch The settler movement in the West Bank has been key to the rise of Israel's far right. Bethlehem, Palestine, Shutterstock   In 1979, I made the …

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July 17, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Targeting Corporate Landlords, Biden To Unveil National Rent Control Plan

Targeting Corporate Landlords, Biden To Unveil National Rent Control Plan     Jessica Corbett July 16, 2024 Common Dreams "The rent is too damn high—and rent control is a real fix," one group said, praising the proposal. Tenants protest outside the…

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July 17, 2024 at 12:05 AM

J.D. Vance Wants Police To Track People Who Have Abortions

J.D. Vance Wants Police To Track People Who Have Abortions     Veronica Riccobene; Helen Santoro; Joel Warner July 15, 2024 The Lever Trump’s vice presidential pick pressured regulators to let police access the records of people who cross state lines for abo…

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July 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Teamsters Union President Calls Trump ‘Tough SOB’ in Unprecedented Speech at Republican Convention

Teamsters Union President Calls Trump ‘Tough SOB’ in Unprecedented Speech at Republican Convention     Alice Herman July 15, 2024 The Guardian Sean O’Brien thanks ex-president for ‘opening RNC’s doors’, breaking with most major unions who have backed Biden …

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July 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Kevin Costner’s Horizon Is As Bad as You’ve Heard

Portside Culture Kevin Costner’s Horizon Is As Bad as You’ve Heard     Eileen Jones July 8, 2024 Jacobin Supposedly the first of four films, Kevin Costner’s dull and messy Western throwback, Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1, is almost certainly …

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July 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – July 16, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – July 16, 2024     July 16, 2024 xxxxxx Bang! Now what? , Spencer Platt, art by Liz Coulbourn   Bang! Now What? Poof! Goes Law. Poof! Goes Order The Big Oops: Project 2025 Worldwide War on Enviro Activists…

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July 16, 2024 at 12:50 AM

This Week in People’s History, July 17–23

This Week in People’s History, July 17–23     xxxxxx Jazz in Rhode Island (1954), United Against Fascism (1969), Self-Defense Works (1919), Pickets Killed by Minneapolis Police (1934), Vietnam’s Disastrous Cease-Fire (1954), Whitewash as Public Service (2004…

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July 16, 2024 at 12:05 AM

‘All of Our Tricks Worked’: Spoof ExxonMobil Ad Nails Just How Easy It’s Been for Big Oil

‘All of Our Tricks Worked’: Spoof ExxonMobil Ad Nails Just How Easy It’s Been for Big Oil     Brett Wilkins July 9, 2024 Common Dreams "Do you have any idea how easy it is to get you off our backs with a little bullsh*t about your responsibilities to the pla…

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July 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Only One Party Favors Political Violence

Only One Party Favors Political Violence     Brian Tyler Cohen July 14, 2024 Brian Tyler Cohen's Youtube Channel Political violence should never be acceptable. But one party has winked at, enabled or outright encouraged violence time after time. The record i…

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July 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Rethinking the Concept of the “Social Movement Left”

Rethinking the Concept of the “Social Movement Left”     Bill Fletcher Jr July 8, 2024 Liberation Road Marta Harnecker meant radical mass movements, not individual leftists or NGOs. Chilean sociologist Marta Harnecker, 16 August 2011. Cancillería E…

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July 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tariffs Don’t Protect Jobs. Don’t Be Fooled.

Tariffs Don’t Protect Jobs. Don’t Be Fooled.     Richard D. Wolff July 12, 2024 Independent Media Institute - Economy For All Both Trump and Biden imposed high tariffs on imported products made in China and other countries. Those impositions broke with and d…

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July 15, 2024 at 7:05 PM

FTC calls for further investigation into pandemic grocery profits in US

Portside Culture FTC calls for further investigation into pandemic grocery profits in US     Fiona Holland March 22, 2024 JustFood.com Retailers' high profits during and since 2021 "warrant further consideration", said the FTC. Kraft Heinz …

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July 15, 2024 at 7:15 AM

Sunday Science: Why Consciousness May Have Evolved To Benefit Society Rather Than Individuals

Sunday Science: Why Consciousness May Have Evolved To Benefit Society Rather Than Individuals     Peter W Halligan, Cardiff University and David A Oakley, UCL July 10, 2024 The Conversation Why did the experience of consciousness evolve from our underlying b…

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July 15, 2024 at 6:15 AM

Tipping Is a Racist Relic and a Modern Tool of Economic Oppression in the South

Tipping Is a Racist Relic and a Modern Tool of Economic Oppression in the South     Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: This spotlight details the racist history of tipping, federal and state policy governing tipped work, and the experience of tipped…

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July 15, 2024 at 5:50 AM

Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying To Sway the Election and Change the Country

Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying To Sway the Election and Change the Country     Andy Kroll, Propublica and Nick Surgey, Documented July 13, 2024 Propublica The little-known charity is backed by famous conservative donors, …

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July 15, 2024 at 5:35 AM

How the US Supreme Court Shredded the Constitution and What Can Be Done To Repair It

How the US Supreme Court Shredded the Constitution and What Can Be Done To Repair It     Laurence H Tribe July 8, 2024 The Guardian Court’s troubling rulings on presidential immunity and regulatory power make it clear that change is an ethical essential …

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July 15, 2024 at 5:10 AM

Myanmar: The Coup, Resistance, and Global Solidarity

Myanmar: The Coup, Resistance, and Global Solidarity     Kurt Stand July 7, 2024 The Bullet Three years ago, on February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military staged a coup, ending nearly a decade of civilian rule, arresting countless numbers in a brutal crackdown o…

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July 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Having an Asian Bachelorette Is a Milestone. It’s Also About Power.

Portside Culture Having an Asian Bachelorette Is a Milestone. It’s Also About Power.     Li Zhou July 8, 2024 Vox As the first Asian American lead in the franchise’s two-decade history, Jenn Tran's casting makes a statement. , Disney/John F…

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July 14, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Sticking With High Rates Will Crash the Economy

Sticking With High Rates Will Crash the Economy     Thomas Ferguson and Servaas Storm June 24, 2024 Institute for New Economic Thinking In persisting with its high rates policy, the Fed is acting like James Dean in the famous “chicken run” auto race in Rebel…

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July 14, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Wall Street Is Investing in Your Asbestos Poisoning

Wall Street Is Investing in Your Asbestos Poisoning     Helen Santoro July 10, 2024 The Lever Private equity firms are buying up asbestos liability claims — and asbestos victims will pay the price. , AP Photo/Richard Drew/Steve Helber   Pri…

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July 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Mining Lithium in Europe’s(Semi)Periphery and the Making of an Extractivist Frontier

Mining Lithium in Europe’s(Semi)Periphery and the Making of an Extractivist Frontier     Nina Djukanović July 5, 2024 LeftEast Lithium mining in Serbia reveals the ever-expanding extractivist frontiers and integration of peripheries. Yet, the resistance to t…

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July 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Republican Convention Puts Spotlight on Wisconsin GOP’s Anti-Union Agenda

Republican Convention Puts Spotlight on Wisconsin GOP’s Anti-Union Agenda     Kalena Thomhave July 12, 2024 Capital & Main State Republicans devastated unions, but union electoral power is crucial to defeating Trump. Now there is heightened union support…

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July 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Art Works: How Organizers and Artists Are Creating a Better World Together: A Review

Art Works: How Organizers and Artists Are Creating a Better World Together: A Review     Chris Garlock July 11, 2024 xxxxxx We cannot pin our hopes on one election, person, victory. What we can do is dig in for the struggle ahead. Art Works provides a remind…

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July 13, 2024 at 1:35 AM

The Trump National Convention

The Trump National Convention     Elaine Godfrey July 12, 2024 The Atlantic The Republicans’ gathering in Milwaukee next week will be simply this: a four-day fealty fest. Republican elephant, DonkeyHotey (CC BY 2.0)   You may not have thoug…

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July 13, 2024 at 1:10 AM

Judicial Reckoning: Ocasio-Cortez Takes On Thomas and Alito

Judicial Reckoning: Ocasio-Cortez Takes On Thomas and Alito     Thom Hartmann July 12, 2024 The Hartmann Report Ocasio-Cortez’s articles of impeachment against the rogue justices probably won’t remove them. But history suggests it might help tame the court i…

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July 13, 2024 at 12:50 AM

The Supreme Court’s Contempt for Facts Is a Betrayal of Justice

The Supreme Court’s Contempt for Facts Is a Betrayal of Justice     Scientific American Editorial Board July 10, 2024 Scientific American In rejecting facts to please their political party—and their patrons—the justices of the Court’s majority have broken th…

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July 13, 2024 at 12:40 AM

The Key to Longevity Is Boring

The Key to Longevity Is Boring     Brad Stulberg July 11, 2024 New York Times It follows from reputable studies of longevity that the best protocol for living a good, long, fulfilled and productive life is to focus on nailing what actually matters, and then…

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July 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Mocking Birds

Portside Culture Mocking Birds     Alison Luterman July 1, 2024 Rattle California poet Alison Luterman wants to know why two antiques are running for the presidency while the talent of competent women is ignored, and it’s no joke. , …

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July 12, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Democrats Are Slow-Walking Into Fascism

The Democrats Are Slow-Walking Into Fascism     Van Gosse July 11, 2024 The Nation Is doubling down on a candidate who is almost certainly going to lose really the best the left can do? Until and unless Schumer and Jeffries, joined perhaps by Pelosi and Clyb…

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July 12, 2024 at 12:05 AM

What Trump Doesn’t Want You To Know About Project 2025

What Trump Doesn’t Want You To Know About Project 2025     Judd Legum July 8, 2024 Popular Information Project 2025 is a radical blueprint for a potential second Trump administration, spearheaded by the right-wing Heritage Foundation. Top members of Trump's …

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July 12, 2024 at 12:05 AM

In Any Other Country

In Any Other Country     Michael Podhorzer July 9, 2024 Weekend Reading The Roberts court has completely remade federal elections to advantage Republican interests—in nearly every instance on a straight party-line vote. This amounts to decades of election in…

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July 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM

IDF Ordered Hannibal Directive on October 7 To Prevent Hamas Taking Soldiers Captive

IDF Ordered Hannibal Directive on October 7 To Prevent Hamas Taking Soldiers Captive     Yaniv Kubovich July 7, 2024 Haaretz Documents and testimonies obtained by Haaretz reveal the Hannibal operational order, directing use of force to prevent soldiers being…

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July 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – July 11 – Reader Comments: Project 2025–What Is It, What It Will Do to Us; What Biden Should Do; What’s the Meaning of Solidarity?; Remembering Jane McAlevey – Tribute July 27; Counting the Dead in Gaza – Death Toll Could Exceed 186,000;

Tidbits – July 11 – Reader Comments: Project 2025–What Is It, What It Will Do to Us; What Biden Should Do; What’s the Meaning of Solidarity?; Remembering Jane McAlevey – Tribute July 27; Counting the Dead in Gaza – Death Toll Could Exceed 186,000;     July 11, 202…

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July 11, 2024 at 5:55 AM

What’s the Meaning of Solidarity?

What’s the Meaning of Solidarity?     Jewish Voice for Peace July 10, 2024 Jewish Voice for Peace Defenders of Israel’s genocide know we’re strongest when we work together. That’s why they are so intent on pitting us against each other. Practicing solidarity…

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July 11, 2024 at 5:45 AM

French Elections: What the Global Left Should Learn About Defeating the Far-Right

French Elections: What the Global Left Should Learn About Defeating the Far-Right     C.J. Polychroniou July 10, 2024 Common Dreams A united left is a formidable opponent that cannot only halt the surge of neo-fascism, but can also offer a positive and inspi…

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July 11, 2024 at 5:30 AM

Iran’s Supreme Leader Is Worried

Iran’s Supreme Leader Is Worried     Arash Azizi July 10, 2024 The Atlantic Why else would he bring his political rivals back in from the cold? Masoud Pezeshkian, President-elect of Iran, Wikipedia   Iran has taken a turn that hardly anyone…

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July 11, 2024 at 5:20 AM

How a Militant Anti-Abortion Activist Is Influencing Republican Politics

How a Militant Anti-Abortion Activist Is Influencing Republican Politics     Phoebe Petrovic July 10, 2024 ProPublica The Wisconsin pastor was once a political pariah. But now his book is being quoted by politicians and former Trump officials. One activist i…

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July 11, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Towards a Materialist Theory of Law

Portside Culture Towards a Materialist Theory of Law     Rosie Woodhouse July 5, 2024 Marx & Philosophy Review of Books This book, writes reviewer Woodhouse, "aims to revitalise Marxist legal theory that has lagged behind the disciplinary flouris…

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July 11, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Big Election News

Global Left Midweek – Big Election News     July 10, 2024 xxxxxx From France, Iran, Ireland, UK and Venezuela , Front page of the Communist daily l'Humanité, July 8, 2024: "Hope reborn"   Victory in France! Beating the Tories Sinn Féin On …

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July 10, 2024 at 12:30 AM

How Kenya’s Youth, Middle Classes and Working Poor Joined Forces

How Kenya’s Youth, Middle Classes and Working Poor Joined Forces     Caroline Kimeu July 9, 2024 New Lines Magazine Demonstrations against the government coordinated on social media have led to a renewed focus on long-standing problems Protesters g…

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July 10, 2024 at 12:25 AM

Critiquing Biden’s Worldview, Democratic Party Tactics and America’s Destiny

Critiquing Biden’s Worldview, Democratic Party Tactics and America’s Destiny     Richard Falk July 9, 2024 Counterpunch This tendency to ignore the world should be more troubling to American voters than even Biden’s refusal to leave the presidential stage in…

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July 10, 2024 at 12:25 AM

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution     Heather Cox Richardson July 8, 2024 Letters From an American – July 8, 2024 The Fourteenth Amendment gave the federal government the power to protect individuals even if their state legislatures had passed dis…

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July 10, 2024 at 12:25 AM

‘Keep Public Housing Public’: San Antonio Dispute Reflects National Tensions

‘Keep Public Housing Public’: San Antonio Dispute Reflects National Tensions     Jared Brey July 9, 2024 Governing The leader of San Antonio’s public housing authority built strong relationships with tenants and committed to preserving public housing units. …

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July 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Bikeriders Is Running on Fumes

Portside Culture The Bikeriders Is Running on Fumes     Eileen Jones July 1, 2024 Jacobin Jeff Nichols’s The Bikeriders coasts on Austin Butler’s outlaw charm and an excellent performance from Tom Hardy. But neither can get this nostalgia piece into …

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