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September 8, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Houston’s Plastic Waste

Houston’s Plastic Waste     James Bruggers August 24, 2024 Inside Climate News Houston seeks to be a national model for plastic recycling. But a program that started in 2022 hasn’t yet found its footing. Plastic waste in May at Wright Waste Managem…

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September 8, 2024 at 12:05 AM

How the Neocons Chose Hegemony Over Peace

How the Neocons Chose Hegemony Over Peace     Jeffery Sachs September 4, 2024 Dropsitenews Yet, all along, from the very start, I believed in a mixed economy along social democratic lines, not a free market “neoliberal” economy. Jeffrey Sachs and L…

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September 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Troubling Trend of State Takeovers of Public Schools

The Troubling Trend of State Takeovers of Public Schools     Georgia Jensen August 6, 2024 Inequality.org Educational inequality is a major issue, and change is necessary. But a takeover is not the answer. Too often, it is an instrument of conservative polit…

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September 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Colombia Takes a Stand Against Israel’s War

Colombia Takes a Stand Against Israel’s War     Jeff Abbott August 30, 2024 The Progressive The country broke diplomatic relations with Israel earlier this year. Now, it has increased the pressure by banning coal exports. A mural in Bogotá that re…

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September 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The International Left Issues a ‘Plea for Peace’

The International Left Issues a ‘Plea for Peace’     Pauline Jäckels September 5, 2024 Transform!Europe We stand with the people of Ukraine and all victims of this war, who deserve peace, reconstruction and freedom as soon as possible. Nevertheless, one thin…

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September 7, 2024 at 2:50 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 6, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | September 6, 2024     September 6, 2024 xxxxxx JD Vance's Donut Disaster; Trump's Really 'Not Weird'. Alabama Generates Billions by Trapping People in Prison. Big Effing Development in DC Case. What Happened When These 6 Dictators Took O…

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September 7, 2024 at 1:40 AM

To Sacrifice or Free the Hostages? Israeli Protesters Have Chosen a Side

To Sacrifice or Free the Hostages? Israeli Protesters Have Chosen a Side     Meron Rapoport September 4, 2024 972 Magazine The huge Israeli protests have been about bringing down the Netanyahu government. They also had a deeper, more subversive message. With…

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September 7, 2024 at 1:25 AM

Are You Ready for Some (Private Equity) Football!

Are You Ready for Some (Private Equity) Football!     Sam Pizzigati September 5, 2024 inequality.org The greediest owners in pro sports are now welcoming in the greed kings of high finance ,   The billionaires who run the world’s most pheno…

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September 7, 2024 at 1:10 AM

Why Fascists Hate Universities

Why Fascists Hate Universities     Jason Stanley September 5, 2024 Guardian Authoritarians and would-be authoritarians are only too aware that universities are primary sites of critique and dissent. Attacks on universities are the canary in the coalmine of f…

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September 7, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Gus Walz Opens the Door to Appreciating Human Diversity

Gus Walz Opens the Door to Appreciating Human Diversity     Sneha Kohli Mathur August 30, 2024 The Conversation Gus Walz’s unbridled emotion on the DNC stage opens the door to more understanding of neurodiversity "Gus: That's my Dad.'", by FolsomNa…

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September 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Sermon on the Mount 2024

Portside Culture Sermon on the Mount 2024     Susan Cossette As Minnesota poet Susan Cossette reminds us, watch out for prophets! ,   Sermon on the Mount 2024 By Susan Cossette Seeing the multitudes gathered he went to the stage an…

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September 6, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Rattled by Global Rebuke, Netanyahu Scrambles To Fend Off Charges of Sabotaging Hostage Deal

Rattled by Global Rebuke, Netanyahu Scrambles To Fend Off Charges of Sabotaging Hostage Deal     Amir Tibon September 5, 2024 Haaretz In addition to a press conference with foreign media, Netanyahu dispatched his confidant Ron Dermer to US media to address t…

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September 6, 2024 at 12:05 AM

From School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal’

From School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal’     Alexandra Alter September 3, 2024 New York Times Amid a surge in book bans nationwide, the Louisiana librarian Amanda Jones was targeted by vicious threats. So she decided to f…

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September 6, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Young Male Voters Are Flocking to Trump – but He Doesn’t Have Their Interests at Heart

Young Male Voters Are Flocking to Trump – but He Doesn’t Have Their Interests at Heart     Steven Greenhouse September 3, 2024 The Guardian Many young men seem to admire Trump’s king-of-the-jungle vibe: he roars, he bellows, he boasts that no one can ever be…

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September 6, 2024 at 12:05 AM

East German Elections in Thuringia and Saxony

East German Elections in Thuringia and Saxony     Victor Grossman September 4, 2024 Berlin Bulletin US media made it seem like German people were turning out en masse to support fascists-when in fact less than a third of the only 7 percent of the German elec…

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September 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Sept. 5 – Reader Comments: 2024 Elections – Public Schools, Action on Corporate Power, High Prices, Inflation; Israel-Gaza: A Way out of This Mess – Please Take It; Learning About Unions, Public Employees Pay Gap; Remembering Paul Mishler;

Tidbits – Sept. 5 – Reader Comments: 2024 Elections – Public Schools, Action on Corporate Power, High Prices, Inflation; Israel-Gaza: A Way out of This Mess – Please Take It; Learning About Unions, Public Employees Pay Gap; Remembering Paul Mishler;     September …

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September 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM

David Montgomery: Labor Historian Larger Than Life

Portside Culture David Montgomery: Labor Historian Larger Than Life     Paul Buhle August 26, 2024 Portside For several generations, David Montgomery has had the legendary status of a labor historian who transformed the field, at least the labor hist…

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September 5, 2024 at 6:15 AM

Workers Say Plant Eligible for $2 Billion in Public Funds Is Union Busting

Workers Say Plant Eligible for $2 Billion in Public Funds Is Union Busting     Kalena Thomhave September 2, 2024 Capital and Main Eos’ Pittsburgh-area battery plant got subsidies aimed at “good clean jobs.” Its workers say they’re getting fired for unionizin…

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September 5, 2024 at 5:55 AM

Europe’s Farming Lobbies Recognise Need To Eat Less Meat in Shared Vision Report

Europe’s Farming Lobbies Recognise Need To Eat Less Meat in Shared Vision Report     Ajit Niranjan September 4, 2024 The Guardian Dialogue with green groups results in agreement on ‘urgent, ambitious and feasible’ reforms in agriculture View image …

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September 5, 2024 at 5:50 AM

The Rich Want You To Fear Tax Fairness

The Rich Want You To Fear Tax Fairness     Interview with Jim Stanford by David Moscrop August 31, 2024 Jacobin Canada raised its capital gains tax inclusion rate, sparking outrage from the investing class, who warned of economic disaster. The data shows tha…

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September 5, 2024 at 5:10 AM

Popular Israeli Podcasters Crave Button To Press That Would ‘Erase Every Single Living Being in Gaza’

Popular Israeli Podcasters Crave Button To Press That Would ‘Erase Every Single Living Being in Gaza’     Katherine Hearst September 4, 2024 Common Dreams “Forgive us if we don’t give a shit if everybody there dies. It’s just the way we feel. It’s just the w…

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September 5, 2024 at 12:05 AM

America’s War on Theater

Portside Culture America’s War on Theater     Daniel Blank July 22, 2024 Los Angeles Review of Books Between 1935 and 1939, the New Deal-sponsored Federal Theatre Project staged over a thousand productions nationwide, reaching an audience of 30 milli…

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September 5, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — Focus on Asia

Global Left Midweek — Focus on Asia     xxxxxx This week: News and analyses from Asian parties and movements Protest art lights up the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit, Voice7 News   Partial Victory in Indonesia Sri Lanka: The Left is O…

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September 4, 2024 at 12:15 AM

Reagan’s Ugly Hagiography Is Middle-of-the-Night History Channel Nonsense

Portside Culture Reagan’s Ugly Hagiography Is Middle-of-the-Night History Channel Nonsense     Alex Lei August 30, 2024 AV Club The greatest sin of Reagan is not its (expectedly) warped worldview, but its total lack of drama. , Photo: Rawhi…

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September 4, 2024 at 12:05 AM

There Is a Way out of This Mess, Joe and Kamala. Please Take It.

There Is a Way out of This Mess, Joe and Kamala. Please Take It.     James Zogby September 3, 2024 Common Dreams A long-overdue cut-off of U.S. arms to Israel and recognition of the Palestinian right to self-determination would provide exactly the shock to t…

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September 4, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Landslides Raise a Question: What Counts as a Climate-Related Death?

Landslides Raise a Question: What Counts as a Climate-Related Death?     Kate Aronoff September 3, 2024 The New Republic Deaths from extreme heat, landslides, and other severe weather seem to be rising. Can they be added to fossil fuels’ death toll? …

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September 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Mass Israeli Protests As 6 More Hostages Killed, Netanyahu Refuses Ceasefire Terms, U.S. Sends Arms

Mass Israeli Protests As 6 More Hostages Killed, Netanyahu Refuses Ceasefire Terms, U.S. Sends Arms     Amy Goodman intervews Yonatan Zeigen and Gideon Levy September 3, 2024 Democracy Now! “Our politicians won’t listen to anything, because they’re driven ou…

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September 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Can’t Pay Won’t Pay

Can’t Pay Won’t Pay     Maureen Tkacik September 3, 2024 The American Prospect Steward’s evasion of creditors in its spectacular bankruptcy even includes the wrongful death settlement for a young mom. , CBS News Miami   It is not entirely c…

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September 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – September 3, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – September 3, 2024     September 3, 2024 xxxxxx Musk on the run Brazilian Supreme Court minister Alexandre de Moraes as Batman chasing Elon Musk as The Joker. Credit, Carlos Amorim   Bending Over Backwards for Trump B…

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September 3, 2024 at 1:50 AM

This Week in People’s History, Sept 4–10

This Week in People’s History, Sept 4–10     xxxxxx Death for Export (1934), The Die Is Cast (1774), The Shot Not Heard Around the World (1774), Yankee Doodle Shafts Native Americans (1783), Jim Crow Must Go, but ‘Voluntarily’ (1954), Boston Police Strike Ou…

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September 3, 2024 at 12:30 AM

This Labor Day, Remember That MLK’s Last Campaign Was for Workers’ Rights

This Labor Day, Remember That MLK’s Last Campaign Was for Workers’ Rights     Peter Dreier September 2, 2024 xxxxxx Most Americans today know that Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968, but few know why he was there. King w…

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September 3, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Labor’s Next Big Moment May Finally Be at Hand

Labor’s Next Big Moment May Finally Be at Hand     Timothy Noah September 2, 2024 The New Republic Even if the movement isn’t rebounding quite yet, green shoots are abounding—and presidential candidates ignore it at their peril. "Union yes!", by gw…

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September 3, 2024 at 12:05 AM

’The New Popular Front Is Ready To Govern

’The New Popular Front Is Ready To Govern     Lucie Castets August 30, 2024 Morning Star Open letter to the French people from New Popular Front prime ministerial candidate Lucie Castets and leaders of its component parties. Lucie Castets, center, …

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September 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Seafood Is Getting Riskier To Eat Due to Climate Change

Portside Culture Seafood Is Getting Riskier To Eat Due to Climate Change     Stacey Leasca July 26, 2024 Food & Wine Both the European Food Safety Authority the U.S. Department of Agriculture warn that increasing sea surface temperatures can expa…

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September 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Palestinians Will Speak Whether Democrats Want Them to or Not

Palestinians Will Speak Whether Democrats Want Them to or Not     Y.L. Al-Sheikh August 29, 2024 The Nation The party may have successfully prevented Palestinians from addressing the DNC. But it cannot hold back the tide forever. Anti-war demonstra…

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September 2, 2024 at 7:30 AM

Sunday Science: Climate Change Has Deep Historical Roots – Amitav Ghosh Explores How Capitalism and Colonialism Fit In

Sunday Science: Climate Change Has Deep Historical Roots – Amitav Ghosh Explores How Capitalism and Colonialism Fit In     Julia Taylor, Imraan Valodia August 30, 2024 The Conversation The discussion of climate change, as of every aspect of the planetary cri…

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September 2, 2024 at 7:05 AM

General Strike Looms in Israel After Tens of Thousands Protest Calling for Hostage Release Deal

General Strike Looms in Israel After Tens of Thousands Protest Calling for Hostage Release Deal     BBC September 1, 2024 BBC News Israel braced for a general strike after tens of thousands protest the government's failure to secure the release of hostages h…

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September 2, 2024 at 5:25 AM

Blasting US ‘Recklessness,’ Mexico Pauses Embassy Relations Over Judicial Reform Meddling

Blasting US ‘Recklessness,’ Mexico Pauses Embassy Relations Over Judicial Reform Meddling     Bret Wilkins August 27, 2024 Common Dreams "They have to learn to respect Mexico's sovereignty," Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said of the U.S. and …

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September 2, 2024 at 5:00 AM

More Than 10,000 US Hotel Workers Strike on Labor Day Weekend

More Than 10,000 US Hotel Workers Strike on Labor Day Weekend     Robert Tait September 1, 2024 The Guardian Staff demand wage increases and reversal of pandemic-era cutbacks that impose ‘painful’ working conditions Striking hotel workers walk the …

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September 2, 2024 at 4:35 AM

Artist Creates ‘Wooden Quilt’ From Pieces of Emmett Till’s South Side Home

Artist Creates ‘Wooden Quilt’ From Pieces of Emmett Till’s South Side Home     Maxwell Evans August 30, 2024 Block Club Chicago New Orleans-based artist Jean-Marcel St. Jacques drew on centuries of Black spiritual and sustainable practices to create the artw…

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September 2, 2024 at 12:30 AM

YouTube Shows Are Determined To Win Emmys, Sooner or Later

Portside Culture YouTube Shows Are Determined To Win Emmys, Sooner or Later     Mary Kate Carr August 30, 2024 AV Club YouTube shows didn't get any Emmy nominations this year, but the platform is plotting how to help creators get mainstream recogniti…

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September 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Blasting US ‘Recklessness,’ Mexico Pauses Embassy Relations Over Judicial Reform Meddling

Blasting US ‘Recklessness,’ Mexico Pauses Embassy Relations Over Judicial Reform Meddling     Brett Wilkins August 27, 2024 Common Dreams "They have to learn to respect Mexico's sovereignty," Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said of the U.S. and…

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September 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Democrats Have Momentum but Election Could Be Close

Democrats Have Momentum but Election Could Be Close     Paul Garver August 28, 2024 Chartist The Harris-Walz ticket is polling well, and the atmosphere of gloom and doom that had beset both the Democratic Center and the Left has given way to cautious optimis…

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September 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Labor Militancy Is the Way To Increase Union Membership

Labor Militancy Is the Way To Increase Union Membership     C.J. Polychroniou August 31, 2024 Common Dreams We need to rebuild the labor movement, and that means not going back to the kind of unions that existed in the postwar era. We need unions with a radi…

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September 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Do Civilian Review Boards Work?

Do Civilian Review Boards Work?     Zina Hutton August 30, 2024 Governing 2020 made police reform “sexy” on a policy level, leading to a significant increase in civilian oversight boards around the country. However, in the years following, many of these boar…

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September 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Are Democrats Actually Listening to Jesse Jackson?

Are Democrats Actually Listening to Jesse Jackson?     Josh Kurtz August 26, 2024 Maryland Matters Party leaders pay tribute to civil rights icon, but they don’t always practice what he preached. Jackson ran insurgent campaigns in 1984 and 1988, and the only…

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August 31, 2024 at 1:20 AM

Friday Nite Videos | August 30, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | August 30, 2024     August 30, 2024 xxxxxx I Asked Bernie Sanders About a Gaza Ceasefire. Escaping the Gaza War for my Paralympic Dream. Russian POWs Speak About Their Capture in Kursk Oblast. Homegrown | Documentary. Ex-Trump Voters on …

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August 31, 2024 at 1:00 AM

How Jack Smith’s Re-Indictment of Trump Addresses SCOTUS Immunity Ruling

How Jack Smith’s Re-Indictment of Trump Addresses SCOTUS Immunity Ruling     Kim Wehle August 29, 2024 The xxxxxx Smith is outmaneuvering the Supreme Court majority by presenting a threshold question for Judge Chutkan to decide: Is a candidate campaigning fo…

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August 31, 2024 at 12:40 AM

Palestine Won at the Democratic Convention

Palestine Won at the Democratic Convention     James J. Zogby August 26, 2024 Arab American Institute The DNC was a messy affair, with highs and lows, some small victories and some setbacks. It’s imperative to recognize the victories won and continue to enga…

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August 31, 2024 at 12:10 AM

COVID-19, Flu and RSV Shots − an Epidemiologist Explains Why All Three Matter This Fall

COVID-19, Flu and RSV Shots − an Epidemiologist Explains Why All Three Matter This Fall     Annette Regan August 30, 2024 The Conversation COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths have been rising since May 2024, with the highest rates seen in adults 65 and olde…

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