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February 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM

As Off Broadway Crews Unionize, Workers See Hope, Producers Peril

Portside Culture As Off Broadway Crews Unionize, Workers See Hope, Producers Peril     Michael Paulson February 10, 2025 New York Times A unionization wave sweeping across Off Broadway is poised to reshape the economics of theater-making in New York …

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February 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Feb.13- Reader Comments: Dictatorial Coup Unfolds; Resistance Grows; Federal Workers Mobilize; What You Can Do To Fight This Coup – a Guide; No Tax on Tips Will Harm More Workers; Role of the Labor Movement in Defending Immigrant Rights;

Tidbits – Feb.13- Reader Comments: Dictatorial Coup Unfolds; Resistance Grows; Federal Workers Mobilize; What You Can Do To Fight This Coup – a Guide; No Tax on Tips Will Harm More Workers; Role of the Labor Movement in Defending Immigrant Rights;     February 13,…

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February 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM

Did Israel Violate the Gaza Ceasefire? What To Know About Hamas’s Pause

Did Israel Violate the Gaza Ceasefire? What To Know About Hamas’s Pause     Al Jazeera Staff February 11, 2025 Al Jazeera Hamas says it will halt its captive releases until Israel complies with the terms of the ceasefire agreed between them. People…

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February 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM

Trump and Musk Hunt for Corruption, Very Selectively

Trump and Musk Hunt for Corruption, Very Selectively     Peter Baker February 12, 2025 New York Times Spending that the White House does not like is being labeled fraudulent. At the same time, President Trump is rolling back anticorruption efforts and ethica…

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February 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM

What Republicans Really Mean When They Blame ‘DEI’

What Republicans Really Mean When They Blame ‘DEI’     Mehdi Hasan February 11, 2025 The Guardian Referencing DEI is the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism ‘DEI is a racist dogwhistle. Blame Black p…

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February 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM

Freedom Isn’t Free When You’re Black and Poor

Freedom Isn’t Free When You’re Black and Poor     Robert Brown February 8, 2025 Common Dreams The unforgiving reality of cash bail transforms “innocent until proven guilty” into “guilty until proven wealthy.” ,   When I was 17, I was charge…

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February 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – February 12, 2025

Global Left Midweek – February 12, 2025     February 12, 2025 xxxxxx The fierce urgency of Now , Zapiro / Daily Maverick (Johannesburg)   A Warning from France Panamanians Reject White House Threats International Reports Justice for Jani S…

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February 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Warren Says Trump and Musk Pushing To Gut CFPB As ’Payoff to the Rich Guys

Warren Says Trump and Musk Pushing To Gut CFPB As ’Payoff to the Rich Guys     Julia Conley February 10, 2025 Common Dreams "If they succeed, CEOs and Wall Street will once again be free to trick, trap, and cheat you," said the Democratic senator. …

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February 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM

‘Ridiculous Blunder’: Trump Wades Into California’s Water Wars – and Strikes Some of His Strongest Supporters

‘Ridiculous Blunder’: Trump Wades Into California’s Water Wars – and Strikes Some of His Strongest Supporters     Gabrielle Canon February 11, 2025 The Guardian Billions of gallons of irrigation water were wasted under Trump’s orders in what now appears to b…

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February 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM

DOGE Is Hiring. The Response Did Not Disappoint

DOGE Is Hiring. The Response Did Not Disappoint     Rivera Sun February 10, 2025 Waging Nonviolence DOGE’s hiring site has become a focal point for cathartic and even strategic outrage, underscoring the important role humor and rebellious defiance play in bl…

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February 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Emilia Pérez Is the Ultimate Unloved Oscar Nominee

Portside Culture Emilia Pérez Is the Ultimate Unloved Oscar Nominee     Eileen Jones February 5, 2025 Jacobin Despite Emilia Pérez’s mixed reviews and poor audience reactions, Hollywood handed the musical 13 Oscar nominations in the hopes of proving …

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February 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Two Grifters Off To Seize the World

Two Grifters Off To Seize the World     Robert Kuttner February 7, 2025 The American Prospect Today on TAP: The Trump-Musk proposed sovereign wealth fund fits the pattern—dictatorship as an opportunity for personal enrichment. Donald Trump and pal …

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February 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – Resistance Lessons

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – Resistance Lessons     xxxxxx It's on , Lalo Alcaraz / CALÓ News   The Deportation Machine Abortion Rights: Fuck the Middle Ground Defying Anti-Trans Actions Federal Employees Plan to Stay Chicago vs ICE H…

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February 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM

A New Kind of Crisis for American Universities

A New Kind of Crisis for American Universities     Ian Bogost February 10, 2025 The Atlantic The ivory tower has been breached. ,   "I personally think that the post–World War II system of big research universities funded heavily by the gov…

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February 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM

As Trump Steamrolls Washington, Courts Flex Their Power To Slow Him Down

As Trump Steamrolls Washington, Courts Flex Their Power To Slow Him Down     Kyle Cheney February 9, 2025 Politico Numerous federal district judges around the country have blocked major portions of Trump’s early agenda — but Supreme Court showdowns loom. …

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February 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM

This Week in People’s History, Feb 12–18

This Week in People’s History, Feb 12–18     xxxxxx Lift Every Voice and Sing! (1900), Michigan Rejects the So-Called Fugitive Slave Act (1855), Our Place in the Universe (1990), Confronting a Campaign of Terror (2015), An Outrageous Verdict, Reversed on App…

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February 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Federal Workers Can Defeat Musk’s Coup. Here’s How.

Federal Workers Can Defeat Musk’s Coup. Here’s How.     Eric Blanc February 10, 2025 Labor Politics Elon Musk is not invincible ,   Who can stop Elon Musk? Even though it’s illegal for him to seize control of federal agency finances to slas…

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February 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM

How Refrigeration Ruined Fresh Food

Portside Culture How Refrigeration Ruined Fresh Food     Allison Arie October 22, 2024 MIT Technology Review Refrigeration is such a significant contributor to global warming and ozone depletion that Project Drawdown points to refrigerant management …

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February 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Left’s Diminished DNC Presence

The Left’s Diminished DNC Presence     Tom Gallagher February 8, 2025 Stansbury Forum At the moment there is no one obviously positioned to take up the Sanders mantle in the 2028 presidential campaign. But we may have to make it our business to find one. …

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February 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Sunday Science: It’s 89 Seconds Until Doomsday and Her First Day on the Job

Sunday Science: It’s 89 Seconds Until Doomsday and Her First Day on the Job     Katrina Miller February 3, 2025 New York Times Alexandra Bell is bringing more than a decade of experience in nuclear policy to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the organiz…

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February 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM

The Courts Can’t Stop the Trump-Musk Coup

The Courts Can’t Stop the Trump-Musk Coup     Elie Mystal February 7, 2025 The Nation While the lawsuits being filed against the Trump-Musk administration are righteous, they will not “save” us from this nightmare. Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks…

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February 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM

The Slow Suicide of the State of Israel

The Slow Suicide of the State of Israel     John Walbridge February 8, 2025 Informed Comment The two-state solution is now impossible, made so by the foolish decisions of a series of Israeli governments to allow massive Jewish settlement in the West Bank and…

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February 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM

Emilia Pérez Is the Ultimate Unloved Oscar Nominee

Portside Culture Emilia Pérez Is the Ultimate Unloved Oscar Nominee     Eileen Jones February 5, 2025 Jacobin Despite Emilia Pérez’s mixed reviews and poor audience reactions, Hollywood handed the musical 13 Oscar nominations in the hopes of proving …

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February 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM

What Happened the Last Time a President Purged the Bureaucracy

What Happened the Last Time a President Purged the Bureaucracy     Clay Risen February 6, 2025 Politico The impact can linger not just for years but decades. The 1947 pamphlet "Is This Tomorrow? America under Communism!" produced by the Catholic Ca…

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February 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM

Who Is Behind Trump’s Intimidation of South Africa?

Who Is Behind Trump’s Intimidation of South Africa?     Max Du Preez February 7, 2025 Vrye Weekblad Donald Trump's bizarre, fact-free threat against South Africa did not just arise in the back of his head last week. It is the initiative of alt-right ex-South…

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February 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Companies Ask Trump’s EPA To Hide Potential Disasters

Companies Ask Trump’s EPA To Hide Potential Disasters     Katya Schwenk February 7, 2025 The Lever Biden increased transparency around the risks of chemical disaster — industry lobbyists just asked Trump’s new EPA chief Lee Zeldin to roll that back. …

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February 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Judges Curb Trump’s Sweeping Executive Actions

Judges Curb Trump’s Sweeping Executive Actions     Ella Lee and Zach Schonfeld February 7, 2025 The Hill Trump has signed dozens of executive actions since returning to the Oval Office last month, flooding the zone with orders and statements zigzagging throu…

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February 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Socialism or Barbarism – a Statement of Fact

Socialism or Barbarism – a Statement of Fact     Matt Willgress February 8, 2025 Morning Star Trump’s return when we already see a world at war, breathtaking inequality and climate catastrophe confirms Engles’ famous dichotomy. ,   Engels o…

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February 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

What Happened Here

What Happened Here     John Ganz February 4, 2025 Unpopular Front In the process of accumulating enormous wealth, the tech-oligarchs created the conditions for their loss of social power and, when they realized this, they got a big dose of class consciousnes…

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February 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

A Plan for the Resistance

A Plan for the Resistance     Harold Meyerson February 6, 2025 The American Prospect Come April, it will be time to celebrate—and renew—America’s 1775 revolt against usurping monarchs. People protest outside the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh, Fe…

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February 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM

Friday Nite Videos | February 6, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | February 6, 2025     February 7, 2025 xxxxxx Trump Proposes Gaza Takeover | The Daily Show. Elon Musk: Party in the USA (Song Parody). What is Hugging Face? Could AI Wipe Out Mainstream Media? Mo: Season 2 Trailer | Netflix. , …

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February 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Two Grifters Off To Seize the World*

Two Grifters Off To Seize the World*     Robert Kuttner February 7, 2025 The American Prospect Most fascist dictators have been more about ideology and absolute power than about personal wealth. Trump and his crony Musk are at least as interested in personal…

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February 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Don’t Praise in Advance: A Cure for Mad Surrender Disease

Don’t Praise in Advance: A Cure for Mad Surrender Disease     Michael Podhorzer February 4, 2025 Weekend Reading It’s standard to think of presidents’ initial approval ratings; it’s also worth looking at presidential disapproval ratings. Here, Trump really s…

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February 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Here’s What Senate Democrats Should Be Doing To Fight Trump

Here’s What Senate Democrats Should Be Doing To Fight Trump     Aaron Regunberg February 7, 2025 The New Republic Senate rules were explicitly designed to protect the minority. Democrats should exploit them mercilessly to slow Trump and Musk before they dest…

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February 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Damage of Trump’s Gaza Plan Has Already Been Done

The Damage of Trump’s Gaza Plan Has Already Been Done     Meron Rapoport February 7, 2025 972 Magazine The proposal to cleanse Gaza of Palestinians tapped into a deep undercurrent in Israeli society — endangering any chance for a peaceful future in the regio…

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February 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Putting Your Toddler to Bed the Night of Another Elementary School Mass Shooting

Portside Culture Putting Your Toddler to Bed the Night of Another Elementary School Mass Shooting     Joanne Durham Verse Virtual Poet Joanne Durham reflects on an uniquely American challenge of parenting. ,   Of course you don’t tel…

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February 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Chappell Roan Calls for ‘Liveable Wage’ From Record Labels After Grammy Win

Portside Culture Chappell Roan Calls for ‘Liveable Wage’ From Record Labels After Grammy Win     Casey Cooper-Fiske, PA Entertainment Reporter February 3, 2025 The Irish News Singer Chappell Roan has called on record labels to provide a “liveable wag…

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February 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM

A Coup Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes. Here’s What You Can Do

A Coup Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes. Here’s What You Can Do     York Dispatch Editorial Board February 5, 2025 York Dispatch (PA) Editorial from the York, Pennsylvania York Dispatch - Donald Trump and his shadow president have worked to undermine our country…

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February 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM

King Musk’s Government Purge Hits a Snag

King Musk’s Government Purge Hits a Snag     Ryan Cooper February 5, 2025 The American Prospect Before Elon Musk and Donald Trump can exercise authoritarian power, he must purge the federal bureaucracy. But federal workers aren’t playing ball. Federal worker…

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February 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM

How Trump’s Plan To Expel Gazans Is Uniting Arab States – and Threatening Israel

How Trump’s Plan To Expel Gazans Is Uniting Arab States – and Threatening Israel     Zvi Bar'el February 6, 2025 Haaretz Trump's plan to relocate two million Palestinians ensnares the leaders of all Middle Eastern countries, not just Egypt and Jordan, in a d…

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February 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Mayor Adams’s Long Dance With the Republican Party

Mayor Adams’s Long Dance With the Republican Party     Ariama C. Long January 30, 2025 Amsterdam News At the beginning of his mayoralty, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was no stranger to critics calling him a “Republican,” among other things. Plot twist: The…

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February 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Feb.6- Reader Comments: Reader Comments: Dictatorial UnConstitutional Power Grab; Anti-Trump Protests Brake Out; USDA IG Was Investigating Elon Musk; Nightmare Over Washington; ICE Raids and Resistance; People’s Guide to Project 2025; More.

Tidbits – Feb.6- Reader Comments: Reader Comments: Dictatorial UnConstitutional Power Grab; Anti-Trump Protests Brake Out; USDA IG Was Investigating Elon Musk; Nightmare Over Washington; ICE Raids and Resistance; People’s Guide to Project 2025; More.     February …

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February 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM

‘Frankly Insane’: Trump’s Plan To Ship Migrants to Guantanamo Could Quickly Collapse

‘Frankly Insane’: Trump’s Plan To Ship Migrants to Guantanamo Could Quickly Collapse     Ben Fox February 5, 2025 Politico A reality check from a top lawyer who knows Guantanamo. A closed section of the U.S. prison at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay Naval …

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February 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM

Palestinians in Gaza on Trump’s Plan: ‘We Would Rather Die Here Than Leave’

Palestinians in Gaza on Trump’s Plan: ‘We Would Rather Die Here Than Leave’     Malak A Tantesh in Gaza and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem February 5, 2025 The Guardian The US president’s idea to take over the territory and his claims Palestinians were ke…

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February 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM

King Musk’s Government Purge Hits a Snag

King Musk’s Government Purge Hits a Snag     Ryan Cooper February 5, 2025 The American Prospect Before Elon Musk can exercise authoritarian power, he must purge the federal bureaucracy. But federal workers aren’t playing ball. Protesters gather out…

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February 6, 2025 at 6:25 AM

Anti-Trump Protests Break Out at State Capitols Across the Country

Anti-Trump Protests Break Out at State Capitols Across the Country     Hafiz Rashid February 5, 2025 The New Republic Anti-Trump, Anti=Musk 'Movement 50501' Protests Take P​lace Nationwide People protest immigration and economic policies of the Tru…

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February 6, 2025 at 5:25 AM

The Struggle for Black Education

Portside Culture The Struggle for Black Education     Randal Maurice Jelks September 12, 2021 Los Angeles Review of Books An outstanding contribution to the history of Black education that focuses on the career of Carter G. Woodson. , …

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February 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – February 5, 2025

Global Left Midweek – February 5, 2025     February 5, 2025 xxxxxx Antifascism and social transformation 160k+ cram the Berlin streets to oppose right/far right bloc: “We are the firewall, no cooperation with AfD!” February 2, 2025. Credit, Getty I…

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February 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM

Federal Workers, Stay in Your Jobs and Help Resist the Trump-Musk Takeover

Federal Workers, Stay in Your Jobs and Help Resist the Trump-Musk Takeover     Sarah Van Gelder February 4, 2025 Common Dreams The email sent to federal employees urging them to resign in exchange for uncertain benefits is clearly aimed at purging critical g…

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February 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM

Trump’s Tariffs vs. China’s Long Game

Trump’s Tariffs vs. China’s Long Game     Imran Khalid January 27, 2025 Foreign Policy in Focus China is shrugging off Trump's tariffs and economic threats. , shutterstock   Donald Trump, never one to shy away from a headline-grabbing maneu…

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