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February 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM

A Palestinian Film Is an Oscars Favorite − so Why Is It So Hard To See?

A Palestinian Film Is an Oscars Favorite − so Why Is It So Hard To See?     Drew Paul February 21, 2025 The Conversation It is unusual for a film like “No Other Land,” which has garnered critical acclaim and has been recognized at various film festivals and …

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February 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM

How Humans Evolved To Be ‘Energetically Unique’

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February 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Undocumented Workers Prepare To Clean Up L.A.’s Fires Amid ICE Raids

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February 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM

In Memory of the Forgotten

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February 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Bob Dylan Biopic and the Origin Story of an Electrified Maggie’s Farm

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February 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM

How To Organize Our Way out of the Trump-Musk Putsch

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February 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Trump Saved Eric Adams’s Bacon—and Put the Country Up for Sale

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February 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Trump and Netanyahu Have Devised the Crime of the Century

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February 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Black Washingtonians in the Fight for Equality: An Interview With Maurice Jackson

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February 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Feb.20-Reader Comments: A Coup; Trump Vowed To Champion US Workers – the Reality a Relentless Assault; Make America Corrupt Again; Vance, Racism, German Fascism; for Israelis, ‘From the River to the Sea’ a Reality. For Palestinians, a Crime

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February 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM

How To Create a New World Without Elons

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February 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM

What Did the War in Gaza Reveal About American Judaism?

What Did the War in Gaza Reveal About American Judaism?     Interview with Peter Beinart by Isaac Chotiner February 13, 2025 The New Yorker Peter Beinart on the story of Israel and the moral blind spot of the Jewish diaspora. Jewish Voice for Peace…

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February 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM

The Man Madison Warned Us Against

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February 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM

The Story You’ve Been Told About Recycling Is a Lie

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February 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM

Ella Fitzgerald, a Voice That Set the American Standard

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February 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – February 19, 2025

Global Left Midweek – February 19, 2025     February 19, 2025 xxxxxx The European takeaway Members of civil society and the SUNTRACS trade union protest persecution by Panamanian authorities, including the closure of their bank accounts. Panama Cit…

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February 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM

JD Vance, American Racism, and German Fascism

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February 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Indigenous Activist Leonard Peltier Released From Prison: ‘Finally Free’

Indigenous Activist Leonard Peltier Released From Prison: ‘Finally Free’     Anna Betts and agencies February 18, 2025 The Guardian Native American activist moves to home imprisonment after Joe Biden commuted sentence at end of presidency Native Am…

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February 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Where Do You Protest Elon Musk? Everywhere, It Turns Out.

Where Do You Protest Elon Musk? Everywhere, It Turns Out.     Melissa Gira Grant February 18, 2025 The New Republic From Stonewall to Tesla dealerships, protesters are pioneering a form of opposition that doesn't necessarily center on Washington, D.C.. …

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February 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Trump’s Reign of Cruelty

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February 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM

28 Anti-Fascist Films

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February 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – February 18, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes – February 18, 2025     February 18, 2025 xxxxxx Use media to fight , Electronic Frontier Foundation   Using Media to Fight  Keeping Government Data Online The Antoinette Lattouf Termination Case Suing DOGE What We’ve …

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February 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM

The DOGE Czar’s Plan To Loot Medicare

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February 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM

How Black Marxists Have Understood Racial Oppression

How Black Marxists Have Understood Racial Oppression     An interview with Jeff Goodwin by Jonah Birch February 17, 2025 Jacobin The rich tradition of Black Marxist thought — one that includes W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, and Frantz Fanon, among many ot…

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February 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong

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February 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM

This Week in People’s History, Feb 19–25, 2025

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February 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM

JD Vance’s Munich Speech Laid Bare the Collapse of the Transatlantic Alliance

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February 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Farming in the Dark

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February 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Sunday Science: Bacteria Evolved To Help Neighboring Cells After Death, New Research Reveals

Sunday Science: Bacteria Evolved To Help Neighboring Cells After Death, New Research Reveals     Durham University February 13, 2025 Phys.org Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive…

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February 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM

60 Years of Progress in Expanding Rights Is Being Rolled Back by Trump − a Pattern That’s All Too Familiar in US History

60 Years of Progress in Expanding Rights Is Being Rolled Back by Trump − a Pattern That’s All Too Familiar in US History     Philip Klinkner, Rogers M. Smith February 13, 2025 The Conversation U.S. history is not a steady march toward greater equality, democ…

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February 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM

Trump Vowed To Champion US Workers – the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault

Trump Vowed To Champion US Workers – the Reality Has Been a Relentless Assault     Steven Greenhouse February 16, 2025 The Guardian President has begun slashing federal workforce while hobbling labor watchdogs NLRB and EEOC Demonstrators rally in s…

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February 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM

Garment Workers Are Taking On Nike, Americans Should Join Them

Garment Workers Are Taking On Nike, Americans Should Join Them     Abiramy Sivalogananthan February 14, 2025 CounterPunch Take the “One Thousand Photos — One Thousand Shares” pledge at ActionNetwork.org, share it widely, and support the union activists leadi…

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February 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM

How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence

How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence     Andrée Blouin February 12, 2025 Jacobin In 1960, Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and the US conspired to oust L…

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February 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM

How Kendrick Lamar Dragged Trump During the Super Bowl Without the NFL, or Trump Realizing It

Portside Culture How Kendrick Lamar Dragged Trump During the Super Bowl Without the NFL, or Trump Realizing It     Lawrence Ware February 13, 2025 The Root Both in his lyrics and the visuals that he chooses to highlight in his videos, Lamar is never …

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February 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Nationwide Economic Blackout on February 28

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February 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Trump’s Threats Expose Canada’s Utter Dependency on the US

Trump’s Threats Expose Canada’s Utter Dependency on the US     Adam D.K. King interviews Sam Gindin February 5, 2025 Socialist Project: The Bullet The immediate task is to address delinking from the United States and the American Empire. This is not about ai…

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February 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM

‘Occupation: Organizer’: How Anti-Politics Becomes Anti-Democracy

‘Occupation: Organizer’: How Anti-Politics Becomes Anti-Democracy     Emma Tai January 28, 2025 Convergence To build formations capable of advancing both political and economic democracy, we need to grapple with the enduring footprint of anti-political thoug…

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February 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Final Days and the Struggle Continues: A Tribute to Diana Caballero and Reminder for Unity Today

The Final Days and the Struggle Continues: A Tribute to Diana Caballero and Reminder for Unity Today     By Diana Caballero, with a foreword by David Duhalde February 4, 2025 Socialist Majority As we enter into Trump's second term, stories such as this and h…

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February 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Yes, the Price of Eggs Matters

Yes, the Price of Eggs Matters     David Dayen February 14, 2025 American Prospect Consumer sentiment is falling off a cliff in the early Trump period. When it comes to the price of eggs, there’s little difference between President Trump neglecting…

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February 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM

Friday Nite Videos | February 14, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | February 14, 2025     February 14, 2025 xxxxxx Musk Crashes the Oval Office & Trump Pushes Gaza Takeover. Is It Time To Worry About Bird Flu? Why Credit Card Interest Rates Are Out of Control. Captain America: Brave New World. Trump'…

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February 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM

Trump’s Plan: Make America Corrupt Again

Trump’s Plan: Make America Corrupt Again     Noah Shachtman February 11, 2025 Rolling Stone Magazine While Adams may have been the most immediate beneficiary, he’s not the only one. If you’re a foreign government or a corrupt company trying to turn a public …

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February 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM

It Took Trump Only Twenty-Four Days To Sell Out Ukraine

It Took Trump Only Twenty-Four Days To Sell Out Ukraine     Susan B. Glasser February 13, 2025 The New Yorker Trump's first formal phone call with Putin could hardly have been more ominous—a clear sign that the American President who praised Russia’s war on …

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February 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM

For Israelis, ‘From the River to the Sea’ Is a Reality. For Palestinians, It’s a Crime

For Israelis, ‘From the River to the Sea’ Is a Reality. For Palestinians, It’s a Crime     Dahlia Scheindlin February 13, 2025 Haaretz It is nonsensical, and hypocritical, to arrest or accuse Palestinians of promoting the ideology of 'From the river to the s…

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February 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM

“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump

“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump     Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen February 13, 2025 ProPublica The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has opened a…

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February 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Waiting

Portside Culture Waiting     Geneffa Hahah Porter Gulch Review 2024 In Geneffa Jahan's poem "Waiting" the speaker awaits her death as if it were an abusive lover. ,   in Gaza there are sisters who sit some alone some together though …

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February 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM

It Is a Coup

It Is a Coup     Carole Cadwalladr February 10, 2025 The Power This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong. From the author tha…

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February 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM

How the “Subversive Genius” of Kendrick Lamar Sent Trump Home a Loser

How the “Subversive Genius” of Kendrick Lamar Sent Trump Home a Loser     Dave Zirin February 10, 2025 The Nation The Philadelphia Eagles and Kendrick Lamar’s collective of geniuses made this the Super Bowl we needed. This year’s Super Bowl in New Orleans co…

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February 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM

What a 20th-Century Revolutionary Can Teach Us About Resisting Genocide Today

What a 20th-Century Revolutionary Can Teach Us About Resisting Genocide Today     Dana Mills January 27, 2025 +972 Magazine Over a century after Rosa Luxemburg was assassinated for opposing German militarism, her spirit lives on through those disrupting Isra…

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February 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Don’t Scapegoat Arab Americans

Don’t Scapegoat Arab Americans     Dr. James J. Zogby February 10, 2025 Arab American Institute Instead of blaming the people they let down, the Harris campaign needs to look in the mirror and find fault with itself. Arab Americans and their concerns were gi…

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Upwardly Minded: The Reconstruction Rise of a Black Elite

Portside Culture Upwardly Minded: The Reconstruction Rise of a Black Elite     Lawrence Otis Graham January 31, 2017 The New York Times This book is the story of Daniel Murray, the assistant librarian of the Library of Congress from 1881-1922, and of…

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