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March 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM

Democrats Must Defend Mahmoud Khalil

Democrats Must Defend Mahmoud Khalil     Branko Marcetic March 12, 2025 Jacobin Individual Democrats have made strong statements against the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. The bulk of the party and its leadership has offered silence or mealymouthed equivocation. …

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March 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM

Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought

Portside Culture Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought     Tim Christiaens February 17, 2025 LSE Review of Books In this book, writes reviewer Christiaens, author Bruno Leipold expertly surveys the writings of Ka…

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March 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – March 12, 2025

Global Left Midweek – March 12, 2025     March 12, 2025 xxxxxx Women worldwide speak as one Demonstrators march to mark International Women's Day, in Quito, Ecuador March 8, 2025. Credit, Karen Toro, REUTERS   Thousands Turn Out for IWD Th…

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March 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM

Cuba Sends Doctors, the US Sends Sanctions

Cuba Sends Doctors, the US Sends Sanctions     Helen Yaffe March 8, 2025 Jacobin The United States calls Cuba’s medical internationalism "human trafficking" — but it’s really an internationalist lifeline for the Global South. Doctors and nurses fro…

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March 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Columbia Activist in Detention Was Public Face of Protest Against Israel

Columbia Activist in Detention Was Public Face of Protest Against Israel     Ana Ley March 11, 2025 The New York Times Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent resident of the United States, was arrested in his Manhattan apartment and sent to Louisiana. His detention set…

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March 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Making America Powerless Again: How Trump Is Robbing America of Its Greatest Strengths

Making America Powerless Again: How Trump Is Robbing America of Its Greatest Strengths     Emes Ilyes March 11, 2025 Common Dreams While Trump fixates on the symbols of 19th-century power, he systematically dismantles the infrastructure of 21st-century Ameri…

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March 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM

The Need To Protect Direct Democracy

The Need To Protect Direct Democracy     Marcus Gadson March 10, 2025 Governing Citizens in half the states have the power to place initiatives or referendums on the ballot. That process is under threat, but in an era of partisan gerrymandering and unrespons…

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March 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Anger Over ‘No Other Land’ Reflects Dysfunction of Israeli-Palestinian ‘All or Nothing’ Divide

Portside Culture Anger Over ‘No Other Land’ Reflects Dysfunction of Israeli-Palestinian ‘All or Nothing’ Divide     Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib March 4, 2025 The Wrap The Oscar-winning documentary provoked reactions along the fault lines of the ongoing con…

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March 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 11, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 11, 2025     March 11, 2025 xxxxxx Filling in for services under attack ‘Helping people before, during, and after (this democratic) disaster,’ says the #AltGov Fema account on Bluesky. Composite, Guardian De…

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March 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM

This Is the Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare

This Is the Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare     Michelle Goldberg March 10, 2025 New York Times In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump made it clear that Mahmoud Khalil was snatched because of his activism. “This is the first arrest of ma…

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March 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM

This Week in People’s History, Mar 12–18, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Mar 12–18, 2025     xxxxxx A Protest that Congress Can’t Ignore (1990), ¡Breonna Taylor, Presente! (2020), A McCarthy Victim’s Belated Vindication (1950), Happy Sunshine Week!, Herbie Hancock’s Early Hit (1965), When a Postal S…

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March 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

A Third of Women Get This Infection. The Fix: Treat Their Male Partners.

A Third of Women Get This Infection. The Fix: Treat Their Male Partners.     Alisha Haridasani Gupta March 5, 2025 New York Times Bacterial vaginosis is most likely a sexually transmitted infection, according to a new study. , Getty Images …

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March 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Brownsville, Texas: The Last Stand Against Corporate Rule

Brownsville, Texas: The Last Stand Against Corporate Rule     Alfonso Saldana March 5, 2025 Move to Amend Brownsville is more than a town on the border—it’s a symbol of what happens when corporate power goes unchecked. Musk’s attempt to privatize a community…

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March 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Why Did We Start Drinking Milk? On the Ancient Rise of Dairy Consumption

Portside Culture Why Did We Start Drinking Milk? On the Ancient Rise of Dairy Consumption     Anne Mendelson January 9, 2025 Lithub In her book, “Spoiled: The Myth of Milk as Superfood,” Anne Mendelson explores the prehistoric origins of nonhuman mil…

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March 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM

Sunday Science: ‘Pac-Man With a Ponytail’ Proteins Regulate Everything From Night Vision to Heartbeats – Studying What GRKs Look Like Could Improve an Array of Drugs

Sunday Science: ‘Pac-Man With a Ponytail’ Proteins Regulate Everything From Night Vision to Heartbeats – Studying What GRKs Look Like Could Improve an Array of Drugs     Priyanka Naik March 7, 2025 The Conversation Each cell in your body relies on precise co…

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March 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM

How To Save the Democratic Party From Itself

How To Save the Democratic Party From Itself     Jeet Heer March 7, 2025 The Nation The flailing and unpopular party elite needs to be replaced with fighting economic populists. Democrats protest with signs (“Medicaid,” “Musk”) as President Donald …

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March 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Europe’s Powerful Tool Against Russia

Europe’s Powerful Tool Against Russia     Andrew Kosenko, Joseph E. Stiglitz March 4, 2025 Project Syndicate If European leaders want to follow through on their statements in support of Ukraine following America’s betrayal of the country, they must seize the…

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March 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Chicago Jazz

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Chicago Jazz     Giovanni Russonello March 5, 2025 New York Times Explore the Windy City through tracks by Ramsey Lewis, Ahmad Jamal, Lester Bowie and the contemporary artists at the forefront of today’s sound. , D…

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March 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM

This Is What Democracy Looks Like!

This Is What Democracy Looks Like!     Andrew Tonkovich March 9, 2025 Los Angeles Review of Books Andrew Tonkovich reviews Sue Coe and Stephen F. Eisenman’s “The Young Person’s Illustrated Guide to American Fascism.” , Sue Coe   The Young P…

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March 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Is Kim Kardashian Actually Going MAGA?

Portside Culture Is Kim Kardashian Actually Going MAGA?     Kyndall Cunningham February 21, 2025 Vox The influencer’s love for Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and the Trump family has some fans wondering. Kim Kardashian on the SNL50 red carpet …

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March 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM

36 Firms Drove Half of World’s Climate-Altering Gasses

36 Firms Drove Half of World’s Climate-Altering Gasses     Sharon Kelly March 5, 2025 DeSmog Companies and states most responsible for climate change are also those working hardest to prevent climate action, new Carbon Majors report finds. Hurrican…

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March 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Trump Helps BlackRock Buy Panama Canal Ports

Trump Helps BlackRock Buy Panama Canal Ports     Ben Norton March 7, 2025 ScheerPost BlackRock CEO Fink said before the US presidential election in November 2024 that it “really doesn’t matter” who wins, because both parties would benefit Wall Street. …

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March 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

To the Young Women Who Are Changing the World

To the Young Women Who Are Changing the World     Marga Ferré March 6, 2025 Transform!Europe The gender gap in political attitudes has widened dramatically since 2014, and it has done so on a global scale. This is clearly a result of the fourth wave of femin…

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March 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Amidst the Ruins, Flowers Bloom: The Resilience of Gaza’s Women

Amidst the Ruins, Flowers Bloom: The Resilience of Gaza’s Women     Nisreen Morqus March 8, 2025 Morning Star Despite facing destruction, humiliation, and the loss of loved ones, Palestinian mothers and daughters demonstrate extraordinary courage as they str…

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March 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

On the 30th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Whither Gender Equality?

On the 30th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Whither Gender Equality?     Equal Times Newsdesk March 5, 2025 Equal Times Gender inequality impacts everything from income disparity between men and women, to violence and harassme…

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March 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM

Bloody Sunday: Restored Photos Show the Violence That Shocked a Nation

Bloody Sunday: Restored Photos Show the Violence That Shocked a Nation     Briana Ellis-Gibbs March 7, 2025 The Guardian 'Spider' Martin's newly restored photos reveal firsthand the racist violence on March 7, 1965 in Selma, Alabama. 'Spider' Marti…

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March 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM

US Science Is Under Threat ― Now Scientists Are Fighting Back

US Science Is Under Threat ― Now Scientists Are Fighting Back     Heidi Ledford & Alexandra Witze March 3, 2025 Nature Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists. …

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March 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM

MAGA Newspaper Owner’s AI Bot Defends KKK

MAGA Newspaper Owner’s AI Bot Defends KKK     Corbin Bolies March 5, 2025 The Daily Beast An AI-generated summary tried to offer “different views” on the hate group. , freepik   The Los Angeles Times removed its new AI-powered “insights” fe…

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March 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Case for a Shadow Cabinet

The Case for a Shadow Cabinet     Kenny Stancil March 5, 2025 The American Prospect High-energy progressives can provide a compelling daily account of everything going wrong and coordinate opposition to the Trump-Musk nightmare...a daily press conference, he…

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March 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Democrats Must Become the Workers’ Party Again

Democrats Must Become the Workers’ Party Again     Sherrod Brown March 3, 2025 The New Republic Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life. Ohio S…

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March 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Let’s organize a parade of one-legged war heroes, the President said,

Portside Culture Let’s organize a parade of one-legged war heroes, the President said,     Gerald Fleming The Bastard and the Bishop Poet Gerald Fleming pours ice water on displays of martial pride. , Bruce Henderson   fifteen years …

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March 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Republicans Want Corporate Oligarchy. We Need Economic Democracy

Republicans Want Corporate Oligarchy. We Need Economic Democracy     Rashida Tlaib and Michael A McCarthy March 6, 2025 The Guardian The GOP budget seeks vast cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and more. Instead, let’s build an economy for everyone. The Repub…

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March 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM

America Can’t Afford Trump’s Mass Deportations

America Can’t Afford Trump’s Mass Deportations     Alliyah Lusuegro February 12, 2025 Other Words For the cost of mass deportations, we could instead erase medical debt, provide universal school lunches, and end homelessness. The American Immigration Council…

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March 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM

The ADL Goes Quiet on Some Hatreds

The ADL Goes Quiet on Some Hatreds     Danielle Bryant March 4, 2025 New York Daily News Former ADL education director lays bare the dirty secret: "ADL has long abandoned its stated mission of securing justice and fair treatment for all. Instead, it shields …

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March 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Elon Musk Is South African. We Shouldn’t Forget It.

Elon Musk Is South African. We Shouldn’t Forget It.     William Shoki February 28, 2025 New York Times Discussion of Mr. Musk often misses something: He is a white South African, part of a demographic that for centuries sat atop a racial hierarchy maintained…

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March 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Mar.6 – Reader Comments: Trump: Ambush in White House; War on Workers; Gut Medicaid; Spread Measles and Bird Flu; Techno-Fascism; Anti-Semitism in Oval Office; No More Medicare Telehealth After Mar 31; Stand Up for Science Mar 7

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March 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM

Bernie Blasts Trump's 100 Minute Diatribe

Bernie Blasts Trump's 100 Minute Diatribe     Bernie Sanders March 4, 2025 sanders.senate.gov "Let us never forget. Real change only occurs when ordinary people stand up against oppression and injustice – and fight back." , New Labor Forum …

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March 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM

Here Comes Trump’s Privatization of the Social Security Administration

Here Comes Trump’s Privatization of the Social Security Administration     Jessica Corbett March 4, 2025 Common Dreams "After years of hard work and a lifetime of contributions, our seniors shouldn't have to worry about Republicans meddling with their Social…

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March 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM

The Communist Folk Singers Who Shaped Bob Dylan

The Communist Folk Singers Who Shaped Bob Dylan     Taylor Dorrell March 5, 2025 Jacobin Before Bob Dylan was Bob Dylan, he was a disciple of Woody Guthrie. But Guthrie and his contemporaries were more than folk singers — they were blacklisted radicals, shap…

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March 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM

Hegseth Cuts Pentagon Work on Preventing Civilian Harm

Hegseth Cuts Pentagon Work on Preventing Civilian Harm     John Ismay and Azmat Khan March 4, 2025 New York Times Employees at the Pentagon’s Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response office were told their jobs would be eliminated, as would advisory posts at op…

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March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM

The Missing Persons of Reconstruction

Portside Culture The Missing Persons of Reconstruction     Joshua D. Rothman February 26, 2025 The New Republic Enslaved families were regularly separated​. A new history chronicles the tenacious efforts of the emancipated to be reunited​ with their …

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March 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Solidarity With Ukraine

Global Left Midweek – Solidarity With Ukraine     xxxxxx A 180° turn remaps world politics , UN Digital Library   Solidarity with Ukraine More European Takes International Women’s Day 2025: Accelerate Action Global Day of Action to Close Mi…

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March 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM

‘Anora’ Is More Than a Brooklyn Cinderella Story

Portside Culture ‘Anora’ Is More Than a Brooklyn Cinderella Story     Ginia Bellafanate January 23, 2025 The New York Times A sex worker in a romantic comedy isn’t new. How the Oscar-nominated film uses immigrant Brooklyn to subvert the genre? That’s…

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March 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – March 4, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes – March 4, 2025     March 4, 2025 xxxxxx How to use Substack, and more media need-to-know , Art Young   Defending the Free Press The New State Media Unexpected Backlash on Talk Radio Tech Companies and DEI Bezos Turns …

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March 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM

USPS Privatization Would Cost Rural America More Than Mail

USPS Privatization Would Cost Rural America More Than Mail     Emily Hilliard February 26, 2025 Jacobin Rural postal workers don’t just deliver mail. They put out fires, help elderly people who’ve fallen, and ensure veterans receive medication during storms.…

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March 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM

The Joy of Reading

The Joy of Reading     Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research February 11, 2025 TriContinental The artwork in this dossier draws from the Red Books Day 2025 Calendar. Each of the twelve contributions, produced in collaboration with the International U…

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March 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM

This Week in People’s History, Mar 5–11, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Mar 5–11, 2025     xxxxxx Militant Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Catches On (1960), The 20th Century’s Largest One-Day Demonstration (1930), ‘Bloody Sunday’ (1965), March 8, International Women’s Day ,   Milit…

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March 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM

Ukrainians Unite Behind Zelenskyy After Fight With Trump

Ukrainians Unite Behind Zelenskyy After Fight With Trump     Lena Surzhko Harned March 2, 2025 The Conversation Some fear disaster, others calmly accept a new reality in U.S.-Ukraine relations. The treatment of Ukraine’s president by Trump and Vance has prod…

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March 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Woe to You Who Deprive the Poor of Their Rights: A Battle of Theologies in the Age of Trump

Woe to You Who Deprive the Poor of Their Rights: A Battle of Theologies in the Age of Trump     Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis March 2, 2025 TomDispatch Today, while the Trump administration continues to unveil new attacks on what the Bible calls, “the least of thes…

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March 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM

These Foods Will Likely Get More Expensive After Trump’s Tariffs Take Effect

Portside Culture These Foods Will Likely Get More Expensive After Trump’s Tariffs Take Effect     Stacey Leasca February 3, 2025 Food & Wine There may be “some pain” Trump admitted of his tariff schemes; “But we will Make America Great Again, and…

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