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August 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM

My California

Portside Culture My California     Beau Beausoleil West Coast poet Beau Beausoleil reflects on the momentary beauties which somehow compensate for our everyday sense of exile and displacement. , fmsbw press   We were empty of distanc…

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August 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM

Trump Is Taking Over D.C. Police Because He’s a Racist Thug

Trump Is Taking Over D.C. Police Because He’s a Racist Thug     Melissa Gira Grant August 12, 2025 The New Republic Trump doesn’t care about “crime.” He cares about the right white people being in charge. On his first day in office in 2025, he pardoned 1,5…

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August 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM

When Sleeping Is a Crime

When Sleeping Is a Crime     Colleen Shaddox August 11, 2025 The American Prospect With a new executive order and model state legislation criminalizing homelessness, the richest people in the U.S. are making it easier to lock up the poorest. Today in Washi…

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August 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM

In the Heart of the “Commie Corridor” – Meet the City’s Most Pro-Zohran Neighborhood.

In the Heart of the “Commie Corridor” – Meet the City’s Most Pro-Zohran Neighborhood.     Elsie Carson-Holt August 11, 2025 The Indypendent Young people carried Zohran Mamdani in his victory in the mayoral primary, stunning establishment Democrats and resh…

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August 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM

With IDF Soldiers and Settlers Expelling Palestinians, the West Bank Is Seeing a Creeping Nakba

With IDF Soldiers and Settlers Expelling Palestinians, the West Bank Is Seeing a Creeping Nakba     Haaretz Editorial August 13, 2025 Haaretz There's no way, and there won't be one, to justify or defend what Israel is doing in the West Bank. Under the cove…

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August 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits- Aug.14 -Readers Comments: Police State Take-Over of Washington, DC; Israel Continues To Murder Gaza Journalists; NYC Mayor’s Race – Call for Universal Childcare; Chick-fil-A Fined for Child Labor; New Resource – Social Security FAQ; and More

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August 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM

Debunking the Myths About Mamdani’s Candidacy

Debunking the Myths About Mamdani’s Candidacy     Stewart Lawrence August 13, 2025 CounterPunch Fear-mongering is built on a series of myths about how the electorate in New York – and indeed, elsewhere –is likely to view candidates like Mamdani. What are t…

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August 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Vladimir Putin Could Be Laying a Trap

Vladimir Putin Could Be Laying a Trap     Jonathan Lemire August 12, 2025 The Atlantic Donald Trump badly wants a deal to end the war in Ukraine. What is he willing to give up? Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018., Reuters …

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August 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM

Trump’s Rhetoric About DC Echoes a History of Racist Narratives About Urban Crime

Trump’s Rhetoric About DC Echoes a History of Racist Narratives About Urban Crime     Matt Brown August 12, 2025 AP “The president foreshadowed that if these heavy-handed tactics take root here, they will be rolled out to other majority-Black and Brown cit…

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August 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM

Al Jazeera Editor on Israel’s Assassination of 5 Reporters

Al Jazeera Editor on Israel’s Assassination of 5 Reporters     Interview by Amy Goodman August 11, 2025 Democracy Now! Mohammed and Anas were the eye behind the lens catching all the details to the world from Gaza City. They were the only two prominent voi…

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August 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Genocide in Perspective

Portside Culture Genocide in Perspective     David Finkel July 1, 2025 Against the Current "It must be said," writes reviewer Finkel, "that this book is essential reading, but not pleasant for anyone." ,   Gaza Catastrophe The Gen…

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August 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – August 13, 2025

Global Left Midweek – August 13, 2025     August 13, 2025 xxxxxx A better world’s in birth Demonstrators in London turn their backs on Parliament in defiance of an ‘anti-terrorist’ law banning public support for the solidarity group Palestine Actio…

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August 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM

‘Dracula’ Review: Romanian Auteur Radu Jude’s Rowdy, Fellatio-Filled Vampire Flick Is Way Too Many Movies at Once

Portside Culture ‘Dracula’ Review: Romanian Auteur Radu Jude’s Rowdy, Fellatio-Filled Vampire Flick Is Way Too Many Movies at Once     Jordan Mintzer August 10, 2025 The Hollywood Reporter He sees Dracula as fiction’s ultimate capitalist victimizer…

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August 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Corporations Want To Prevent Workers From Leaving Their Jobs

Corporations Want To Prevent Workers From Leaving Their Jobs     Luke Goldstein August 12, 2025 Jacobin As regulators crack down on noncompete agreements that bar workers from finding better jobs, employees across the country are increasingly bound by a ne…

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August 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM

‘This Isn’t Normal!’ Secret Pentagon Plan for Troops To Put Down Local ‘Unrest’ Nationwide

‘This Isn’t Normal!’ Secret Pentagon Plan for Troops To Put Down Local ‘Unrest’ Nationwide     Jon Queally August 12, 2025 Common Dreams "If people aren't allowed to peacefully protest and the elections are being rigged through gerrymandering and voter sup…

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August 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Gaza City’s Iconic Shuja’iyya Neighborhood No Longer Exists

Gaza City’s Iconic Shuja’iyya Neighborhood No Longer Exists     Tareq S. Hajjaj August 11, 2025 Mondoweiss The neighborhood of Shuja'iyya was once home to 120,000 people. It has now been erased. , Photo: Doaa el-Baz/APA Images   On Saturd…

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August 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Back to Basics

Back to Basics     Janet Hook August 12, 2025 The American Prospect Review of The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding, by Osita Nwanevu. The Signing of the Constitution, Howard Chandler Christy, 1937   …

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August 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 12, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 12, 2025     August 12, 2025 xxxxxx Polarization Nation , Drew Sheneman/The Star-Ledger   From Republic to Reich, Brick by Brick Historians Challenged and Fighting Back Working Class Brooklyn Stand…

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August 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM

This Week in People’s History, Aug 13–19, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Aug 13–19, 2025     xxxxxx Frederick Douglass’ Winning Oratorical Debut (1841), Setting the Standard for Jury Nullification (1670), “Free Joan Little!” Done That. (1975), A Dire Warning, Heeded Not (1975), VERY Late, But Never T…

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August 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Bullets in the Windows

Bullets in the Windows     Katelyn Jetelina August 10, 2025 Your Local Epidemiologist First: gunshots, lockdown. The headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control campus in Atlanta was under attack. Dozens of my friends and colleagues were inside. …

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August 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Conference Report: International Forum for Peace 2025 (Brussels, 23–24 June 2025)

Conference Report: International Forum for Peace 2025 (Brussels, 23–24 June 2025)     August 11, 2025 Transform!Europe The Forum gathered diverse voices advocating peace, climate justice, and social justice, seeking to break Europe’s political deadlock and…

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August 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Death of the Fourth American Republic

The Death of the Fourth American Republic     Jamelle Bouie August 6, 2025 The New York Times Last Friday, the Supreme Court all but announced how it would rule on the future of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Selma, Ala., 1965., Bruce Davidson/Ma…

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August 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Mar-Jac Poultry, Chick-fil-A’s Chicken Provider, Fined for Child Labor

Portside Culture Mar-Jac Poultry, Chick-fil-A’s Chicken Provider, Fined for Child Labor     John McCraken August 6, 2025 Investigate Midwest Chick-fil-A buys its chicken from a company fined by the Department of Labor for employing 14-year-olds to …

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August 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM

Sunday Science: These Genes Can Have the Opposite Effects Depending on Which Parent They Came From

Sunday Science: These Genes Can Have the Opposite Effects Depending on Which Parent They Came From     Rachel Fieldhouse August 7, 2025 Nature New approach finds ‘parent-of-origin’ effects in more than a dozen genes — without the need for parental data. …

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August 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM

The IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates. That Could Give Texas Pastors More Power Than Ever.

The IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates. That Could Give Texas Pastors More Power Than Ever.     Marissa Greene August 4, 2025 ProPublica While the IRS move applies across the country, Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicente…

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August 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM

As Sisi Accuses Israel of Genocide, Egypt Signs Record $35 Billion Gas Deal With Israel

As Sisi Accuses Israel of Genocide, Egypt Signs Record $35 Billion Gas Deal With Israel     emma scolding, Sara Seif Eddien August 9, 2025 Drop Site The massive deal will see Egypt redouble its energy dependence on Israeli gas exports even as the war on Ga…

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August 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM

We Don’t Need Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

We Don’t Need Nuclear Reactors on the Moon     Joseph Cirincione August 6, 2025 MSNBC Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy's plan to fast-track nuclear reactors on the moon is a dangerous distraction. , NASA, E. Siege…

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August 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Is Trump the Real Problem

Is Trump the Real Problem     Darrick Hamilton August 7, 2025 Center for Economic and Policy Research How social movements like Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street forced politicians to abandon austerity economics during the pandemic -- what it will …

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August 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

‘South Park’ Portrays Kristi Noem as a Puppy-Shooting, Face-Melting ICE Villain

Portside Culture ‘South Park’ Portrays Kristi Noem as a Puppy-Shooting, Face-Melting ICE Villain     James Hibberd August 6, 2025 The Hollywood Reporter The latest episode brutally spoofed the Homeland Security boss. 'South Park' , Comedy…

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August 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Violence Deconstructed: Hysteria Over Zohran Mamdani’s Crime Platform Is Rooted in Lie That Cops Make Women Safer

Violence Deconstructed: Hysteria Over Zohran Mamdani’s Crime Platform Is Rooted in Lie That Cops Make Women Safer     Kylie Cheung July 29, 2025 Prism Mamdani’s critics have launched a smear campaign that ignores that police pose an existential threat to v…

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August 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Awdah Hathaleen Showed Me How To Imagine Freedom

Awdah Hathaleen Showed Me How To Imagine Freedom     Sam Stein August 7, 2025 The Progressive How my recently martyred friend and fellow activist changed the course of my life and the lives of countless others. Awdah Hathaleen speaks to a group o…

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August 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Eighty Years After the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Is the Escalating Arms Race Taking Us Further Away From Peace?

Eighty Years After the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Is the Escalating Arms Race Taking Us Further Away From Peace?     Carmen Grau August 6, 2025 Equal Times In the global context of rearmament, there seems to be no sign of any move towards redu…

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August 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

America Is Living in a Climate-Denial Fantasy

America Is Living in a Climate-Denial Fantasy     Zoë Schlanger August 8, 2025 The Atlantic On climate, the U.S. and the rest of the planet are now in “completely separate worlds.” ,   Last month, the world’s highest court issued a long-a…

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August 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Big Lies About Israel, Anti-Semitism, and Trump

The Big Lies About Israel, Anti-Semitism, and Trump     Peter Dreier August 5, 2025 xxxxxx Israel has become a global pariah due to Netanyahu's crime spree. And Trump is a laughing stock among world leaders for his authoritarian policies, his ignorance, his …

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August 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | August 8, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | August 8, 2025     xxxxxx August 8, 2025 xxxxxx Trump Boosts Tariffs and Stephen's Ratings. Kronos Quartet + Allison Russell | A Hard Rain. Texas Town Emptied by ICE Raids. Join Ice | Jesse Welles. Is Information a Fundamental Force of O…

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August 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Primary Colors: On Progressive Electoral Strategy

Primary Colors: On Progressive Electoral Strategy     Waleed Shahid August 7, 2025 Waleed's Substack Progressives should prioritize consolidating ideological strength in safe Democratic districts. The left needs to show—not just argue—that its leaders and po…

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August 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM

A New Wave of Palestinian Popular Struggle Takes Root

A New Wave of Palestinian Popular Struggle Takes Root     Awad Abdelfattah August 6, 2025 +972 Magazine Amid growing outrage over Gaza, protests and hunger strikes mark a renewed Palestinian movement determined to bridge division and sustain resistance. …

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August 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM

How Sherman’s March Opened the Door for Self-Emancipation

How Sherman’s March Opened the Door for Self-Emancipation     Adria R Walker August 7, 2025 The Guardian Historian Bennett Parten's new book, Somewhere Toward Freedom, focuses on the experience of those who seized a chance at emancipation. “Through the col…

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August 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM

Why mRNA Vaccines Are So Revolutionary—and What’s at Stake if We Lose Them

Why mRNA Vaccines Are So Revolutionary—and What’s at Stake if We Lose Them     Stephanie Pappas August 6, 2025 Scientific American mRNA vaccines are a first line of defence in pandemic preparedness and are being investigated for treatment of cancer, autoim…

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August 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

In Breath / Out Breath

Portside Culture In Breath / Out Breath     Esther Kamkar Iranian-American poet Esther Kamkar has lived in both Iran and Israel. Rather than split herself in two, she strives to knit her warring halves together. , Esther Kamkar   On …

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August 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM

The Trump Administration Tried To Silence Mahmoud Khalil, so I Asked Him To Talk

The Trump Administration Tried To Silence Mahmoud Khalil, so I Asked Him To Talk     Ezra Klein interviews Mahmoud Khalil August 5, 2025 The New York Times The Palestinian activist discusses the Columbia protests, ICE detention and free speech in the U.S. …

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August 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM

The Mamdani Effect: How His Win Spurred More Than 10,000 Progressives To Consider Run for Office

The Mamdani Effect: How His Win Spurred More Than 10,000 Progressives To Consider Run for Office     Rachel Leingang August 5, 2025 The Guardian Group geared at mobilizing young leftist candidates saw record sign-up after Mamdani’s NYC victory. Mamdani bum…

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August 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM

The Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Is a Stain on Both Parties

The Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Is a Stain on Both Parties     Ben Burgis August 3, 2025 Jacobin Forget partisan finger-pointing. The Jeffrey Epstein scandal cuts across party lines, indicting economic and political elites alike. Epstein just enjoyed the perks…

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August 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM

Eighty Years of Nuclear Terror

Eighty Years of Nuclear Terror     Lawrence S. Wittner August 3, 2025 Z Network Ever since the atomic bombings of Japanese cities in August 1945, the world has been living on borrowed time. To facilitate these nuclear war preparations, the major nuclear po…

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August 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits- Aug. 7 -Readers Comments: Not Just Texas-Voting Rights, Democracy Under Assault; ICE; GOP Cover-Up-Ultra Rich Power Grab and Child Sex Trafficking; Gaza Is Time To Remember Hiroshima – War Is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things;

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August 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Most Important Book of 2025

Portside Culture The Most Important Book of 2025     Paul Buhle July 26, 2025 Portside If denial of collective self-determination of a people is a sin of the modern age, as Israeli defenders often repeat, what of the self-determination of Palestinian…

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August 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM

Israel Issues Forced Displacement Orders Amid Fears of Full Occupation in Gaza

Israel Issues Forced Displacement Orders Amid Fears of Full Occupation in Gaza     Peter Beaumont August 6, 2025 The Guardian Israeli military leaders reportedly oppose Netanyahu’s plans as the country faces growing diplomatic isolation Gaza’s he…

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August 7, 2025 at 5:40 AM

Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60

Medicare, Imperiled by Trump, Turns 60     F. Douglas Stephenson August 6, 2025 Informed Comment Project 2025, framed by former Trump administration staffers and secretly endorsed by Trump himself, proposes changes in Medicare benefits that could destroy M…

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August 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM

Voting Rights Act ‘On Life Support’ Amid Right-Wing Attacks

Voting Rights Act ‘On Life Support’ Amid Right-Wing Attacks     Brett Wilkins August 6, 2025 Common Dreams Now, the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority is poised to "end voting rights as we know them." Then-U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson s…

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August 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM

The Recession Door Opens

The Recession Door Opens     Jack Rasmus August 5, 2025 LA Progressive Multiple statistics show the band-aid has been ripped off the obfuscation of the real condition of the labor market that has prevailed for at least this past year, exposing the long fes…

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