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April 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM

After Months of Surrender, the Democrats Have Finally Stood Up to Trump – Thank You, Cory Booker

After Months of Surrender, the Democrats Have Finally Stood Up to Trump – Thank You, Cory Booker     Emma Brockes April 2, 2025 The Guardian Watching the New Jersey senator hold court for 25 hours felt radical and cathartic The marathon speech on M…
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April 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM

Jewish Pro-Palestinian Protesters Chain Themselves to Gates Outside Columbia

Jewish Pro-Palestinian Protesters Chain Themselves to Gates Outside Columbia     Joseph Zuloaga, Spencer Davis, and Daksha Pillai April 2, 2025 Columbia Spectator Demonstrators are protesting in support of Mahmoud Khalil, calling for “the names of the truste…
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April 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM

Major Gaza Land Grab Underway As Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing Escalates

Major Gaza Land Grab Underway As Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing Escalates     Brett Wilkins April 2, 2025 Common Dreams Israeli forces also bombed an U.N. clinic in Jabalia, killing at least 68 Palestinians including elders, women, and children—one of them a newb…
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April 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM

Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived.

Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived.     M. Gessen April 2, 2025 New York Times The citizens of such a state live with a feeling of being constantly watched. They live with a sense of random danger. Anyone can be a…
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April 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – April 2, 2025

Global Left Midweek – April 2, 2025     April 2, 2025 xxxxxx As the world churns Wheelchair users lead protesters onto a road block in London, demanding an end to cuts in disability services. Credit, The Canary (London)   A  brief note from…
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April 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Karl Marx Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1

Portside Culture Karl Marx Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1     Meade McCloughan March 10, 2025 Marx & Philosophy Review of Books A critical assessment of the newest translation of Marx's masterwork. ,   Capital:…
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April 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Setting the Pace in Auto: Thinking Bigger Than Tariffs

Setting the Pace in Auto: Thinking Bigger Than Tariffs     Andrew Elrod April 28, 2025 Labor Notes In 2023, for the first time in history, nonunion auto companies out-produced the Big 3 in U.S. assembly, 4.9 million vehicles to 4.6 million. UAW mem…
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April 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Worst Political Decision Since Nixon Taped Himself Committing Crimes

The Worst Political Decision Since Nixon Taped Himself Committing Crimes     Les Leopold April 1, 2025 Common Dreams How the Democrats handed Trump the election on a bitcoin-plated platter—and most still don't think they did anything wrong. U.S. Pr…
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April 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Marine Le Pen’s Emblezzlement Conviction

Marine Le Pen’s Emblezzlement Conviction     Aurelien Mondon March 31, 2025 The Conversation Marine Le Pen’s victim narrative is already being constructed – but there are ways to stop her criminal conviction from benefitting her. Marine Le Pen at t…
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April 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Trump Administration Says It Has Revoked at Least 300 Visas for Palestine Advocacy

Trump Administration Says It Has Revoked at Least 300 Visas for Palestine Advocacy     Michael Arria April 1, 2025 Mondoweiss "Rather than silence dissent, the government's actions have only emboldened voices demanding that basic rights be respected here, in…
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April 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Don’t Blame Rachel Zegler for Snow White

Portside Culture Don’t Blame Rachel Zegler for Snow White     Eileen Jones March 28, 2025 Jacobin The press is blaming the young and very online actor Rachel Zegler for Snow White’s dismal box office showing. But Zegler’s performance as the original …
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April 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – No Fooling

Media Bits and Bytes – No Fooling     April 1, 2025 xxxxxx Tech for the global majority Big Bird spotted working at local Starbucks after PBS cuts. Credit, The Onion   NYC: Socialist Candidate’s Media Strategy Oscars Support No Other Land …
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April 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Bombing the Likes of Which They Have Never Seen’

Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Bombing the Likes of Which They Have Never Seen’     Brett Wilkins March 31, 2025 Common Dreams Despite U.S. intelligence once again finding Iran is not currently developing nukes, the president is trying to force Tehran into a nuc…
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April 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Apr 2–8, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Apr 2–8, 2025     xxxxxx LBJ Wouldn’t Give Peace a Chance (1965), A Mob Stands Strong to Defend Justice (1860), March for Women’s Lives (1992), A Rare Benefit of the Great Pandemic (2020), A Brave Bid for Freedom Fails (1760) …
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April 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Can Europe Stop Trump and Putin?

Can Europe Stop Trump and Putin?     John Feffer March 30, 2025 TomDispatch The world can’t afford a European retreat into a fortress. The European Union must unite with all like-minded countries against the illiberal nationalists who are challenging univers…
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April 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM

A Lesson From Argentina’s Dirty War for Today

A Lesson From Argentina’s Dirty War for Today     Jay Schaffner March 30, 2025 Stansbury Forum My message – Those of us boomers – We have a vital role to play in organizing and fighting the MAGites march to fascism. ,   When my father immig…
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April 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Kahane’s Ghost: How a Long-Dead Extremist Rabbi Continues To Haunt Israel’s Politics

Kahane’s Ghost: How a Long-Dead Extremist Rabbi Continues To Haunt Israel’s Politics     Joshua Leifer March 20, 2025 The Guardian A violent fanatic and pioneer in bigotry, Meir Kahane died a political outcast 35 years ago. Today, his ideas influence the ver…
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April 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Shrimp Mislabeling Is Rampant in Gulf State Restaurants. Shrimpers and Consumers Are Paying the Price.

Portside Culture Shrimp Mislabeling Is Rampant in Gulf State Restaurants. Shrimpers and Consumers Are Paying the Price.     Rebecca McCray March 7, 2025 Ambrook.com Wild shrimp is advertised on menus, but what is served is often the farm-raised, impo…
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March 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM

New Nanoparticle Therapies Target Two Major Killers

New Nanoparticle Therapies Target Two Major Killers     Robert F. Service March 28, 2025 Science Particles loaded with RNA reverse symptoms of respiratory failure and atherosclerosis in mice New nanoparticles aim to reverse respiratory failure and …
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March 31, 2025 at 7:15 AM

Trump Signs Order Ending Union Bargaining Rights for Wide Swaths of Federal Employees

Trump Signs Order Ending Union Bargaining Rights for Wide Swaths of Federal Employees     Andrea Hsu March 28, 2025 NPR The executive order signed Thursday night covers all or some unionized employees at around 20 agencies, including the departments of Agric…
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March 31, 2025 at 6:55 AM

What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly

What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly     intan O’Toole March 10, 2025 The New Yorker The Great Hunger was a modern event, shaped by the belief that the poor are the authors of their own misery and that the market must be obeyed at all costs. Roughl…
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March 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM

Pro-Israel Group Says It Has ‘Deportation List’ and Has Sent ‘Thousands’ of Names to Trump Officials

Pro-Israel Group Says It Has ‘Deportation List’ and Has Sent ‘Thousands’ of Names to Trump Officials     Anna Betts March 14, 2025 The Guardian Betar US is among far-right groups supporting Trump effort to deport students involved in pro-Palestinian protests…
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March 31, 2025 at 6:10 AM

The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine

The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine     Adam Entous March 29, 2025 New York Times The untold story of America’s hidden role in Ukrainian military operations against Russia’s invading armies. Adam Entous conducted more than 300…
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March 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Adolescence Is the Rare Gripping Crime Drama That Doesn’t Need a Twist

Portside Culture Adolescence Is the Rare Gripping Crime Drama That Doesn’t Need a Twist     Saloni Gajjar March 26, 2025 AV Club Netflix's four-part series puts guessing games aside and instead tells a dark, timely, conversation-starting story. …
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March 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Farmers in Trump Country Were Counting on Clean Energy Grants. Then the Government Changed the Rules.

Farmers in Trump Country Were Counting on Clean Energy Grants. Then the Government Changed the Rules.     Ames Alexander & Mario Alejandro Ariza, Floodlight; Joe Engleman, Barn Raiser March 25, 2025 Barn Raiser Thousands of farmers and small rural busine…
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March 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Radical Change Isn’t Free

Radical Change Isn’t Free     Ed Pilkington March 25, 2025 The Guardian The Black Panthers shook America awake before the party was eviscerated by the US government. Their children paid a steep price, but also emerged with unassailable pride and burning less…
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March 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump

“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump     Eli Hager March 12, 2025 ProPublica In a recording obtained by ProPublica, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek portrayed his agenc…
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March 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM

Friday Nite Videos | March 28, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | March 28, 2025     March 28, 2025 xxxxxx I've Never Been to a Bernie Sanders Rally Like This. Visit Mississippi | Playing for Change. The National Security Clown Car's Excuses vs. Jeffrey Goldberg's Receipts. Could Canada Join the EU? Mu…
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March 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM

Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance

Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance     Timothy Noah March 27, 2025 The New Republic Civil society can’t be saved in the courts alone. It’s up to us as a people to stand up and push back. ,   Democracy is not a spectator sport. T…
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March 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM

‘Stop Turning Gaza Into Rubble’: Fed Up With War and Hamas Rule, Palestinians Ramp Up Their Protest

‘Stop Turning Gaza Into Rubble’: Fed Up With War and Hamas Rule, Palestinians Ramp Up Their Protest     Nagham Zbeedat March 26, 2025 Haaretz 'Hamas has nothing left to offer – nothing left to ensure even our basic survival,' one Gazan tells Haaretz, as Pale…
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March 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM

‘Rock and Pop Music Were the Unexpected Consequences of the Working-Class Entering History’

‘Rock and Pop Music Were the Unexpected Consequences of the Working-Class Entering History’     Brett Gregory March 27, 2025 Morning Star The Morning Star's Brett Gregory speaks with Toby Manning, author of Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Popul…
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March 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM

The New “Blacklists” Work When Law Firms Stay Silent

The New “Blacklists” Work When Law Firms Stay Silent     Andrew Weissmann March 24, 2025 Just Security The legal profession cannot afford to remain silent. Lawyers — especially those in positions of influence — have a responsibility to represent those being …
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March 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Dear America

Portside Culture Dear America     Marsha de la O Salt Number 7 As she travels across America, poet Marsha de la O asks her country, "Who is lost, and who isn't?" Coronado Circle, Nadya Brown   Once I took a midnight Greyhound out of …
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March 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The New Definition of Antisemitism Is Transforming America – and Serving a Christian Nationalist Plan

The New Definition of Antisemitism Is Transforming America – and Serving a Christian Nationalist Plan     Itamar Mann and Lihi Yona March 23, 2025 The Guardian Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating author…
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March 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Thousands Protest ICE Abduction of Tufts Student As Trump Attacks at Universities Intensify

Thousands Protest ICE Abduction of Tufts Student As Trump Attacks at Universities Intensify     Julia Conley March 27, 2025 Common Dreams The targeting of foreign students at Columbia, Tufts, Georgetown, and other universities has led to outcry among academi…
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March 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Does Columbia Still Merit the Name of a University?

Does Columbia Still Merit the Name of a University?     Rashid Khalidi March 25, 2025 The Guardian Columbia has long been run more as a business empire than as an educational institution. Now it’s acting like Vichy on the Hudson. It was never about eliminati…
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March 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Big Secret About Medicaid: It’s a Middle-Class Benefit, Too

The Big Secret About Medicaid: It’s a Middle-Class Benefit, Too     Ron Lieber March 21, 2025 New York Times If you have a parent short on savings, a disabled adult child or a minor with special needs, Medicaid may be your backstop. Plenty of people are unaw…
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March 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Mar.27 – Reader Comments: Trump Shit Show and War Crimes Made Public; Resistance Growing; Bernie-AOC Anti-Oligarchy Tour; ICE Abductions; Trump Anti-Voter Executive Order; Massive Palestinian Demonstrations for Peace Against Israel & Hamas

Tidbits – Mar.27 – Reader Comments: Trump Shit Show and War Crimes Made Public; Resistance Growing; Bernie-AOC Anti-Oligarchy Tour; ICE Abductions; Trump Anti-Voter Executive Order; Massive Palestinian Demonstrations for Peace Against Israel & Hamas     March …
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March 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM

Netanyahu Repeats Threat To Seize Territory in Gaza As Anti-Hamas Protests Continue

Netanyahu Repeats Threat To Seize Territory in Gaza As Anti-Hamas Protests Continue     Lorenzo Tondo March 26, 2025 The Guardian Israeli PM warns of seizure of territories and ‘other measures’ if Hamas refuses to release remaining hostages Palesti…
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March 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM

The Real Yemen Scandal Has Zero To Do With Jeffrey Goldberg

The Real Yemen Scandal Has Zero To Do With Jeffrey Goldberg     Branko Marcetic March 26, 2025 Jacobin The press is mostly framing the Yemen group chat scandal as a story of incompetence. There’s little attention being paid to the deadliness, illegality, and…
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March 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM

Call It the ‘Dismantling Government Act’: House GOP Advances Bill Backing Musk-Led Destruction

Call It the ‘Dismantling Government Act’: House GOP Advances Bill Backing Musk-Led Destruction     Julia Conley March 26, 2025 Common Dreams "This bill would rubber-stamp unchecked abuses of power even further," said the leader of one government watchdog gro…
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March 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM

Democrats Just Flipped a Massively Pro-Trump District

Democrats Just Flipped a Massively Pro-Trump District     Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling March 26, 2025 The New Republic Democrats scored key victories in Pennsylvania. James Malone (wearing tie) campaigning in Pennsylvania's 36th State Senate district.…
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March 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM

The Mystery of Neil Gorsuch

Portside Culture The Mystery of Neil Gorsuch     Andrew Koppelman March 19, 2025 Los Angeles Review of Books "The principal virtue of the book," writes reviewer Koppelman, "is the light it unintentionally sheds on some of the Supreme Court’s least de…
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March 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – March 26, 2025

Global Left Midweek – March 26, 2025     March 26, 2025 xxxxxx The world economy is going through some stuff , From LawNet (Ho Chi Minh City)   Recalibrating Power The Crisis of African Liberators Prospects for Serbian Uprising Palestine, …
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March 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM

The Wisconsin Court Election Drawing Elon Musk’s Money

The Wisconsin Court Election Drawing Elon Musk’s Money     Emma Janssen March 21, 2025 The American Prospect Liberals and conservatives face off in the most political apolitical race in the country. Candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court former…
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March 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM

Elon Musk Is Demolishing the Rationale for Citizens United

Elon Musk Is Demolishing the Rationale for Citizens United     Matt Ford March 24, 2025 The New Republic The Supreme Court said in 2010 that the decision wouldn’t damage Americans’ faith in democracy. Whoops. Donald Trump, accompanied by Elon Musk …
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March 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM

What Comes After Globalization?

What Comes After Globalization?     Branko Milanovic March 24, 2025 Jacobin The world as we know it is a product of globalization — and this era of globalization might be coming to a close. , Illustration by Ben Jones.   Donald Trump is bac…
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March 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM

It’s War and Peace With Donald and Pete – and the Worst Group Chat Ever

It’s War and Peace With Donald and Pete – and the Worst Group Chat Ever     Marina Hyde March 25, 2025 The Guardian We absolutely won’t tolerate leaks, they said before looping in a journalist to top secret war plans. Feel safe? Me neither Presiden…
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March 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 25, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 25, 2025     March 25, 2025 xxxxxx A win for trans rights... in Montana! ,   More Than Just Conservative Midwife Arrested in Texas AAUP Organizes for Academic Freedom Behind the Case Against Mahmoud…
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March 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Black Bag: Not Much To See Here

Portside Culture Black Bag: Not Much To See Here     Eileen Jones March 19, 2025 Jacobin Black Bag is being hailed by critics as highly sophisticated cinematic fare — rather than an unambitious rush job by a talented director eager to move on to his …