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June 3, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Why Ukraine Matters for the Left

Why Ukraine Matters for the Left     Matthew Duss June 1, 2022The New Republic Opposition to U.S. adventurism is principled. But this is Putin’s adventurism, and the left must stand firmly against it....Supporting the defense of Ukraine is the right thing for the glo…

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June 3, 2022 at 12:05 AM

The Problem Is the Guns. The Guns. The Guns. The Guns.

The Problem Is the Guns. The Guns. The Guns. The Guns.     Chuck Idelson May 27, 2022Common Dreams It's not school security or mental illness or anything else—it’s just guns. President Biden said on the night of the Uvalde massacre, "when we passed the assault weapon…

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June 3, 2022 at 12:05 AM

The New Battle in the Israeli Right’s Relentless War on Palestinians

The New Battle in the Israeli Right’s Relentless War on Palestinians     Dahlia Scheindlin May 24, 2022Haaretz The West Bank's Area C represents every layer of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Annexation vs. self-determination, inequality, violence and, most recentl…

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June 3, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – June 2, 2022 – Reader Comments: Uvalde Murders; Democracy, Judiciary, Abortion, Voting Rights, Gun Control, Supreme Court Expansion; Ameericas Summit; Ukraine War; Socialism in Our Time – International Conference

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June 3, 2022 at 12:00 AM

We Must Fight White Supremacy With Solidarity: Jews Respond to the ADL’s Harmful Campaign

We Must Fight White Supremacy With Solidarity: Jews Respond to the ADL’s Harmful Campaign     Open Letter from Jewish Leaders May 26, 2022Medium The Anti-Defamation League does not speak for us, and we will not allow them to divide and defame our communities and move…

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June 3, 2022 at 12:00 AM

The American Organizer – A Review of Jon Melrod’s Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War

Portside Culture The American Organizer – A Review of Jon Melrod’s Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War     Jonah Raskin June 2, 2022Portside Fighting Times provides a vivid group portrait of the men and women who joined with him in th…

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June 2, 2022 at 4:20 AM

Polls Show Progressive San Francisco DA Could Lose His Job in Blow to National Movement

Polls Show Progressive San Francisco DA Could Lose His Job in Blow to National Movement     Jeremy B. White June 1, 2022Politico Chesa Boudin's fight has become a test case for criminal justice reformers — and their foes. A well-funded recall campaign may be p…

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June 2, 2022 at 4:00 AM

How the Newest Federal Prison Became One of the Deadliest

How the Newest Federal Prison Became One of the Deadliest     Christie Thompson and Joseph Shapiro May 31, 2022NPR Officials claimed that opening Thomson would make federal prisons safer by relieving dangerous overcrowding. But an investigation by The Marshall Projec…

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June 2, 2022 at 3:25 AM

How Pentagon Turned “Top Gun: Maverick” Into a Recruitment and PR Vehicle

Portside Culture How Pentagon Turned “Top Gun: Maverick” Into a Recruitment and PR Vehicle     Tom Secker May 26, 2022Shadowproof The US military is likely hoping, as they did with the original, that “the box office will be a bell ringer” for them, and it will …

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June 2, 2022 at 2:55 AM

Russian ‘Left’ Split Over Ukraine War

Russian ‘Left’ Split Over Ukraine War     Ilya Budraitkis June 1, 2022Le Monde diplomatique Under Vladimir Putin, Russia’s Communist Party has been a tame opposition kept on a tight leash. With a few brave exceptions, the party has eagerly supported the war in Ukrain…

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June 2, 2022 at 12:20 AM

The First Reconstruction: Black Politics in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War

Portside Culture The First Reconstruction: Black Politics in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War     Lucien Holness August 18, 2021The Civil War Monitor This pioneering work examines in depth the little-known ways that African Americans engaged in ele…

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June 2, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – June 1, 2022

Global Left Midweek – June 1, 2022     June 1, 2022xxxxxx It’s the rising left against ‘Colombia's Trump’ in a presidential runoff, and social storm watches from around Africa Misak indigenous people cast their votes during the first round of the presidential …

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June 1, 2022 at 12:05 AM

US Mass Shootings Will Continue Until the Majority Can Overrule the Minority

US Mass Shootings Will Continue Until the Majority Can Overrule the Minority     Rebecca Solnit May 30, 2022The Guardian Guns symbolize the power of a minority over the majority, and they’ve become the icons of a party that has become a cult seeking minority power …

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June 1, 2022 at 12:05 AM

The Case for Taxing the Rich Gets an Unexpected Boost

The Case for Taxing the Rich Gets an Unexpected Boost     Sam Pizzigati May 31, 2022Counterpunch “Countries and regions with higher levels of inequality typically experience deeper recessions,” adds the BIS analysis. “In other words, excessive inequality serves to er…

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June 1, 2022 at 12:05 AM

The Radical Immigrant Farmers Who Helped Defeat the Robber Barons

The Radical Immigrant Farmers Who Helped Defeat the Robber Barons     Thomas Alter II May 19, 2022In These Times - Rural Beginning in the 1840s, revolutionary German immigrants introduced agrarian radicalism to Texas and shaped the U.S. tradition of rural socialism.…

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June 1, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Progressives Urge Biden Admin To Prevent Destruction of Palestinian Homes in West Bank

Progressives Urge Biden Admin To Prevent Destruction of Palestinian Homes in West Bank     Kenny Stancil May 31, 2022Common Dreams "The members of Congress who signed this letter are making it clear that we must hold the Israeli government accountable for its blatant…

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June 1, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – May 31, 2022

Media Bits and Bytes – May 31, 2022     May 31, 2022xxxxxx The benefits and risks of digital activism, and more news from the wide world of media Credit, UN   Activism and Digital Authoritarianism Buffalo Aftermath The Amazon Business Model Small Media O…

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June 1, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Happening Is an Abortion Story About Working-Class Women

Portside Culture Happening Is an Abortion Story About Working-Class Women     Jess Cotton May 25, 2022Jacobin Audrey Diwan’s film adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s abortion memoir, Happening, captures the violence and drama of its source material. It depicts a time …

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May 31, 2022 at 2:47 PM

Russians Line Up for Final Big Macs

Portside Culture Russians Line Up for Final Big Macs     Reuters May 17, 2022Reuters Although providing food and employment to tens of thousands might seem the right thing to do, Chief Executive Chris Kempczinski said in a letter to employees, "it is impossible…

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May 31, 2022 at 2:46 PM

Democrats Need To Start Talking About Repealing the Second Amendment

Democrats Need To Start Talking About Repealing the Second Amendment     Walter Shapiro May 26, 2022The New Republic It is time for gun control advocates to talk about life without a Second Amendment. The idea is to paint a portrait of an America of the future with s…

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May 31, 2022 at 2:46 PM

One of the Earliest Memorial Day Ceremonies Was Held by Freed African Americans

One of the Earliest Memorial Day Ceremonies Was Held by Freed African Americans     Dave Roos May 20, 2022History At the close of the Civil War, people recently freed from slavery in Charleston honored fallen Union soldiers. A battered U.S. was faced with the task of…

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May 31, 2022 at 2:46 PM

The Anti-Vaccine Movement’s New Frontier

The Anti-Vaccine Movement’s New Frontier     Moises Velasquez-Manoff May 25, 2022New York Times A wave of parents has been radicalized by Covid-era misinformation to reject ordinary childhood immunizations — with potentially lethal consequences. , Photo illust…

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May 31, 2022 at 2:43 PM

White Replacement Theory Is Fascism’s New Name

White Replacement Theory Is Fascism’s New Name     Jason Stanley and Federico Finchelstein May 24, 2022LA Times White Replacement Theory is a relatively recent label for old fascism. It is a rebranding of the long-standing fascist paranoias and lies about invasion an…

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May 31, 2022 at 2:33 PM

Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Devastating for Death Row Inmates

Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Devastating for Death Row Inmates     Laura Finley May 29, 2022LA Progressive Since 1973, 187 people have been exonerated from death row, with one of the main reasons being inadequate counsel. This will only worsen that situation. …

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May 31, 2022 at 12:10 AM

Russians Line Up for Final Big Macs

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May 31, 2022 at 12:05 AM

One of the Earliest Memorial Day Ceremonies Was Held by Freed African Americans

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May 31, 2022 at 12:05 AM

White Replacement Theory Is Fascism’s New Name

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May 31, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Devastating for Death Row Inmates

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May 31, 2022 at 12:00 AM

The Anti-Vaccine Movement’s New Frontier

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May 31, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Democrats Need To Start Talking About Repealing the Second Amendment

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May 30, 2022 at 8:30 AM

Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine Turns 200

Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine Turns 200     Allison Marsh May 27, 2022IEEE Spectrum Error-riddled astronomical tables inspired the first computer—and the first vaporware uring Charles Babbage’s lifetime, this 2,000-part clockwork was as near to completio…

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May 30, 2022 at 7:40 AM

Colombian Left May Be on the Verge of Winning Power

Colombian Left May Be on the Verge of Winning Power     Andrew Willis Garcés, Andrea Parra, and Nikki Marín Baena May 26, 2022Convergence A popular uprising of millions. A candidate from the social movements. A broad Left electoral front. Colombia’s political ground…

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May 30, 2022 at 6:15 AM

The Most Important Recent Labor Victory You Never Read About

The Most Important Recent Labor Victory You Never Read About     Bruce Hobson May 25, 2022The Nation At this GM plant in Mexico, workers on both sides of the border came together across national boundaries to challenge corporate power. Brazilian workers demons…

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May 30, 2022 at 5:55 AM

Taking Cues From Texas, California Proposes Its Own Bounty Law—Against Guns

Taking Cues From Texas, California Proposes Its Own Bounty Law—Against Guns     Matt Ford May 27, 2022The New Republic If it passes, the Golden State would set up a confrontation with the Supreme Court, which blessed the Lone Star State’s anti-abortion law. So…

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May 30, 2022 at 5:35 AM

When Settler Society Erased Them, These First Nations Fought Back

When Settler Society Erased Them, These First Nations Fought Back     Zeahaa Rehman May 5, 2022Asparagus Magazine A pair of documentaries explore how erasure impacts Indigenous peoples, and the ways two nations are fighting to be seen. Sinixt elder Marilyn Jam…

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May 30, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Gentleman Jack Changed My Life Review – Who Knew Art Still Had Such Power?

Portside Culture Gentleman Jack Changed My Life Review – Who Knew Art Still Had Such Power?     Lucy Mangan May 24, 2022The Guardian Women the world over speak up about how seeing Anne Lister’s life on screen gave them the courage to come out. This is TV as a t…

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May 29, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Summit of the Americas in L.A. Next Month

Summit of the Americas in L.A. Next Month     Tracy Wilkinson, Cecilia Sanchez May 27, 2022L.A.Times Mexican president is unlikely to attend. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador walks with his wife, Beatriz Gutierrez Muller. Mexico´s President Andres…

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May 29, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Biden Aims To Destroy a Historic Climate Change Lawsuit

Biden Aims To Destroy a Historic Climate Change Lawsuit     Julia Rock May 26, 2022Jacobin Juliana v. United States is a historic climate change lawsuit seeking to establish a constitutional right to a livable planet. But the Biden administration has indicated it wil…

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May 29, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Solidarity Is Not a Crime: Support for the NGO Ships

Solidarity Is Not a Crime: Support for the NGO Ships     Arci Nazionale, Asgi May 23, 2022Il Manifesto Global In the “war on immigration” waged by European states the victims of criminalization are often the migrants themselves, Why are the same actions taken for Ukr…

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May 29, 2022 at 12:00 AM

In Politics, Money Will Always Talk. Unless...

In Politics, Money Will Always Talk. Unless…     Sam Pizzigati May 21, 2022Inequality.org The primary problem in a deeply unequal democracy will never be the influence we allow the wealthy to bring to bear on our politics. The primary problem remains concentrated wea…

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May 29, 2022 at 12:00 AM

The Amazon Business Model and the Risks of Big Data

The Amazon Business Model and the Risks of Big Data     Nazaret Castro May 22, 2022Equal Times The battle for digital sovereignty, based on a concept of sovereignty that rests with citizens, involves recovering the internet as a network of peers and reversing the oli…

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May 28, 2022 at 4:05 AM

Friday Nite Videos | May 27, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | May 27, 2022     May 27, 2022xxxxxx A Simple Solution: Reduce the Number of Guns. Oye Como Va ft. Carlos Santana & Cindy Blackman Santana. Jacinda Ardern at Harvard: Gun Control and Democracy. How Your Phone Knows If You’re Getting an Aborti…

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May 28, 2022 at 3:30 AM

The Problem Is the Guns. The Guns. The Guns. The Guns.

The Problem Is the Guns. The Guns. The Guns. The Guns.     Chuck Idelson May 27, 2022Common Dreams It's not school security or mental illness or anything else—it’s just all the guns. ,   If there’s one lesson we should draw from the horror at the Robb El…

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May 28, 2022 at 3:20 AM

The Dangerous Trend of Imperial Nostalgia – It’s Not Just Russia

The Dangerous Trend of Imperial Nostalgia – It’s Not Just Russia     Lawrence Wittner May 8, 2022History News Network The ubiquity and perils of imperial nostalgia, especially as empires decline, highlight the need to create an international security system to replac…

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May 28, 2022 at 3:10 AM

The Supreme Court Is on the Verge of Expanding Second Amendment Gun Rights

The Supreme Court Is on the Verge of Expanding Second Amendment Gun Rights     Andrew Cohen May 25, 2022Brennan Center for Justice Law professor Darrell Miller forecasts a “radical change” in the law concerning Second Amendment gun rights coming from the Court’s cons…

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May 28, 2022 at 1:05 AM

The Love Affair Between Hollywood and the Pentagon

The Love Affair Between Hollywood and the Pentagon     Alissa Wilkinson May 27, 2022Vox For the Pentagon, films like Top Gun: Maverick are more than just a movie. They are a recruitment bonanza. When Tom Cruise starred in Top Gun in 1986, it wasn’t just a box …

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May 28, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Power of Poetry

Portside Culture Power of Poetry     Amy Meier January 1, 2020Veterans of life Write California poet Amy Meier wrote this poem in memory of Jacob George, a veteran of 3 tours in Afghanistan whose postwar “moral injury” led him to suicide. ,   Power…

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May 27, 2022 at 4:15 AM

We Have Failed To Protect Our Kids; We Have Never Been Civil

We Have Failed To Protect Our Kids; We Have Never Been Civil     Roxane Gay May 25, 2022New York Times Incivility runs through the history of this country, founded on stolen land, built with the labor of stolen lives. The document that governs our lives effectively d…

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May 27, 2022 at 3:05 AM

Is Denying the Nakba Antisemitism?

Is Denying the Nakba Antisemitism?     Peter Beinart May 23, 2022The Beinart Notebook If expelling people because they are different does indeed constitute “anti-semitism,” then the Nakba — in which roughly 750,000 Palestinians were either expelled from their homes b…

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May 27, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Flight Attendants Fighting Back

Flight Attendants Fighting Back     Jennifer Gonnerman May 23, 2022The New Yorker Sara Nelson, the head of the flight attendants’ union, leads her members through turbulent times and mounts a major organizing drive at Delta. Sara Nelson, international presiden…

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