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June 12, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Class Matters

Class Matters     Adolph Reed June 9, 2022Class Matters Adolph Reed Jr. talks with Sara Nelson, President of the Association of Flight Attendants/CWA and APWU President Mark Dimondstein ,   Adolph Reed Jr. talks with Sara Nelson, President of the Associa…

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June 12, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Obstacles and Prospects for a United Left in France

Obstacles and Prospects for a United Left in France     Thibault Biscahie May 30, 2022Canadian Dimension Although it faces significant obstacles, the French left is stronger today than it was after the 2017 presidential election Jean-Luc Mélenchon in Toulouse,…

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June 12, 2022 at 12:00 AM

J Street Trying To Oust AIPAC As Dominant Pro-Israel Force for Democrats

J Street Trying To Oust AIPAC As Dominant Pro-Israel Force for Democrats     Mitchell Plitnick June 8, 2022Mondoweiss The battle between J Street and AIPAC to influence the Democratic Party is also opening space for Palestine solidarity to enter the mainstream. …

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June 12, 2022 at 12:00 AM

What the Boudin Recall Does—and Doesn’t—Mean for SF Politics

What the Boudin Recall Does—and Doesn’t—Mean for SF Politics     Tim Redmond June 7, 202248 Hills Low turnout, a deeply warped media narrative, and right-wing billionaire money framed a very conservative outcome. That's the real story. Boudin addresses the lar…

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June 11, 2022 at 4:55 AM

Friday Nite Videos | June 10, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | June 10, 2022     June 10, 2022xxxxxx Chairman Bennie Thompson's Opening Statement at Jan. 6 Hearing. Rep. Liz Cheney's January 6 Hearing Presentation. Filmmaker Nick Quested Recalls Documenting Jan. 6 Attack. The Janes | Trailer. Insurrectionist…

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June 11, 2022 at 3:45 AM

Thomas Piketty’s Case for ‘Participatory Socialism’

Thomas Piketty’s Case for ‘Participatory Socialism’     Ezra Klein June 7, 2022New York Times Piketty’s new book, “A Brief History of Equality,” is perhaps his most optimistic work. Piketty proposes a truly radical policy agenda — a universal minimum inheritance, wo…

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June 11, 2022 at 3:30 AM

January 6 Hearings May Be Watergate Hearings 2.0

January 6 Hearings May Be Watergate Hearings 2.0     Walter Shapiro June 10, 2022The New Republic An explosive first hearing promised a string of revelations that could match the last time Congress checked a presidential threat to democracy. ,   Up t…

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June 11, 2022 at 3:20 AM

Jan 6 Was an Attempted Coup D’Etat

Jan 6 Was an Attempted Coup D’Etat     January 27, 2021Cline Center’s Coup D’état Project Using the Cline Center’s Coup D’état Project definitions, we classify the storming of the US Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 as an attempted coup d’état: an organized, illeg…

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June 11, 2022 at 3:10 AM

Can Ms. Marvel Change the Image of Islam in America?

Can Ms. Marvel Change the Image of Islam in America?     Juan Cole June 10, 2022Informed Comment In the first episode of this tv series, the 16-year-old Pakistani-American superhero despairs of being allowed to go to a comic book convention, saying, “Anyway, it is no…

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June 11, 2022 at 12:00 AM

You Wonder if You Can Write Something

Portside Culture You Wonder if You Can Write Something     Susan Browne March 22, 2022Rattle Poet Susan Browne depicts the despair of our times, a sense of hopelessness, the feeling that the future will be even worse than these dismal days. ,   Yo…

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June 10, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Without Mark Meadows, January 6th Might Never Have Happened

Without Mark Meadows, January 6th Might Never Have Happened     Susan B. Glasser June 7, 2022The New Yorker Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's final chief of staff supported the reckless pursuit of the “rigged election” fever dream which Trump personally began laying the g…

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June 10, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Poland Establishes ‘Terrifying’ Pregnancy Register After Banning Almost All Abortions

Poland Establishes ‘Terrifying’ Pregnancy Register After Banning Almost All Abortions     Julia Conley Common Dreams A new government database tracking people's pregnancies in Poland is sparking fears that medical data will be used to prosecute women who obtain aborti…

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June 10, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Trump and the NRA – Trump Rides Weapons Rhetoric to Re-Conquer the White House

Trump and the NRA – Trump Rides Weapons Rhetoric to Re-Conquer the White House     Guido Moltedo June 1, 2022il Manifesto Global Edition With over five million members, the National Rifle Association (NRA) is much more than just the powerful lobby for gun owners and …

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June 10, 2022 at 12:00 AM

The War in Ukraine May Be Impossible To Stop. And the U.S. Deserves Much of the Blame.

The War in Ukraine May Be Impossible To Stop. And the U.S. Deserves Much of the Blame.     Christopher Caldwell May 31, 2022New York Times But if the war does not end soon, its dangers will increase. Negotiations need to begin... “To make concessions to Russia would …

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June 10, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – June 9, 2022 – Reader Comments: Uvalde School Shootings – Ban Assault Weapons; High Rents; Latin America Summit; Medicare Advantage; 2022 Elections; Thomas Piketty; 40 Years – June 12, 1982 Anti-Nuclear War Protests; More...

Tidbits – June 9, 2022 – Reader Comments: Uvalde School Shootings – Ban Assault Weapons; High Rents; Latin America Summit; Medicare Advantage; 2022 Elections; Thomas Piketty; 40 Years – June 12, 1982 Anti-Nuclear War Protests; More…     June 9, 2022xxxxxx Reader Comm…

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June 9, 2022 at 5:35 AM

The Latest For-Profit “Advantage” Assault on Medicare Exposed

The Latest For-Profit “Advantage” Assault on Medicare Exposed     Thom Hartmann June 6, 2022The Hartmann Report Apparently, Medicare now needs the money to pay the Advantage scammers, who continue to pour millions into TV advertising to sucker in new rubes…er…custome…

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June 9, 2022 at 5:25 AM

Can Chile’s Young President Reimagine the Latin American Left?

Can Chile’s Young President Reimagine the Latin American Left?     Jon Lee Anderson June 6, 2022The New Yorker Gabriel Boric promises sweeping social change. In a nation of duelling political extremes, he’ll need to sell his vision not just to his opponents but also …

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June 9, 2022 at 5:10 AM

San Francisco Elites Scapegoated Chesa Boudin for the City’s Problems. It Worked.

San Francisco Elites Scapegoated Chesa Boudin for the City’s Problems. It Worked.     Abe Asher June 8, 2022Jacobin A billionaire-funded recall campaign pinned San Francisco’s myriad problems on progressive district attorney Chesa Boudin. That recall succeeded on Tue…

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June 9, 2022 at 5:00 AM

Response to Global Energy Crisis So Far? A Planet-Wrecking Fossil Fuel ‘Gold Rush’: Analysis

Response to Global Energy Crisis So Far? A Planet-Wrecking Fossil Fuel ‘Gold Rush’: Analysis     Kenny Stancil June 8, 2022Common Dreams "If all these plans materialize, they will either end up as massive stranded assets or they'll lock the world into irreversible wa…

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June 9, 2022 at 12:50 AM

Lower-Caste Life in India Is Illustrated in a New Short-Story Collection

Portside Culture Lower-Caste Life in India Is Illustrated in a New Short-Story Collection     Erica X Eisen June 8, 2022Jacobin Dalit activist and writer Gogu Shyamala’s debut collection of short stories, Father May Be an Elephant and Mother Only a Small Basket…

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June 9, 2022 at 12:50 AM

Lower-Caste Life in India Is Illustrated in a New Short-Story Collection

Portside Culture Lower-Caste Life in India Is Illustrated in a New Short-Story Collection     Erica X Eisen June 8, 2022Jacobin Dalit activist and writer Gogu Shyamala’s debut collection of short stories, Father May Be an Elephant and Mother Only a Small Basket…

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June 9, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek - Electoral Action and Strategies

Global Left Midweek - Electoral Action and Strategies     June 8, 2022xxxxxx Good news, bad news as elections reconfigure world politics Students and activists gather outside the Commission on Elections to protest its unofficial tally of the national elections…

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June 8, 2022 at 1:25 AM

Trailer Park Residents Take On Venture Capitalists—And Win

Trailer Park Residents Take On Venture Capitalists—And Win     Joseph Bullington June 3, 2022In These Times - Rural As gentrification sweeps the West, investors are buying up mobile home parks. Residents of this Colorado park got together and bought it themselves. …

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June 8, 2022 at 1:20 AM

On the Repurposed and Misapplied F-Word: Fascism

On the Repurposed and Misapplied F-Word: Fascism     Andrew Bacevich June 7, 2022Tom Dispatch What threatens the United States today is not fascism but the continuing erosion of a domestic political consensus without which democratic governance becomes difficult, if …

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June 8, 2022 at 1:20 AM

If the US Values Free Speech, It Will Investigate the Murder of Shireen Abu Akleh

If the US Values Free Speech, It Will Investigate the Murder of Shireen Abu Akleh     Majeed Malhas June 7, 2022Jacobin From the persecution of Chevron opponent Steven Donziger to the murder of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the US government disr…

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June 8, 2022 at 1:20 AM

The Pain Profiteers

The Pain Profiteers     Rhoda Feng June 3, 2022The American Prospect Two new books reveal the distortion of the U.S. health care system by financial operators. Vioxx’s increased cardiovascular risk was concealed by its manufacturer, Merck, DANIEL HULSHIZER/AP …

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June 8, 2022 at 12:00 AM

‘The Janes’ Review: An Intimate and Informative Look Back at a Radical Underground Abortion Group

Portside Culture ‘The Janes’ Review: An Intimate and Informative Look Back at a Radical Underground Abortion Group     Kate Erbland January 22, 2022IndieWire Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes' expansive and emotional documentary about the Jane Collective sheds necessa…

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June 8, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – June 7, 2022

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – June 7, 2022     June 7, 2022xxxxxx The right is winning, the center is spinning, the left's battle is just beginning Credit, Moneyless Society/Facebook   The Fraudulent Case Against Chesa Boudin Students Demand Action …

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June 7, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Russian Speakers in Eastern Ukraine Speak Out

Russian Speakers in Eastern Ukraine Speak Out     Shaun Walker June 4, 2022Guardian In Ukrainian towns near Russia’s border, Moscow’s influence was strong and Ukrainian was rarely spoken. The war has changed that. The street artist Gamlet in a destroyed pub in…

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June 7, 2022 at 12:05 AM

What Dinner Will Look Like in the Next 100 Years

Portside Culture What Dinner Will Look Like in the Next 100 Years     Alex Beggs April 26, 2022Bon Appetit According to Amanda Little in The Fate of Food, seeds, farming practices, technology, water, distribution, and behind-the-scenes innovations are going to …

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June 7, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Mexican President Boycotts Summit Over Us Exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela

Mexican President Boycotts Summit Over Us Exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela     Kenny Stancil June 6, 2022Common Dreams Honduran President Xiomara Castro is also skipping this week's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. Mexican President Andrés Manuel …

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June 7, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Destroying the Town Is Not Saving It

Destroying the Town Is Not Saving It     William J. Astore June 2, 2022TomDispatch Two Unsung Heroes as Role Models for the Air Force: James Robert “Cotton” Hildreth and Daniel Hale. ,   Twenty years ago, I left the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs …

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June 7, 2022 at 12:00 AM

How American Influencers Built a World Wide Web of Vaccine Disinformation

How American Influencers Built a World Wide Web of Vaccine Disinformation     Kiera Butler and Neha Wadekar Mother Jones Last year, the anti-extremism group Center for Countering Digital Hate found that 65 percent of vaccine disinformation on Facebook and Twitter came…

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June 6, 2022 at 8:35 AM

Five Turning Points in the Evolution of Wine

Five Turning Points in the Evolution of Wine     Christopher Howard May 31, 2022Sapiens Anthropologists have helped uncork the fascinating history of winemaking—from drunken primates to Stone Age seed domestication to intoxicating religious rites. Archaeologis…

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June 6, 2022 at 6:55 AM

Casinos Pled Poverty To Get a Huge Tax Break. Atlantic City Is Paying the Price.

Casinos Pled Poverty To Get a Huge Tax Break. Atlantic City Is Paying the Price.     Alison Burdo June 2, 2022ProPublica Despite growing profits, casino operators used predictions of “grave danger” to convince the state to slash their tax burden, denying millions to …

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June 6, 2022 at 5:50 AM

Comrade Thomas Piketty, Welcome to the Socialist Movement

Comrade Thomas Piketty, Welcome to the Socialist Movement     Eric Blanc June 2, 2022Jacobin For years, Thomas Piketty has articulated a cogent critique of 21st-century capitalism. He now appears to be moving beyond just critique to call for a 21st-century socialism.…

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June 6, 2022 at 5:10 AM

Black Capitalism in One City

Black Capitalism in One City     Adolph Reed Jr. May 27, 2022Dissent Soul City was a boondoggle—not a story of lost or forgotten roads tragically not taken. A promotional pamphlet for Soul City, 1969, Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images   Soul …

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June 6, 2022 at 4:25 AM

The Expansion of Democracy Is What Republican Elites Fear Most

The Expansion of Democracy Is What Republican Elites Fear Most     Jamelle Bouie June 3, 2022New York Times Conventional wisdom says that the rule of the majority is in unavoidable tension with the rights of the minority. , Bettman   Conventional wisdom …

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June 6, 2022 at 12:00 AM

The Circus Was Televised

Portside Culture The Circus Was Televised     Jen Chaney June 3, 2022Vulture Johnny Depp’s legal team bet that a combination of subliminal shots of nostalgia, meme- and sound bite-friendly details, and Depp being Depp on the witness stand could sway public opin…

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June 5, 2022 at 12:05 AM

A Real Jubilee: A Mass Write-Off of Debts

A Real Jubilee: A Mass Write-Off of Debts     Caroline Molloy June 2, 2022Open Democracy Queen Elizabeth is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee of 70 years on the throne. Even before cost of living crisis, the poor owed the government – or, the Crown – £16bn. Why not ju…

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June 5, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Why Labor Won in Australia

Why Labor Won in Australia     Thomas Klikauer June 3, 2022CounterPunch Despite years of media support by Murdoch for the unloved and self-appointed bulldozer Scomo and Murdoch’s daily attacks on Labor, Labor still won. Worse, Australia is a country that is known not…

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June 5, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Let Them Eat (Jubilee) Cake

Let Them Eat (Jubilee) Cake     Laura Clancy June 2, 2022Red Pepper It is not just that inequalities are being sharpened alongside the existence of monarchy, but rather that the inequality inherent to systems of monarchy provide the conditions for inequality within w…

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June 5, 2022 at 12:00 AM

DSA Co-Founders: Organizers Need Better Political Education

DSA Co-Founders: Organizers Need Better Political Education     Chris Riddiough May 29, 2022Democratic Left Blog The task of political education is to provide a grounding and the dynamics and strategy of building a larger front. , Photo: Tara Winstead via pexe…

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June 5, 2022 at 12:00 AM

The Struggle for What’s Essential

The Struggle for What’s Essential     Jen Moore June 24, 2022Foreign Policy in Focus Global mining companies have used the pandemic to push unwanted projects on vulnerable communities, who are fighting back — and sometimes winning. President of the Pueblo Shua…

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June 4, 2022 at 12:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | June 3, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | June 3, 2022     June 3, 2022xxxxxx Jordan Klepper Debunks the 'Good Guy With a Gun' Argument. Rocks: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver. Theaters of War (2022): Movie. We Gave a Speech to Wayne LaPierre at the NRA Convention. The AI That Create…

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June 4, 2022 at 12:15 AM

COVID Future: How Many Boosters Will We Need?

COVID Future: How Many Boosters Will We Need?     David R. Martinez June 2, 2022The Conversation Future COVID-19 booster shots will likely need fresh formulations as new coronavirus variants of concern continue to emerge. Viral surveillance and prediction may …

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June 4, 2022 at 12:15 AM

Elon Musk and Smell of BS

Elon Musk and Smell of BS     Edward Niedermeyer May 27, 2022Slate The Tesla CEO’s mythmaking often obscures an uglier truth. The public is finally reckoning with it. ,   On a beautiful day in May 2015, I drove the 13 hours from my home in Portland, Oreg…

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June 4, 2022 at 12:10 AM

Diary of a Targeted Teacher: Resisting the Curriculum of Racist Violence

Diary of a Targeted Teacher: Resisting the Curriculum of Racist Violence     Willie Randall June 2, 2022African American Policy Forum Every mass murderer was a student at some point. Did they ever learn of a vision of an America where genuine racial justice takes hol…

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June 4, 2022 at 12:10 AM

California Reparations Task Force Releases Interim Report Detailing Harms of Slavery and Systemic Discrimination on African Americans

California Reparations Task Force Releases Interim Report Detailing Harms of Slavery and Systemic Discrimination on African Americans     California Reparations Task Force June 1, 2022Office of the California Attorney General The interim report surveys the ongoing an…

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June 4, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Pieces

Portside Culture Pieces     Donna Pucciani A surprise turn at the end of Donna Pucciani’s poem, “Pieces,” will shock the reader to consider how sheer evil has eroded our society. ,   Pieces By Donna Pucciani The jigsaw is missing one piece. It i…

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