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September 9, 2022 at 12:05 AM

What It Will Take To Build a Broad-Based Movement for a Just Transition

What It Will Take To Build a Broad-Based Movement for a Just Transition     David Bacon August 31, 2022Sierra Unity between labor and environmentalists are forged by fighting for local projects, as well as broader initiatives. Many environmental justice groups believ…

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September 9, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Fifty Years On, Matthews and Collett Are Owed an Apology for Their Olympic Expulsion

Fifty Years On, Matthews and Collett Are Owed an Apology for Their Olympic Expulsion     Jules Boykoff September 7, 2022The Guardian The Americans’ actions at the 1972 Games had echoes of Tommie Smith and John Carlos. But today their story has been largely forgotten.…

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September 9, 2022 at 12:05 AM

How Zoomers Organized the First Chipotle Union

How Zoomers Organized the First Chipotle Union     Jonah Furman August 31, 2022Labor Notes Of all the employers that have seen union drives over the past year, Chipotle—with 100,000 employees across 3,000 stores, and long-term plans to double its footprint in North A…

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September 9, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Sept. 08, 2022 – Reader Comments: Capitol Coup Insurrectionist Removed From Office; What Mar-a-Lago Documents Show; Mikhail Gorbachev; Gdr – Victor Grossman Responds; Rings of Power; Union Approval Highest Since 1965; Cartoons; More...

Tidbits – Sept. 08, 2022 – Reader Comments: Capitol Coup Insurrectionist Removed From Office; What Mar-a-Lago Documents Show; Mikhail Gorbachev; Gdr – Victor Grossman Responds; Rings of Power; Union Approval Highest Since 1965; Cartoons; More…     September 8, 2022xxxxxx…

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September 9, 2022 at 12:00 AM

‘Confederates Were Traitors’: Ty Seidule on West Point, Race and American History

Portside Culture ‘Confederates Were Traitors’: Ty Seidule on West Point, Race and American History     Martin Pengelly September 5, 2022The Guardian The discovery of a plaque showing a member of the Ku Klux Klan at the US military academy made headlines. One me…

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September 8, 2022 at 3:10 AM

Peace Talks Essential As War Rages On in Ukraine

Peace Talks Essential As War Rages On in Ukraine     Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies September 5, 2022CODEPINK For those who say negotiations are impossible, we have only to look at the talks that took place during the first month after the Russian invasion, w…

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September 8, 2022 at 3:05 AM

The Alternative to Cash Bail Is a Simple Reminder

The Alternative to Cash Bail Is a Simple Reminder     Ramenda Cyrus September 6, 2022The American Prospect A community organization created a web tool that simply reminds people of their court dates. The impact is profound. Los Angeles County Men's Central Jai…

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September 8, 2022 at 2:50 AM

17 Million Women Have Lost Abortion Access Since the Supreme Court Overturned Roe

17 Million Women Have Lost Abortion Access Since the Supreme Court Overturned Roe     Alanna Vagianos September 1, 2022HuffPost And that number is about to be even higher as states rush to pass new bans and move restrictions out of legal limbo. , ILLUSTRATION:…

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September 8, 2022 at 2:35 AM

‘Hell, Yes, We Are Subversive’

‘Hell, Yes, We Are Subversive’     Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor September 7, 2022The New York Review For all her influence as an activist, intellectual, and writer, Angela Davis has not always been taken as seriously as her peers. Why not? Angela Davis, Illustratio…

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September 8, 2022 at 12:00 AM

The Democracy Walt Whitman Wanted

Portside Culture The Democracy Walt Whitman Wanted     Ian Beacock October 26, 2021The New Republic A new book argues that Whitman’s celebration of fellow feeling could unite America today. ,   Song of Ourselves: Walt Whitman and the Fight for Demo…

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September 8, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – September 7, 2022

Global Left Midweek – September 7, 2022     September 7, 2022xxxxxx News and analyses from and about social movements, political parties and unifying activists Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022). Credit, Sergei Guneyev/Getty Images   Controlling Inflation at …

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September 7, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Judge Removes New Mexico Official From Office

Judge Removes New Mexico Official From Office     Julia Conley September 6, 2022Common Dreams He took part in the Jan. 6 Insurrection Otero County Commission Chairman and Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin rides his horse on 5th Aavenue on May 1, 2020 i…

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September 7, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Minor League Baseball Players Have Joined a Union

Minor League Baseball Players Have Joined a Union     Evan Drellich September 6, 2022The Athletic The MLBPA distributed the authorization cards in large part to demonstrate minor leaguers could clear that bar, and they are said to have done so easily. Bruce Me…

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September 7, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Gorbachev Couldn’t Reform the Soviet System

Gorbachev Couldn’t Reform the Soviet System     Ben Burgis September 5, 2022Jacobin Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev, who died last week, was a tragic figure. He tried to build a humane socialism on the rotten foundations of authoritarianism. Today, without the albat…

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September 7, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – September 6, 2022

Media Bits and Bytes – September 6, 2022     September 6, 2022xxxxxx Tolkien fans see red over casting choices, and more hot flashes from babble-on media Credit, YouTube   CNN Moves Fox-ward The Incredible Shrinking Cinema The Future of the Internet A US…

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September 6, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Kaiser Mental Health Strike Enters Day 3 With Picket Line Moving to Maui

Kaiser Mental Health Strike Enters Day 3 With Picket Line Moving to Maui     Wendy Osher August 31, 2022Maui News Psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and chemical dependency counselors, who provide care at seven clinics and a call center on Oʻahu, Maui …

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September 6, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Google’s Project Nimbus Is the Future of Evil

Google’s Project Nimbus Is the Future of Evil     Jerry Hildenbrand September 3, 2022Android Central AI can be terrifying when used in horrible ways. Android Wallpaper - I'm the Future , image: Saad Irfan (CC BY-NC-SA-2.0)   Google does a lot of stupid t…

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September 6, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Barbara Ehrenreich and the Real Work of Labor Day

Barbara Ehrenreich and the Real Work of Labor Day     Richard Eskow September 5, 2022Common Dreams Every walkout, every outstretched hand, every word written or spoken in defense of workers' rights, is a victory—whether it results in immediate and obvious success or …

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September 6, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Time To Blow Up Electricity Markets

Time To Blow Up Electricity Markets     Yanis Varoufakis August 29, 2022Project Syndicate The European Union’s power sector is an example of what market fundamentalism has done to electricity networks. With the end of cheap natural gas, retail consumers and businesse…

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September 6, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Chile Votes Overwhelmingly To Reject New, Progressive Constitution

Chile Votes Overwhelmingly To Reject New, Progressive Constitution     John Bartlett September 4, 2022The Guardian With 96% of the ballots counted, the rejection camp has 62% and the approve team accept defeat in bid to replace Pinochet-era settlement Campaign…

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September 6, 2022 at 12:00 AM

A Brief History of Ben & Jerry’s Political Ice Cream Flavors

Portside Culture A Brief History of Ben & Jerry’s Political Ice Cream Flavors     Sarah Todd August 26, 2022Quartz via Secret Breakfast Newletter Ben & Jerry's is know for its outspoken advocacy on issues ranging from climate change to economic inequali…

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September 5, 2022 at 6:45 AM

‘Phenomenal’ Ancient DNA Data Set Provides Clues to Origin of Farming and Early Languages

‘Phenomenal’ Ancient DNA Data Set Provides Clues to Origin of Farming and Early Languages     Andrew Curry August 25, 2022Science Trio of studies suggests new homeland for earliest Indo-European speakers and traces movements of ancient Greeks, Imperial Romans …

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September 5, 2022 at 5:55 AM

Jackson Water Crisis: A Legacy of Environmental Racism?

Jackson Water Crisis: A Legacy of Environmental Racism?     Chi Chi Izundu, Mohamed Madi & Chelsea Bailey September 3, 2022BBC Experts and advocates say what is happening in Jackson - and in towns like Flint in Michigan, where the water supply was contaminated wi…

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September 5, 2022 at 5:10 AM

Black Socialist and Trade Unionist Frank Crosswaith Should Be a Household Name

Black Socialist and Trade Unionist Frank Crosswaith Should Be a Household Name     Paul Prescod September 1, 2022Jacobin Dubbed “the Negro Eugene Debs,” Frank Crosswaith was one of the great socialists of the early to mid-20th century. And his message was unwavering:…

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September 5, 2022 at 4:30 AM

Results and Analysis From Alaska’s First RCV Election

Results and Analysis From Alaska’s First RCV Election     Deb Otis August 31, 2022FairVote According to a new poll from Patinkin Research Strategies, 85% of Alaskans said ranking is simple and 95% said they received instructions on how to complete their ranked choice…

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September 5, 2022 at 3:55 AM

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Deal With the Devil

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Deal With the Devil     Sarah Posner September 3, 2022The Nation The roots of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe go back 50 years, when zealots preaching a gospel of misogyny and homophobia—led by an accused sexual predator—took ove…

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September 5, 2022 at 12:00 AM

In the Rings of Power, It’s Not Horrifying To Be a Woman

Portside Culture In the Rings of Power, It’s Not Horrifying To Be a Woman     Rebecca Jennings September 2, 2022Vox Women have always been crucial in The Lord of the Rings. Now they’re the main characters. Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) takes center stage in …

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September 4, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Mississippi Used Welfare Money To Pay Brett Favre

Mississippi Used Welfare Money To Pay Brett Favre     Ken Dilanian and Laura Strickler September 1, 2022NBC News The state auditor says $70 million in federal welfare funds went to Favre, a volleyball complex and a former pro wrestler in a scandal that has rocked Mis…

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September 4, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Peace Literacy: Education for Life

Peace Literacy: Education for Life     H Patricia Hynes September 1, 2022xxxxxx What if all our schools required training in skilled, non-violent conflict resolution as a form of peace literacy and moral awareness for their students. Would that not be one of the most…

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September 4, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Pakistanis Outraged by Inept Government Response to Monsoon Floods

Pakistanis Outraged by Inept Government Response to Monsoon Floods     S Khan (Islamabad) August 30, 2022News Click Widespread flooding driven by devastating monsoons has affected 33 million people in Pakistan — some 15% of the population. Anger is growing at the gov…

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September 4, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Chile on a Knife Edge

Chile on a Knife Edge     Hugo Guzman August 29, 2022Morning Star The issue is whether Chileans will live in a repressive political structure and exploitative economic model installed by a dictatorship decades ago, or whether they will choose to start a new and egali…

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September 3, 2022 at 1:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 2, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | September 2, 2022     September 2, 2022xxxxxx ​I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. Medicine’s Fixation on the Sex Binary. Here’s How Animals Experience the World. This Supreme Court Case Could Determine Who Wins Future Elections. How US C…

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September 3, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Mississippi’s Dry Run for Eco-Apartheid

Mississippi’s Dry Run for Eco-Apartheid     Kate Aronoff September 2, 2022The New Republic The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, was thoroughly preventable. And it’s a vision of a disastrous future. ,   Following torrential downpours last week, Jacks…

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September 3, 2022 at 12:05 AM

A Justice Department Show of Force in the Mar-a-Lago Case

A Justice Department Show of Force in the Mar-a-Lago Case     Scott R. Anderson, Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes September 28, 2022Lawfareblog The DOJ's blistering response to Trump's request for a Special Master shows a high level of confidence about the law bein…

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September 3, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Male Politicians Are Ignoring Angry Women Voters

Male Politicians Are Ignoring Angry Women Voters     Dahlia Lithwick August 28, 2022Slate There is something happening with angry women voting on abortion. Male politicians don’t seem to have noticed. Matt Gaetz, Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)   Long after…

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September 3, 2022 at 12:00 AM

How Will the War End?

How Will the War End?     Boris Kagarlitsky August 30, 2022Russian Dissent A precise answer requires precise questions ,   The war between Russia and Ukraine has not only destroyed the lives of many thousands in both states, but also dealt a heavy blow t…

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September 3, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Poem for the Immigrants on the Corner of Cesar Chavez in San Francisco

Portside Culture Poem for the Immigrants on the Corner of Cesar Chavez in San Francisco     A.D. Winans August 1, 2022Paterson Literary Review This Labor Day, the poet A.D. Winans pays tribute to the workers of the world. ,   Poem for the Immigran…

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September 2, 2022 at 12:10 AM

It Matters That Joe Biden Used the F-Word

It Matters That Joe Biden Used the F-Word     Matt Ford August 29, 2022The New Republic The president made waves when he referred to the Trump-drunk GOP as “semi-fascist.” Republicans have earned it—and more. American fascism: Reading the signs of the times, A…

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September 2, 2022 at 12:05 AM

As the World Floods and Burns, It’s Time To Hold Wall Street To Account

As the World Floods and Burns, It’s Time To Hold Wall Street To Account     Alec Connon and Arielle Swernoff September 1, 2022Common Dreams Flooding in Pakistan is the latest in a long line of climate disasters. Now the 150,000 residents of Jackson, Mississippi were …

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September 2, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Green Tide Rising in Latin America

Green Tide Rising in Latin America     Laura Carlsen September 19, 2022The Indypendent U.S. has much to learn from new feminist movements that spurred Argentina, Colombia and Mexico to dump traditional abortion laws. Now powerful women’s movements in Mexico, Argentin…

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September 2, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Los Angeles Is Creating a Model for Fighting Mass Incarceration

Los Angeles Is Creating a Model for Fighting Mass Incarceration     Mark Engler and Paul Engler August 22, 2022Dissent Abolitionists and advocates of criminal justice reform in Los Angeles County have amassed some impressive victories, laying out a vision for reducin…

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September 2, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Sept. 01, 2022 – Reader Comments: Student Debt Forgiveness; Jan. 06, Racism and Fascism; New York Primary; Union Wave Hits Chipotle; on the Departed Gdr; Chile Votes on Sunday; Cartoons; More...

Tidbits – Sept. 01, 2022 – Reader Comments: Student Debt Forgiveness; Jan. 06, Racism and Fascism; New York Primary; Union Wave Hits Chipotle; on the Departed Gdr; Chile Votes on Sunday; Cartoons; More…     September 1, 2022xxxxxx Reader Comments: Student Debt Forgiv…

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September 2, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Comic Books as Propaganda

Portside Culture Comic Books as Propaganda     Hank Kennedy September 26, 2022New Politics The author is strongest when he deals with the government’s direct attempts to influence public opinion through comics either through the Writers’ War Board (WWB) of Worl…

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September 1, 2022 at 2:40 AM

Israeli Raid on Seven Human Rights Groups Is Attack on Palestinian Civil Society

Israeli Raid on Seven Human Rights Groups Is Attack on Palestinian Civil Society     Marjorie Cohn August 22, 2022Truthout Most of the Palestinian human rights groups that were ransacked on August 18 have been in Israel’s crosshairs since last October, when Israeli D…

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September 1, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Colombia’s Leftwing Government Unveils Tax-the-Rich Plan To Tackle Poverty

Colombia’s Leftwing Government Unveils Tax-the-Rich Plan To Tackle Poverty     Megan Janetsky August 26, 2022The Guardian If implemented, the Piketty-esque legislation proposed by President Gustavo Petro could raise more than $11.5bn annually to fund anti-poverty eff…

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September 1, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Karl Kautsky on Democracy and Republicanism

Portside Culture Karl Kautsky on Democracy and Republicanism     Rida Vaquas July 25, 2020Prometheus Karl Kautsky was once the world's leading Marxist theoretician, but his reputation dimmed after World War I. On the occasion of the publication of a newly trans…

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September 1, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Esther Jackson, 105: Life Reflected the 20th Century Struggle for Equality

Esther Jackson, 105: Life Reflected the 20th Century Struggle for Equality     Timothy V. Johnson August 30, 2022People's World Her central roles in the Southern Negro Youth Congress, the Civil Rights Congress, the Committee to Defend Negro Leadership and Freedomways…

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September 1, 2022 at 12:00 AM

How Oakland Tenants Forced Their Landlord To Turn Over the Keys

How Oakland Tenants Forced Their Landlord To Turn Over the Keys     Mathilde Lind Gustavussen August 30, 2022Jacobin The city of Oakland’s longest rent strike has ended in victory for tenants. They didn’t just win necessary repairs or rent control; they decommodified…

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September 1, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – August 31, 2022

Global Left Midweek – August 31, 2022     August 31, 2022xxxxxx What happened to Angola, and other reports from a burning world Supporters of Angola's President and leader of the ruling MPLA Joao Lourenco attend their party's final rally in Camama, on the outs…

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August 31, 2022 at 12:20 AM

Climate Scientists Urge More Civil Disobedience To Signal ’How Deep in the Sh*t We Are

Climate Scientists Urge More Civil Disobedience To Signal ’How Deep in the Sh*t We Are     Jessica Corbett August 30, 2022Common Dreams New paper argues direct action "by scientists has the potential to cut through the myriad complexities... surrounding the climate c…

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