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September 18, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Sweden: Right-Wing Coalition Wins Election by the Narrowest of Margins

Sweden: Right-Wing Coalition Wins Election by the Narrowest of Margins     Petter Nilsson and Rikard Warlenius September 12, 2022Rosa Luxemburg Foundation: Brussels Office Sweden’s right-wing parties are set to take power with a razor-thin majority, ending eight year…

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September 18, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Stop Calling Charles the “Climate King”

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September 18, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Incarceration on TV Is Nothing Like the Prison Where I Live

Incarceration on TV Is Nothing Like the Prison Where I Live     Christopher Blackwell September 9, 2022The Progressive As sensational shows like ‘60 Days In‘ return this fall, so does one of television’s favorite tropes: the scary, evil-doing prisoner. howcasing the…

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September 17, 2022 at 3:00 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 16, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | September 16, 2022     September 16, 2022xxxxxx Jan. 6 Committee Previews Oath Keeper Evidence. Ron DeSantis' Migrant Stunt | Trevor Noah. How Waves Could Power a Clean Energy Future. Breaking the Vote Series Trailer. How Ancient Art Captured Au…

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September 17, 2022 at 1:15 AM

Black Historians Critique ‘Objective History’

Black Historians Critique ‘Objective History’     Keisha N. Blain September 9, 2022The New Republic Recent critiques of “presentism” fail to see that we can’t divorce the past from the present—and that supposedly objective scholarship has long promoted racist narrati…

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September 17, 2022 at 1:00 AM

Aliens, SETI, and the Legacy of Frank Drake: 1930–2022

Aliens, SETI, and the Legacy of Frank Drake: 1930–2022     Ethan Siegel September 5, 2022Big Think Remembering Frank Drake, who transformed the search for alien life and extraterrestrial intelligence into a full-fledged scientific endeavor. Frank Drake, rperri…

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September 17, 2022 at 12:45 AM

The Coup in Chile: What Did Nixon Know and When Did He Know It?

The Coup in Chile: What Did Nixon Know and When Did He Know It?     National Security Archive September 12, 2022National Security Archive Forty nine years after Pinochet’s putsch, Presidential and CIA documents remain secret. The National Security Archive calls for f…

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September 17, 2022 at 12:25 AM

Lawmakers Call for Federal Probe of DeSantis Over ‘Cruel’ Migrant Stunt

Lawmakers Call for Federal Probe of DeSantis Over ‘Cruel’ Migrant Stunt     Jessica Corbett September 16, 2022Common Dreams Massachusetts lawmakers are urging the Treasury Department to investigate Florida governor DeSantis for "effectively using Covid-19 relief to s…

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September 17, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Interrupting the Flights of Angels

Portside Culture Interrupting the Flights of Angels     Beau Beausoleil As the San Francisco poet Beau Beausoleil explains, “The tidal wave of commercialized mourning for the Queen prompted this poem to write itself.” ,   Interrupting The Flights O…

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September 16, 2022 at 12:30 AM

Railroad Companies Almost Inflicted an Economic Disaster on the U.S.

Railroad Companies Almost Inflicted an Economic Disaster on the U.S.     Terri Gerstein and Jenny Hunter September 15, 2022Slate All because they chose profits over humane working policies. What this fight is really about: the persistent difficulty some large corpora…

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September 16, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Why Resolving Democrats’ Internal War on Climate Policy Will Be Hard

Why Resolving Democrats’ Internal War on Climate Policy Will Be Hard     Kate Aronoff September 15, 2022The New Republic Details on the permitting reform demanded by Senator Manchin remain scant. Many fear it could prove a giveaway to fossil fuel companies. The major…

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September 16, 2022 at 12:05 AM

The Surveillance State Can’t Solve White Supremacy

The Surveillance State Can’t Solve White Supremacy     Azadeh Shahshahani, Fatema Ahmad September 6, 2022The Progressive Magazine After the January 6 attack, federal surveillance programs expanded to counter white supremacist violence have made Black and brown commun…

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September 16, 2022 at 12:05 AM

The Fed Should Pause Interest Rate Rises as US Inflation Slows

The Fed Should Pause Interest Rate Rises as US Inflation Slows     Joseph Stiglitz and Dean Baker September 12, 2022The Guardian It would be irresponsible to create much higher unemployment – and the US economy could be pushed into recession. There is a strong argume…

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September 16, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Sept. 15, 2022 – Reader Comments: Women’s Vote Key in November Elections; Aretha Franklin; Angela Davis; Clean Environment; Chile, Ukraine War; Legacy of Violence: History of British Empire; Barbara Dane Book Launch; Cartoons; More...

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September 16, 2022 at 12:00 AM

To Win the Midterms and Beyond

Portside Culture To Win the Midterms and Beyond     Martin J. Bennett September 8, 2022Democratic Left If you want a timely and persuasive antidote to the conventional narrative predicting the inevitable loss of Democratic congressional majorities in November, …

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September 15, 2022 at 2:53 AM

Jean-Luc Godard Was Cinema’s North Star

Jean-Luc Godard Was Cinema’s North Star     Richard Brody September 13, 2022The New Yorker The French director did more than transform the aesthetic and the practice of filmmaking—he turned the cinema into the central art form of his time. , Photograph by Rich…

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September 15, 2022 at 2:30 AM

California Accuses Amazon of Stifling Competition in New Major Lawsuit

California Accuses Amazon of Stifling Competition in New Major Lawsuit     Associated Press September 14, 2022The Guardian The case mirrors a District of Columbia complaint alleging the company pushes sellers to maintain higher prices on other sites California…

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September 15, 2022 at 2:20 AM

Jean-Luc Godard Was Cinema’s North Star

Portside Culture Jean-Luc Godard Was Cinema’s North Star     Richard Brody September 13, 2022The New Yorker The French director did more than transform the aesthetic and the practice of filmmaking—he turned the cinema into the central art form of his time. …

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September 15, 2022 at 2:10 AM

Look Out: How the GOP’s Newest Anti-Voting Scam Works

Look Out: How the GOP’s Newest Anti-Voting Scam Works     Thom Hartmann September 14, 2022The Hartmann Report Purging Democratic voters from the rolls has now gone nationwide, at least in states where voting is controlled by Republicans , Image by Vkastro from…

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September 15, 2022 at 1:55 AM

How an Attendance Policy Has Led the U.S. to the Brink of a Nationwide Rail Strike

How an Attendance Policy Has Led the U.S. to the Brink of a Nationwide Rail Strike     Andrea Hsu September 14, 2022NPR The engineers and conductors who drive the nation's freight trains have had it. They're tired of unpredictable, inflexible work schedules. They're …

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September 15, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Trump’s Last Lackey

Portside Culture Trump’s Last Lackey     Lloyd Green September 13, 2022The Guardian This tell-all tale gives essential background to understanding one of the most notorious figures in modern U.S. politics. ,   Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fa…

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September 15, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – September 14, 2022

Global Left Midweek – September 14, 2022     September 14, 2022xxxxxx Cost-of-living protests sweep the planet! Workers shout slogans during a rally against fuel price hikes outside the parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Credit, AP Photo…

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September 14, 2022 at 12:15 AM

White House Preps for Rail Strike As Congressional Democrats Urge Patience

White House Preps for Rail Strike As Congressional Democrats Urge Patience     Tanya Snyder, Alex Daugherty and Ben White September 13, 2022Politico Supply chain disruptions, from crops to water to energy, could be devastating if freight rail unions strike as soon as…

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September 14, 2022 at 12:10 AM

What—if Anything—Will US Military Learn From Putin’s Disastrous Ukraine Invasion?

What—if Anything—Will US Military Learn From Putin’s Disastrous Ukraine Invasion?     Andrew Bacevich September 13, 2022Tom Dispatch We need an entirely different approach to national security. Ukrainian servicemen take part in the joint Rapid Trident military…

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September 14, 2022 at 12:10 AM

Chile’s Constitutional Makeover, Take 2

Chile’s Constitutional Makeover, Take 2     John Dinges September 12, 2022The Nation The Boric government can recover from the lopsided rejection of Chile’s new Constitution by harnessing the energy behind the country’s reform movement. A Santiago protester ho…

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September 14, 2022 at 12:10 AM

Health Movement in South Korea Fights for Universal Access to Medicines

Health Movement in South Korea Fights for Universal Access to Medicines     Jyotsna Singh, Ana Vračar September 10, 2022People's Dispatch Civil society in South Korea renewed its commitment to ensure universal access to medicines and public pharmaceutical production…

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September 14, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Society Is a Mess in Emily the Criminal, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Not Okay

Portside Culture Society Is a Mess in Emily the Criminal, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Not Okay     Alissa Wilkinson August 12, 2022Vox Three new movies recall the 1930s gangster movie era, but with a twist. They sketch the outlines of a dysfunctional social and e…

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September 14, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – September 13, 2022

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – September 13, 2022     September 13, 2022xxxxxx “Latinx” may be necessary. But does it fit in the Spanish language? Credit, Mario Garza, CC BY-SA   Barbara Ehrenreich’s Life and Work Our Homegrown Fascists Weaponizing I…

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September 13, 2022 at 12:05 AM

What Is Neurogastronomy?

Portside Culture What Is Neurogastronomy?     Sebastian Dieguez September 1, 2022Alimentarium If there’s one thing neurogastronomy can teach us, it’s that when it comes to food, sometimes it’s better to rack our brains. While everything that glitters is …

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September 13, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Is Kentucky the New Kansas?

Is Kentucky the New Kansas?     Deborah Yetter September 10, 2022Louisville Courier-Journal On Nov. 8, Kentucky will vote on a constitutional amendment which, if approved, would eliminate the right to abortion in Kentucky's Constitution. The proposed amendment was ap…

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September 13, 2022 at 12:00 AM

How This Rural Wisconsin County Put Publicly Funded, Non-Profit, National Health Care on the Ballot

How This Rural Wisconsin County Put Publicly Funded, Non-Profit, National Health Care on the Ballot     Kay Tillow September 5, 2022Common Dreams Is it possible that the people of these rural communities, under the stress of a broken health care system, can spark a m…

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September 13, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Ukraine’s Tale of Two Colonizations

Ukraine’s Tale of Two Colonizations     Slavoj Žižek August 30, 2022Project Syndicate It would be tragic if Ukraine defeated Russian neo-imperialism only to yoke itself to Western neoliberalism. While being a Western economic colony is certainly better than being abs…

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September 13, 2022 at 12:00 AM

A Strong Die Linke Is Possible and Needed!

A Strong Die Linke Is Possible and Needed!     The Working Group on the Future of Die Linke September 7, 2022Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Ten challenges to rebuilding the party as a force for democratic socialism and solidarity Federal Party Congress of Die Linke…

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September 12, 2022 at 6:20 AM

What Makes Your Brain Different From a Neanderthal’s?

What Makes Your Brain Different From a Neanderthal’s?     Carl Zimmer September 8, 2022New York Times Scientists have discovered a mutation that increases the production of brain cells and seems to have set our ancestors apart from other hominins. Paleoanthrop…

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September 12, 2022 at 6:05 AM

No Room for Love in Apartheid Israel

No Room for Love in Apartheid Israel     Izzeddin Araj September 6, 2022Mondoweiss The right to intimacy serves as both a realm of domination as well as a form of resistance under Israeli settler-colonialism. ‘Ambassadors of Freedom – Palestine’ on a bottle us…

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September 12, 2022 at 5:30 AM

The Historic Collapse of Journalism

The Historic Collapse of Journalism     Patrick Lawrence September 6, 2022Consortium News Accuracy no longer matters. Witnessing no longer matters. Conformity matters. ,   I have never gotten over a story The New York Times ran in its Sunday magazine bac…

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September 12, 2022 at 4:30 AM

Energy, Cost of Living and Recession

Energy, Cost of Living and Recession     Michael Roberts September 4, 2022Michael Robert's Blog To avoid the energy catastrophe and reverse the huge loss in living standards already under way, we need to take over the fossil fuel companies and phase out their product…

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September 12, 2022 at 3:25 AM

The Federal Government Is Trying To Stop Railroad Workers From Striking

The Federal Government Is Trying To Stop Railroad Workers From Striking     Joe Burns September 9, 2022Jacobin Railroad workers bargaining for better pay and working conditions are at an impasse with their employers, causing the federal government to intervene to war…

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September 12, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Elijah Wood, ‘Rings of Power’ Cast Push Back on Racist Fans: ‘Fantasy Has Never Been All White’

Portside Culture Elijah Wood, ‘Rings of Power’ Cast Push Back on Racist Fans: ‘Fantasy Has Never Been All White’     Kylie Cheung September 9, 2022Jezebel People are angry about nonwhite elves in Middle Earth, and the actors find themselves having to respond to…

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September 11, 2022 at 4:40 AM

What the Student-Loan Debate Overlooks

What the Student-Loan Debate Overlooks     Ronald Brownstein September 9, 2022The Atlantic President Biden’s loan-forgiveness plan offers younger Americans the same benefits that Boomers have been afforded all along. , Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty  …

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September 11, 2022 at 4:10 AM

The Trump Supreme Court Is Nothing New

The Trump Supreme Court Is Nothing New     Steve Fraser September 6, 2022Tom Dispatch A History of the Tyranny of the Supremes Radcliffe, Dr. Wallace; Holmes, Oliver Wendell; Hughes, Charles Evans Harlan, John Marshall, Associate Justice, U.s. Supreme Court, 1…

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September 11, 2022 at 3:40 AM

The Burglaries Were Never the Story

The Burglaries Were Never the Story     Andrew Elrod July 13, 2022n+1 Punctuated by Watergate, the Nixon Administration has been evacuated of its historical import A window display in a menswear shop in London, during the Nixon dollar crisis.,   Book Rev…

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September 11, 2022 at 12:00 AM

600 SUVs ‘Disarmed’ in One Night

600 SUVs ‘Disarmed’ in One Night     Damien Gayle September 7, 2022The Guardian Tyre Extinguishers say ‘climate disaster’ vehicles targeted in nine countries including the UK, France and Canada . A member of the Tyre Extinguishers in New York deflating a tyre …

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September 10, 2022 at 2:45 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 9, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | September 9, 2022     September 9, 2022xxxxxx How Do We Explain This to Our Allies? | Justice Is Coming for Steve Bannon. Song Across America Blues | Playing for Change. Why Did Music Evolve? - 4 Hypotheses. The State of Tory Britain Under Liz Tr…

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September 10, 2022 at 1:00 AM

Aretha Franklin’s Unsealed FBI File Shows Bureau Tracked Her Civil Rights Activism

Aretha Franklin’s Unsealed FBI File Shows Bureau Tracked Her Civil Rights Activism     Nina Corcoran and Jazz Monroe September 8, 2022Pitchfork A just-unsealed file shows that the FBI extensively tracked Aretha Franklin’s civil rights activism, particularly her frien…

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September 10, 2022 at 12:40 AM

Women Are So Fired Up To Vote, I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It

Women Are So Fired Up To Vote, I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It     Tom Bonier September 3, 2022New York Times Women are registering to vote in numbers I never witnessed before. The gender gap has skyrocketed. Every poll we consume over the closing weeks of this ele…

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September 10, 2022 at 12:25 AM

‘Last King of Jamaica’: The Countries That Could Ditch the Monarchy After Queen’s Death

‘Last King of Jamaica’: The Countries That Could Ditch the Monarchy After Queen’s Death     Ben Hunte September 9, 2022Vice Queen Elizabeth II originally ruled over 32 countries, but her successor King Charles III is the monarch in 15. Could more countries now decide…

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September 10, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Bernie Sanders: The US Has a Ruling Class – And Americans Must Stand Up to It

Bernie Sanders: The US Has a Ruling Class – And Americans Must Stand Up to It     Bernie Sanders September 2, 2022Guardian We now have more income and wealth inequality than at any time in the last hundred years. And It’s not just income and wealth inequality that is…

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September 10, 2022 at 12:00 AM

A Brief History of the War

Portside Culture A Brief History of the War     Kathryn Bratt-Pfotenhauer January 1, 2022Beloit Poetry Journal “Ours in an old war,” says the poet Kathryn Bratt-Pfotenhauer. “It has a beard and calls itself Uncle.” ,   A Brief History of the War K…

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September 9, 2022 at 12:15 AM

Trump Went Judge Shopping and It Paid Off in Mar-a-Lago Case

Trump Went Judge Shopping and It Paid Off in Mar-a-Lago Case     Jose Pagliery September 6, 2022The Daily Beast In her decision Monday, Cannon managed to cite the lone independent “statement” in a recent Supreme Court opinion from Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who wrote t…

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