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February 24, 2023 at 6:05 AM

“We Basically Nuked a Town With Chemicals”: East Palestine Volunteers Risk Mass Toxic Exposure

“We Basically Nuked a Town With Chemicals”: East Palestine Volunteers Risk Mass Toxic Exposure     Bob Hennelly February 16, 2023Work-Bites While the abused residents of East Palestine, Ohio sorted through the contradictory messaging from officials, freight trains wi…

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February 24, 2023 at 5:50 AM

A Norfolk Southern Policy Lets Officials Order Crews To Ignore Safety Alerts

A Norfolk Southern Policy Lets Officials Order Crews To Ignore Safety Alerts     Topher Sanders and Dan Schwartz February 22, 2023ProPublica In October, months before the East Palestine derailment, the company also directed a train to keep moving with an overheated w…

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February 24, 2023 at 5:40 AM

You Can’t Save Democracy in a Jewish State

You Can’t Save Democracy in a Jewish State     Peter Beinart February 19, 2023New York Times Israeli democracy is in danger, demonstrations include very few Palestinians. It’s not a movement for equal rights. It’s a movement to preserve the political system that exis…

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February 24, 2023 at 5:25 AM

The Catastrophe of American Health Care

The Catastrophe of American Health Care     Abby Cartus February 23, 2023Abby Cartus Our current system defines health as the ability to work. Those who can’t are abandoned and exploited. If you’re too sick to work, you will be forced into poverty twice over: First b…

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February 24, 2023 at 4:45 AM

Tidbits – Feb. 23, 2023 – Reader Comments: Derailment = Nationalization; Florida Bans Black History; Earthquake Hits Syria Too; FBI Still Uses Informants; Amazon Labor Union; Charlene Mitchell; Communists in Closets; Building Resilient Organizations

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February 23, 2023 at 6:05 AM

The Reconstruction Era Is Not Taught Well in US Schools — Here’s Why That Matters

The Reconstruction Era Is Not Taught Well in US Schools — Here’s Why That Matters     Catherine Caruso February 1, 2023Teen Vogue A report from the Zinn Education Project released early last year found that, nationwide, the Reconstruction era is seldom taught accurat…

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February 23, 2023 at 5:45 AM

US Supreme Court Lets Arkansas Law Penalising Israel Boycotts Stand

US Supreme Court Lets Arkansas Law Penalising Israel Boycotts Stand     Chris McGreal February 21, 2023The Guardian Anti-boycott law provides model for legislation to protect oil companies, gun makers and contentious industries from protest Supreme court decli…

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February 23, 2023 at 5:25 AM

Who Killed Malcolm X? Family To File $100M Suit v. FBI, CIA, NYPD & Others To Find the Truth

Who Killed Malcolm X? Family To File $100M Suit v. FBI, CIA, NYPD & Others To Find the Truth     Amy Goodman with Juan González February 22, 2023Democracy Now This lawsuit comes more than a year after it was confirmed that federal and local agencies had a role in…

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February 23, 2023 at 4:50 AM

‘Trump’s Asylum Ban Under a Different Name’: Democrats, Immigration Groups Slam Biden Proposal

‘Trump’s Asylum Ban Under a Different Name’: Democrats, Immigration Groups Slam Biden Proposal     Rowaida Abdelaziz February 22, 2023HuffPost “Requiring persecuted people to first seek protection in countries with no functioning asylum systems themselves is a ludicr…

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February 23, 2023 at 3:45 AM

She Was Once the Biggest Star in Jazz. Here’s Why You’ve Never Heard of Her

Portside Culture She Was Once the Biggest Star in Jazz. Here’s Why You’ve Never Heard of Her     Lorissa Rinehart August 1, 2018Narratively Hazel Scott was a piano prodigy who wowed the worlds of music, TV, and film. But when she stood up for her rights, the es…

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February 23, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Focus on Europe

Global Left Midweek – Focus on Europe     February 22, 2023xxxxxx The new head of the Party of the European Left discusses democracy as a strategic goal Teachers in Lisbon. Credit, picture alliance/Adri Salido   General Strike? Turkey: Communists Organiz…

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February 22, 2023 at 1:05 AM

‘Embarrassed’ by ‘Racist’ Israeli Government, Sanders Threatens Bill To Withhold Aid

‘Embarrassed’ by ‘Racist’ Israeli Government, Sanders Threatens Bill To Withhold Aid     Juan Cole February 21, 2023Informed Comment Sanders lashed out at the new, extremist government in Israel, which includes a minister once convicted of incitement to racial viole…

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February 22, 2023 at 1:05 AM

As Turkey Counts Its Dead, a Reckoning Is Still To Come

As Turkey Counts Its Dead, a Reckoning Is Still To Come     Evan Pheiffer February 20, 2023New Lines With a death toll expected to surpass 100,000, how will the nation come to terms with what happened and move forward? Families who lost their relatives seen at…

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February 22, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Hammer & Hope: Toward a Radical New Future

Hammer & Hope: Toward a Radical New Future     Jen Parker and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor February 1, 2023Hammer & Hope A Welcome and an Introduction to a magazine of Black politics and culture. “Meeting the Day,” 2023, Paula Wilson   We live in a ti…

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February 22, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Searching for an Alternative to Neoliberalism and Right-Wing Nationalism

Searching for an Alternative to Neoliberalism and Right-Wing Nationalism     Sean T. Byrnes February 21, 2023Jacobin Review of Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars by Tara Zahra (W. W. Norton & Company, 2023). Workers …

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February 22, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – February 21, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – February 21, 2023     February 21, 2023xxxxxx Fox News stands naked, and more media world shockers , Michael de Adder, Washington Post   Bernie Proposes New Deal for Journalism Open Secret Now on the Record: Fox Lies NYT and the An…

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February 22, 2023 at 1:00 AM

‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Review: Nan Goldin’s Remarkable Life Gets a Towering Film Befitting It

Portside Culture ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Review: Nan Goldin’s Remarkable Life Gets a Towering Film Befitting It     Sophie Monks Kaufman September 3, 2022IndieWire Laura Poitras' "All the beauty and the Bloodshed" is a powerful documentary about Nan …

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February 21, 2023 at 3:35 AM

Qualified Immunity Is Burning a Hole in the Constitution

Qualified Immunity Is Burning a Hole in the Constitution     Joanna Schwartz February 19, 2023Politico Police officers’ go-to defense against civil suits allows them to violate the Constitution with impunity. Demonstrators March Sunday June, 7, 2020 in the Hol…

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February 21, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Three Things the Pandemic Taught Us About Inequality in College — And Why They Matter Today

Three Things the Pandemic Taught Us About Inequality in College — And Why They Matter Today     Elena G. van Stee February 20, 2023The Conversation Students are members of families and communities, and they enter the classroom with different resources and responsibil…

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February 21, 2023 at 1:05 AM

USC Grad Workers Win Their Union, Join Uaw

USC Grad Workers Win Their Union, Join Uaw     Graduate Student Workers at USC Win Union February 17, 2023United Automobile Workers By a 93% margin, graduate workers at the University of Southern California have voted 1,599 to 122 in favor of joining the Graduate Stu…

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February 21, 2023 at 1:00 AM

What Is a ‘Dark Grocery Store’ and How Does It Work?

Portside Culture What Is a ‘Dark Grocery Store’ and How Does It Work?     Chase Shustack January 25, 2023The Daily Meal Dark grocery stores exist solely for delivery purposes. There are no customers to shop the aisles, and there are no checkout lines; it is les…

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February 21, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Hans Modrow, 1928–2023: Son of the German Democratic Republic

Hans Modrow, 1928–2023: Son of the German Democratic Republic     Keith Barlow February 17, 2023Morning Star The man who oversaw the peaceful yet tragic end to state socialism in the east, then stayed to fight for the working class in the newly unified Germany, passe…

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February 21, 2023 at 1:00 AM

How To Turn America Into Communist Russia: The Board Game

How To Turn America Into Communist Russia: The Board Game     Frank Jacobs February 17, 2023Big Think In 1934, American Communists translated a Stalinist book about revolution into a children’s game. Curiously, it didn't catch on. , Tobias Higbie / Flickr, CC …

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February 20, 2023 at 6:00 AM

FDA To Require Diversity Plan for Clinical Trials

FDA To Require Diversity Plan for Clinical Trials     Max Kozlov February 16, 2023Nature US regulatory agency makes ‘big change’ to increase the number of participants from under-represented groups in drug testing. The US Food and Drug Administration regulates…

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February 20, 2023 at 5:25 AM

Who’s Afraid of Black History?

Who’s Afraid of Black History?     Henry Louis Gates Jr. February 17, 2023New York Times As the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. so aptly put it, “No society can fully repress an ugly past when the ravages persist into the present.” , Photo illustration by Bill…

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February 20, 2023 at 5:00 AM

The Book That Exposed Anti-Black Racism in the Classroom

The Book That Exposed Anti-Black Racism in the Classroom     Ibram X. Kendi February 14, 2023The Atlantic As African American studies faces resistance, a conversation about the continued relevance of Carter G. Woodson’s 1933 book, The Mis-education of the Negro …

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February 20, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Five Principles for Making State and Local Reparations Plans Reparative

Five Principles for Making State and Local Reparations Plans Reparative     Kyle K. Moore February 15, 2023Economic Policy Institute Despite the raised awareness around the issue of reparations, the political will to enact a federal plan is currently lacking. …

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February 20, 2023 at 1:00 AM

How To Get Un-Fired

How To Get Un-Fired     Jenny Brown February 16, 2023Labor Notes If properly enforced, just cause protections would give all workers more security to stand up to dangerous working conditions, sexual harassment, bullying, speed-up, and wage theft. The Memphis 7…

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February 20, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World Review – Chuck D Is a Brilliant History Teacher

Portside Culture Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World Review – Chuck D Is a Brilliant History Teacher     Jack Seale January 21, 2023The Guardian Some of the greatest pop music ever made gets the respectful, rigorous sociological treatment it deserves…

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February 19, 2023 at 1:05 AM

How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline

How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline     Seymour Hersh February 15, 2023Democracy Now Hersh joins us for an in-depth interview to discuss his report and says the U.S. decision to bomb the pipelines was meant to lock allies into support for Ukraine at a time …

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February 19, 2023 at 1:05 AM

The Endgame of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Endgame of the Cuban Missile Crisis     William Burr & Leopoldo Nuti February 16, 2023National Security Archive Most of the documents in this posting are never-before-published records discovered at the U.S. National Archives among the State Department’s cent…

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February 19, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Senate GOP Offers D.C. ‘Adult Supervision,’ Pushes To Overturn Criminal Code Bill

Senate GOP Offers D.C. ‘Adult Supervision,’ Pushes To Overturn Criminal Code Bill     Martin Austermuhle February 16, 2023DCist Congressional interference in local affairs is not about an earnest desire to improve public safety or democracy in D.C. It’s political the…

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February 19, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Is the Life of a Poor Person Worth Less Than a Rich Human?

Is the Life of a Poor Person Worth Less Than a Rich Human?     Hannah Story Brown and Emma Marsano February 16, 2023Common Dreams Why on earth are people's lives being valued differently depending on the country they live in? A fire burns at a fossil fuel extr…

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February 19, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Eddie Conway (1946–2023)

Eddie Conway (1946–2023)     TRNN February 14, 2023The Real News Network Even in the darkest of times, in the most hopeless of places, Eddie’s commitment to organizing for liberation was unwavering. And, despite the unimaginable toll that 44 years of incarceration ha…

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February 18, 2023 at 2:55 AM

Friday Nite Videos | February 17, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | February 17, 2023     February 17, 2023xxxxxx Jordan Klepper Hits Nikki Haley's Rally. I Shall Be Released. How These Buildings Made Turkey-Syria’s Earthquake So Deadly. Revealed: the Hacking and Disinformation Team Meddling in Elections. Inside…

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February 18, 2023 at 1:20 AM

Trump Claims ‘Total Exoneration’ As Georgia Grand Jury Hints at Future Prosecutions

Trump Claims ‘Total Exoneration’ As Georgia Grand Jury Hints at Future Prosecutions     Liz Dye February 16, 2023Above the Law The excerpt released hints at “recommendations on indictments and relevant statutes.” In fact, the jurors offer an explicit endorsement of a…

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February 18, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Roberto Clemente Book Removed From Florida Public Schools

Roberto Clemente Book Removed From Florida Public Schools     Nicole Acevedo February 10, 2023NBC News “His story is his story. He went through racism. It’s something that can’t be changed,” Clemente's son, Roberto Clemente Jr., told NBC News. Roberto Clemente…

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February 18, 2023 at 1:00 AM

A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled

A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled     Kevin Roose February 16, 2023New York Times A very strange conversation with the chatbot built into Microsoft’s search engine led to it declaring its love for me. ,   Last week, after testi…

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February 18, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Rail Worker Alliance Urges Labor To Back Railroad Nationalization

Rail Worker Alliance Urges Labor To Back Railroad Nationalization     Jake Johnson February 17, 2023Common Dreams "The railroads, their CEOs, and the hedge fund robber barons will not listen, but railroad workers have the solution to managing and operating critical r…

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February 18, 2023 at 1:00 AM

I’m No Martian

Portside Culture I’m No Martian     William J Harris January 1, 1974HEY FELLA WOULD YOU MIND HOLDING THIS PIANO A MOMENT The Brooklyn poet William J. Harris has something to say about guilt by association as so many of your own best friends have been accused. …

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February 17, 2023 at 1:10 AM

‘American Democratic Socialism’ Has a Proud, Diverse, and Inspiring History

Portside Culture ‘American Democratic Socialism’ Has a Proud, Diverse, and Inspiring History     Matt McManus February 14, 2023Current Affairs Gary Dorrien’s sweeping history of American democratic socialism weaves personal, intellectual, and spiritual narrativ…

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February 17, 2023 at 1:05 AM

How Not To Get Hoodwinked About Social Security Going “Bankrupt”

How Not To Get Hoodwinked About Social Security Going “Bankrupt”     Josh Marshall February 13, 2023Talking Points Memo All the talk of Social Security “going bankrupt” or becoming “insolvent” is just plain wrong. This is just scare talk designed to convince people t…

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February 17, 2023 at 1:05 AM

We Can’t Let Antisemitism Be Weaponized To Criminalize Solidarity With Palestine

We Can’t Let Antisemitism Be Weaponized To Criminalize Solidarity With Palestine     Taylor Fox , Rachel Krumholz , Sarah Frieman February 13, 2023Truthout A recent Department of Education decision marks a victory for Palestine solidarity organizing, but the fight is…

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February 17, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Forensic Study Finds Chilean Poet Pablo Neruda Was Poisoned

Forensic Study Finds Chilean Poet Pablo Neruda Was Poisoned     Sam Jones and John Bartlett February 14, 2023The Guardian The toxin clostridium botulinum was in his body when he died in 1973, days after Chile’s military coup. Nobel prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Ne…

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February 17, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Memphis Police Killed Tyre Nichols. It’s Trauma That’s Familiar to Tacoma, Too

Memphis Police Killed Tyre Nichols. It’s Trauma That’s Familiar to Tacoma, Too     Michael K. Honey February 10, 2023The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington) In Memphis, the existence of racial terror and trauma goes back as far as history can remember. Back to stolen l…

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February 17, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Feb. 16, 2023 – Reader Comments: States Can Tax the Rich; Black Studies Vital, Necessary; History Seeing ‘Socialism’ Under Every Bed; Ukraine War; Ohio Train Derailment; Holly Near Tribute; Paul Robeson 125th Birthday Celebration; More...

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February 16, 2023 at 6:00 AM

The Turkey/Syria Earthquake Was a Natural Disaster – Murderous Corruption Caused So Many Deaths

The Turkey/Syria Earthquake Was a Natural Disaster – Murderous Corruption Caused So Many Deaths     Constanze Letsch February 15, 2023The Guardian Corner-cutting contractors sold buildings as safe that then collapsed. But just as culpable are officials who offered pe…

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February 16, 2023 at 5:50 AM

State Legislators Can Finally Make Billionaires Pay What They Owe

State Legislators Can Finally Make Billionaires Pay What They Owe     Jessie Ulibarri and Kristen Crowell February 14, 2023Common Dreams No longer should a handful of billionaires be able to rig the rules to redirect resources from our communities to their country cl…

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February 16, 2023 at 5:30 AM

Bernie Sanders’s New Campaign: Taking On Big Pharma and Starbucks

Bernie Sanders’s New Campaign: Taking On Big Pharma and Starbucks     John Cassidy February 14, 2023The New Yorker As the new chair of a powerful Senate committee, the reënergized progressive leader is once again targeting the corporate plutocracy. Bernie Sand…

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February 16, 2023 at 5:10 AM

Paying Homage to Russian War Resisters

Paying Homage to Russian War Resisters     Lawence S. Wittner February 13, 2023LA Progressive Given the Russian government’s brutal repression of dissent, the level of Russian resistance to the Putin regime’s war on Ukraine is quite remarkable. , Wikimedia Com…

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