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February 16, 2023 at 2:15 AM

Putinism’s Defeated Opposition

Portside Culture Putinism’s Defeated Opposition     Aleksandra Simonova October 1, 2022Dissent In a new collection, Ilya Budraitskis provides a trenchant analysis of the ideological underpinnings of Putin’s Russia and the domestic political groups that have opp…

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February 16, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – February 15, 2023

Global Left Midweek – February 15, 2023     February 15, 2023xxxxxx The global left discusses theory and strategy Nearly a million protesters filled Paris streets. Credit, Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Image   The Left and the Crisis of Hegemony Intel…

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February 15, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Chemical Desolation in Appalachia

Chemical Desolation in Appalachia     Jarod Facundo February 14, 2023The American Prospect Freight rail companies are running their trains ragged to boost profits. Sometimes they crash. A large plume of smoke rises over East Palestine, Ohio, after a controlled…

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February 15, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Social Security Benefits Are Not a Gift, but a Sacred Contract With Working People

Social Security Benefits Are Not a Gift, but a Sacred Contract With Working People     Tom Conway January 26, 2023Inequality.org While corporate politicians consider cuts to essential programs like Social Security, the ultra-rich continue to exploit dodgy tax loophol…

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February 15, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Fears of Renewed FBI Abuse of Power After Informant Infiltrated BLM Protests

Fears of Renewed FBI Abuse of Power After Informant Infiltrated BLM Protests     Ed Pilkington February 14, 2023The Guardian ‘Outraged’ Senator Ron Wyden urges agency to explain tactics from 2020 protests reminiscent of rogue behaviour from decades past A crow…

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February 15, 2023 at 1:00 AM

This Valentine’s Day, Let’s Look to Marxists To Reimagine Love, Romance and Sex

This Valentine’s Day, Let’s Look to Marxists To Reimagine Love, Romance and Sex     Sarah Jaffe February 13, 2023In These Times It’s not you, it’s capitalism. , Carmen Martínez Torrón   Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci has been quoted quite a lot in rec…

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February 15, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – February 14, 2023

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – February 14, 2023     February 14, 2023xxxxxx Florida's war on woke, and more nightmares from the Sunshine State , Mark Peterson/Redux   Peddling Jesus at the Super Bowl Americans Reject Theocracy Florida: It’s Beginnin…

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February 15, 2023 at 1:00 AM

'Women Talking’ Review: Sarah Polley’s Electric Drama Is an Urgent Vision of How To Remake Our World

Portside Culture 'Women Talking’ Review: Sarah Polley’s Electric Drama Is an Urgent Vision of How To Remake Our World     David Ehrlich September 3, 2022IndieWire For God knows how long, the women of an isolated religious community have been drugged with cow tr…

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February 14, 2023 at 6:55 AM

Mexican President Vows Global Push To End ‘Inhumane’ US Embargo of Cuba

Mexican President Vows Global Push To End ‘Inhumane’ US Embargo of Cuba     Kenny Stancil February 13, 2023Common Dreams One peace group praised AMLO for "once again providing such an important voice against U.S. imperialism and bullying." Mexican President An…

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February 14, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Vermont’s Largest Health Care Union Will Almost Double in Size

Vermont’s Largest Health Care Union Will Almost Double in Size     Kristen Fountain January 27, 2023VTDigger The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, already the state’s largest affiliation representing some 2,500 health care workers, will roughly d…

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February 14, 2023 at 1:05 AM

‘Perceptual Diversity’ Describes Who We Are

‘Perceptual Diversity’ Describes Who We Are     Oshan Jarow February 11, 2023Vox Every brain experiences reality differently. This census aims to help us understand how human diversity encompasses not only perception, but consciousness itself. See the link at the end…

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February 14, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Police Accountability Is a “Non-Starter” Without Discarding the Qualified Immunity Doctrine

Police Accountability Is a “Non-Starter” Without Discarding the Qualified Immunity Doctrine     Ben Rosenfeld February 13, 2023CounterPunch Contrary to what Qualified Immunity’s defenders claim, it in no way helps police ‘do their jobs.’ It simply helps them get away…

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February 14, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Can Oakland’s New Leaders Save Its Schools and Port?

Can Oakland’s New Leaders Save Its Schools and Port?     Ken Epstein, Kitty Kelly Epstein January 30, 2023Convergence Candidates who pledged to make Oakland work for everyone swept the November elections. They face two huge hurdles to making that real: proposals to c…

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February 14, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Grim Reapers

Portside Culture Grim Reapers     Ian Frazier February 9, 2023New York Review of Books Mega-agriculture is destroying the Corn Belt and the Central Valley, which the country’s food system depends on. Can midsize farms survive to save it? Farmers waiting …

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February 13, 2023 at 6:25 AM

Most Humans Haven’t Evolved To Cope With the Cold, yet We Dominate Northern Climates – Here’s Why

Most Humans Haven’t Evolved To Cope With the Cold, yet We Dominate Northern Climates – Here’s Why     Laura Buck, Kyoko Yamaguchi January 16, 2023The Conversation Given our limited adaptation to the cold, why is it that our species has come to dominate not only our w…

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February 13, 2023 at 6:05 AM

South Africa’s Communists Were Crucial to the Fight Against Apartheid

South Africa’s Communists Were Crucial to the Fight Against Apartheid     Owen Dowling February 12, 2023Jacobin From its foundation in the 1920s, the South African Communist Party took up the fight against racism as a central part of its political vision. The party’s…

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February 13, 2023 at 5:20 AM

Trapped by Empire

Trapped by Empire     Van Jackson February 8, 2023Dissent The government of Guam has appointed a Commission on Decolonization, but U.S. control means that all of the island’s options, including the status quo, have substantial downsides. The flags of the Unite…

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February 13, 2023 at 5:05 AM

60 Years of No Progress on Black-White Unemployment Equity

60 Years of No Progress on Black-White Unemployment Equity     Algernon Austin February 1, 2023CEPR Regardless of whether economic conditions are good or bad, Black jobseekers are less likely to find work. , CEPR   60 Years of No Progress on Black-White…

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February 13, 2023 at 3:35 AM

War Fever

War Fever     Eric Foner February 7, 2023The Nation The crusade against civil liberties during World War I. Eugene Debs at the US Penitentiary in Atlanta. , Courtesy of the National Archives   With the exception of the Second World War, every military co…

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February 13, 2023 at 2:15 AM

Velma, Its Backlash, and How South Asian Women Are Represented on TV

Portside Culture Velma, Its Backlash, and How South Asian Women Are Represented on TV     Saloni Gajjar February 8, 2023AV Club A few recent series have notably nuanced depictions of brown teens. This is a promising development. (Those racist reactions? Not so …

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February 12, 2023 at 1:05 AM

The Wealthy Save Billions in Taxes by Skirting Old Law

The Wealthy Save Billions in Taxes by Skirting Old Law     Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen February 9, 2023ProPublica Congress outlawed tax deductions on “wash sales” in 1921, but Goldman Sachs and others have helped billionaires like Steve Ballmer see huge tax saving…

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February 12, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Only in Mississippi

Only in Mississippi     Bobby Harrison and Adam Ganucheau February 7, 2023Mississippi Today White representatives vote to create white-appointed court system for Blackest city in America Rep. Kathy Sykes, D-Jackson, left, asks Rep. Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, a q…

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February 12, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Washington Post Runs Medicare Newsletter Sponsored by Insurance Lobby Front Group

Washington Post Runs Medicare Newsletter Sponsored by Insurance Lobby Front Group     Jake Johnson February 10, 2023Common Dreams The Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper sprinkled its coverage of an intensifying fight over Medicare with ads purchased by an organization that p…

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February 12, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Havana Congress Plans “Unilateral but Coordinated Action” To Secure Technological Sovereignty for the Global South

Havana Congress Plans “Unilateral but Coordinated Action” To Secure Technological Sovereignty for the Global South     January 30, 2023Progressive International "True decolonization means overcoming intra-regional disputes to build lasting regional unity and sovereig…

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February 12, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Bertolt Brecht (and Me)

Bertolt Brecht (and Me)     Victor Grossman February 10, 2023CounterPunch "A rich man and a poor man, there they stood, And judged each other as best they could. The poor man said, his voice at low pitch, If I were not poor you’d not be rich." -- Brecht Sketch…

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February 11, 2023 at 2:05 AM

Friday Nite Videos | February 10, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | February 10, 2023     February 10, 2023xxxxxx Maxwell Frost Tags House Republicans As ‘Biggest Threat.’ Why Miners pRisk Their Lives To Get Sulfur From an Active Volcano. Five Questions With John Bracey. Greene and Boebert Unravel at Twitter Hea…

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February 11, 2023 at 1:05 AM

What Ending the COVID Emergency Actually Means

What Ending the COVID Emergency Actually Means     Katelyn Jetelina and Caitlin Rivers February 7, 2023Your Local Epdemiologist What does it mean to 'end the emergency'? Questions and answers about antigen tests, vaccines, Paxlovid, healthcare coverage and more. Why …

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February 11, 2023 at 1:05 AM

It Is Hard To Admit Being Wrong. But Brexit Voters Are Doing So in Droves

It Is Hard To Admit Being Wrong. But Brexit Voters Are Doing So in Droves     William Keegan February 5, 2023Guardian Having been grossly misled in the referendum, Britons’ anger is mounting as the reality of our plight becomes clear Brexit door, by mctjack (p…

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February 11, 2023 at 1:05 AM

92 Percent of Ex-NFL Players Show Brain Trauma

92 Percent of Ex-NFL Players Show Brain Trauma     The Brink February 7, 2023The Brink Leading up to Super Bowl LVII, Boston University's CTE Center Director Ann McKee says the NFL ignores the risks of repetitive blows to the head and that it’s “foolish” to think the…

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February 11, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Democrats Hold Power in 17 States. Use the Power To Protect Voting Rights.

Democrats Hold Power in 17 States. Use the Power To Protect Voting Rights.     Marc Elias February 8, 2023Democracy Docket Republicans are ruthless in enacting anti-democratic laws when they have a chance. For democracy to survive, Democrats must show the same urgenc…

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February 11, 2023 at 1:00 AM

The Supreme Abortion

Portside Culture The Supreme Abortion     Lavinia Kumar January 23, 2023New Verse News Did the Supreme Court overstep the definitions of the word “abortion” in the great leak of secrecy? Ask poet Lavinia Kumar. ,   The Supreme Abortion By Lavinia K…

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February 10, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Believe It: A DeSantis Presidency Could Be Even Worse Than Trump

Believe It: A DeSantis Presidency Could Be Even Worse Than Trump     Brynn Tannehill February 8, 2023The New Republic Donald Trump was and is a lazy, ignorant narcissist. The Florida governor is a smart, motivated, very right-wing Catholic who wants to remake America…

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February 10, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Democratic Leaders’ Craven “Socialism” Vote Is a Symptom of Political Cluelessness

Democratic Leaders’ Craven “Socialism” Vote Is a Symptom of Political Cluelessness     Luke Savage February 4, 2023Jacobin Some Democrats apparently thought voting for the GOP’s ludicrous anti-socialism resolution would keep them safe from Republican attacks. They’ll…

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February 10, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Israel’s Government Is Trying to Turn the Film Industry Into a Propaganda Arm

Israel’s Government Is Trying to Turn the Film Industry Into a Propaganda Arm     Noam Sheizaf February 1, 2023New York Times Taking over the culture and media industry by the government goes hand in hand with efforts to limit the power of the courts. One cannot main…

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February 10, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Feb. 9, 2023 – Reader Comments: MAGA Threat; China Balloon – Is This Justification for a New Cold War; DeSantis Attack on Black Studies As Alternative to Trump; You Thought Facebook Couldn’t Get Worse – Think Again; Cartoons;

Tidbits – Feb. 9, 2023 – Reader Comments: MAGA Threat; China Balloon – Is This Justification for a New Cold War; DeSantis Attack on Black Studies As Alternative to Trump; You Thought Facebook Couldn’t Get Worse – Think Again; Cartoons;     February 9, 2023xxxxxx Read…

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February 9, 2023 at 10:14 AM

Black Studies Pioneer John H. Bracey Jr. Joins the Ancestors

Black Studies Pioneer John H. Bracey Jr. Joins the Ancestors     Walter Hudson February 5, 2023Diverse Issues in Higher Education John H. Bracey Jr.—an architect of Black studies—who helped to create one of the nation’s first doctoral programs in African American st…

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February 9, 2023 at 3:15 AM

The Myth of the Socially Conscious Corporation

Portside Culture The Myth of the Socially Conscious Corporation     Meagan Day January 27, 2023The New Republic The argument that corporations have historically been a force for good—and can be again—is wishful thinking. ,   For Profit: A History o…

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February 9, 2023 at 2:00 AM

Will the Children Tortured as a Trump Policy Tool Receive Justice?

Will the Children Tortured as a Trump Policy Tool Receive Justice?     Thom Hartmann February 8, 2023Hartmann Report This time we have an opportunity to make right a crime committed in the immediate past while all the co-conspirators and perpetrators are still alive …

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February 9, 2023 at 1:40 AM

You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught

You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught     Stephen Rohde January 25, 2023Truthdig How U.S. history textbooks and prominent American universities justified slavery, perpetuated racial stereotypes and promoted white supremacy. John Gast's 1872 painting "American Prog…

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February 9, 2023 at 1:25 AM

No Matter Who Wins, the First Super Bowl With 2 Black Quarterbacks Will Make History

No Matter Who Wins, the First Super Bowl With 2 Black Quarterbacks Will Make History     Becky Sullivan February 8, 2023NPR It's historic because team owners and managers historically discriminated against Black players— especially in so-called "thinking positions" l…

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February 9, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Biden Forges a New Democratic Paradigm

Biden Forges a New Democratic Paradigm     Harold Meyerson February 8, 2023The American Prospect The president repudiates the neoliberal ideologies of the past and puts the party on solid economic and political ground. President Joe Biden delivers the State of…

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February 9, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – February 8, 2023

Global Left Midweek – February 8, 2023     February 8, 2023xxxxxx An in-depth analysis of the Peru uprising, and updates from Europe, Myanmar and more Demonstrators stand behind a sign that reads "We aren't terrorists. Advance national elections in 2023," and …

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February 8, 2023 at 1:10 AM

‘No Bears’ Review: A Film That Critiques Itself

Portside Culture ‘No Bears’ Review: A Film That Critiques Itself     A.O. Scott December 22, 2022The New York Times The latest feature from Jafar Panahi, who is currently imprisoned in Iran, explores the subversive power and the ethical limitations of filmmakin…

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February 8, 2023 at 1:05 AM

In Los Angeles, the Left and the Labor Movement Are Shifting the Center of Power

In Los Angeles, the Left and the Labor Movement Are Shifting the Center of Power     Abe Asher February 7, 2023Jacobin Between several massive strikes, democratic socialists getting elected to city council, new union organizing campaigns, successful ballot measures t…

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February 8, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Google Targets Low-Income People With Ads for ‘Fake Abortion Clinics’: Study

Google Targets Low-Income People With Ads for ‘Fake Abortion Clinics’: Study     Kenny Stancil February 7, 2023Common Dreams "People generally tend to consider Google's search engine as an equalizer... but that's just not the case," said one researcher. "Lower-income…

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February 8, 2023 at 1:00 AM

How Worker Ownership Builds Community Wealth and a More Just Society

How Worker Ownership Builds Community Wealth and a More Just Society     Pamela Haines February 3, 2023Waging Nonviolence Community wealth building initiatives are taking hold in cities across the world, strengthening worker pay, local economies and democracy. …

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February 8, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Biden the Unappreciated

Biden the Unappreciated     Harold Meyerson February 7, 2023The American Prospect Despite his historic achievements, the public doesn’t think he’s done much at all. President Joe Biden talks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the Whit…

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February 7, 2023 at 4:00 AM

Graduate Students Vote To Unionize With a 97% Majority

Graduate Students Vote To Unionize With a 97% Majority     Jiayi Li February 1, 2023John Hopkins News-Letter Graduate students across three Hopkins campuses voted in a union. Out of 3,335 NLRB-registered voters, 2,053 voted yes and 67 voted no, resulting in a 97% maj…

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February 7, 2023 at 2:33 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – February 7, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – February 7, 2023     February 7, 2023xxxxxx What's missing from economics coverage? , European Digital Rights (EDRi)   Smear Campaign Against FCC Nominee Mastodon Con and Pro What the News is Missing About Economics What the News i…

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February 7, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Is It Forensics or Is It Junk Science?

Is It Forensics or Is It Junk Science?     Sophia Kovatch, Pamela Colloff and Brett Murphy January 31, 2023ProPublica Dubious forensic techniques have spread throughout the criminal justice system for decades. Here’s what ProPublica has learned about junk forensic sc…

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