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April 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – April 26, 2023

Global Left Midweek – April 26, 2023     April 26, 2023xxxxxx Spotlight on Cuba, Brazil under Lula, women in struggle 'No to war' and 'No to the killing of innocent people'. Protest in Arbaji, El Gezira, Sudan. Credit, Dabanga   Revolutionaries Respond t…

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April 26, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Biden Announces Re-Election Bid, Defying Trump and History

Biden Announces Re-Election Bid, Defying Trump and History     Peter Baker April 25, 2023The New York Times While the president once pitched himself as “a bridge” to a new generation of Democratic leaders, he has decided that he is not ready to turn the torch over ye…

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April 26, 2023 at 12:05 AM

SpaceX Explosion Sparks Environmental Concerns After Coating Texas Community in Ash

SpaceX Explosion Sparks Environmental Concerns After Coating Texas Community in Ash     Olivia Rosane April 25, 2023Common Dreams "While we are looking to the stars, we should not readily sacrifice communities, habitat, and species," said a Center for Biological Dive…

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April 26, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Fantasies of Israel

Fantasies of Israel     Ilan Pappe April 19, 2023Sidecar The prediction that these divisions could undermine the Israeli state from within seems premature at this stage. But there is no doubt that they have exposed serious cracks in the Zionist edifice – ones that ma…

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April 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Harry Belafonte, Singer, Actor and Tireless Activist, Dies Aged 96

Harry Belafonte, Singer, Actor and Tireless Activist, Dies Aged 96     Ben Beaumont-Thomas April 25, 2023The Guardian Chart-topping calypso singer who supported US civil rights movement and African initiatives dies of congestive heart failure ‘Rebel spirit’ … …

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April 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Remembering Paul Robeson: ‘I Had No Alternative’

Portside Culture Remembering Paul Robeson: ‘I Had No Alternative’     Paul Von Blom April 7, 2023The Progressive 125 years after his birth, Paul Robeson, the civil rights titan, remains a role model for battling racism and fascism. The words written on his grav…

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April 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – April 25, 2023

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – April 25, 2023     April 25, 2023xxxxxx A violent end in a violent time? It's got the world wondering. , Lifeboat Foundation   90 Seconds to Midnight Community Stands With Ralph Yarl Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Cities? …

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April 25, 2023 at 12:35 AM

Amazon Delivery Drivers in California Join Teamsters

Amazon Delivery Drivers in California Join Teamsters     Dave Jamieson April 24, 2023HuffPost The Teamsters said Monday that a group of Amazon drivers and dispatchers in Southern California have joined the union and negotiated a tentative contract with their employer…

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April 25, 2023 at 12:30 AM

Sudan Conflict: Hemedti – The Warlord Who Built a Paramilitary Force More Powerful Than the State

Sudan Conflict: Hemedti – The Warlord Who Built a Paramilitary Force More Powerful Than the State     Alex De Waal April 17, 2023The Conversation Hemedti’s career is an object lesson in political entrepreneurship by a specialist in violence. His conduct and (as of no…

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April 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

55 Years On, We Still Need the Spirit of May 1968

55 Years On, We Still Need the Spirit of May 1968     Ken Livingstone April 21, 2023Morning Star Although May ’68 itself failed to deliver a revolution, the lessons of the era – alliance-building by including liberation struggles outside of socialism – shaped my late…

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April 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Court Dismissed I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Lawsuit Over Spray’s Calorie Content

Portside Culture Court Dismissed I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Lawsuit Over Spray’s Calorie Content     Bob Egelko April 18, 2023San Francisco Chronicle The Court ruled that the manufacturer can keep classifying the product as a spray, not a butter or margari…

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April 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

“Girls, We Can’t Lose!”: In 1930s St Louis, Black Women Workers Went on Strike and Won

“Girls, We Can’t Lose!”: In 1930s St Louis, Black Women Workers Went on Strike and Won     Devin Thomas O’shea April 18, 2023Jacobin During the Great Depression, St Louis’s Funsten Nut Factory was racially divided. Black workers, mostly women, worked harder and made …

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April 24, 2023 at 7:43 PM

Friday Nite Videos | April 21, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | April 21, 2023     April 21, 2023xxxxxx AOC & Jordan Klepper on Trump, Clarence Thomas & Ending Violence. Here's Why Writers Are Ready to Shut Hollywood Down. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. | Movie. Paul Robeson Testifying Before H…

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April 24, 2023 at 6:50 AM

Sunday Science: Famous ‘Homunculus’ Brain Map Redrawn To Include Complex Movements

Sunday Science: Famous ‘Homunculus’ Brain Map Redrawn To Include Complex Movements     Max Kozlov April 19, 2023Nature Textbook homunculus diagram depicts how the brain controls individual body parts — the revamp could improve treatments for brain injury. The …

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April 24, 2023 at 6:25 AM

Spurring an Endless Arms Race

Spurring an Endless Arms Race     Michael Klare April 16, 2023Tom Dispatch The Pentagon Girds for Mid-Century Wars ,   Why is the Pentagon budget so high? On March 13th, the Biden administration unveiled its $842 billion military budget request for 2024,…

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April 24, 2023 at 4:55 AM

The Post-Dobbs Abortion Fight

The Post-Dobbs Abortion Fight     Ilyse Hogue March 15, 2023Democracy: A Journal of Ideas Why we need to learn that when we defend abortion rights, we’re defending democracy. July 4th Protest in front of the US Supreme Court., Victoria Pickering   On Jun…

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April 24, 2023 at 4:30 AM

The Democrats’ Appalling Failure To Confront the Rogue, Right-Wing Supreme Court

The Democrats’ Appalling Failure To Confront the Rogue, Right-Wing Supreme Court     Simon Lazarus April 21, 2023The New Republic The party needs to take its cue from America’s most celebrated leaders, who had no fear of talking directly to the public about the Const…

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April 24, 2023 at 3:45 AM

How Much Power Should the Courts Have?

How Much Power Should the Courts Have?     Emily Bazelon April 14, 2023New York Times In Israel, the United States and other democracies, bitter battles are being waged over the same question. , Illustration by Anson Chan   The Israeli Supreme Court last…

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April 24, 2023 at 12:00 AM

‘Dead Ringers’ Skewers the Grim Realties of Gynecological Care

Portside Culture ‘Dead Ringers’ Skewers the Grim Realties of Gynecological Care     Audra Heinrichs April 20, 2023Jezebel Dead Ringers, which premieres on Friday, is subversive, sometimes shockingly gory, and a needful skewering of the U.S. medical system, the …

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April 23, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Why the Giant Rocket Failed

Why the Giant Rocket Failed     Mark Sumner April 22, 2023Daily Kos Why it's Elon Musk's fault SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. April 20, 2023, AFP via Getty Images   On Thursday, Space…

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April 23, 2023 at 12:05 AM

How China Can Prevent Climate Catastrophe? Moving Humanity Toward Global Ecological Civilization

How China Can Prevent Climate Catastrophe? Moving Humanity Toward Global Ecological Civilization     David Schwartzman April 11, 2023MR OnLine Can China emerge to fulfill its claim that its goal is a new ecological civilization, that is, become the global leader open…

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April 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Local Communities Are on the Frontlines of Climate Justice

Local Communities Are on the Frontlines of Climate Justice     Alvaro Sanchez and Olatunji Oboi Reed April 20, 2023The Progressive Communities of color are not just victims of climate change—they are powerful leaders in the fight against it. ,   While c…

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April 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Social Turmoil Has Increased Witch Hunts Historically

Social Turmoil Has Increased Witch Hunts Historically     Silvia Federici, Alice Markham-Cantor April 22, 2023Scientific American Vicious attacks on women often accompany economic upheavals A family member holds a portrait of Iquo Edet Eyo, who was killed in N…

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April 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Everyone in a Nursing Home Deserves a Single Room

Everyone in a Nursing Home Deserves a Single Room     Margaret Morganroth Gullette April 15, 2023Boston Globe The government should require that owners give residents private space — or it should take over the facilities and replace them with small homes. Tran…

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April 22, 2023 at 1:15 AM

Hens in the Fox House: The Vote Machine Hack Myth

Hens in the Fox House: The Vote Machine Hack Myth     Greg Palast April 19, 2023gregpalast.com Yes, elections are stolen, but not like that. To my good progressive colleagues who’ve been suckered into the “hacker” fantasy, I suggest it’s time to crawl out of the Fox …

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April 22, 2023 at 1:05 AM

The Other Abortion Pill Option

The Other Abortion Pill Option     Katelyn Jetelina and Heidi Moseson April 21, 2023Your Local Epdemiologist A really important piece of the abortion rights story has gotten little attention the past few weeks: even if mifepristone is severely restricted, we have ano…

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April 22, 2023 at 12:55 AM

The Most Dangerous Security Threat to the United States

The Most Dangerous Security Threat to the United States     John Feffer April 19, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus For all his youth and naivete, Jack Teixeira represents a sizable government-skeptical force that works in or adjacent to the U.S. government. Many of these …

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April 22, 2023 at 12:25 AM

‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Can Get You Killed

‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Can Get You Killed     Caroline Light April 21, 2023The Conversation Since 2005, “stand your ground” laws have spread to around 30 states, transforming the legal landscape. Enacted in the context of deep racial biases, they encourage armed ci…

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April 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Graffiti

Portside Culture Graffiti     Josh Lefkowitz February 12, 2021Rattle Colorado poet Josh Lefkowitz reads the writing on the wall, asking what it means. ,   Graffiti By Josh Lefkowitz 35,400 years ago, in a cave on Sulawesi – fourth-largest Indonesi…

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April 21, 2023 at 3:22 AM

Educators and Publishers Are Fighting the Right’s Attempt To Erase Black History (revised)

Educators and Publishers Are Fighting the Right’s Attempt To Erase Black History (revised)     Eleanor J. Bader April 17, 2023Truthout The right has compiled a glossary of words like “abolition” and “equity” that it deems suspect in classroom contexts. Ayo Wal…

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April 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Educators and Publishers Are Fighting the Right’s Attempt To Erase Black History

Educators and Publishers Are Fighting the Right’s Attempt To Erase Black History     Eleanor J. Bader April 17, 2023Truthout The right has compiled a glossary of words like “abolition” and “equity” that it deems suspect in classroom contexts. Ayo Walker / Trut…

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April 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Speaker McCarthy Is Feeling the Heat

Speaker McCarthy Is Feeling the Heat     Michelle Cottle April 17, 2023New York Times A huge number of his members have no idea what they’re doing. Legislating is a skill—maybe even an art — for which it’s useful for members to have experience with something beyond m…

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April 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Congress Members Urge Probe Into Use of US Weapons by Israel

Congress Members Urge Probe Into Use of US Weapons by Israel     Al Jazeera Staff April 14, 2023Al Jazeera A group of progressive Democrats in the United States Congress has called on President Joe Biden to “shift” American policy on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,…

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April 21, 2023 at 12:00 AM

BRICS Bank De-Dollarizing, Promises 30% of Loans in Local Currencies, New Chief Dilma Rousseff Says

BRICS Bank De-Dollarizing, Promises 30% of Loans in Local Currencies, New Chief Dilma Rousseff Says     Ben Norton Geopolitical Economy Report The new chief of the BRICS bloc’s New Development Bank, Brazil’s leftist ex-President Dilma Rousseff, revealed they are gradu…

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April 21, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Apr. 20, 2023 – Reader Comments: Clarence Thomas = Corrupt; Mifepristone Ruling; Supreme Court “Ethics”; Biden’s Right Turn and 2024; Lula’s Plan: Global Battle Against Trumpism; LBJ vs. MLK; Danger of Nuclear War; AI, Labor, and Tech;

Tidbits – Apr. 20, 2023 – Reader Comments: Clarence Thomas = Corrupt; Mifepristone Ruling; Supreme Court “Ethics”; Biden’s Right Turn and 2024; Lula’s Plan: Global Battle Against Trumpism; LBJ vs. MLK; Danger of Nuclear War; AI, Labor, and Tech;     April 20, 2023xxxxxx …

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April 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Tax the Patriarchy To Support Women and Families

Tax the Patriarchy To Support Women and Families     Rebekah Entralgo April 14, 2023Inequality.Org A new tool from the National Women’s Law Center shows how taxing billionaires could fund "long overdue" investments in the care economy. , Simplemost   Whi…

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April 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Why Anti-Abortion Groups Are Citing the Ideas of a 19th-Century ‘Vice Reformer’

Why Anti-Abortion Groups Are Citing the Ideas of a 19th-Century ‘Vice Reformer’     Sarah McCammon April 18, 2023NPR Anti-abortion activists appear to feel emboldened by last summer's Supreme Court decision and apparently are trying to use the Comstock Act to reopen …

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April 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Loyal NRA Friends Vow To Save Our Guns and Fridges

Loyal NRA Friends Vow To Save Our Guns and Fridges     Abby Zimet April 19, 2023Common Dreams Among a swarm of GOP pols, the Orange Nazi memorably decried yuge gangs of "communist maniacs" attacking "apartment stores" and carting off refrigerators, air conditioners, …

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April 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Class Ceilings

Class Ceilings     Allison L. Hurst April 17, 2023Working Class Perspectives The insidious myth of meritocracy belies increasingly insane levels of inequality in the US that prevent even younger generations born into the middle class from achieving “the American Drea…

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April 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Silvia Federici Sees Your Unpaid Work

Portside Culture Silvia Federici Sees Your Unpaid Work     Joanna Biggs February 11, 2022The New Republic The crisis that Federici identified in the 1970s has reached a boiling point. ,   Patriarchy of the Wage Notes on Marx, Gender, and Feminism S…

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April 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Focus on Africa

Global Left Midweek – Focus on Africa     April 19, 2023xxxxxx Unrest spreads across the continent In Johannesburg, members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union struck for higher wages last month. Credit, The Citizen/Jacques Nelles …

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April 19, 2023 at 12:05 AM

No Amount of Money Erases What We Already Learned About Fox in the Dominion Case

No Amount of Money Erases What We Already Learned About Fox in the Dominion Case     Tori Otten April 18, 2023The New Republic A settlement doesn’t make all the other revelations go away, no matter how much money it is. Lawyers representing Dominion Voting Sys…

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April 19, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Understanding the Latest Restrictions on Mifepristone

Understanding the Latest Restrictions on Mifepristone     Robert Kuttner April 14, 2023The American Prospect These efforts will backfire on the right—but produce a lot of suffering along the way. Three members of the Women’s March group protest in support of a…

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April 19, 2023 at 12:05 AM

You’re Paying Taxes Today. The Rich Aren’t.

You’re Paying Taxes Today. The Rich Aren’t.     Andrew Perez, Matthew Cunningham-Cook, Rebecca Burns April 18, 2023Jacobin Today is Tax Day, the deadline for Americans to pay their taxes. One group that won’t be paying much today: the rich, who have stashed $2 trilli…

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April 19, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Mass Destruction

Mass Destruction     Daniel Bessner March 27, 2023Boston Review A Review: Every Citizen a Statesman: The Dream of a Democratic Foreign Policy in the American Century, by David Allen, Harvard University Press Real democratic participation in foreign policy is a…

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April 19, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Folly of Censoring “Joyland,” a Sublime Film About Family

Portside Culture The Folly of Censoring “Joyland,” a Sublime Film About Family     Mohammed Hanif April 12, 2023The New Yorker A new movie from the director Saim Sadiq, "Joyland", Pakisitan's 2023 Oscar entry, depicts queer love against the backdrop of a Pakist…

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April 19, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – April 18, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – April 18, 2023     April 18, 2023xxxxxx Striking writers take on The Industry, and more news from tech and media Writers Guild members have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. The vote was approved by nearly 98% of the eligible v…

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April 18, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Leveling Rutgers Wealth Pyramid From the Bottom Up

Leveling Rutgers Wealth Pyramid From the Bottom Up     Bob Hennelly April 15, 2023Insider NJ The Rutgers strike can’t be seen in isolation but as part of a massive national movement looking to counter the corporate takeover of higher education that’s helped to accele…

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April 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Why You Should Feed Your Hangry Gut Bacteria

Why You Should Feed Your Hangry Gut Bacteria     Christopher Damman April 10, 2023The Conversation The microbiome’s signals regulate the growth and function of energy-producing mitochondria across many cell types. The ultraprocessed foods that make up an increasing f…

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April 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Demystifying the US Farm Bill

Portside Culture Demystifying the US Farm Bill     Miranda Lipton April 7, 2023Modern Farmer While the farm bill may seem too dense to digest, its contents underpin the functioning of the American food and agriculture system, which directly impacts how and what…

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