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August 2, 2023 at 12:35 AM

50 Years Older and Deeper in Debt

50 Years Older and Deeper in Debt     Stan Karp July 1, 2023Rethinking Schools The Shaky Foundations of U.S. School Funding , Boris Séméniako   This year marks the 50th anniversary of San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, the landmark …

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August 2, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Documentary Filmmakers Don’t Have the Option To Strike for a Better System

Portside Culture Documentary Filmmakers Don’t Have the Option To Strike for a Better System     Eric Kohn July 15, 2023IndieWire Documentary filmmakers sensitive to the unions aren’t quite sure how to navigate the delicate subject of continuing to work without …

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August 2, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 1, 2023

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 1, 2023     August 1, 2023xxxxxx Summer of our discontent , Ben Jennings, The Guardian   What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Revolution? ERA Centennial Convention The New Fascist Order for Kids A Bakery Chal…

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August 1, 2023 at 2:05 AM

Climate Groups Announce Global Days of Action To ‘Propel Renewable Energy Revolution Forward’

Climate Groups Announce Global Days of Action To ‘Propel Renewable Energy Revolution Forward’     Kenny Stancil July 31, 2023Common Dreams "Around the world, people are uniting to wrest power and resources away from reckless fossil fuel companies," said one campaigne…

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August 1, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, August 1 – 7

This Week in People’s History, August 1 – 7     xxxxxx Pinochet's men accused of Letelier murder in 1978. Dick Cheney's hypocrisy in 2000. Reagan's racist dog-whistle in 1980. Dixiecrats defend the poll tax in 1948. Chicago Freedom Movement in 1966. Birth of a hero i…

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August 1, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Where Discrimination Flourished Like Mushrooms

Portside Culture Where Discrimination Flourished Like Mushrooms     David Bacon July 19, 2023Capital & Main Washington state fines a mushroom grower $3.4 million for firing women farmworkers and replacing them with male contract labor. Company housin…

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August 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Filthy Rich Politicians Review: Matt Lewis Skewers Both Sides of the Aisle

Filthy Rich Politicians Review: Matt Lewis Skewers Both Sides of the Aisle     Lloyd Green July 30, 2023Guardian Donald Trump is not the only politico to talk about draining the swamp while eagerly drinking from it, a new book shows money, by thejedi   W…

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August 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Protecting Puerto Rico’s Coastlines & Indigenous Heritage

Protecting Puerto Rico’s Coastlines & Indigenous Heritage     Lola Rosario July 11, 2023NACLA Reports "Las Playas Son del Pueblo” carries with it a reminder to the government and private interests that our beaches and natural resources are not for sale." A…

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August 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

What ‘Oppenheimer’ Doesn’t Tell You About the Trinity Test

What ‘Oppenheimer’ Doesn’t Tell You About the Trinity Test     Tina Cordova July 30, 2023New York Times One film can’t do it all, but I can’t help feeling that the retelling of this story, as it stands, is a missed opportunity. A sign once carried by a victim …

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July 31, 2023 at 8:29 AM

Sunday Science: Childhood Vaccine Crusader Shares Concerns for Future

Sunday Science: Childhood Vaccine Crusader Shares Concerns for Future     Jon Cohen July 20, 2023Science As Seth Berkley leaves Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the epidemiologist reflects on its growth and challenges ahead Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance CEO Seth Berkl…

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July 31, 2023 at 7:35 AM

Mobile, Alabama, Just Diluted the Black Vote Through Annexation

Mobile, Alabama, Just Diluted the Black Vote Through Annexation     Ryan Zickgraf July 28, 2023Jacobin Last week’s annexation vote in Mobile, Alabama, added thousands of white residents, reducing the black-white voter gap in the majority-minority city. It’s an effect…

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July 31, 2023 at 7:10 AM

A Century After Its Founding, the Israeli Communist Party Is at a Crossroads

A Century After Its Founding, the Israeli Communist Party Is at a Crossroads     Joel Beinin July 28, 2023972 Magazine For 100 years, Maki has been the leading force for Jewish-Palestinian equality in Israeli politics, yet it has failed to unite Arab and Jewish worke…

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July 31, 2023 at 6:25 AM

Why Capitalism Is Leaving the US in Search of Profit

Why Capitalism Is Leaving the US in Search of Profit     Richard D. Wolff July 21, 2023CounterPunch The economic consequences of capitalism’s profit-driven movement out of its old centers (Western Europe, North America, and Japan) brought capitalism there to its curr…

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July 31, 2023 at 6:05 AM

Atomic Frankenstein

Atomic Frankenstein     R. Howard Bloch, Ellen Handler Spitz July 30, 2023The American Prospect ‘Oppenheimer’ and the anguish of creative destruction Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s film, Universal Pictures   Christopher No…

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July 31, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Back for Season 2, ‘Dark Winds’ Is a Cop Drama Steeped in Navajo Culture

Portside Culture Back for Season 2, ‘Dark Winds’ Is a Cop Drama Steeped in Navajo Culture     John Powers July 27, 2023NPR Dark Winds retools and modernizes Hillerman's conception. Set amidst the fiercely beautiful New Mexico landscape of the early 1970s, this …

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July 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Republicans Are Threatening To Sabotage Aids Program

Republicans Are Threatening To Sabotage Aids Program     Zack Beauchamp July 28, 2023Vox A program that’s saved 25 million lives is at risk of losing its congressional authorization for the first time. Then-President George W. Bush holds Baron Mosima Loyiso Ta…

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July 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Defend Boris Kagarlitsky!

Defend Boris Kagarlitsky!     HANK REICHMAN July 28, 2023Academe Blog News of Kagarlitsky’s arrest has sparked anger and empathy among a wide range of activists. Boris Kagarlitsky,   Sociologist and internationally renowned Marxist thinker Boris Kagarlit…

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July 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Atlanta’s Cop City Is Fundamentally Undemocratic

Atlanta’s Cop City Is Fundamentally Undemocratic     Tanya Greene July 28, 2023The Progressive Cop City, beyond contributing to over-policing, will require clear-cutting 381 acres of forest land. , (shutterstock)   After working to avoid a referendum on…

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July 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

A Deep South Governor’s Race To Watch

A Deep South Governor’s Race To Watch     Ben Jealous July 2, 2023Trice Edney Wire News Presley has a story beyond his kinship with Elvis. He was raised by a single mom who worked in a garment factory after his father was murdered. He tells working-class voters that …

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July 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Can Left Parties Oppose Militarism?

Can Left Parties Oppose Militarism?     Jonathan Michael Feldman July 23, 2023The Global Teach-In When questions are raised about militarism towards the Global South, the liberal-to-left militarists will to resort to claims of whataboutism, a mind-numbing concept whi…

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July 29, 2023 at 4:20 AM

Friday Nite Videos | July 28, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | July 28, 2023     July 28, 2023xxxxxx Teamsters Launch Massive Effort To Unionize Amazon. 'Hotel Magadonia' | Parody of Hotel California. Learning From Covid-19, Preparing for Future Pandemics. A Fact-Checked Debate About Euthanasia. Attack Dogs …

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July 29, 2023 at 3:10 AM

Can the Atomic Bombings on Japan Be Justified? A Conversation With Dr. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

Can the Atomic Bombings on Japan Be Justified? A Conversation With Dr. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa     Hibiki Yamaguchi, Fumihiko Yoshida and Radomir Compel May 29, 2019Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament Historian Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, a US citizen born in Japan, challenge…

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July 29, 2023 at 2:25 AM

New Trump Charge: The Attempt To Delete Securitv Camera Footage

New Trump Charge: The Attempt To Delete Securitv Camera Footage     U.S. Department of Justice July 27, 2023U.S. Department of Justice The U.S. Department of Justice's revised ('superceding') indictment against Donald Trump, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira provides…

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July 29, 2023 at 1:40 AM

Idiots, No Longer Useful

Idiots, No Longer Useful     Boris Kagarlitsky July 26, 2023Russian Dissent Arrests of 'Angry Patriots' like war blogger Igor Strelkov in Russia have begun. No matter how wrong the Angry Patriots may be, they are punished not for their sins, not even for their princi…

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July 29, 2023 at 12:45 AM

ALEC’s Funding Revealed

ALEC’s Funding Revealed     David Armiak | July 25, 2023Center for Media and Democracy The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) tries to rewrite the state laws that govern your rights, often benefiting huge corporations. A review of hundreds of tax filings by…

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July 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Clemency

Portside Culture Clemency     Peter Neil Carroll June 19, 2023Cultural Daily There’s more than a little irony in Peter Carroll’s poem about a woman who has been imprisoned for over 20 years being “free to start over.” ,   Clemency By Peter Neil Ca…

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July 28, 2023 at 12:10 AM

They’re the Names You Don’t Know. Hollywood’s ‘Journeyman’ Actors Explain Why They Are Striking

They’re the Names You Don’t Know. Hollywood’s ‘Journeyman’ Actors Explain Why They Are Striking     Jocelyn Noveck and R.J. Rico July 24, 2023WCVB.com (ABC Boston) Extras - they fear the general public thinks all actors get paid handsomely and are doing it for the lo…

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July 28, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Myth of Progress in Voting Rights

The Myth of Progress in Voting Rights     Van Gosse July 26, 2023xxxxxx There are many myths surrounding the political history of the United States. The most deeply-held is the claim that the right to vote has steadily expanded since 1789, incorporating an ever-broad…

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July 28, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Journey to Medicare’s 58th Anniversary

The Journey to Medicare’s 58th Anniversary     F. Douglas Stephenson July 6, 2023Informed Comment The most successful health insurance program, Medicare, was enacted in July,1965 to provide health insurance for people ages 65 and older and disabled regardless of inco…

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July 28, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Israel’s One-State Reality – It’s Time To Give Up on the Two-State Solution

Israel’s One-State Reality – It’s Time To Give Up on the Two-State Solution     Michael Barnett, Nathan Brown, Marc Lynch, and Shibley Telhami April 14, 2023Foreign Affairs Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power with a narrow, extreme right-wing coalition has shattered…

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July 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Ernst Bloch: Looking Backward, Looking Forward in the Fight Against Fascism

Portside Culture Ernst Bloch: Looking Backward, Looking Forward in the Fight Against Fascism     By Kurt Stand* July 19, 2023Socialist Forum The German Marxist philosopher's work can help us understand fascism and how to fight it. Ernst Bloch was a critical Mar…

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July 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – July 27, 2023 – Reader Comments: Climate Disaster-Record Heat Wave; Oppenheimer, Nuclear War Danger-Still; SAG/AFTRA & WGA Strikes; Israel; Remembering Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz; Forgotten History of March for Jobs and Freedom; More...

Tidbits – July 27, 2023 – Reader Comments: Climate Disaster-Record Heat Wave; Oppenheimer, Nuclear War Danger-Still; SAG/AFTRA & WGA Strikes; Israel; Remembering Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz; Forgotten History of March for Jobs and Freedom; More…     July 27, 2023xxxxxx …

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July 27, 2023 at 6:55 AM

‘Immensely Invisible:’ Women Fighting ICE’s Inaction on Sexual Abuses

‘Immensely Invisible:’ Women Fighting ICE’s Inaction on Sexual Abuses     Zeba Warsi July 21, 2023Futuro “He asked me to lower my pants and placed the stethoscope down there,” Viviana said. “He would make lewd faces while doing that. I froze and stared into the void.…

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July 27, 2023 at 6:40 AM

‘There’s No Other Option but To Fight’: Iranian Women Defiant As ‘Morality Police’ Return

‘There’s No Other Option but To Fight’: Iranian Women Defiant As ‘Morality Police’ Return     Deepa Parent July 24, 2023The Guardian Activists speak of their dismay at renewed patrols to enforce wearing of the hijab, but insist protests will continue ahead of the ann…

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July 27, 2023 at 6:20 AM

A Supreme Dissent: Justice Sonia Sotomayor Eviscerates the Court’s Civil Rights Rollback

A Supreme Dissent: Justice Sonia Sotomayor Eviscerates the Court’s Civil Rights Rollback     Stephen Rohde July 20, 2023Truthdig Sotomayor's dissent should be read by every American and taught in colleges and universities. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor…

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July 27, 2023 at 6:05 AM

Making the Radical Case for Sinéad O’Connor: She Was Right All Along

Making the Radical Case for Sinéad O’Connor: She Was Right All Along     Meredith Blake October 7, 2022LA Times This review of "Nothing Compares", a documentary on the life of the courageous Irish singer/songwriter, who died yesterday at age 56, appeared in the LA Ti…

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July 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

A Syrian Epic

Portside Culture A Syrian Epic     Marcel Theroux July 26, 2023The Guardian Set against the tumultuous backdrop of modern Syria’s birth pangs, this saga of friendship, freedom and tragedy celebrates Aleppo’s lost past. ,   No One Prayed Over Their …

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July 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – July 26, 2023

Global Left Midweek – July 26, 2023     July 26, 2023xxxxxx History is happening Closing of People’s Summit at Free University of Brussels. Credit, Zoe Alexandra, Peoples Dispatch   India Opposition Unites for Democracy Spain: It’s Center/Left vs Right/F…

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July 26, 2023 at 2:25 AM

A Dark Day for Israeli Democracy

A Dark Day for Israeli Democracy     Eetta Prince-Gibson July 25, 2023Moment With no judicial oversight, this self-serving government can use its powers to fire and appoint anyone it wants, use public resources for pet projects and otherwise abuse its power. Israel i…

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July 26, 2023 at 1:50 AM

Strategy in the Time of MAGA: Block and Build

Strategy in the Time of MAGA: Block and Build     Max Elbaum July 21, 2023Common Dreams A GOP presidential and congressional win in 2024 would bring a national abortion ban, national right to work law; more tax cuts for the rich; an eliminationist program for transge…

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July 26, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Inside the Teamsters’ Historic Contract at UPS

Inside the Teamsters’ Historic Contract at UPS     Luis Feliz Leon July 25, 2023The American Prospect The union’s new leadership used effective messaging and rank-and-file organization to win significant gains. UPS Teamsters and workers hold a rally in downtow…

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July 26, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Gulf Stream Could Collapse As Early as 2025, Study Suggests

Gulf Stream Could Collapse As Early as 2025, Study Suggests     Damian Carrington July 25, 2023Guardian A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis Perpetual Ocean - Gulf Stream, by NASA Goddard Photo and V…

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July 26, 2023 at 12:30 AM

In the Beginning, There Was Barbie

Portside Culture In the Beginning, There Was Barbie     Alissa Wilkinson July 20, 2023Vox Turns out Greta Gerwig’s 'Barbie" movie is a Biblical metaphor after all... "She's Everything. He's just Ken.", Poster for the film 'Barbie - Warner Bros. Pictures …

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July 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – July 25, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – July 25, 2023     July 25, 2023xxxxxx Media past, present and future , Tom Tomorrow   AI Guidelines The Case For Social Media Socialism Next Intellectual Property Orgy: Movies About Toys OpenAI WGA and SAG-AFTRA Shake the Industry …

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July 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

“Concrete Coffins:” Surviving Extreme Heat Behind Bars

“Concrete Coffins:” Surviving Extreme Heat Behind Bars     Jamiles Lartey July 22, 2023The Marshall Project Record temperatures in much of the U.S. threatening more people in prisons. The William G. McConnell Unit in Beeville, Texas. A 2022 study concluded tha…

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July 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, July 25 – 31

This Week in People’s History, July 25 – 31     xxxxxx Alabama tries to ban the NAACP in 1956. Freedom Summer under the gun in 1964. Cigarette health warning in 1965. Protesters killed in DC in 1932. "Fight for 15" in 2013. Federal health insurance for some in 1965. …

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July 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Blame Capitalism? Why Hundreds of Decades-Old Yet Vital Drugs Are Nearly Impossible To Find

Blame Capitalism? Why Hundreds of Decades-Old Yet Vital Drugs Are Nearly Impossible To Find     Geoffrey Joyce July 20, 2023The Conversation Hundreds of proven, decades-old vital drugs that can be produced inexpensively are difficult or impossible to find due to the …

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July 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

CNN Town Halls Do Democracy No Favors

CNN Town Halls Do Democracy No Favors     Julie Hollar July 19, 2023FAIR Good journalism demands one-on-one encounters with candidates, questions that speak to people’s actual concerns, real-time factchecking. If candidates can’t agree to a platform that holds them a…

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July 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Sánchez’s Tricky Road to Victory After Shock Spanish Election Result

Sánchez’s Tricky Road to Victory After Shock Spanish Election Result     Aitor Hernandez-Morales July 24, 2023Politico The Socialist may remain prime minister if he can cobble together enough support from wildly different political groups. Pedro Sánchez is on …

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July 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Curious Economics of Pick- Your-Own Farms

Portside Culture The Curious Economics of Pick- Your-Own Farms     Shelby Vittek July 13, 2023Ambrook Research The U-pick business model, which relies on farm visitors to do the harvesting, has the potential to produce big profits. But its success depends on an…

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