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September 6, 2023 at 12:30 AM

Which Nation Has Taxed the Rich the Most?

Which Nation Has Taxed the Rich the Most?     Sam Pizzigati September 3, 2023Inequality.org Britain and the United States once competed for that honor. Times have changed. The superyacht Lady Lau in the port of Bonifacio, Southern Corsica, France. , Myrabella …

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September 6, 2023 at 12:30 AM

It’s Up to Unions To Make the NLRB Matter

It’s Up to Unions To Make the NLRB Matter     Hamilton Nolan August 28, 2023In These Times - Labor The regulatory climate for unions is good. What will they do with it? New NLRB rules could help the RWDSU campaign to unionize Amazon. , Photo by Patrick T. FALL…

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September 6, 2023 at 12:20 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – September 5, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – September 5, 2023     September 5, 2023xxxxxx As the media world turns and twists , Johnny Ryan   Deepmind Co-Founder is Worried SAG-AFTRA Strike Expands to Video Games Broadband Subsidy is Threatened Africa: Sex, Lies and Social M…

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September 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Blood Is Everywhere in Pablo Larraín’s Mesmerizing El Conde

Portside Culture The Blood Is Everywhere in Pablo Larraín’s Mesmerizing El Conde     Bilge Ebiri August 31, 2023Vulture In Pablo Larrain's new film the villain is not a fictional one. He is General Augusto Pinochet, the brutal, U.S.-backed military dictator who…

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September 5, 2023 at 6:10 AM

As Auto Strike Looms, Biden Admin Puts $15.5 Billion Toward Just Transition to EVs

As Auto Strike Looms, Biden Admin Puts $15.5 Billion Toward Just Transition to EVs     Jessica Corbett September 1, 2023Common Dreams "We are glad to see the Biden administration doing its part to reject the false choice between a good job and a green job," said the …

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September 5, 2023 at 1:00 AM

This Week in People’s History, Sept. 5 – 11

This Week in People’s History, Sept. 5 – 11     xxxxxx A red Vice-President? in 1983. Prison farm deaths in 1913. West Bank atrocities film bombs in 1983. Who's not a percussionist? in 1953. Dixiecrats kneecap civil rights bill in 1957. Legal liability earthquake in …

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September 5, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Bananas for Socialism

Portside Culture Bananas for Socialism     Arun Gupta August 25, 2023Dissent Magazine In any socialist future worth living in, an abundance of diverse foods would replace the tyranny of monoculture. People carry jute crates filled with bananas at a whole…

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September 5, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Story of Our Universe May Be Starting To Unravel

The Story of Our Universe May Be Starting To Unravel     Adam Frank and Marcelo Gleiser September 2, 2023New York Times The Webb telescope data reveal that some very large galaxies formed really fast. This is no minor discrepancy. The finding is akin to parents and …

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September 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Workers Rights Are Key to Our Movement

Workers Rights Are Key to Our Movement     Bob Muehlenkamp September 1, 2023Third Act At Third Act, we fight to save democracy and our planet; at the intersection of these two existential issues are workers and unions. Union election win in Georgia is one of t…

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September 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM

American Steel’s Succession

American Steel’s Succession     Luke Goldstein, Jarod Facundo September 1, 2023The American Prospect Mergers temporarily strengthen labor’s bargaining chip. But in the long run, anti-monopoly experts say, corporate power crushes workers and consumers. A portio…

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September 4, 2023 at 7:55 AM

Sunday Science: Population Collapse Almost Wiped Out Human Ancestors

Sunday Science: Population Collapse Almost Wiped Out Human Ancestors     Hannah Devlin August 31, 2023The Guardian Genomics analysis indicates that at least 800,000 years ago breeding individuals sank to as few as 1,300 The skull of Homo heidelbergensis. Scien…

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September 4, 2023 at 7:35 AM

‘It’s Like 1948’: Israel Cleanses Vast West Bank Region of Nearly All Palestinians

‘It’s Like 1948’: Israel Cleanses Vast West Bank Region of Nearly All Palestinians     Oren Ziv August 31, 2023972 Magazine In mere months, entire Palestinian communities between Ramallah and Jericho have been chased out by settler violence and state policies — pavin…

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September 4, 2023 at 7:00 AM

The New Russian Presence in Cuba

The New Russian Presence in Cuba     Samuel Farber August 29, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus Right-wing Russians want to push Cuba toward a neoliberal economy. Embassy of Russia in Havana, Nick DeMarco/Wikipedia   At the beginning of this year, Russia signe…

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September 4, 2023 at 6:35 AM

On Four Global Contradictions

On Four Global Contradictions     Bill Fletcher Jr., Jerry Harris September 2, 2023Convergence Having an analytical framework to understand the key relationships that define the social conditions and political battles we face can guide us in formulating our strategy …

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September 4, 2023 at 6:20 AM

Defending Allende

Defending Allende     Ariel Dorfman August 30, 2023The New York Review The question of where Chile’s true identity lies becomes ever more pressing as the fiftieth anniversary of Pinochet’s coup approaches. Salvador Allende campaigning before Chile’s parliament…

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September 4, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Killing It Is a Perfect Comedic Takedown of Late-Stage Capitalism

Portside Culture Killing It Is a Perfect Comedic Takedown of Late-Stage Capitalism     Saloni Gajjar August 30, 2023AV Club In season two, Peacock's weird and funny satire "Killing It" carves up the myth of the American dream Claudia O’Doherty and Craig …

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September 3, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Big Pharma’s American Con

Big Pharma’s American Con     Andrew Perez, Matthew Cunningham-Cook September 1, 2023The Lever Drugmakers are charging foreigners far lower prices for medicines they want shielded from new Medicare price cuts. A Merck scientist conducts pharmaceutical research…

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September 3, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The New Rightwing Laws Taking Effect in Texas

The New Rightwing Laws Taking Effect in Texas     Ed Pilkington September 1, 2023The Guardian Hundreds of new state laws come into effect on 1 September, including attacking trans rights, further limiting abortion and pushing back climate efforts Demonstrators…

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September 3, 2023 at 12:00 AM

BRICS Expansion Is Positive – But Not a Coherent Challenge to US Power

BRICS Expansion Is Positive – But Not a Coherent Challenge to US Power     Editorial Morning Star The rise of the Brics is not enough to displace the US or avert a third world war. From left, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Ji…

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September 3, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Movement and the Mayor

The Movement and the Mayor     Jesse Sharkey August 31, 2023Hammer and Hoe We have gone from the dynamic of opposition to the dynamic of a campaign and now to the dynamic of working with our comrade in office, all within a few short months. On Oct. 25, 2019, t…

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September 3, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Laid-Off Sierra Club Staffers: ‘We Can’t Give Up on United Fronts’

Laid-Off Sierra Club Staffers: ‘We Can’t Give Up on United Fronts’     Brooke Anderson, Hop Hopkins, Michelle Mascarenhas August 8, 2023Convergence The recent upheaval at the Sierra Club pulls back years of work to turn the influential group toward climate justice. G…

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September 2, 2023 at 12:50 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 1, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | September 1, 2023     September 1, 2023xxxxxx How Ron DeSantis Let Billionaires Destroy Florida. Jamie Raskin on Trump's Possible Disqualification. Poor Things | Movie. Adam Driver talks SAG Strike, Netflix and Amazon. AI Finally Beats Humans at …

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September 2, 2023 at 12:05 AM

How To Better Tax the Rich Men North (and South) of Richmond

How To Better Tax the Rich Men North (and South) of Richmond     Amy Hanauer August 30, 2023The Hill I’ll take the sentiments from both Oliver Anthony and Billy Bragg to honor working class narratives, channel feelings of disempowerment, and push for a more economica…

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September 2, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Trump’s Use of Scottsboro Boys Case Comparison Raises Eyebrows and Ire of Judge

Trump’s Use of Scottsboro Boys Case Comparison Raises Eyebrows and Ire of Judge     Stacy M. Brown September 30, 2023Washington Informer Trump’s legal team cited the landmark Supreme Court decision related to the Scottsboro case, arguing that special counsel Jack Smi…

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September 2, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform

Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform     David Bacon September 29, 2023David Bacon Reality Check "All over the country, immigrant workers are a big part of the workforce. They're all part of a base that can force change. We can't depend on political…

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September 2, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Lessons From Gramsci for Social Movements Today

Lessons From Gramsci for Social Movements Today     Mark Engler and Paul Engler August 1, 2023Dissent From Gramsci’s political thinking and practical strategizing come a set of ideas that arguably have only grown more salient with time. Antonio Gramsci, 'Pessi…

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September 2, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Heavy Work

Portside Culture Heavy Work     Lita Kurth September 1, 2023 Poetry for Labor Day: The working-class persists, survives, says California poet Lita Kurth; but it sure isn’t easy. ,   Heavy Work By Lita Kurth     Cut a straight line through concrete …

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September 1, 2023 at 1:05 AM

The Civil Rights Movement Was Filled to the Brim With Leftists

The Civil Rights Movement Was Filled to the Brim With Leftists     Matthew F. Nichter interviewed by Shawn Gude August 28, 2023Jacobin August 28th was the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. Ignore the lies and distortions — the reality, as the latest resear…

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September 1, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Conservative Groups Draw Up Plan To Dismantle the US Government and Replace It With Trump’s Vision

Conservative Groups Draw Up Plan To Dismantle the US Government and Replace It With Trump’s Vision     Lisa Mascaro August 29, 2023AP News With a 1,000-page “Project 2025” handbook and an “army” of Americans, the idea is to have the civic infrastructure in place on D…

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September 1, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Tidbits – Aug.31, 2023 – Reader Comments: Racist Gun Violence Fueled by MAGA; March on Washington, Chicano Moratorium; GOP “Debate”; Capital Destruction, Maui; Hollywood Runs on Low Pay; Dolly Parton–The Book Lady; 50th Anniversary of Chile Coup;

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September 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Chile Announces Much-Anticipated Plan To Search for Pinochet’s Victims

Chile Announces Much-Anticipated Plan To Search for Pinochet’s Victims     John Bartlett August 30, 2023The Guardian Chile’s government has announced its much-anticipated plan to search for the victims of forced disappearance and political execution under Augusto Pin…

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September 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Can We Learn From Cuba’s Sustainable Revolution?

Can We Learn From Cuba’s Sustainable Revolution?     Elias Ferrer Breda August 24, 2023Forbes Being forced to live with scarce quantities of fossil fuels, it has pioneered different forms of energy saving and alternative energy production. In the last two decades, Cu…

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August 31, 2023 at 6:10 AM

‘War Against the Children’

‘War Against the Children’     Zach Levitt, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Simon Romero and Tim Wallace August 30, 2023New York Times The Native American boarding school system — a decades-long effort to assimilate Indigenous people before they ever reached adulthood — robb…

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August 31, 2023 at 5:45 AM

Mixture of Nuclear Modernization and Rising Global Mistrust Is ‘Recipe for Annihilation’: UN Chief

Mixture of Nuclear Modernization and Rising Global Mistrust Is ‘Recipe for Annihilation’: UN Chief     Jake Johnson August 30, 2023Common Dreams A legally binding prohibition on nuclear tests is a fundamental step in our quest for a world free of nuclear weapons," sa…

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August 31, 2023 at 5:25 AM

The NYPD Has Stopped Tens of Thousands of People Under Mayor Adams. Just 5% Were White.

The NYPD Has Stopped Tens of Thousands of People Under Mayor Adams. Just 5% Were White.     Bahar Ostadan August 25, 2023Gothamist Racial disparities even starker than at the height of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “stop and frisk” era. Police, in 2012, sto…

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August 31, 2023 at 5:05 AM

The Government Makes It Harder for the Formerly Incarcerated To Be Good Citizens

The Government Makes It Harder for the Formerly Incarcerated To Be Good Citizens     Jared McClain and Andrew Ward August 28, 2023The Daily Beast If rehabilitation is the point of our justice system, government agencies shouldn’t punish people who’ve paid their debt,…

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August 31, 2023 at 4:05 AM

‘The Man Who Changed Colors’

Portside Culture ‘The Man Who Changed Colors’     John Bachtell August 29, 2023People's World Reviewer Bachtell on this "multi-layered working-class suspense thriller," the second novel by this widely respected working class movement leader, activist, and think…

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August 31, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – August 30, 2023

Global Left Midweek – August 30, 2023     August 30, 2023xxxxxx News and analysis about and from movements and parties around the world From Idlib, Syria: Druze, Assyrian and Kurdish flags signaling revolutionary unity, 25 August 2023. Credit, Omar Albam …

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August 30, 2023 at 12:10 AM

20 Groups Demand Passage of Bowman Amendment To Disclose Cost of US Military Footprint

20 Groups Demand Passage of Bowman Amendment To Disclose Cost of US Military Footprint     Jessica Corbett August 28, 2023Common Dreams "This amendment is crucial as taxpayers and other citizens remain concerned—and inadequately informed—about the cost to U.S. taxpay…

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August 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Care(ful) Work of Abolishing Prisons

The Care(ful) Work of Abolishing Prisons     Amanda Alexander & Deanna Van Buren February 27, 2023Yes! How to kick our national addiction to prisons , pacific press   Our society is addicted to punishment. For the last 50 years, we have expanded poli…

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August 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Living on a War Planet

Living on a War Planet     David Bromwich August 29, 2023Tom Dispatch When we think about our latest war — the one that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is a hidden benefit. As long as American minds are on Ukraine, we are not thinking about planetar…

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August 30, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Biden’s NLRB Brings Workers’ Rights Back From the Dead

Biden’s NLRB Brings Workers’ Rights Back From the Dead     Harold Meyerson August 28, 2023The American Prospect A decision last Friday makes union organizing possible again. , Jon Elswick/AP Photo   Hot Labor Summer just became a scorcher. To listen to t…

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August 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 29, 2023

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 29, 2023     August 29, 2023xxxxxx What to make of the GOP debate, human rights for Juggalos, and more culture clash , Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images/Fulton County Sheriff’s Office   A Tal…

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August 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM

“Aurora’s Sunrise” Illuminates the Armenian Genocide

Portside Culture “Aurora’s Sunrise” Illuminates the Armenian Genocide     Dick Price and Sharon Kyle August 15, 2023Hollywood Progressive An animated documentary film based on a true story, the film follows Aurora Mardiganian’s life during and just after the Ar…

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August 29, 2023 at 5:50 AM

The March on Washington Advanced a Radical Vision for Society That Remains Unfulfilled

The March on Washington Advanced a Radical Vision for Society That Remains Unfulfilled     Paul Prescod August 28, 2023Jacobin Sixty years ago today, hundreds of thousands gathered at the Washington Mall, where they heard Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” spee…

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August 29, 2023 at 1:05 AM

The Making of John Lewis’ 1963 March on Washington Speech

The Making of John Lewis’ 1963 March on Washington Speech     David Greenberg August 28, 1963New York Times John Lewis' 1963 speech bluntly assailed deficiencies in the civil rights bill others were championing — but succeeded in doing so without undermining the day…

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August 29, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Aug. 28 – Sept. 5

This Week in People’s History, Aug. 28 – Sept. 5     xxxxxx Deadly weather in 2005. KKK run out of town in 1923. FBI informers mess up in 1973. The telephone industry discovers women workers in 1878. TV news is ready for prime time in 1963. Frederick Douglass frees h…

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August 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Impact of the Raise the Wage Act of 2023, by Congressional District

The Impact of the Raise the Wage Act of 2023, by Congressional District     Ben Zipperer August 22, 2023Economic Policy Institute The federal minimum hourly wage is just $7.25 and has not increased in 14 years, the longest period of congressional inaction in the hist…

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August 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Wild History of Not Eating Meat

Portside Culture The Wild History of Not Eating Meat     Diana Hubbell August 15, 2023Atlas Obscura Alicia Kennedy’s debut book tackles punk restaurants, underground vegan zines, and Silicon Valley. A sustainable cashew farming initiative in Puerto Carre…

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August 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Taking Lessons From Black Political Prisoners During Black August

Taking Lessons From Black Political Prisoners During Black August     Jomo Muhammad and Justin A. Davis August 22, 2023Waging Nonviolence From food justice to energy to housing, the freedom of political prisoners should be a demand, and organizations should create ti…

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