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August 28, 2023 at 6:15 AM

Sunday Science: NIH Withdraws Opposition to Unionization Effort

Sunday Science: NIH Withdraws Opposition to Unionization Effort     Katie Langin August 10, 2023Science The move opens the door for postdocs and graduate students who want a union to push for better pay and working conditions In June, early-career researchers …

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August 28, 2023 at 5:35 AM

Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson Made a Suggestion During the 1963 March on Washington − and It Changed a Good Speech to a Majestic Sermon on an American Dream

Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson Made a Suggestion During the 1963 March on Washington − and It Changed a Good Speech to a Majestic Sermon on an American Dream     Bev-Freda Jackson August 25, 2023The Conversation Every now and then, a voice can matter. Mahalia Jackson …

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August 28, 2023 at 5:20 AM

Giving Shakespeare the Tough Love He Deserves

Giving Shakespeare the Tough Love He Deserves     John Douglas Thompson August 18, 2023New York Times In “The Great White Bard,” Farah Karim-Cooper maintains that close attention to race, and racism, will only deepen engagement with the playwright’s canon. Joh…

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August 28, 2023 at 5:00 AM

NLRB: Companies That Try to Union-Bust Will Be Forced To Recognize Union

NLRB: Companies That Try to Union-Bust Will Be Forced To Recognize Union     Tori Otten August 25, 2023The New Republic The National Labor Relations Board just made it a whole lot harder to union-bust. , Fred Wright Union Cartoons   The National Labor Re…

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August 28, 2023 at 4:35 AM

“It’s Always About Oil”

“It’s Always About Oil”     Amy Goodman, Juan González, Ervand Abrahamian, Taghi Amirani August 23, 2023Democracy Now! The CIA & MI6 Staged Coup in Iran 70 Years Ago, Destroying Democracy in Iran Screen grab from show video, Democracy Now   We look a…

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August 28, 2023 at 2:05 AM

King the Land Is a Netflix Hit About Love and Labor Rights

Portside Culture King the Land Is a Netflix Hit About Love and Labor Rights     Aja Romano August 18, 2023Vox Can romance’s fantasy of wealth survive the labor rights movement? Let’s ask, uh, this frothy K-drama. Im Yoon-ah (Yoona) and Lee Jun-ho star in…

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August 27, 2023 at 3:25 AM

Can Boycotts Help Workers Win?

Can Boycotts Help Workers Win?     Stephen Lerner and Eric Blanc August 23, 2023Labor Politics With workers and unions beginning to reconsider the potentialities and pitfalls of boycotts, it makes sense to take a look back at the famous boycott campaigns led by the U…

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August 27, 2023 at 12:25 AM

Barbie: Marxism for Gen Z

Barbie: Marxism for Gen Z     Walden Bello August 21, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus Is Barbie out to change the world or just her own life? ,   I finally got what director Greta Gerwig was up to in her movie Barbie that features Margot Robbie as the adult …

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August 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Delivering Addresses (and Access) to the Navajo Nation

Delivering Addresses (and Access) to the Navajo Nation     Peter Yeung August 25, 2023Yes Magazine Emergency healthcare, mail delivery, broadband internet, government-issued IDs, and the right to vote often require a physical address. Navajo Mountain, a Native…

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August 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

LGBTQ+ Rights Advocates Mourn California Store Owner Killed Over Pride Flag

LGBTQ+ Rights Advocates Mourn California Store Owner Killed Over Pride Flag     Jessica Corbett August 21, 2023Common Dreams "The tragic, targeted killing of Lauri over the Pride flag displayed at her Lake Arrowhead store was senseless and, unfortunately, part of a g…

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August 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Latin America Is Stronger Together

Latin America Is Stronger Together     Guillaume Long August 15, 2023CEPR Despite difficult conditions, the dream of Latin American integration endures. It is one that the international community, particularly the United States, should share. The leaders of Co…

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August 26, 2023 at 12:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | August 25, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | August 25, 2023     August 25, 2023xxxxxx Billy Bragg | Rich Men Earning North of a Million. Georgia Prosecutor and Judge Call Trump Ally’s Bluff. Watch a Climate Scientist Fact Check an Alarming PragerU Video. The Day Women Shut Down Iceland. A …

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August 26, 2023 at 12:15 AM

How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows.

How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows.     Robin Fields June 28, 2023ProPublica Insurers’ denial rates — a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care — remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have do…

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August 26, 2023 at 12:15 AM

We Oppose McCarthyism and Apologizing for China

We Oppose McCarthyism and Apologizing for China     Dan La Botz and Stephen R. Shalom August 15, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus Here's how to oppose Cold War rhetoric and still be an internationalist who supports democracy and human rights. The red scare, UC Berk…

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August 26, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Bill Bragg Answers a Divisive Song With a Song of His Own

Bill Bragg Answers a Divisive Song With a Song of His Own     Billy Bragg August 22, 2023Guardian The No 1 hit Rich Men North of Richmond rails against billionaires but punches down on the poor. So I decided to write a song in reply. Bill Bragg,   ‘Don’t…

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August 26, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Indictments of Trump and Allies Highlight Need To Protect Election Systems

Indictments of Trump and Allies Highlight Need To Protect Election Systems     Derek Tisler and Lawrence Norden August 15, 2023Brennan Center for Justice The Georgia RICO indictment details the targeting of both election machines and election officials. Mug sh…

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August 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Winner and Still Champion

Portside Culture The Winner and Still Champion     Jeannette Ferrary Poet/photographer Jeannette Ferrary finds no small irony in the fact that Mattel has turned its products into a movie and the movie into more products, another merchandise opportunity. …

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August 25, 2023 at 12:10 AM

The GOP Debate – Trump and the MAGA Party

The GOP Debate – Trump and the MAGA Party     Harold Meyerson August 24, 2023DSA North Star Even without Donald Trump on stage, in the first GOP debate, the treatment the crowd gave Trump’s critics made it vociferously clear - this is a MAGA Trump Party. Image…

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August 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

What Might Finally Resolve the Hollywood Strikes

What Might Finally Resolve the Hollywood Strikes     David Dayen August 22, 2023The American Prospect The unions raised the need for antitrust enforcement, and the Biden administration’s top antitrust cops paid attention. The one-two punch of simultaneous WGA and SAG…

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August 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

‘Orphaned by Decree’: Italy’s Same-Sex Parents React to Losing Their Rights

‘Orphaned by Decree’: Italy’s Same-Sex Parents React to Losing Their Rights     Ashifa Kassam August 21, 2023The Guardian Rightwing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has demanded local councils register only biological parents on birth certificates, leaving partners in l…

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August 25, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Niger Revolution Takes Bonapartist Turn

Niger Revolution Takes Bonapartist Turn     M. K. Bhadrakumar August 23, 2023Indian Punchline The 4-week old turmoil in the West African state of Niger is taking a curious turn that no longer allows a binary vision of “neo-colonialism and imperialism” versus “nationa…

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August 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Aug.24, 2023 – Reader Comments: Donald Trump, Mob Boss; Georgia Indictment Speaks to History; Biden Climate Bill Leaves Workers Behind; German Left Debates Putin’s War; Sept 17 March To End the Era of Fossil Fuels; Cartoons; More;...

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August 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Hollywood Is a Union Town, but the History Is Complicated

Portside Culture Hollywood Is a Union Town, but the History Is Complicated     Steven Wishnia August 7, 2023The Indypendent The American movie industry has been one of the most consistently unionized sectors of the economy since the 1930s — but to achieve that,…

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August 24, 2023 at 6:20 AM

We Did Not Evolve To Be Selfish

We Did Not Evolve To Be Selfish     April Short August 19, 2023Indpendent Media Institute A new paper on multilevel cultural evolution shows how looking to our cultural evolutionary origins might help us improve society. , Photo by Randy Fath on Unsplash …

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August 24, 2023 at 6:05 AM

Anti-Trans Bills Are Sweeping the US Despite, Not Because of, Public Opinion

Anti-Trans Bills Are Sweeping the US Despite, Not Because of, Public Opinion     Interview with Erin Reed by Doug Henwood August 23, 2023Jacobin The coordinated attack on trans rights in state legislatures across the US is built on a foundation of hateful paranoia an…

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August 24, 2023 at 5:50 AM

6 Biased Tropes in Israel/Palestine Reporting

6 Biased Tropes in Israel/Palestine Reporting     Lara-Nour Walton August 22, 2023Common Dreams As stories about Israel/Palestine continue to bombard our screens and daily papers, readers and journalists alike need to remain aware of the pro-Israel pitfalls that pock…

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August 24, 2023 at 5:30 AM

Ecuadorians Vote To Halt Oil Drilling in Biodiverse Amazonian National Park

Ecuadorians Vote To Halt Oil Drilling in Biodiverse Amazonian National Park     Dan Collyns August 21, 2023The Guardian Referendum result protecting Yasuní reserve will benefit huge range of species as well as ‘uncontacted’ Indigenous peoples Waorani indigenou…

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August 24, 2023 at 3:10 AM

Giving Shakespeare the Tough Love He Deserves

Portside Culture Giving Shakespeare the Tough Love He Deserves     John Douglas Thompson August 18, 2023The New York Times Book Review In “The Great White Bard,” Farah Karim-Cooper maintains that close attention to race, and racism, will only deepen engagement …

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August 24, 2023 at 12:56 AM

Global Left Midweek – August 23, 2023

Global Left Midweek – August 23, 2023     August 23, 2023xxxxxx Theory, history and strategic thinking— ‘Take it easy, but take it’ Antonio Gramsci, partisan of working people. Credit, The Collector   What Next For the UK Left? Organizing Informal Worker…

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August 23, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Can’t Decide Which Books To Ban? Leave It to ChatGPT!

Can’t Decide Which Books To Ban? Leave It to ChatGPT!     Arwa Mahdawi August 22, 2023The Guardian Ordered to remove unsuitable books from their libraries, school administrators in Iowa outsourced the job to AI. So long, The Color Purple, Beloved, The Handmaid’s Tale…

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August 23, 2023 at 12:05 AM

In Failing To Strike at UPS, the Teamsters Missed a Big Opportunity

In Failing To Strike at UPS, the Teamsters Missed a Big Opportunity     Sam Gindin August 22, 2023Jacobin The five-year period of ‘peace’ in reality strengthens the ability of the capitalists to wage class war, while severely limiting the leverage of workers because …

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August 23, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Tragedy of Misunderstanding the Commons

The Tragedy of Misunderstanding the Commons     Stephen Stoll August 16, 2023In These Times - Rural Twelfth-century peasants developed commons practices to survive domination. We could use them to reclaim our lives from capitalism. Pieter Brueghel the Younger…

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August 23, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Climate Culprits Hiding Their Role in California’s Extreme Weather

The Climate Culprits Hiding Their Role in California’s Extreme Weather     Rebecca Burns August 21, 2023The Lever As California is pummeled by unprecedented storms and wildfires, corporations are fighting a landmark bill exposing their true contributions to climate c…

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August 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Blue Beetle Review – Superhero Fun With Immigrant Survival Subtext

Portside Culture Blue Beetle Review – Superhero Fun With Immigrant Survival Subtext     Mark Kermode August 20, 2023The Guardian Blue Beetle Review – Superhero Fun With Immigrant Survival Subtext ‘Our eyeballs kept spinning, our heartstrings plucked’: Bl…

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August 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – August 22, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – August 22, 2023     August 22, 2023xxxxxx The summer of the flying lawsuits, and more dystopian drama Jack Kirby's opinion. Credit, Dylan Horrocks   The Marion County Record Case X Runs Ads on Fascist Sites Universal Service Fund i…

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August 22, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Empire and Capital Set Maui Ablaze

Empire and Capital Set Maui Ablaze     Andrea Bower August 16, 2023Common Dreams The struggle now is the one that punctuates all moments of crisis: the forces of disaster capitalism versus the people attempting to build a paradise out of hell. Luz Vargas, 45, …

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August 22, 2023 at 12:10 AM

Mikhail Lobanov: “Soon the Moment Will Come When We Will Change Everything”

Mikhail Lobanov: “Soon the Moment Will Come When We Will Change Everything”     September Collective August 7, 2023September "September" met with mathematician and Russian left-wing politician Mikhail Lobanov to discuss his foreign agent status, his dismissal from Mo…

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August 22, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Florida’s Academic Standards Distort the Contributions That Enslaved Africans Made to American Society

Portside Culture Florida’s Academic Standards Distort the Contributions That Enslaved Africans Made to American Society     Rodney Coates August 14, 2023The Conversation Florida would have students believe that enslaved Black people “benefited” by developing sk…

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August 22, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, August 22 – 28

This Week in People’s History, August 22 – 28     xxxxxx "First Amendment, what's that?" in 1918. GIs sit-in, go to jail in 1968. An invasion is an invasion in 1968. KKK run out of town in 1923. Lead paint deadly in 1983 (and it still is). Trying to outlaw war in 192…

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August 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Nonsensical ‘Right and Left Need To Unite To Take On Elites’ Take That Just Won’t Die

The Nonsensical ‘Right and Left Need To Unite To Take On Elites’ Take That Just Won’t Die     Adam Johnson August 16, 2023Real News Network Two diametrically opposed groups of people, operating under two totally different definitions of “the enemy,” cannot unite in a…

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August 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM

War Without Humans

War Without Humans     Barbara Ehrenreich August 20, 2023TomDispatch In 1997, Barbara Ehrenreich went after the human attraction to violence in her book Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War. Now, in an updated, adapted version of an afterword, she …

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August 21, 2023 at 6:40 AM

Science Sunday: There’s Only One Way To Control AI -- Nationalization

Science Sunday: There’s Only One Way To Control AI -- Nationalization     Charles Jennings August 20, 2023Politico AI’s infinite potential — and infinite risk — requires federal ownership. , POLITICO illustration/Photos by iStock.   Nine years ago, in a …

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August 21, 2023 at 6:35 AM

The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again

The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again     J. Michael Luttig and Laurence H. Tribe August 19, 2023The Atlantic The only question is whether American citizens today can uphold that commitment. , Illustration by Jared Bartman / The Atla…

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August 21, 2023 at 6:10 AM

As Abortion Rights Win Votes Across US, Nebraska Becomes Latest State To Launch Referendum

As Abortion Rights Win Votes Across US, Nebraska Becomes Latest State To Launch Referendum     Julia Conley August 18, 2023Common Dreams "We are committed to exploring all possible options to protect our rights in Nebraska and restore the rights Nebraskans lost when …

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August 21, 2023 at 6:00 AM

How Majority-Minority Districts Fueled Diversity in Congress

How Majority-Minority Districts Fueled Diversity in Congress     Geoffrey Skelley August 14, 2023FiveThirtyEight And why people of color are winning more seats outside of those districts too. , ABC NEWS PHOTO ILLUSTRATION   The Voting Rights Act of 1965 …

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August 21, 2023 at 5:30 AM

The Night the Cops Tried To Break Thelonious Monk

The Night the Cops Tried To Break Thelonious Monk     Jeffrey St. Clair August 18, 2023PunterPunch Shamefully, few in the jazz world came to Monk’s defense. Monk at the Village Gate, 1968., Bernard Gotfryd. (Public Domain)   Usually Monk walked. He amble…

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August 21, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Star Trek Gave Us a Utopian Vision of an Egalitarian, Postcapitalist Future

Portside Culture Star Trek Gave Us a Utopian Vision of an Egalitarian, Postcapitalist Future     Simon Tyrie August 16, 2023Jacobin Unlike many classic works of sci-fi, Star Trek offered an optimistic vision of humanity’s future — one where democracy triumphs, …

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August 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Locals Have Been Sounding the Alarm for Years About Lahaina Wildfire Risk

Locals Have Been Sounding the Alarm for Years About Lahaina Wildfire Risk     Anita Hofschneider August 17, 2023Grist While the inferno spread shockingly fast, it didn’t come out of nowhere. , Courtesy of the Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources …

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August 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Biden DOJ: “No Constitutional Right to Stable Climate”

Biden DOJ: “No Constitutional Right to Stable Climate”     David Sirota, Matthew Cunningham-Cook August 16, 2023The Lever Amid multiple ecological crises, the Justice Department is attempting to kill kids’ landmark climate case. Burnt areas in Lahaina on the M…

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August 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Collapse 2.0

Collapse 2.0     Michael Klare August 18, 2023ScheerPost What a 2005 Bestseller Tells Us About Climate Change and Human Survival. Redlining the Temperature, Alan Levine   In his 2005 bestseller Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, geographe…

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