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October 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Most Successful Murder in History

The Most Successful Murder in History     Daniel Matamala October 14, 2023La Tercera After the signing of the Oslo Accords, fundamentalist rabbis branded Rabin a “traitor” and issued a din rodef against him, an authorization to assassinate him. Benjamin Netanyahu, th…

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October 20, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Oct. 19, 2023 – Reader Comments: Israel-Gaza War – Calling for Ceasefire, Stopping the Bombing, Freeing the Hostages, Responses to xxxxxx Posts; Healthcare Today; How To Take Action in Solidarity With UAW Members on Strike; More...

Tidbits – Oct. 19, 2023 – Reader Comments: Israel-Gaza War – Calling for Ceasefire, Stopping the Bombing, Freeing the Hostages, Responses to xxxxxx Posts; Healthcare Today; How To Take Action in Solidarity With UAW Members on Strike; More…     October 19, 2023xxxxxx …

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October 19, 2023 at 7:00 AM

After Writing an Anti-Israel Letter, Harvard Students Are Doxxed

After Writing an Anti-Israel Letter, Harvard Students Are Doxxed     Anemona Hartocollis October 18, 2023New York Times A truck with a billboard displayed their names and photos, and critics put out do-not-hire lists. The students say it’s a campaign to shut them up.…

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October 19, 2023 at 6:40 AM

Crisis of Faith: Science Denial and Western Civilization

Crisis of Faith: Science Denial and Western Civilization     John Peeler October 17, 2023LA Progressive We live in a very different time, where the skeptics see science not as Truth, but rather as propaganda of the dominant elites to manipulate and control us. …

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October 19, 2023 at 6:30 AM

California Just Passed the First State Social Housing Legislation in the US

California Just Passed the First State Social Housing Legislation in the US     Richard Marcantonio October 18, 2023Jacobin Earlier this month, California passed a bill requiring the state to produce a study and recommendations on expanding the state’s social housing…

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October 19, 2023 at 6:15 AM

‘Not in Our Name!’ Hundreds Arrested at US Capitol As Jewish-Led Protest Demands Gaza Cease-Fire

‘Not in Our Name!’ Hundreds Arrested at US Capitol As Jewish-Led Protest Demands Gaza Cease-Fire     Brett Wilkins October 18, 2023Common Dreams "Cease-fire is the first step to stop the ongoing genocide by the Israeli military of the over 2 million Palestinians in b…

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October 19, 2023 at 1:55 AM

The Many Worlds of American Communism

Portside Culture The Many Worlds of American Communism     Joel Wendland-Liu October 2, 2023Marx & Philosophy Review of Books This new study of the Communist Party USA, says, reviewer Wendland-Liu, "is at its best in its detailed treatment of political deba…

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October 19, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Global Left Midweek – October 18, 2023

Global Left Midweek – October 18, 2023     October 18, 2023xxxxxx The horror sinks in around the world London, October 14. Credit, Reuters   Siege of Gaza Latin America Europe Africa  Asia Down Under Canada Caribbean Theory Practice __________Siege of Ga…

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October 18, 2023 at 2:15 AM

This Month’s Kaiser Health Care Strike Won Big for Workers and Patients

This Month’s Kaiser Health Care Strike Won Big for Workers and Patients     Michael McQuarrie October 17, 2023Jacobin Kaiser health care workers launched the biggest such strike in US history earlier this month. Their contract agreement, announced late last week, sho…

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October 18, 2023 at 2:10 AM

Statement on Behalf of Israel-Based Progressives and Peace Activists Regarding Debates Over Recent Events in Our Region

Statement on Behalf of Israel-Based Progressives and Peace Activists Regarding Debates Over Recent Events in Our Region     Undersigned Israel-Based Progressives and Peace Activists October 16, 2023 We emphasize: there is no contradiction between staunchly opposing t…

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October 18, 2023 at 2:10 AM

The Great Bank Robbery of 2023

The Great Bank Robbery of 2023     David Sirota October 17, 2023The Lever The nation’s biggest banks are netting big profits from rising interest rates while ripping off everyone else. , Illustration by Lindsay Ballant/The Lever   “It is easier to rob by…

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October 18, 2023 at 2:10 AM

The U.S. Labor Voices Opposing Military Aid to Israel

The U.S. Labor Voices Opposing Military Aid to Israel     Jeff Schuhrke, Sarah Lazare October 13, 2023In These Times - Labor “U.S. military aid going in is pouring gasoline onto a fire. It encourages that there be military solutions, and military solutions will get m…

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October 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – October 17, 2023

Media Bits and Bytes – October 17, 2023     October 17, 2023xxxxxx The Gaza siege has media on the warpath The cartoon that led to the firing of Steve Bell, Earth's greatest living political cartoonist, from the Guardian after 40 years. Credit, Steve Bell …

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October 17, 2023 at 2:50 AM

How a Tusk-Led Government Could Bring Radical Change to Poland

How a Tusk-Led Government Could Bring Radical Change to Poland     Shaun Walker October 16, 2023The Guardian Warmer EU and Kyiv relations along with a focus on the rule of law, women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights could ensue if polls are accurate Donald Tusk gest…

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October 17, 2023 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct. 17–23

This Week in People’s History, Oct. 17–23     Nixon's corporate funders guilty (in 1973). World's first video game (1958). Raves for Robeson's Othello (1943). Saturday Night Massacre (1973). Demonstrators shut down Tokyo's trains (1968). The truth hurts (1963). Fortr…

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October 17, 2023 at 12:05 AM

After 112 Years, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Victims Get a Memorial

After 112 Years, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Victims Get a Memorial     Lola Fadulu October 11, 2023New York Times The 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York killed 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, and galvanized the U.S. labor movement. Aft…

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October 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM

On Solidarity and War Crimes

On Solidarity and War Crimes     Daniel Spector October 15, 2023Thoughts-letter Substack To say that Hamas’ attack was a war crime does not excuse or divert attention from Israel’s history of war crimes, or equate what Hamas did with what Israel has been doing for 75…

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October 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Kaiser’s Massive Mental Health Care Settlement Sends Strong Message to Providers That Ignore Patient Needs

Kaiser’s Massive Mental Health Care Settlement Sends Strong Message to Providers That Ignore Patient Needs     Mark Kreidler October 13, 2023Capital & Main A California settlement compels the state’s largest health care provider to spend $150 million on behaviora…

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October 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The 10th-Century Master Chef Who Wrote Food Poetry

Portside Culture The 10th-Century Master Chef Who Wrote Food Poetry     Fehmida Zakeer October 12, 2023Atlas Obscura Kushajim's verses offer a glimpse into the good life during the Islamic Golden Age. The 13th-century Palmer Cup, in the British museum, i…

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October 16, 2023 at 6:00 AM

Sunday Science: The Rays of the Sun

Sunday Science: The Rays of the Sun     Bill McKibben October 7, 2023The Crucial Years The sun keeps pumping out more or less the same amount of energy day in and day out. It’s what we do down here on earth that will decide whether it cooks us or saves us. U.S…

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October 16, 2023 at 4:45 AM

Supreme Court Gets Down to Business

Supreme Court Gets Down to Business     Michael Waldman October 3, 2023Brennan Center for Justice The new term is for the megadonors who want a conservative Supreme Court to help them neuter the government regulators who hold power over their businesses. , Sup…

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October 16, 2023 at 3:55 AM

How a Maneuver in Puerto Rico Led to a $29 Billion Tax Bill for Microsoft

How a Maneuver in Puerto Rico Led to a $29 Billion Tax Bill for Microsoft     Paul Kiel October 13, 2023Propublica In the largest audit in U.S. history, the IRS rejected Microsoft’s attempts to channel profits to a small factory in Puerto Rico that burned Windows sof…

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October 16, 2023 at 3:30 AM

Wisconsin Republicans Vow To Let Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh Impeach Liberal Justice if They Lose Partisan Gerrymander

Wisconsin Republicans Vow To Let Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh Impeach Liberal Justice if They Lose Partisan Gerrymander     Liz Dye October 13, 2023Above the Law It's so crazy, it just might work. ,   Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vo…

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October 16, 2023 at 3:10 AM

Settlers Take Advantage of Gaza War To Launch West Bank Pogroms

Settlers Take Advantage of Gaza War To Launch West Bank Pogroms     Yuval Abraham October 13, 2023972 Magazine Israeli settlers and soldiers have killed 51 Palestinians in the West Bank this past week, with two villages entirely depopulated after attacks. Isra…

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October 16, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Actors Strike Negotiations Have Broken Down

Portside Culture The Actors Strike Negotiations Have Broken Down     Alissa Wilkinson October 12, 2023Vox The two big sticking points between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP, explained. SAG-AFTRA is still on strike — and negotiations have broken down again. , Ap…

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October 15, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Kaiser Permanente Workers Win 21% Raise Over 4 Years

Kaiser Permanente Workers Win 21% Raise Over 4 Years     Selena Simmons-Duffin , Scott Maucione October 13, 2023NPR A three day strike preceded the settlement. Striking Kaiser Permanente workers on the picket line in front of a hospital in Vallejo, Calif., on …

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October 15, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Protests in Guatemala Shut Down the Country for More Than a Week

Protests in Guatemala Shut Down the Country for More Than a Week     Jeff Abbott October 13, 2023The Progressive The country continues toward a constitutional crisis as the far-right continues its attempts to subvert the August 20 electoral result. , (Photo b…

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October 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Exxon’s $60 Billion Bet on Fossil Fuels

Exxon’s $60 Billion Bet on Fossil Fuels     Catherine Boudreau October 14, 2023Business Insider It's no surprise that Exxon opted to buy Pioneer in a $60 billion agreement. Energy analysts say fossil fuels will still account for half the world's energy mix by 2050. …

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October 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Adalah’s Statement Following the Extreme Violence in Gaza and in Israel

Adalah’s Statement Following the Extreme Violence in Gaza and in Israel     October 11, 2023Adalah We call on Israeli and Gaza authorities to cease all violations of international law and release all civilian hostages and bodies. We call on the international communit…

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October 15, 2023 at 12:00 AM

What DSA Can Learn From Organizational Death in the Student Movement

What DSA Can Learn From Organizational Death in the Student Movement     Beth Huang October 10, 2023The Forge A decades' long right-wing assault on membership organizations led to the collapse of the US Student Association in 2017. What can organizers take away from …

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October 14, 2023 at 4:20 AM

Friday Nite Videos | October 13, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | October 13, 2023     October 13, 2023xxxxxx Trump Could Lose These Voters -- Here's Why. Spirit and Bear's Last Goodbye | Reservation Dogs. Socialism Fear-mongering Is Bananas | Robert Reich. Conservatives Want American Kids To Be Dumb.Why Your …

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October 14, 2023 at 2:50 AM

The Catastrophic Moral Failing of Those Who Won’t Condemn Hamas

The Catastrophic Moral Failing of Those Who Won’t Condemn Hamas     Sasha Abramsky October 12, 2023The Nation Israel’s oppression of Palestinians is an atrocity. So was Hamas’s massacre of civilians—and anyone who claims to be on the left should say so. Israel…

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October 14, 2023 at 2:30 AM

End Israeli Apartheid To Give Peace a Chance

End Israeli Apartheid To Give Peace a Chance     Max Elbaum October 12, 2023Convergence Magazine Only urgent action that targets roots causes can prevent more deaths, injuries, trauma, and grief. The violence can end only with an immediate ceasefire and rapid steps t…

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October 14, 2023 at 2:15 AM

The Disturbing Story of How America Saved the Buffalo

The Disturbing Story of How America Saved the Buffalo     Jackie Flynn Mogensen October 6, 2023Mother Jones Ken Burns’ latest documentary explores how a group of racists, grifters, and reformed hide hunters helped bring back the species. , Mother Jones; Librar…

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October 14, 2023 at 2:05 AM

Oleg Orlov Addresses a Russian Court

Oleg Orlov Addresses a Russian Court     Oleg Orlov October 11, 2023Meduza "Thirty years down the line, we’re back in 1984," says civil liberties advocate Oleg Orlov, addressing a Russian court at the conclusion of his trial Oleg Orlov on October 11, 2023, pho…

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October 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Our Revels

Portside Culture Our Revels     Donna Pucciani “And now we mourn the temperate days,” writes Chicago poet Donna Pucciani, as the news of weather is seldom good. ,   Our Revels By Donna Pucciani now are ended, the era of four seasons: mild summers f…

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October 13, 2023 at 2:15 AM

In Gaza and Israel, Side With the Child Over the Gun

In Gaza and Israel, Side With the Child Over the Gun     Naomi Klein October 11, 2023The Guardian Some continue to minimize massacres of Israeli civilians - this only fuels militant Zionism. What could lessen its power, drain it of some of that fuel? True solidarity.…

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October 13, 2023 at 2:00 AM

Israeli Settlers Aren’t Pausing the Expulsion and Dispossession in the West Bank

Israeli Settlers Aren’t Pausing the Expulsion and Dispossession in the West Bank     Amira Hass October 12, 2023Haaretz Israeli security forces neglected the defense of communities near the Gaza Strip because they have been preoccupied with defending the settlers in …

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October 13, 2023 at 1:45 AM

Seeking Understanding Amidst the Horror in Israel/Palestine

Seeking Understanding Amidst the Horror in Israel/Palestine     Rabbi Brant Rosen October 12, 2023Shalom Rav The Jewish community is now with a profound moral challenge. Even as we mourns our dead in Israel, we must acknowledge and protest the genocide Israel is curr…

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October 13, 2023 at 12:10 AM

‘We’ve Been Shaken out of This Fantasy’: How the Left Sees the War in Israel

‘We’ve Been Shaken out of This Fantasy’: How the Left Sees the War in Israel     Alexander Burns interviews Matt Duss October 9, 2023Politico A former top aide for Bernie Sanders on how Israel’s critics on the political left see the Hamas attack and what this means f…

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October 13, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Oct. 12, 2023 – Reader Comments: Israel-Gaza War – Responses to xxxxxx Posts, Letter From Israeli Jews and Arabs, Resources, Action You Can Take; Kennedy Family Releases Statement on RFK Candidacy; Cartoons; More...

Tidbits – Oct. 12, 2023 – Reader Comments: Israel-Gaza War – Responses to xxxxxx Posts, Letter From Israeli Jews and Arabs, Resources, Action You Can Take; Kennedy Family Releases Statement on RFK Candidacy; Cartoons; More…     October 12, 2023xxxxxx Reader Comments:…

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October 12, 2023 at 7:05 AM

Biden Takes Initiative Against Junk Fees

Biden Takes Initiative Against Junk Fees     Robert Kuttner October 11, 2023The American Prospect Why did it take so long for other presidents to appreciate the power of these regulatory counterweights? Junk fees at hotels and other industries have cost consum…

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October 12, 2023 at 6:40 AM

The Pope’s Journey to Climate Outrage

The Pope’s Journey to Climate Outrage     David Wallace-Wells October 11, 2023New York Times With his latest missive, he has moved from grief and exhortation to a more strident position , Image by Ibrahim Rayintakath   In 2015, Pope Francis came out as a…

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October 12, 2023 at 6:30 AM

Sanders Says ‘Children and Innocent People Do Not Deserve To Be Punished for Acts of Hamas’

Sanders Says ‘Children and Innocent People Do Not Deserve To Be Punished for Acts of Hamas’     Jake Johnson October 11, 2023Common Dreams "The targeting of civilians is a war crime, no matter who does it," said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. U.S. Senator Bernie Sa…

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October 12, 2023 at 6:10 AM

Everyone Should Be Calling for a Cease-Fire in Palestine

Everyone Should Be Calling for a Cease-Fire in Palestine     Branko Marcetic October 11, 2023Jacobin Israel is bombarding Gaza, slaughtering civilians en masse and vowing to turn it into a “city of tents” following this weekend’s horrific violence. An immediate cease…

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October 12, 2023 at 12:45 AM

How Cities Can Transform Democracy

Portside Culture How Cities Can Transform Democracy     Charlotte Cator September 26, 2023LSE Review of Books This study of "of the political meaning of the city under global urbanisation," writes reviewer Cator, is particularly timely "in light of ongoing glob…

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October 12, 2023 at 12:25 AM

Global Left Midweek – October 11, 2023

Global Left Midweek – October 11, 2023     October 11, 2023xxxxxx A world-changing week ,   Left Voices Amidst the Gaza Siege Philippines: Platform From PLM Congress Indigenous Pro-Democracy Protesters Paralyze Guatemala Canadian Labor Defends LGBTQ Yout…

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October 11, 2023 at 12:30 AM

Netanyahu Bears Responsibility for This Israel-Gaza War

Netanyahu Bears Responsibility for This Israel-Gaza War     Haaretz Editorial October 8, 2023Haaretz The disaster that befell Israel on the holiday of Simchat Torah is the clear responsibility of one person: Benjamin Netanyahu. The military and intelligence failure …

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October 11, 2023 at 12:25 AM

Clarence Thomas Has Yet Another Huge Conflict of Interest

Clarence Thomas Has Yet Another Huge Conflict of Interest     Vishal Shankar October 2, 2023The American Prospect Revolving Door Project research reveals that right-wing elites in the Horatio Alger Association stand to benefit from a lawsuit attempting to destroy the…

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October 11, 2023 at 12:25 AM

Auto Workers Spare Big 3, Win Landmark Just Transition at General Motors

Auto Workers Spare Big 3, Win Landmark Just Transition at General Motors     Luis Feliz Leon October 6, 2023Labor Notes The UAW was poised to call out the 5,000 members at GM’s assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, but In the eleventh hour, GM agreed to put battery man…

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