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October 28, 2023 at 3:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | October 27, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | October 27, 2023     October 27, 2023xxxxxx AOC | The Daily Show. A Prison Lullaby for Donald Trump. Unexpected News on Televising Trump’s DC Trial. Angela Davis: 'Palestine Is a Moral Litmus Test.' MAGA Mike Johnson. To view an video, cli…
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October 28, 2023 at 1:25 AM

The Enduring Limits of American Power

The Enduring Limits of American Power     John Feffer October 25, 2023Foreign Policy in Focus The decline of U.S influence should not feed the narrative that anarchy has been loosed upon the world. The choice is not between a U.S.-led world and a Joker-led world. …
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October 28, 2023 at 12:55 AM

Israel’s War Cabinet Has Learned Nothing From Its Failures

Israel’s War Cabinet Has Learned Nothing From Its Failures     Menachem Klein October 26, 2023972 Magazine The leaders who oversaw Israel's Gaza policy for 15 years are incapable of abandoning the erroneous ideas that collapsed on Oct. 7. Defense Minister Yoav…
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October 28, 2023 at 12:15 AM

ALEC’s Stand Your Ground Laws Have Created a Deadly Culture of Shoot-First Vigilantism

ALEC’s Stand Your Ground Laws Have Created a Deadly Culture of Shoot-First Vigilantism     Juliana Broad and Alice Herman October 26, 2023Center for Media and Democracy “Stand Your Ground laws threaten public safety, encourage armed vigilantism, and promote a culture…
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October 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Bela Lugosi: The People’s Horror Star

Bela Lugosi: The People’s Horror Star     Hank Kennedy October 27, 2023Cosmonaut Magazine Anti-fascists, leftists, socialists, radicals, and revolutionaries looking for a horror film to watch this October should seek out one of Bela Lugosi’s classics. But please broa…
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October 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Before I Was a Gazan

Portside Culture Before I Was a Gazan     Naomi Shihab Nye March 15, 2018Voices in the Air The poet Naomi Shihab Nye expresses a child’s sense of helplessness, trapped by politics and war. ,   Before I Was a Gazan By Naomi Shihab Nye I was a boy a…
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October 27, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Emerging Coalition That Could Revitalize Our Politics

The Emerging Coalition That Could Revitalize Our Politics     Raina Lipsitz October 20, 2023The New Republic The left and labor haven’t always seen eye to eye—but they may be on the verge of a fruitful reunion. Could a new labor movement—one not built or seen as the …
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October 27, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Even in Their Anguish, These Israeli Survivors Say Invading Gaza Won’t Help

Even in Their Anguish, These Israeli Survivors Say Invading Gaza Won’t Help     Nicholas Kristof October 25, 2023New York Times I just don’t think it will bring us any closer to a better position, Yonatan Zeigen, whose mother, Vivian Silver, is a hostage, said. Venge…
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October 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

I Run the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees. History Will Judge Us All if There Is No Ceasefire in Gaza

I Run the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees. History Will Judge Us All if There Is No Ceasefire in Gaza     Philippe Lazzarini October 26, 2023he Guardian Before October 7 Gaza received some 500 trucks of food and other supplies every day, including 45 trucks of fuel …
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October 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Youth Lead the Way on Addressing the Climate Crisis

Youth Lead the Way on Addressing the Climate Crisis     Tina Gerhardt October 17, 2023The Progressive Magazine A district court judge ruled state agencies were violating plaintiffs’ constitutionally guaranteed right to a clean healthy environment. It is the first of …
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October 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Oct. 26, 2023 – Reader Comments: Israel-Gaza War – Ceasefire, Stop the Bombing, Free the Hostages; Israeli Occupation and Apartheid; Solidarity and War Crimes; House Speaker; Elliott Abrams; Take Action for Ceasefire; Gaza Sources; More..

Tidbits – Oct. 26, 2023 – Reader Comments: Israel-Gaza War – Ceasefire, Stop the Bombing, Free the Hostages; Israeli Occupation and Apartheid; Solidarity and War Crimes; House Speaker; Elliott Abrams; Take Action for Ceasefire; Gaza Sources; More..     October 26, 2023xx…
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October 26, 2023 at 5:00 AM

The Canonization of Lou Reed

Portside Culture The Canonization of Lou Reed     Jeremy Lybarger October 17, 2023The New Republic In a new biography, the Velvet Underground front man embodies a New York that exists only in memory. ,   Lou Reed: The King of New York Will Hermes F…
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October 26, 2023 at 4:55 AM

How Israel’s Ground Invasion of Gaza Would Play Out – And Why It Will Fail

How Israel’s Ground Invasion of Gaza Would Play Out – And Why It Will Fail     Paul Rogers October 25, 2023The Guardian The IDF’s ‘three-phase’ operation would increase Hamas’s influence in the region rather than extinguishing it Rubble litters a street betwee…
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October 26, 2023 at 4:40 AM

New GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson Has Proposed Trillions in Cuts to Social Security and Medicare

New GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson Has Proposed Trillions in Cuts to Social Security and Medicare     Jake Johnson October 25, 2023Common Dreams "Now that Johnson is speaker, he will do what the Republicans never stop doing—everything in their power to cut our Social…
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October 26, 2023 at 4:25 AM

A Class Struggle Spirit Is Returning to the Labor Movement

A Class Struggle Spirit Is Returning to the Labor Movement     Interview with Joe Burns by Sara Van Horn and Cal Turner October 25, 2023Jacobin In the past year, we’ve seen large, militant strikes by autoworkers, Hollywood writers, and others. It’s a promising sign t…
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October 26, 2023 at 4:20 AM

The Canonization of Lou Reed

Portside Culture The Canonization of Lou Reed     Jeremy Lybarger The New In a new biography, the Velvet Underground front man embodies a New York that exists only in memory. ,         Interpret the world and change it   …
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October 26, 2023 at 4:10 AM

Students at 100 Campuses Walkout for Ceasefire

Students at 100 Campuses Walkout for Ceasefire     Lexi McMenamin October 25, 2023Teen Vogue Students are walking out today to protest for university divestment from arms manufacturers over Israel's warfare on Gaza. , Pacific Press/Teen Vogue   College s…
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October 26, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – October 25, 2023

Global Left Midweek – October 25, 2023     October 25, 2023xxxxxx Left responses to the Gaza siege, and news and analysis from all over Rally to mark mass women's strike in Reykjavik, October 24, 2023. Credit, AP Photo/Arni Torfason   Left Responses to t…
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October 25, 2023 at 12:35 AM

“Killers of the Flower Moon” a Slow, Staggering American Conspiracy

Portside Culture “Killers of the Flower Moon” a Slow, Staggering American Conspiracy     David Sims October 19, 2023The Atlantic Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of David Grann’s best-selling Killers of the Flower Moon explores the rot beneath the myth of American …
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October 25, 2023 at 12:15 AM

Religious Charter Schools Undermine the Foundations of Public Education

Religious Charter Schools Undermine the Foundations of Public Education     Nora De La Cour October 24, 2023Jacobin A church-run charter school is on track to open in Oklahoma — publicly funded but run by the archdiocese. The arrival of religious charter schools is o…
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October 25, 2023 at 12:15 AM

How Israel Helped To Spawn Hamas

How Israel Helped To Spawn Hamas     Andrew Higgins, Moshav Tekuma, Israel January 24, 2009The Wall Street Journal Israel cooperated with a crippled, half-blind cleric named Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, even as he was laying the foundations for what would become Hamas. Sheik…
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October 25, 2023 at 12:15 AM

US Unions Winning Big Gains Amid ‘Great Reset’ in Worker Power

US Unions Winning Big Gains Amid ‘Great Reset’ in Worker Power     Steven Greenhouse October 24, 2023The Guardian Increased militancy after pandemic sacrifices and tighter labor market contributed to impressive contract deals in the last year , Las Vegas Culin…
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October 25, 2023 at 12:10 AM

The US Supreme Court’s Incoherent, Idiotic, and Racist Rulings on Gerrymandering

The US Supreme Court’s Incoherent, Idiotic, and Racist Rulings on Gerrymandering     Miles Mogulescu October 24, 2023Common Dreams The Court may be ready to scuttle remaining portions of the Voting Rights Act by giving states the ability to racially gerrymander by cl…
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October 25, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – October 24, 2023

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – October 24, 2023     October 24, 2023xxxxxx A month of renewed protest and repression , Claytoonz   Responses to the Siege of Gaza Pipeline Plugged The Anti-Abortion Movement’s New Campaign Has Chick-fil-A Gone Woke? A …
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October 24, 2023 at 6:35 AM

To Defeat Injustice Follow Mandela’s, Castro’s Example

To Defeat Injustice Follow Mandela’s, Castro’s Example     August H. Nimtz October 22, 2023The Star Tribune Taking the moral high ground despite the horrors of the enemy can be a winning strategy. “Treating captured enemy soldiers humanely and with dignity was…
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October 24, 2023 at 6:00 AM

How the UAW Broke Ford’s Stranglehold Over Black Detroit

How the UAW Broke Ford’s Stranglehold Over Black Detroit     Paul Prescod October 23, 2023Jacobin In the early 1900s, Ford Motor Company commanded strong loyalty from Detroit’s black workers. But the United Auto Workers broke Ford’s stranglehold through patient organ…
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October 24, 2023 at 1:25 AM

Indigenous Groups Say Referendum Loss Proves Australia Is a ‘Country That Does Not Know Itself’

Indigenous Groups Say Referendum Loss Proves Australia Is a ‘Country That Does Not Know Itself’     Sarah Basford Canales October 21, 2023Guardian Central Land Council and Antar issue statements after week of silence, with latter claiming voice defeat an ‘unparallele…
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October 24, 2023 at 1:15 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct. 24–30

This Week in People’s History, Oct. 24–30     xxxxxx Minimum wage mandated (in 1938), City water comes to Boston (1848), Anyone know Choctaw? (1918), London says, Victory to the N.L.F! (1968), Good-bye to Penn Station (1963), Europe says No to nukes (1983), Mars atta…
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October 24, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Biden’s Nomination of Elliott Abrams Ignores a Violent Past

Biden’s Nomination of Elliott Abrams Ignores a Violent Past     Marc Rosenthal October 16, 2023The Progressive The U.S. Senate must reject Abrams’ nomination. Diplomacy should be guided by individuals who prioritize human rights, transparency and accountability, not…
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October 24, 2023 at 12:00 AM

California Bans ‘Toxic Chemicals in Our Food Supply,’ Including an Ingredient in Marshmallow Peeps Linked to Cancer

Portside Culture California Bans ‘Toxic Chemicals in Our Food Supply,’ Including an Ingredient in Marshmallow Peeps Linked to Cancer     The Associated Press October 8, 2023Fortune Governor Newsom has signed several bills into law, including a sweeping mandate …
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October 23, 2023 at 8:15 AM

Sunday Science: Cell Death Is Essential to Your Health

Sunday Science: Cell Death Is Essential to Your Health     Zoie Magri October 4, 2023The Conversation An Immunologist Explains When Cells Decide To Die With a Bang or Take Their Quiet Leave Programmed cell death such as apoptosis is a common stage of cellular …
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October 23, 2023 at 6:20 AM

Ursula Le Guin’s Radical Utopias Still Resonate Today

Ursula Le Guin’s Radical Utopias Still Resonate Today     Nick Hubble October 21, 2023Jacobin Ursula K. Le Guin was born on this day in 1929. She used science fiction to explore the failures of capitalist society — and the alternative worlds we could build in its pla…
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October 23, 2023 at 5:55 AM

How the U.S. Issued Its First Ever Order To Assassinate a Foreign Leader

How the U.S. Issued Its First Ever Order To Assassinate a Foreign Leader     Stuart A. Reid October 17, 2023Politico A snub from the White House, a controversial stay at Blair House, an encounter with Dave Chappelle’s mother and a CIA-arranged tryst — what happened w…
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October 23, 2023 at 5:20 AM

Mike Flanagan’s the Fall of the House of Usher Is Bingeable Halloween Viewing

Portside Culture Mike Flanagan’s the Fall of the House of Usher Is Bingeable Halloween Viewing     EILEEN JONES October 20, 2023Jacobin Netflix’s resident horror auteur is back with his take on Edgar Allen Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. You’ll have a goo…
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October 23, 2023 at 5:10 AM

Beyond the Myth of Rural America

Beyond the Myth of Rural America     Daniel Immerwahr October 16, 2023The New Yorker Its inhabitants are as much creatures of state power and industrial capitalism as their city-dwelling counterparts. Grant Wood’s sister, Nan Wood Graham, and his dentist, Byro…
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October 23, 2023 at 4:20 AM

Never Again Means Never Again – for Anyone – Jewish Voice for Peace

Never Again Means Never Again – for Anyone – Jewish Voice for Peace     Damon Silvers October 13, 2023Friday's Labor Folklore To Marek Edelman "never again" meant "never again for anyone." It was a statement of human solidarity, not a license to commit mass murder of…
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October 22, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation

Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation     Chandra Childers October 11, 2023Economic Policy Institute Southern politicians claim that “business-friendly” policies lead to an abundance of jobs and economic prosperity for all Southerners. The data actually show a g…
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October 22, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Poll on Ceasefire in Gaza

Poll on Ceasefire in Gaza     Data for Progress October 20, 2023Data for Progress Voters Agree the U.S. Should Call for a Ceasefire and De-Escalation of Violence in Gaza to Prevent Civilian Deaths , IfNotNow   A new Data for Progress poll, fielded as …
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October 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Real Reason House Republicans Can’t Elect a Speaker

The Real Reason House Republicans Can’t Elect a Speaker     Alex Shephard October 20, 2023The New Republic Turns out there are consequences for not having any policy ideas or purpose. Representative Patrick McHenry, currently serving as speaker pro tempore, (T…
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October 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM

3 Key Insights for Building a Powerful and Loving Movement Against Oppression in Palestine-Israel

3 Key Insights for Building a Powerful and Loving Movement Against Oppression in Palestine-Israel     Rae Abileah and Nadine Bloch October 18, 2023Waging Nonviolence We know if we do nothing, the situation gets worse. If we step into our power, we could potentially b…
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October 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM

California Is About To Execute an Innocent Black Man

California Is About To Execute an Innocent Black Man     Mansa Musa October 16, 2023Real News Network Timothy James Young was convicted of murder in Tulare on the word of a police informant. But there are mountains of evidence demonstrating his innocence. , Ph…
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October 21, 2023 at 2:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | October 20, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | October 20, 2023     October 20, 2023xxxxxx How Palestinians Were Expelled From Their Homes. Jordan Klepper's Eye-Opening Return to the Trump Trail. How Israel Helped Hamas To Weaken Palestinian Hopes. What Disney Doesn't Want You To Know About V…
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October 21, 2023 at 1:40 AM

Time to Free Palestine’s Nelson Mandela

Time to Free Palestine’s Nelson Mandela     Jerome Karabel October 13, 2023The American Prospect Marwan Barghouti has been in an Israeli prison since 2002 'Free Marwan Barghouti' Lisbon 2018, by Itmostt (CC BY 2.0)   After Hamas’s brutal massacre of over…
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October 21, 2023 at 1:30 AM

Another Domino Falls in Georgia

Another Domino Falls in Georgia     David A. Graham October 20, 2023The Atlantic Fani Willis got a second guilty plea. What could it mean for Trump? Kenneth Chesebro,   Three down, 16 to go. With the attorney Kenneth Chesebro agreeing to plead guilty to …
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October 21, 2023 at 1:15 AM

Take This Addictive Food Away From Me!

Take This Addictive Food Away From Me!     David Mitchell October 15, 2023Guardian When it comes to food, a sticker saying it’s compulsively moreish is as much a slogan as a warning. Fast food is the best!, by ebruli (CC BY 2.0)   According to the Britis…
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October 21, 2023 at 1:05 AM

A State Dept Official Explains Why He Quit Over Israel-Hamas

A State Dept Official Explains Why He Quit Over Israel-Hamas     Nahal Toosi October 20, 2023Politico “I know this is an unpopular opinion and too soon, but maybe the best thing for Israel right now is not security assistance in the sort of volume that makes them thi…
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October 21, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Holes

Portside Culture Holes     W.H. Ehrhart Among the many things the USA left behind in Vietnam, besides pride, remains safely underground. ,   Holes By W.H. Ehrhart Out in the boonies of Vietnam while on patrol, night after night you’d dig a new figh…
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October 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

To Live and Strike in Hollywood

To Live and Strike in Hollywood     Gary Phillips October 17, 2023Stansbury Forum Writer Gary Phillips traces the history of the Writers Guild, the militancy of Hollywood unions, beginning with the writers, the difference between the writers and actors, and why the a…
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October 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

The Inexcusable Omission in Biden’s Big Israel Speech – Ceasefire

The Inexcusable Omission in Biden’s Big Israel Speech – Ceasefire     Alex Shephard October 18, 2023The New Republic Why calling for a ceasefire is the right move, politically and morally. Calling for a ceasefire would, at the very least, change the conversation—and …
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October 20, 2023 at 12:05 AM

There Is a Jewish Hope for Palestinian Liberation. It Must Survive.

There Is a Jewish Hope for Palestinian Liberation. It Must Survive.     Peter Beinart October 14, 2023New York Times When Palestinians resist oppression in ethical ways — by calling for boycotts, sanctions and the application of international law — the U.S. allies wo…