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January 14, 2024 at 1:00 AM

First They Came for Harvard

First They Came for Harvard     Rick Perlstein January 10, 2024The American Prospect The right’s long and all-too-unanswered war on liberal institutions claims a big one. Claudine Gay, then dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, addresses an audience …

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January 14, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Getting High Has Gone Legit — Funny How That All Worked Out...

Getting High Has Gone Legit — Funny How That All Worked Out…     Joe Maniscalco January 7, 2024Work-Bites The 2018 Farm Bill okayed the production of hemp, removed it from the DEA's list of Controlled Substances and changed the marijuana landscape — that doesn’t eras…

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January 13, 2024 at 4:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | January 12, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | January 12, 2024     January 12, 2024xxxxxx Trump Issues Most Chilling Claim Yet. Radical | Movie. Trump: A President Can Assassinate Rivals. Something Weird Happens When You Keep Squeezing. Inshallah a Boy | Movie. To view an video, click…

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January 13, 2024 at 1:45 AM

Trumpism Is Devouring the Evangelical Movement

Trumpism Is Devouring the Evangelical Movement     Michelle Goldberg January 12, 2024New York Times There’s not going to be a post-Trump religious right — at least, not anytime soon. Evangelical leaders who started with Trump on a transactional basis, then grew gidd…

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January 13, 2024 at 1:40 AM

Will the ICJ Find Israel Guilty of Genocide?

Will the ICJ Find Israel Guilty of Genocide?     Meron Rapoport January 11, 2024972 Magazine Israeli human rights attorney Michael Sfard outlines what could play out as the world’s top court decides if and how to intervene in Israel’s war on Gaza. Palestinians…

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January 13, 2024 at 1:25 AM

The Social Housing Secret: How Vienna Became the World’s Most Livable City

The Social Housing Secret: How Vienna Became the World’s Most Livable City     Philip Oltermann January 10, 2024Guardian In the Austrian capital, renters pay a third of what their counterparts do in London, Paris or Dublin. How is it possible? Allt-Erlaa publi…

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January 13, 2024 at 1:10 AM

$15, Take a Bow. $20 in Our Sights!

$15, Take a Bow. $20 in Our Sights!     Gabrielle Gurley January 11, 2024The American Prospect Workers are celebrating minimum-wage increases around the country, but the new frontier is already creeping toward $20. , Fight for 15 Chicago   The New Year b…

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January 13, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Trillion Dollar Question

Portside Culture Trillion Dollar Question     Gerry Sloan War remains headline news, as ever, perhaps distracting public attention from the Big Bang, so says poet Gerry Sloan. ,   Trillion Dollar Question By Gerry Sloan             (for Dick Benne…

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January 12, 2024 at 3:10 AM

Only Outside Pressure Can Stop Israel’s War Crimes

Only Outside Pressure Can Stop Israel’s War Crimes     Naomi Klein January 10, 2024The Guardian In 2005, Palestinians called on the world to boycott Israel until it complied with international law. What if we had listened? The current atrocities in Gaza dramatically …

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January 12, 2024 at 2:45 AM

Federal Investigations Into Labor Law Violations by Farm Employers Fall to Record-Low

Federal Investigations Into Labor Law Violations by Farm Employers Fall to Record-Low     James Anderson January 8, 2024Barn Raiser In the face of lax enforcement by Biden’s Labor Department, labor organizations have stepped up to protect farmworkers. Members …

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January 12, 2024 at 2:05 AM

Fascism Drops the Mask

Fascism Drops the Mask     xxxxxx Moderators January 11, 2024xxxxxx Trump's fascist ideology and his plans for dictatorial rule are in plain view, day after day. The overriding question of 2024 is: How to defeat this imminent threat? Here is how we -- the xxxxxx mode…

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January 12, 2024 at 1:35 AM

Martin Luther King – a Video Selection 1954 – 1968

Martin Luther King – a Video Selection 1954 – 1968     January 11, 2024xxxxxx Martin Luther King's speeches from 1954's Montgomery Bus Boycott to the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike. Compiled by Abdul Alkalimat, Prof Emeritus Dept of African American Studies and Schoo…

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January 12, 2024 at 1:05 AM

A Second Trump Term Could Spell Economic Disaster

A Second Trump Term Could Spell Economic Disaster     Max B. Sawicky January 8, 2024In These Times From trade wars to border policy, Trump’s plans if he wins the presidency again are set to make the U.S. economy far worse for working people. Former President D…

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January 12, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Jan. 11, 2024 – Reader Comments: Enough IS Enough!; Seizing Russia’s Frozen Assets – Readers Ask: What About Israel?; Supreme Ballot; Chicken Soup; Forums: What Should Progressives Do About Biden?; Protect the Squad & Block the Right;

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January 12, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Answering the Call: Strategy and Power-Building From the Bottom Up

Portside Culture Answering the Call: Strategy and Power-Building From the Bottom Up     James Mumm January 8, 2024Reviews 4 Radicals The role of strategy in making social movements and organizations more effective, and who creates it, are the urgent questions f…

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January 11, 2024 at 7:00 AM

Nowhere To Run

Nowhere To Run     Rebecca Gordon January 7, 2024Tom Dispatch Where Will the World Find Refuge in 2024? Women who fled Sudan after fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and the RSF paramilitary force queue to receive food at the UN transit centre in Ren…

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January 11, 2024 at 6:30 AM

Revealed: Congress Backers of Gaza War Received Most From Pro-Israel Donors

Revealed: Congress Backers of Gaza War Received Most From Pro-Israel Donors     Tom Perkins, with data reporting by Will Craft January 10, 2024The Guardian Guardian analysis finds top recipients of pro-Israel contributions in last elections were centrist Democrats wh…

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January 11, 2024 at 6:15 AM

Boeing 737 MAX Incident a By-Product of Its Financial Mindset

Boeing 737 MAX Incident a By-Product of Its Financial Mindset     Luke Goldstein January 9, 2024The American Prospect The plug door that ripped off an Alaska Airlines plane only exists because of cost-cutting production techniques to facilitate cramming more passenge…

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January 11, 2024 at 5:35 AM

The UAW Strike Could Portend a Broader Revival of Working-Class Power

The UAW Strike Could Portend a Broader Revival of Working-Class Power     Nick French January 8, 2024Jacobin The United Auto Workers’ strike last fall saw the union renew its militancy and win big victories on behalf of worker control. The historic walkout suggests t…

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January 11, 2024 at 5:30 AM

Hijacked: How Neoliberalism Turned the Work Ethic Against Workers and How Workers Can Take It Back

Portside Culture Hijacked: How Neoliberalism Turned the Work Ethic Against Workers and How Workers Can Take It Back     Magdalene D’Silva December 11, 2023LSE Review of Books blog, This history of neoliberalism focuses on how this school of thought and governan…

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January 11, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – January 10, 2024

Global Left Midweek – January 10, 2024     January 10, 2024xxxxxx In a world beset by war and counterrevolution, resistance is happening A joint Jewish-Arab protest demands a ceasefire in Tel Aviv, Nov. 18. Credit, Zo HaDerekh / People's World   Guatemal…

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January 10, 2024 at 2:00 AM

Poll: Americans Have No Idea What Biden Means When He Says He Is a Zionist, or What Israel’s Ideology Is

Poll: Americans Have No Idea What Biden Means When He Says He Is a Zionist, or What Israel’s Ideology Is     Juan Cole January 8, 2024Informed Comment Saying that Israel must be democratic and Jewish is like saying the United States must be democratic and white or d…

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January 10, 2024 at 1:55 AM

What the New Wealth Tax in Massachusetts Is Paying For

What the New Wealth Tax in Massachusetts Is Paying For     Jared Brey January 9, 2024Governing Massachusetts voters approved an additional tax on incomes of more than a million dollars. At least a billion extra dollars will support transportation and education projec…

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January 10, 2024 at 1:55 AM

In Brazil, Another Way To Remember an Attempted Coup

In Brazil, Another Way To Remember an Attempted Coup     Isabela Dias Isabela Dias January 8, 2024Mother Jones A year after a mob stormed Brazil’s capital, January 8 is now a date to commemorate democracy’s survival. Supporters of Brazilian former President Ja…

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January 10, 2024 at 1:55 AM

The ‘Ghost Budget’: How America Pays for Endless War

The ‘Ghost Budget’: How America Pays for Endless War     Linda Bilmes January 3, 2024Just Security Prior to 2001, U.S. Wars were financed through a mixture of higher taxes and budget cuts, and funded mostly through the regular defense budget. The post 9-11 war fundin…

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January 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – January 9, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – January 9, 2024     January 9, 2024xxxxxx Warning: Reporting news can be deadly dangerous A funeral ceremony is held for Palestine TV correspondent Mohammed Abu Hatab, who was killed, along with his family members, in an airstrike on his…

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January 9, 2024 at 6:05 AM

To Defend Israel As ‘Moral Society,’ Knesset Member Backs South Africa’s ICJ Genocide Case

To Defend Israel As ‘Moral Society,’ Knesset Member Backs South Africa’s ICJ Genocide Case     Jon Queally January 8, 2024Common Dreams "This is the true patriotism—no revenge wars and calls for extermination, no unnecessary bloodshed, and no sacrifice of kidnapped c…

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January 9, 2024 at 2:25 AM

What Do John Gotti and Donald Trump Have in Common?

Portside Culture What Do John Gotti and Donald Trump Have in Common?     Bill Fletcher, Jr. January 5, 2024Liberation Road 'Watching the Netflix documentary, I found myself wondering—what made Gotti so attractive? Wouldn’t people have understood precisely who h…

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January 9, 2024 at 1:10 AM

This Week in People’s History, Jan 9 – 15

This Week in People’s History, Jan 9 – 15     xxxxxx Fighting the Good Fight (in 1909), Teach Literacy, Go to Jail (1854), Deadly But Very Popular (1964), Pretending to Drain the Swamp (1984), Orgy of Police Brutality (1874), McCarthyism's Downfall (1964), Hitler's F…

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January 9, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Six Challenges for the Tough Year Ahead

Six Challenges for the Tough Year Ahead     Max Elbaum January 5, 2024Convergence Magazine The people-power, energy, and savvy exist to regain the initiative against MAGA and win a ceasefire in Gaza. To do so, we will need to call on positive vision, political clarit…

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January 9, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Corporate America’s Big Lie: What’s Good for Us Is Good for the Country

Corporate America’s Big Lie: What’s Good for Us Is Good for the Country     Kelly Candaele January 2, 2024Capital & Main Corporations used the “crying wolf” strategy to claim that raising the minimum wage would harm the poor, that Social Security was a slippery s…

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January 9, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Does Chicken Soup Really Help When You’re Sick? A nutrition specialist explains what’s behind the beloved comfort food

Portside Culture Does Chicken Soup Really Help When You’re Sick? A nutrition specialist explains what’s behind the beloved comfort food     Colby Teeman October 20, 2023The Conversation Chicken soup as a therapy can be traced back to 60 A.D. army surgeon whose …

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January 9, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Seizing Russia’s Frozen Assets Is the Right Move

Seizing Russia’s Frozen Assets Is the Right Move     Joseph E. Stiglitz, Andrew Kosenko January 4, 2024Project Syndicate Joseph E. Stiglitz and Andrew Kosenko urge G7 leaders to send a clear message to rogue regimes waging brutal wars of aggression. , Sergei S…

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January 8, 2024 at 8:35 AM

Sunday Science: Giant Project Will Chart Human Immune Diversity To Improve Drugs and Vaccines

Sunday Science: Giant Project Will Chart Human Immune Diversity To Improve Drugs and Vaccines     Mitch Leslie January 2, 2024Science Human Immunome Project aims to capture immune data from thousands of people globally , Yale School of Medicine   The hep…

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January 8, 2024 at 8:00 AM

The Many Lives of Vinie Burrows

The Many Lives of Vinie Burrows     Helen Shaw January 5, 2024The New Yorker Remembering the activism and artistry of a New York theatre hero. , Alix Jeffry, c Houghton Library, Harvard University   When the actor and activist Vinie Burrows died, on Dece…

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January 8, 2024 at 7:45 AM

Time for a Victory Lap?

Time for a Victory Lap?     Joseph E. Stiglitz January 4, 2024The American Prospect Those who believed inflation would be transitory were proven right, and those who demanded the sacrifice of mass unemployment proven wrong. An employee works on the assembly li…

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January 8, 2024 at 7:10 AM

South Africa Files Case Against Israel at International Court of Justice Over “Genocidal” War on Gaza

South Africa Files Case Against Israel at International Court of Justice Over “Genocidal” War on Gaza     Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Francis Boyle January 2, 2024Democracy Now! South Africa has filed a case at the main judicial body for the United Nations, the Inter…

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January 8, 2024 at 4:35 AM

$8.5 Trillion in Untaxed Assets: Data Shows Why ‘We Need a Billionaire Income Tax’

$8.5 Trillion in Untaxed Assets: Data Shows Why ‘We Need a Billionaire Income Tax’     Jake Johnson January 4, 2024Common Dreams While most Americans predominantly live off the income they earn from a job—income that is taxed all year, every year—the very richest hou…

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January 8, 2024 at 1:35 AM

‘Fargo’ Is Really About One Line From the Original Coen Brothers Movie, Noah Hawley Says

Portside Culture ‘Fargo’ Is Really About One Line From the Original Coen Brothers Movie, Noah Hawley Says     Kayla Cobb November 22, 2023The Wrap The creator of "Fargo" explains why every season of his crime drama is about money, Republicans and the “American …

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January 7, 2024 at 1:05 AM

FDA Approves Medicine Imports From Canada

FDA Approves Medicine Imports From Canada     Jake Johnson January 6, 2024Common Dreams The FDA's decision is "a win for consumers and for Bernie Sanders, who first spearheaded bus trips to Canada 25 years ago," wrote David Sirota, a former Sanders campaign adviser. …

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January 7, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The Path to ‘An Excess of Democracy’

The Path to ‘An Excess of Democracy’     Doug Selwyn January 6, 2024Greenfield Recorder Education in Massachusetts from the Old Deluder to the MCAS ,   Ibegan this series of columns by sharing three questions I would pose to each entering class of teache…

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January 7, 2024 at 1:00 AM

“Talking Socialism” on the Job

“Talking Socialism” on the Job     Garrett Brown January 3, 2024Against the Current What’s needed beyond “talking socialism on the job” is a sensible labor policy, humility and respect for fellow workers, the commitment to learn from mistakes while taking the initiat…

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January 7, 2024 at 1:00 AM

State-Run Court Blocked in Jackson As NAACP Appeals H.B. 1020 Case

State-Run Court Blocked in Jackson As NAACP Appeals H.B. 1020 Case     Shaunicy Muhammad January 2, 2024Mississippi Free Press The mostly white group of Mississippi lawmakers who backed the law argued that the new court system would quell crime in majority-Black Jack…

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January 7, 2024 at 1:00 AM

The EU Is in Bad Shape, and Left-Wing Forces Are in Crisis

The EU Is in Bad Shape, and Left-Wing Forces Are in Crisis     Roberto Musacchio December 20, 2023Transform! Europe We are on the brink of a precipice, which the World risks falling into. We need a radical, left-wing exit route. Italy should contribute in the Europea…

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January 6, 2024 at 4:20 AM

Friday Nite Videos | January 5, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | January 5, 2024     January 5, 2024xxxxxx Supreme Challenge: Will SCOTUS Uphold the 14th Amendment? ‘Sedition Hunters’ Tells How J6 Rioters Are Identified. A Storm Foretold | Roger Stone Documentary. Buckle Up, The 2024 Election Is Here. Should W…

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January 6, 2024 at 3:05 AM

The Far Right Is Growing Stronger—And Has a Plan for 2024

The Far Right Is Growing Stronger—And Has a Plan for 2024     Spencer Sunshine January 4, 2024The New Republic Increasingly ignored by the mainstream, right-wing edgelords are amassing power behind the scenes. Marjorie Taylor Green, Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0…

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January 6, 2024 at 2:50 AM

Interview: Israeli Teen Says, ‘I Refuse To Take Part in a Revenge War’

Interview: Israeli Teen Says, ‘I Refuse To Take Part in a Revenge War’     Oren Ziv December 28, 2023972 Magazine Tal Mitnick is the first Israeli conscientious objector to be imprisoned since Oct. 7. He explains why the current war has only reaffirmed his conviction…

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January 6, 2024 at 2:35 AM

How DEI Programs and Liberal Politics Are Failing Gaza

How DEI Programs and Liberal Politics Are Failing Gaza     Dave Zirin January 4, 2024The Nation Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, as they exist in education, are failing, because they emphasize personal feelings over the need to collectively organize. …

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January 6, 2024 at 2:15 AM

No, COVID mRNA Vaccines Won’t Damage Your DNA

No, COVID mRNA Vaccines Won’t Damage Your DNA     Tanya Lewis January 4, 2024Scientific American You have a “better chance of becoming Spider-Man” than being harmed by DNA from COVID vaccines Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo calls for halting the use of C…

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January 6, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Iowa Requiem, 2018

Portside Culture Iowa Requiem, 2018     Peter Neil Carroll Peter Carroll’s visit to Perry, Iowa gives no warning of sudden violence that occurred there this week, except for feelings of despair that might afflict a troubled young man with nowhere to go. …

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