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January 25, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – January 24, 2024

Global Left Midweek – January 24, 2024     January 24, 2024 xxxxxx Far right insurgence meets mass resistance "Never again!" Frankfurt, Germany. Credit, Michael Probst/AP   Germany: Left and Center Rage Against Far Right Argentina General Strike Ar…

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January 24, 2024 at 1:25 AM

The Chicago Teachers Union Has Called for a Cease-Fire in Gaza

The Chicago Teachers Union Has Called for a Cease-Fire in Gaza     Dave Stieber January 20, 2024 Jacobin A Chicago Teachers Union member explains why his union voted overwhelmingly to demand a cease-fire in Israel’s war on Gaza — and why teachers must stand up for ch…

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January 24, 2024 at 1:20 AM

Reports Expose Deep Harms of Corporate Tax Cuts and ‘Trickle Down’ Ideology

Reports Expose Deep Harms of Corporate Tax Cuts and ‘Trickle Down’ Ideology     Jake Johnson January 23, 2024 Common Dreams "Failing to reimagine a more ambitious and comprehensive use of corporate tax policy prevents us from achieving a more equitable, sustainable, …

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January 24, 2024 at 1:20 AM

Trump Allies Plot To Take Over the European Union

Trump Allies Plot To Take Over the European Union     John Feffer January 23, 2024 Tom Dispatch The Far Right, the War in Ukraine, and the Future of the Green Deal , iStock.com/Travel_Motion   It would be funny if it weren’t so potentially tragic — …

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January 24, 2024 at 1:20 AM

Davos Elites Talk About Rebuilding Trust. The People Talk of System Change.

Davos Elites Talk About Rebuilding Trust. The People Talk of System Change.     Jenny Ricks January 18, 2024 Inequality.org We will win economic justice when people power becomes stronger than those driving and benefiting from the status quo. Fight Inequali…

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January 24, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – Focus on AI

Media Bits and Bytes – Focus on AI     January 23, 2024 xxxxxx The age of artificial intelligence is upon us , Electronic Frontier Foundation   AI Reflections OpenAI Opens to the Military The AI Fraud Act Existential Risk We Made Them Look 4700 Art…

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January 24, 2024 at 1:00 AM

The Year’s Scariest Horror Film Is the Zone of Interest

Portside Culture The Year’s Scariest Horror Film Is the Zone of Interest     Alissa Wilkinson December 15, 2023 Vox Jonathan Glazer’s new film dismantles simple cliches about the banality of evil. The Zone of interest, IGN   The Zone of Inte…

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January 23, 2024 at 4:40 AM

Israel’s Vietnam—And Ours

Israel’s Vietnam—And Ours     Van Gosse January 18, 2024 The Nation Everything that Israel is doing to the people of Gaza—especially killing civilians through intensive aerial bombardment—was prefigured during the American “ground war” in Vietnam. Palestini…

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January 23, 2024 at 4:14 AM

Standing Together: The Peace Movement Inside Israel

Standing Together: The Peace Movement Inside Israel     Uri Weltmann January 22, 2024 Morning Star The biggest demonstration since the beginning of the war on Gaza defied the police and brought together all those calling for a ceasefire on the streets of Tel-Aviv …

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January 22, 2024 at 8:05 PM

Community Fridges Don’t Just Fight Hunger. They’re Also a Climate Solution.

Portside Culture Community Fridges Don’t Just Fight Hunger. They’re Also a Climate Solution.     Max Graham October 26, 2023Grist In cities across the U.S., hundreds of refrigerators stocked with free food are reducing waste — and methane emissions. Food waste …

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January 22, 2024 at 8:00 PM

An Ode to Academic Joy

An Ode to Academic Joy     Robert Jensen January 21, 2024Common Dreams Rather than pontificate on academic freedom, important though it is right now, I want to reflect on academic joy, about what can be so exciting about the life of the mind—even in the modern univer…

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January 22, 2024 at 8:00 PM

This Week in People’s History, Jan 23–29

This Week in People’s History, Jan 23–29     xxxxxx Healthcare Gets a Powerful Woman Advocate (in 1849), Go Home Nazi! (1949), Work Shouldn't Make You Sick (1979), The Apollo Gets a New Groove (1934), Two Wins for Strike-Breaking (1914), Later for Woman Suffrage (186…

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January 22, 2024 at 8:00 PM

An Unequal Tax Trade

An Unequal Tax Trade     David Dayen January 18, 2024The American Prospect The business tax credits in the Wyden-Smith deal are five times as generous as the Child Tax Credit expansion, according to government scorekeepers. Silvestre, 6, of Washington, sleds o…

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January 22, 2024 at 8:05 AM

Sunday Science: Dark Energy Unlikely To Rip Universe Apart, New Measurement Finds

Sunday Science: Dark Energy Unlikely To Rip Universe Apart, New Measurement Finds     Sabine Hossenfelder January 15, 2024Sabine Hossenfelder - Science News The Dark Energy Survey has surveyed dark energy and found that our universe is unlikely to rip into pieces. I …

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January 22, 2024 at 6:55 AM

Gaza Forward (Hamas at the Table)

Gaza Forward (Hamas at the Table)     Dalal Iriqat January 10, 2024This Week in Palestine To guarantee a strategic peace, Hamas is indispensable in any future political paradigm. The 1967 borders mean that Gaza and the West Bank, like East Jerusalem, should be treate…

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January 22, 2024 at 5:50 AM

We Are Witnessing the Biggest Judicial Power Grab Since 1803

We Are Witnessing the Biggest Judicial Power Grab Since 1803     Elie Mystal January 18, 2024The Nation During a major hearing this week, the conservative justices made clear they’re about to gut the federal government’s power to regulate—and take that power for them…

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January 22, 2024 at 5:35 AM

The Scary Third Meaning of Freedom

The Scary Third Meaning of Freedom     Felicia Wong, Michael Tomasky, Jefferson Cowie June 22, 2023The New Republic Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Jefferson Cowie on the deep, twisted roots of American oppression George Wallace of Alabama campaigns for presi…

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January 22, 2024 at 5:01 AM

Inside Biden’s Secret Surveillance Court

Inside Biden’s Secret Surveillance Court     Alfred Ng, John Sakellariadis January 17, 2024Politico In a deal to let companies keep trading transatlantic data, the White House built an opaque new forum that could affect national security and privacy rights — without …

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January 22, 2024 at 4:10 AM

True Detective: Night Country’s Indigenous Representation Offers Hope for Decolonizing Television

Portside Culture True Detective: Night Country’s Indigenous Representation Offers Hope for Decolonizing Television     Agata Lulkowska January 18, 2024The Conversation True Detective: Night Country, the fourth season of the HBO/Sky drama, is a twist on its fami…

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January 20, 2024 at 11:35 PM

DOL Rule To Curb Employer Misclassification of Workers

DOL Rule To Curb Employer Misclassification of Workers     Heidi Shierholz January 9, 2024Economic Policy Institute US Department of Labor issued a rule to prevent employers from classifying workers as "independent contractors" , getty   EPI welcomes th…

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January 20, 2024 at 11:30 PM

Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet

Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet     Craig Silverman and Peter Elkind January 17, 2024Pro Publica Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while br…

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January 20, 2024 at 8:00 PM

Without a Healthy Democracy, None of the Other Issues Matter

Without a Healthy Democracy, None of the Other Issues Matter     Errin Haines January 18, 2024The 19th News The current presidential election is the most consequential so far — because in 2024, we get the democracy we vote for. Voters fill out their ballots at…

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January 20, 2024 at 8:00 PM

After Threat of Coup and Nine Hours of Delay, the President of Guatemala Is Sworn In

After Threat of Coup and Nine Hours of Delay, the President of Guatemala Is Sworn In     January 15, 2024Peoples Dispatch Attempt to weaken the new president’s parliamentary group backfires as his Semilla party assumes presidency of Congress. Swearing in of Be…

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January 20, 2024 at 8:00 PM

German Elites Are Redefining Antisemitism so They Can Be the Victims

German Elites Are Redefining Antisemitism so They Can Be the Victims     Nathaniel Flakin January 12, 2024The Left Berlin Berlin’s cultural senator has announced that public funding for artists will depend on a loyalty oath for Israel. This has nothing to do with fig…

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January 20, 2024 at 3:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | January 19, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | January 19, 2024     January 19, 2024xxxxxx Bernie Sanders: Congress Must Address Gaza Humanitarian Crisis. Explaining Trump to a Tourist. The Woman in the Wall | Dramatic Series. How Close We've Come to Nuclear War. Here.Is.Better. | Movie. …

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January 20, 2024 at 2:40 AM

Kagarlitsky: My Most Recent Stay in Prison

Kagarlitsky: My Most Recent Stay in Prison     Boris Kagarlitsky January 15, 2024Russian Dissent I was arrested for a video I published on YouTube, including a joke about the Crimean bridge. It was probably a poor joke, but hardly sufficient grounds for arrest. Unfor…

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January 20, 2024 at 2:37 AM

Why Conspiracy Theories Are Corrosive to Social Movements — And What To Do About It

Why Conspiracy Theories Are Corrosive to Social Movements — And What To Do About It     Shane Burley January 12, 2024Waging Nonviolence Antisemitic conspiracy theories on the fringe of the movement for a ceasefire in Gaza make it harder to effectively diagnose the pr…

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January 20, 2024 at 2:20 AM

Norma Barzman, Blacklisted Screenwriter, Dies at 103

Norma Barzman, Blacklisted Screenwriter, Dies at 103     Clay Risen January 10, 2024New York Times After she and her husband, a fellow writer, saw work in Hollywood dry up during the Red Scare, they continued their careers in self-exile overseas. The screenwr…

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January 20, 2024 at 1:55 AM

Scientists Discover ‘Key Stepping Stone’ to the Origin of Life

Scientists Discover ‘Key Stepping Stone’ to the Origin of Life     Pandora Dewan January 15, 2024Newsweek Scientists have simulated the formation of fatty acids, a key component in the assembly of Earth's first cells, offering insight to the earliest moments of life …

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January 19, 2024 at 8:00 PM

Dreams Need No Borders

Portside Culture Dreams Need No Borders     Juliet Hinton Mississippi poet Juliet Hinton writes of her dreams fulfilled, thanks to a good education. ,   Dreams Need No Borders                         By Juliet Hinton                              a…

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January 19, 2024 at 1:45 AM

Don’t Turn Away From the Charges of Genocide Against Israel

Don’t Turn Away From the Charges of Genocide Against Israel     Megan K. Stack January 12, 2024New York Times With the question of whether Israel is committing genocide in Gaza now before the International Court of Justice, the Biden administration has struck a tone …

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January 19, 2024 at 1:10 AM

How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

Portside Culture How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them     Devin Zane Shaw May 13, 2020Marx & Philosophy Review of Books This book is a liberal analysis and critique of fascism. Reviewer Shaw offers a critique. ,   How Fascism Works: T…

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January 19, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The Killing of Gaza’s Environment – Or How To Create an Unlivable Hellscape on One Strip of Land

The Killing of Gaza’s Environment – Or How To Create an Unlivable Hellscape on One Strip of Land     Joshua Frank January 11, 2024TomDispatch Israeli officials said their goal is to ensure that Gaza will be an unlivable place once they end their merciless military ca…

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January 19, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Would-Be Assassins of Democracy, 2024

Would-Be Assassins of Democracy, 2024     xxxxxx Moderators January 18, 2024xxxxxx Trump lawyers assert, in court, that as president he would have the right to assassinate political opponents. The GOP is flat-out embracing insurrectionists. Here is how we – xxxxxx mo…

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January 19, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Even Without a Contest at the Top of the Ticket, Voting in the Democratic Primary Still Matters

Even Without a Contest at the Top of the Ticket, Voting in the Democratic Primary Still Matters     Larry Cohen January 16, 2024The Nation If our aim is economic and social justice, we’d do better to focus on changing the rules—including the rules of the Democratic P…

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January 19, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Boeing: Profits and Payouts Over Passenger Safety

Boeing: Profits and Payouts Over Passenger Safety     Lucy Dean Stockton, Helen Santoro and Freddy Brewster January 12, 2024The Lever For decades, Boeing chose shareholders and executives over workers and production quality — to the tune of $69 billion. Former…

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January 19, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Jan. 18, 2024 – Reader Comments: GOP Unites Around Immunity; Lessons From the Civil Rights Movement for Today; 12 Senators Stood Up to Washington Middle East War Machine; Young Feminist Leadership Conference; Young Feminist Leadership

Tidbits – Jan. 18, 2024 – Reader Comments: GOP Unites Around Immunity; Lessons From the Civil Rights Movement for Today; 12 Senators Stood Up to Washington Middle East War Machine; Young Feminist Leadership Conference; Young Feminist Leadership     January 18, 2024xxxxxx…

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January 18, 2024 at 4:50 AM

Ronnie Long’s Wrongful Conviction Is Shocking — Unless You Study the US Justice System

Ronnie Long’s Wrongful Conviction Is Shocking — Unless You Study the US Justice System     N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Thao Nguyen and Krystal Nurse January 12, 2024USA Today But experts and advocates aren't surprised: They say U.S. prisons are filled with potentially thousa…

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January 18, 2024 at 4:05 AM

Does the EPA Die Today?

Does the EPA Die Today?     Thom Hartmann January 17, 2024The Hartmann Report The Supreme Court, it appears, is planning to gut most of America’s regulatory agencies in what could be the most consequential re-write of the protective “deep state” since the New Deal… …

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January 18, 2024 at 3:55 AM

Military Emissions Are Too Big To Keep Ignoring

Military Emissions Are Too Big To Keep Ignoring     Zoë Schlanger January 17, 2024The Atlantic The world is finally talking about them. , Thomas Dworzak / Magnum   For as long as the world’s diplomats have gathered to talk about slowing the march of clim…

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January 18, 2024 at 3:40 AM

Scientific Misconduct and Fraud: The Final Nail in Psychiatry’s Antidepressant Coffin

Scientific Misconduct and Fraud: The Final Nail in Psychiatry’s Antidepressant Coffin     Bruce E. Levine January 17, 2024Counterpunch “. . . if the major media picks up on this story, they will have the chance to report on what arguably is the worst—and most harmful…

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January 18, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – January 17, 2024

Global Left Midweek – January 17, 2024     January 17, 2024xxxxxx After decades, a progressive president in Guatemala Millions throng the streets of Sana'a to protest US military strikes on Yemen. Credit, Daily Express/LOCAL MEDIA   Guatemala: Arévalo is…

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January 17, 2024 at 1:10 AM

The Dems Should Hear 2024 Alarm Bells Over Biden’s Gaza Policy

The Dems Should Hear 2024 Alarm Bells Over Biden’s Gaza Policy     Dr. James J. Zogby January 16, 2024Common Dreams The party is losing votes from groups that have formed their most loyal supporters. Protesters block the entrance of the headquarters of the Dem…

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January 17, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Black Activists Began Traveling to Palestine in the 1960s. They Never Stopped.

Black Activists Began Traveling to Palestine in the 1960s. They Never Stopped.     Nia t. evans January 15, 2024Mother Jones “This isn’t about being for one group or against another. It’s about basic human rights.” Mother Jones illustration , Getty; AP; ZUMA …

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January 17, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The Military-Industrial Complex Is the Winner (Not You)

The Military-Industrial Complex Is the Winner (Not You)     William Hartung January 16, 2024Tom Dispatch Overspending on the Pentagon Is Stealing Our Future , AP Photo/Charles Dharapak   2023 was a year marked by devastating conflicts from Russia’s ongo…

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January 17, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The Long, Disastrous Career of Nikki Haley

The Long, Disastrous Career of Nikki Haley     Branko Marcetic January 14, 2024Jacobin Nikki Haley’s political career has been great for corporate executives and campaign donors. For everyone else, particularly workers and the poor, it’s been terrible. Republi…

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January 17, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Palestinian Films in These Difficult Times

Portside Culture Palestinian Films in These Difficult Times     Bill Meyer November 17, 2023Hollywood Progressive As the horror continues and multiplies in Palestine/Gaza we are all trying to arm ourselves with as many historical facts as possible to try to und…

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January 17, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – January 16, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – January 16, 2024     January 16, 2024xxxxxx Social movements and anti-woke crusades Why are these men smiling? Credit, Davidoff Studios Photography/ARCHIVE PHOTOS   The Year Labor Took Center Stage in the Climate Moveme…

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January 16, 2024 at 5:35 AM

‘His Dream’s Been Weaponized Into His Nightmare’: How Martin Luther King Jr’s Words Have Been Co-Opted

‘His Dream’s Been Weaponized Into His Nightmare’: How Martin Luther King Jr’s Words Have Been Co-Opted     Andrew Lawrence January 15, 2024The Guardian Politicians and celebrities routinely twist the message of the civil rights icon, turning a radical legacy into rev…

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January 16, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Ivory Perry, the Forgotten Civil Rights Hell-Raiser

Ivory Perry, the Forgotten Civil Rights Hell-Raiser     Devin Thomas O’Shea January 15, 2024Jacobin Activists are often held up as exemplars of personal morality — but in every social struggle, ordinary people with complex lives rise up as leaders. Ivory Perry was on…

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