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January 31, 2024 at 1:00 AM

For 150 Years, Black Journalists Have Known What Confederate Monuments Really Stood For

For 150 Years, Black Journalists Have Known What Confederate Monuments Really Stood For     Donovan Schaefer January 30, 2024 The Conversation Despite meager financing and constant threats, Black newspapers represented the views of Black Americans and docume…

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January 31, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Perfect Days Review – Wim Wenders Explores a Quiet Life in Tokyo

Portside Culture Perfect Days Review – Wim Wenders Explores a Quiet Life in Tokyo     Peter Bradshaw May 25, 2023 The Guardian An absorbing slice-of-life drama led by a remarkable Kôji Yakusho performance, Perfect Days adds a quietly soaring gem to d…

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January 31, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – January 30, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – January 30, 2024     January 30, 2024 xxxxxx Oscar fever New Orleans fisherman Travis Dardar speaks to protest organizer Roishetta Ozane, pointing to the area where police forced himself and other fisherman to mov…

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January 30, 2024 at 3:20 AM

This Week in People’s History, Jan 30-Feb 5

This Week in People’s History, Jan 30-Feb 5     xxxxxx Nazis in the Woodwork (in 1964), Nixon's Crime-Control (1969), Sorry, We Forgot the Casing (1969), Slavery By Another Name (1909), Segregated Schools in NYC? Sure. (1964), E.P. Thompson at 100 (1924), Ug…

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January 30, 2024 at 1:05 AM

US Historians Sign Brief To Support Colorado’s Removal of Trump From Ballot

US Historians Sign Brief To Support Colorado’s Removal of Trump From Ballot     Martin Pengelly January 28, 2024 Guardian If the court does not “honour the original meaning of the 14th amendment and disqualify Donald Trump,” an eminent historian writes, “it …

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January 30, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Food Was a Focus at COP28. Here’s What You Need To Know

Portside Culture Food Was a Focus at COP28. Here’s What You Need To Know     Editors, Modern Farmer December 12, 2023 Modern Farmerhttps://modernfarmer.com/2023/12/food-was-a-focus-at-cop28-heres-what-you-need-to-know/?utm_source=modernfarmer.beehiiv.com&…

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January 30, 2024 at 1:00 AM

US Hawks Demand War With Iran After Attack on American Troops in Jordan

US Hawks Demand War With Iran After Attack on American Troops in Jordan     Jake Johnson January 29, 2024 Common Dreams "After years of working to block and undermine diplomatic alternatives, these people may be closer than ever to realizing their dream of w…

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January 30, 2024 at 1:00 AM

On the Centenary of Lenin’s Death

On the Centenary of Lenin’s Death     Ruth Wilson Gilmore January 25, 2024 Verso What do Lenin's writings show us about theory breaking into practice, and how might the politics explained or implied in these writings inform our grasp of what is to be done no…

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January 30, 2024 at 1:00 AM

The Omari Mosque in Gaza Was Largely Destroyed by Israeli Bombardment on Dec. 8, 2023

The Omari Mosque in Gaza Was Largely Destroyed by Israeli Bombardment on Dec. 8, 2023     Stephennie Mulder January 17, 2024 The Conversation Gaza’s oldest mosque, destroyed in an airstrike, was once a temple to Philistine and Roman gods, a Byzantine and Cat…

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January 29, 2024 at 5:15 AM

Sunday Science: Remnants of Sprawling Ancient Cities Are Found in the Amazon

Sunday Science: Remnants of Sprawling Ancient Cities Are Found in the Amazon     Alan Yuhas and Jesus Jiménez January 23, 2024 New York Times Archaeologists, relying on laser technology and decades of research, mapped a cluster of ancient cities in eastern E…

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January 29, 2024 at 4:30 AM

Rashid Khalidi on This Moment in Palestinian History

Rashid Khalidi on This Moment in Palestinian History     Peter Beinart, Rashid Khalidi January 19, 2024 Beinart Notebook Peter Beinart hosts Columbia Professor Rashid Khalidi America’s most eminent historian of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian stru…

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January 29, 2024 at 3:55 AM

Judge Irving Kaufman, the Liberal Establishment, and the Rosenberg Case

Judge Irving Kaufman, the Liberal Establishment, and the Rosenberg Case     Michael Meeropol January 1, 2024 Monthly Review The pitfalls of seeing history through the “great man” lens. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by heavy wire screen as t…

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January 29, 2024 at 3:30 AM

How the Hindu Right Triumphed in India

How the Hindu Right Triumphed in India     Isaac Chotiner January 24, 2024 The New Yorker A razed mosque, a new temple, and the rise of Narendra Modi. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the opening of the Ram Mandir, in Ayodhya, India., Rajesh …

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January 29, 2024 at 3:10 AM

Incapable of Sustaining Weeds

Incapable of Sustaining Weeds     Tom Stevenson January 25, 2024 London Review of Books What are​ the major wars of our time? Ukraine and Gaza, of course. But what about Syria, Yemen, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Sudan? Most of these are civil wars with very large num…

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January 29, 2024 at 2:40 AM

Expats Review: Nicole Kidman Leads a Beautifully Devastating Drama

Portside Culture Expats Review: Nicole Kidman Leads a Beautifully Devastating Drama     Saloni Gajjar January 28, 2024 AV Club Prime Video's series, created by The Farewell’s Lulu Wang, is a tragic and truthful rumination on womanhood. The show also …

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January 28, 2024 at 1:05 AM

A Trump $$$ Mystery Is About To Be Revealed

A Trump $$$ Mystery Is About To Be Revealed     David Cay Johnston January 27, 2024 DCReport Writer E. Jean Carroll has Trump by the wallet. Can he perform? E. Jean Carroll and lawyers smiling after jury awarded her $83.3 million from Donald Trump,…

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January 28, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Witnesses Call "Nitrogen Hypoxia" Execution Macabre

Witnesses Call "Nitrogen Hypoxia" Execution Macabre     Jamiles Lartey January 27, 2024 The Marshall Project “This was the fifth execution that I’ve witnessed in Alabama, and I have never seen such a violent reaction to an execution,” said journalist Lee Hed…

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January 28, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Some Relief for SSI Recipients

Some Relief for SSI Recipients     Mike Ervin January 18, 2024 The Progressive Social Security settles in court and must repay funds it had forced recipients to pay back. ,   People who receive support from Social Security in the form of S…

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January 28, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Organizing in Good Times and Bad: What We Need To Get Right

Organizing in Good Times and Bad: What We Need To Get Right     Karen Nussbaum January 25, 2024 Convergence “In good times, organizations wrest and secure our gains. In bad times, they help withstand the inevitable chaos from backlash, repression and sectari…

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January 28, 2024 at 1:00 AM

The Zapatista Uprising, 30 Years On

The Zapatista Uprising, 30 Years On     Bernard Duterme January 10, 2024 Equal Times Despite their relative isolation, the Zapatistas intend to continue influencing social dynamics. They have demonstrated that mobilisation for diversity doesn’t have to mean …

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January 27, 2024 at 2:20 AM

Friday Nite Videos | January 26, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | January 26, 2024     January 26, 2024 xxxxxx The Verdict Is In: Trump Must Pay $$$. Animation: Trump Asserts Absolute Immunity. UAW Endorses President Biden. Origin | Movie. Have You Been to Jail for Justice? | Song. To view an…

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January 27, 2024 at 1:30 AM

The ICJ Ruling Is a Repudiation of Israel and Its Western Backers

The ICJ Ruling Is a Repudiation of Israel and Its Western Backers     Kenneth Roth January 26, 2024 Guardian Will Israel’s allies urge Israel to comply with the court’s ruling? It would do enormous damage to the ‘rules-based order’ if they make an exception …

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January 27, 2024 at 1:22 AM

Your Body Already Has Its Own Version of Ozempic

Your Body Already Has Its Own Version of Ozempic     Christopher Damman January 16, 2024 The Conversation Despite our great aspiration for quick fixes, it’s very possible that a healthy lifestyle remains the most important way to manage metabolic disease and…

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January 27, 2024 at 1:10 AM

Moderna’s COVID Vaccine Price Hike Reveals Government’s Failure

Moderna’s COVID Vaccine Price Hike Reveals Government’s Failure     Lily H. Meyersohn January 24, 2024 The American Prospect The U.S. co-invented the mRNA vaccine. So why doesn’t it act like it? US Drug Pricing, by DES Daughter (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) …

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January 27, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Abortion Ban States Have Seen 65K Pregnancies From Rape, Study Estimates

Abortion Ban States Have Seen 65K Pregnancies From Rape, Study Estimates     Adriel Bettelheim January 24, 2024 Axios Using data from the CDC, the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the FBI, researchers estimate that 519,981 rapes occurred in states with bans …

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January 27, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Which Ice Melts Faster?

Portside Culture Which Ice Melts Faster?     Everett Cruz Dear Human at the Edge of Time As the ice melts at the global poles, Texas poet Everett Cruz laments our leaders plead for their votes at the polls but ignore the results. ,  …

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January 26, 2024 at 3:00 AM

Stop Fantasizing on a Heroic Military Operation. Israel Must Strike a Hostage Deal, Now

Stop Fantasizing on a Heroic Military Operation. Israel Must Strike a Hostage Deal, Now     Noa Limone January 22, 2024 Haaretz About two months after the hostage exchange deal blew up, we can state with certainty that the decision to stop it was a terrible …

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January 26, 2024 at 2:35 AM

Israel, the United States, and the Rhetoric of the War on Terror From September 11, 2001, to October 7, 2023 (and Beyond)

Israel, the United States, and the Rhetoric of the War on Terror From September 11, 2001, to October 7, 2023 (and Beyond)     Maha Hilal January 25, 2024 TomDispatch Just as the 9/11 attacks “did not speak for themselves,” neither did Hamas’s attacks on Israel. In re…

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January 26, 2024 at 2:10 AM

The Rise & Fall of the Second Trump Reich: Tick Tock...

The Rise & Fall of the Second Trump Reich: Tick Tock…     Thom Hartmann January 11, 2024 The Hartmann Report A dystopian tale that conforms to Trump's many campaign promises..[Every incident mentioned is based on an actual statement or action by Donald Trump, peo…

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January 26, 2024 at 1:20 AM

Slow Change Can Be Radical Change

Slow Change Can Be Radical Change     Rebecca Solnit January 11, 2024 Literary Hub Describing the slowness of change is often confused with acceptance of the status quo. It’s really the opposite. “Deauville, Low Tide,” Eugene Louis Boudin (1860-1865) // fea…

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January 26, 2024 at 1:20 AM

Would-Be Assassins of Democracy, 2024

Portside Culture Would-Be Assassins of Democracy, 2024     Portside Moderators January 25, 2024 Portside Trump lawyers assert, in court, that as president he would have the right to assassinate political opponents. The GOP is flat-out embracing insurrectionis…

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January 26, 2024 at 1:00 AM

How Can Workers Organize Against Capital Today?

Portside Culture How Can Workers Organize Against Capital Today?     Benjamin Y. Fong December 20, 2023 Catalyst John Womack’s labor strategy is about workers finding the capacity to "wound capital to make it yield anything.” But the massive challenge in toda…

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January 26, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Jan. 25, 2024 – Reader Comments: GOP Winner of Iowa Caucus -Total Loser Election Day; Military and Climate Crisis; Looking to CIO – “Forgot” Left Leaders of Auto Strike; Learn Revolutionary Medicine – In Cuba; Global Protests for Palestine

Tidbits – Jan. 25, 2024 – Reader Comments: GOP Winner of Iowa Caucus -Total Loser Election Day; Military and Climate Crisis; Looking to CIO – “Forgot” Left Leaders of Auto Strike; Learn Revolutionary Medicine – In Cuba; Global Protests for Palestine     January 25, 2024 x…

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January 25, 2024 at 5:30 AM

Argentine Unions Lead General Strike Against Milei’s Neoliberal Blitz

Argentine Unions Lead General Strike Against Milei’s Neoliberal Blitz     Brett Wilkins January 24, 2024 Common Dreams "In 40 years of democracy, there has never been such a frontal attack on the labor sector," said one union leader. A demonstrator wears a …

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January 25, 2024 at 5:15 AM

Overcoming the Obstacles to UN Maintenance of International Peace and Security

Overcoming the Obstacles to UN Maintenance of International Peace and Security     Lawrence Wittner January 24, 2024 Counterpunch The hobbling of the Security Council, the UN agency tasked with enforcing international peace and security, bears the lion’s share of the…

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January 25, 2024 at 5:05 AM

Obsessive Culture War Is a Dead End. Just Ask Ron DeSantis.

Obsessive Culture War Is a Dead End. Just Ask Ron DeSantis.     Ben Burgis January 24, 2024 Jacobin Ron DeSantis went all in on the niche fixations of online right-wing culture warriors. In the process, his failed presidential campaign proved that the Right’s obsessi…

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January 25, 2024 at 4:35 AM

‘More Killing Won’t Bring Back Lost Lives’: Tal Mitnick, 18, on Going to Prison Instead of Joining IDF

‘More Killing Won’t Bring Back Lost Lives’: Tal Mitnick, 18, on Going to Prison Instead of Joining IDF     Michael Segalov January 23, 2024 The Guardian The first conscientious objector to be jailed in Israel since 7 October says ‘there is no military solution’ to th…

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January 25, 2024 at 4:30 AM

Future Perfect

Portside Culture Future Perfect     Natasha Lennard June 1, 2022 Bookforum This "important intervention," writes reviewer Lennard, shows "that reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery and colonialism are a matter of justice and also a necessary condition for ri…

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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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