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March 21, 2024 at 4:40 AM

Did Stalin Deliberately Let Ukraine Starve?

Portside Culture Did Stalin Deliberately Let Ukraine Starve?     Sheila Fitzpatrick August 25, 2017 The Guardian A vivid account exposes the myths of the catastrophic Ukrainian famine of 1932-3. ,   Red Famine Stalin's War on Ukrain…

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March 20, 2024 at 2:15 PM

Media Bits and Bytes – March 20, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – March 20, 2024     March 20, 2024 xxxxxx Who’s afraid of TikTok? , International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions   Election Misinfo Who’s Afraid of TikTok? Videogame Workers Get a Union NYT Unfair…

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March 20, 2024 at 12:45 AM

A Revolution in American Foreign Policy

A Revolution in American Foreign Policy     Bernie Sanders March 18, 2024 Foreign Affairs Replacing Greed, Militarism, and Hypocrisy With Solidarity, Diplomacy, and Human Rights The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 2024, Leah Millis / Reu…

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March 20, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Long Beach Hotel Workers To Earn Highest Minimum Wage

Long Beach Hotel Workers To Earn Highest Minimum Wage     Mark Kreidler March 15, 2024 Capital and Main A ballot measure to raise pay to $23 an hour could help workers in labor negotiations and boost the local economy. , Dimensions/Getty Images …

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March 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Supreme Court Case Designed To Legalize Bribery

Supreme Court Case Designed To Legalize Bribery     Katya Schwenk March 19, 2024 The Lever Snyder v. United States could make it legal for public officials to accept rewards for their corrupt actions. , AP Photo/Andrew Harnik   The U.S. Sup…

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March 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Can Baby Bonds Fight Wealth Gap and Racial Inequality?

Can Baby Bonds Fight Wealth Gap and Racial Inequality?     Lynn Parramore February 27, 2024 Institute for New Economic Thinking Connecticut is the first state to fund and enact a baby bonds program, inspiring more states to create their own plans. Can it mak…

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March 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Zone of Interest Is About the Danger of Ignoring Atrocities – Including in Gaza

Portside Culture The Zone of Interest Is About the Danger of Ignoring Atrocities – Including in Gaza     Naomi Klein March 14, 2024 The Guardian “All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present – not to say, ‘Look what they did th…

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March 19, 2024 at 12:40 AM

This Week in People’s History, Mar 19–25

This Week in People’s History, Mar 19–25     xxxxxx Hospital Workers Win (in 1969), Virginia Racists Split Hairs (1924), Anti-Racist Education Rules (1969), Protesters Beat the Rap (1969), German Troops in Rome (1944), The Fork Not Taken (1989), An Unemploye…

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March 19, 2024 at 12:20 AM

How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing

How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing     Thomas Fuller March 17, 2024 New York Times One quarter of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians — an…

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March 19, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Moving Into the Agrihood

Portside Culture Moving Into the Agrihood     Kirsten Lie-Nielsen December 13, 2023 Modern Farmer Planned, farm-centered neighborhoods are on the rise in the United States, offering farm-to-table food and a strong community for residents.The Urban La…

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March 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Among the Exvangelicals: Sarah McCammon on Faith, Trump and Leaving the Churches Behind

Among the Exvangelicals: Sarah McCammon on Faith, Trump and Leaving the Churches Behind     Martin Pengelly March 17, 2024 Guardian In her first book, the NPR political correspondent examines a growing movement away from the rightwing Christian church …

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March 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Summer Lee Condemns Arrival of GOP ‘Billionaire Cavalry’ in PA Democratic Primary

Summer Lee Condemns Arrival of GOP ‘Billionaire Cavalry’ in PA Democratic Primary     Jake Johnson March 15, 2024 Common Dreams Moderate PAC -- funding Lee's opponent -- has been described as "an organization of centrist Democrats," but its only donation in …

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March 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Most Committed Are the Uncommitted

The Most Committed Are the Uncommitted     Jeet Heer The Nation A growing movement of “uncommitted” Democratic voters are making it impossible for the Biden White House to remain complacent about Israel’s war on Gaza. People gather at an Uncommitted…

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March 18, 2024 at 7:30 AM

Sunday Science: A Treaty To Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic Hangs in the Balance

Sunday Science: A Treaty To Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic Hangs in the Balance     Jon Cohen March 15, 2024 Science The COVID-19 pandemic exposed deep inequalities between rich and poor countries. The WHO Pandemic Agreement hopes to improve global …

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March 18, 2024 at 5:30 AM

You Flood It, You Pay for It.

You Flood It, You Pay for It.     Bill McKibben March 15, 2024 The Crucial Years States are considering 'climate superfund' laws to hold Big Oil accountable Vermont’s capitol city, underwater in epic July flooding that wrecked most of Montpelier’s …

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March 18, 2024 at 5:05 AM

A New Alliance Could Change Puerto Rican Politics

A New Alliance Could Change Puerto Rican Politics     Rafael Bernabe, Ed Morales March 15, 2024 Jacobin The Citizens’ Victory Movement and the Puerto Rican Independence Party are forming a coalition called La Alianza. Their goal: a radical shift in Puerto Ri…

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March 18, 2024 at 4:55 AM

The Black Box of Race

The Black Box of Race     Henry Louis Gates Jr. March 16, 2024 The Atlantic In a circumscribed universe, Black Americans have ceaselessly reinvented themselves. , Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic.   My daughter Maggie gave birt…

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March 18, 2024 at 2:30 AM

The Booksellers’ Revolt

The Booksellers’ Revolt     Maththew Patin / The Texas Observer March 11, 2024 The Texas Observer The READER Act would have required vendors to rate books on "explicitness" before selling to schools—and blacklisted those that didn't comply. “The Bo…

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March 18, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Should Black Women Stop Going on Love Is Blind?

Portside Culture Should Black Women Stop Going on Love Is Blind?     Fabiola Cineas March 16, 2024 Vox AD’s journey underscores the Netflix hit’s (Love Is Blind) misogynoir problem. ,   Fabiola Cineas covers race and policy as a rep…

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March 17, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation

Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation     Arun Gupta March 5, 2024 Yes Magazine On top of serving as war propaganda, stories by Zaka volunteers appear invented. Western media is full of Zaka atrocity claims, nearly all of which are fabricat…

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March 17, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Performers, Speakers Pull Out of SXSW Music Fest

Performers, Speakers Pull Out of SXSW Music Fest     Madaleine Rubin March 12, 2024 Texas Tribune More than 80 musicians and panelists say they will no longer appear at the nine-day festival, citing the U.S. Army’s support for Israel amid war with Hamas. …

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March 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Israel’s Army Exemptions for the Ultra-Orthodox

Israel’s Army Exemptions for the Ultra-Orthodox     Michael Brenner March 15, 2024 The Conversation The Jewish state is divided over the Jewish religion Israeli police scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jews as they block a main road in Jerusalem during a…

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March 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

What Can We Learn From Aaron Bushnell’s Self-Immolation?

What Can We Learn From Aaron Bushnell’s Self-Immolation?     Max Elbaum March 14, 2024 Convergence Aaron Bushnell’s call to action pushes us to consider the relationship between individual moral commitment and collective political action. , …

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March 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

What’s Missing From Railroad Safety Data? Dead Workers and Severed Limbs.

What’s Missing From Railroad Safety Data? Dead Workers and Severed Limbs.     Topher Sanders, Dan Schwartz, Danelle Morton and Gabriel Sandoval March 13, 2024 ProPublica Railroad companies go to extreme lengths to portray themselves as safer than they really…

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March 16, 2024 at 2:25 AM

Friday Nite Videos | March 15, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | March 15, 2024     March 15, 2024 xxxxxx Elon, Trump and Putin | The Alpha Males' Struggle. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - Horror in Manhattan. How Bats Carry Deadly Diseases Without Dying. The Zone of Interest | Movie. God Made a Dictat…

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March 16, 2024 at 1:40 AM

I Listened to Trump’s Rambling, Unhinged, Vituperative Georgia Rally—And So Should You

I Listened to Trump’s Rambling, Unhinged, Vituperative Georgia Rally—And So Should You     Susan B. Glasser March 14, 2024 The New Yorker Whether or not it’s news in the conventional sense, it’s easiest to understand the threat that Trump poses to American d…

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March 16, 2024 at 1:25 AM

Schumer Clears Path for Democrats To Disavow Netanyahu. Will Biden Follow?

Schumer Clears Path for Democrats To Disavow Netanyahu. Will Biden Follow?     Ben Samuels March 15, 2024 Haaretz Schumer's speech calling on Israelis to shake off Netanyahu made major waves in both U.S. and Israeli politics. Those waves could turn into a ts…

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March 16, 2024 at 1:10 AM

These Companies Pay Executives More Than They Pay in Taxes

These Companies Pay Executives More Than They Pay in Taxes     Sarah Anderson, William Rice and Zachary Tashman March 13, 2024 inequality.org Tesla, Ford, Netflix, and T-Mobile are among scores of profitable U.S. firms that pay their top executives more than…

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March 16, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Zionist Smears of Oscar-Winning Jonathan Glazer

Zionist Smears of Oscar-Winning Jonathan Glazer     Juan Cole March 12, 2024 Informed Comment Because Glazer’s statement accepting an Oscar threatens the project some have called “Israelism,” a cult-like Zionism=Judaism and “Jews must support Bibi” complex o…

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March 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Two Years Later

Portside Culture Two Years Later     Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach February 24, 2024 Rattle Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach knows more than a thing or two about Ukraine wars, way more to mark the passage of its second anniversary. ,   Two Year…

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March 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Israel Must Change Its Policy on Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

Israel Must Change Its Policy on Humanitarian Aid to Gaza     Sen. Bernie Sanders interviewed by Margaret Brennan March 10, 2024 CBS Face the Nation Sen. Bernie Sanders, said Sunday the Biden administration needs to make clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benja…

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March 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Israel Must Change Its Policy on Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

Israel Must Change Its Policy on Humanitarian Aid to Gaza     Sen. Bernie Sanders interviewed by Margaret Brennan March 10, 2024 CBS Face the Nation Sen. Bernie Sanders, said Sunday the Biden administration needs to make clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benja…

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March 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Turning the Tables in Minnesota

Turning the Tables in Minnesota     Harold Meyerson March 13, 2024 The American Prospect An enduring union-community alliance in the Twin Cities may be a model for progressive victories. The Twin Cities saw a series of labor actions, premised on the belief-t…

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March 15, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech Represents the Best of Judaism

Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech Represents the Best of Judaism     Dave Zirin March 11, 2024 The Nation Instead of confronting what the director of The Zone of Interest actually said, Zionists distorted his lines. Glazer was the only Oscar winner to say…

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March 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM

US Helped Turn Honduras Into a Narco-State. Hold Obama, Trump and Biden Accountable

US Helped Turn Honduras Into a Narco-State. Hold Obama, Trump and Biden Accountable     Judy Ancel March 12, 2024 Kansas City Star The Drug Enforcement Administration had strong evidence since 2013 that the Hernandez brothers were making Honduras the primary…

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March 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Mar.14, 2024 – Reader Comments: State of the Union and Ceasefire; Oppenheimer and Nuclear Danger Today; Haiti; Take Action – Reject AIPAC; Webinar: Israel After October 7; Standing Together NYC Fundraiser; Book Talk–The Right To Learn; More

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March 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Mar.14, 2024 – Reader Comments: State of the Union and Ceasefire; Oppenheimer and Nuclear Danger Today; Haiti; Take Action – Reject AIPAC; Webinar: Israel After October 7; Standing Together NYC Fundraiser; Book Talk–The Right To Learn; More

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March 14, 2024 at 6:50 AM

Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth

Portside Culture Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth     David Rosen March 4, 2024 New York Journal of Books This study, writes reviewer Rosen, "assesses the growing gap between that super-rich millionaires and billionaires and ever-increa…

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March 14, 2024 at 4:45 AM

Rabbis for Palestinian Rights Counter ‘Warmongering’ AIPAC in DC

Rabbis for Palestinian Rights Counter ‘Warmongering’ AIPAC in DC     Olivia Rosane March 13, 2024 Common Dreams "We refuse to be bystanders as the Israeli government wages a genocidal campaign in our name," one rabbi said. Rabbis and rabbinical stu…

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March 14, 2024 at 4:30 AM

Companies Paid Top Executives More Than They Paid in US Taxes – Report

Companies Paid Top Executives More Than They Paid in US Taxes – Report     Callum Jones March 13, 2024 The Guardian Compensation for senior bosses at firms from Tesla to T-Mobile US worth more than those companies’ net tax payments, study finds Fro…

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March 14, 2024 at 4:10 AM

Make (Some) Nukes History

Make (Some) Nukes History     Linda Pentz Gunter March 11, 2024 Beyond Nuclear International Hollywood stars put their name to a good message, but it’s the messengers who are problematic ,   A handful of Hollywood celebs, some highly recogn…

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March 14, 2024 at 4:05 AM

A Working Class Susceptible to Trump Needs Much More From Biden

A Working Class Susceptible to Trump Needs Much More From Biden     Les Leopold March 13, 2024 Common Dreams Standing on a picket line, as Biden did with the UAW, is important. But that cannot be the limit of efforts to make the economy work better for worki…

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March 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – March 13, 2024

Global Left Midweek – March 13, 2024     March 13, 2024 xxxxxx Women rock the world , Paulina Veloso, Chile/Capire   This Year’s International Women’s Day IWD Call for Myanmar France Enshrines Abortion Rights Against Femicide in Kenya Wome…

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March 13, 2024 at 12:15 AM

Gender Wage Gap Persists in 2023

Gender Wage Gap Persists in 2023     Elise Gould March 8, 2024 Economic Policy Institute March 12 is Equal Pay Day. The date represents how far into 2024 women would have to work on top of the hours they worked in 2023 simply to match what men were paid in 2…

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March 13, 2024 at 12:10 AM

‘That’s the Law’: Senators Say Biden Must End Arms Sales if Israel Keeps Blocking Aid

‘That’s the Law’: Senators Say Biden Must End Arms Sales if Israel Keeps Blocking Aid     Jake Johnson March 12, 2024 Common Dreams "Federal law is clear, and, given the urgency of the crisis in Gaza, and the repeated refusal of Prime Minister Netanyahu to a…

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March 13, 2024 at 12:10 AM

“Empire’s Laboratory”: How 2004 U.S.-Backed Coup Destabilized Haiti & Led to Current Crisis

“Empire’s Laboratory”: How 2004 U.S.-Backed Coup Destabilized Haiti & Led to Current Crisis     Amy Goodman interviews Jemima Pierre March 11, 2024 Democracy Now! "The root of this crisis is not last week, it’s not this week, it’s not even Ariel Henry. …

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March 13, 2024 at 12:10 AM

The Public Bank That Wasn’t: New Jersey’s Excursion Into Public Banking

The Public Bank That Wasn’t: New Jersey’s Excursion Into Public Banking     Ellen Brown March 12, 2024 Counterpunch What would a Public Bank in New Jersey be? “The basic premise of such an institution is to hold the millions of dollars in taxpayer deposits t…

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March 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Enduring Predictability of the Mostly Apolitical Oscars

Portside Culture The Enduring Predictability of the Mostly Apolitical Oscars     Eileen Jones March 11, 2024 Jacobin Yet another “return to normal” Oscars — briefly disrupted by a statement from Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer criticizing I…

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March 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 12, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – March 12, 2024     March 12, 2024 xxxxxx Hiroshima, Nagasaki and “Oppenheimer” , Jen Sorensen   After Dobbs, a War on Birth Control Uncommitted in Hawaii Finding Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Oppenheimer Scri…

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March 12, 2024 at 4:45 AM

Major US Corporations Threaten To Return Labor to ‘Law of the Jungle’

Major US Corporations Threaten To Return Labor to ‘Law of the Jungle’     Steven Greenhouse March 10, 2024 The Guardian Trader Joe’s and SpaceX are among businesses challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board View image …

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