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June 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes — June 25, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes — June 25, 2024     June 25, 2024 xxxxxx Can artificial intelligence destroy the climate? , Walt Handelsman   Washpost Washout Neo-Nazis are All-In on AI Meta and TikTok Curbing Abortion-Related Content Fixing Election…

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June 25, 2024 at 1:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, June 25–July 2

This Week in People’s History, June 25–July 2     xxxxxx A Successful Experiment (1959), Boycotts Can Work (1959), Hospital Workers Win Big (1969), Malcolm X’s Last Stand (1964), Brilliance Gets Shafted (1954), Throwing Shade on Racism (1989), Hit the Road, …

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June 25, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Democrats, Parties, and Palestine: Five Stages of Political Grief

Democrats, Parties, and Palestine: Five Stages of Political Grief     Waleed Shahid June 21, 2024 Convergence Magazine Elections are fundamentally about choosing coalitions, not just casting votes. While coalitions require compromise, the key is to make stra…

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June 25, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The GOP’s Post-Constitutional Future: A New Gilded Age?

The GOP’s Post-Constitutional Future: A New Gilded Age?     Thom Harmann June 24, 2024 The Hartmann Report A middle class is not a normal thing, and if a country wants one it must be created by direct government intervention in the marketplace… , …

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June 25, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Behind the ‘Butter Board’: How the Dairy Industry Took Over Your Feed

Portside Culture Behind the ‘Butter Board’: How the Dairy Industry Took Over Your Feed     H. Claire Brown May 10, 2024 Grist.org A vast constellation of celebrities, from Kelly Ripa to the McDonald’s mascot Grimace, have helped push dairy sales. …

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June 25, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Malian Master Puppeteer, Yaya Coulibali: “Puppetry Is the Sum of the Collective Human Imaginary”

Malian Master Puppeteer, Yaya Coulibali: “Puppetry Is the Sum of the Collective Human Imaginary”     Ricard González March 15, 2024 Equal Times We Africans have to value what we have more and what we are, to value culture, something that is not tangible and …

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June 25, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Who Is Keir Starmer, British Labour Party Leader on the Road to Downing Street?

Who Is Keir Starmer, British Labour Party Leader on the Road to Downing Street?     Marilyn Albert June 24, 2024 xxxxxx A Review of “The Starmer Project: A Journey to the Right” by Oliver Eagleton, Verso Books 2022 Keir Starmer, The Guardian …

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June 24, 2024 at 7:00 AM

Sunday Science: Can You Inherit Memories From Your Ancestors?

Sunday Science: Can You Inherit Memories From Your Ancestors?     Hannah Critchlow June 17, 2024 The Guardian The science of epigenetics suggests we can pass on trauma – but trust and compassion too , Illustration: Elia Barbieri/The Guardian …

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June 24, 2024 at 6:30 AM

How Israel Became a Nuclear Power

How Israel Became a Nuclear Power     Emma Claire Foley June 23, 2024 Jacobin Israel’s nuclear program is its worst-kept secret. It was made possible through the support of Western nations like France and has thrived due to a cynical attitude toward nonproli…

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June 24, 2024 at 6:05 AM

When Tax Policy Discriminates the TCJA’s Impact on Black Taxpayers

When Tax Policy Discriminates the TCJA’s Impact on Black Taxpayers     Beverly Moran June 18, 2024 Roosevelt Institute When the trickle-down theory first took off in the 1980s, the argument was that tax cuts lift all boats. After 50 years, no one can continu…

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June 24, 2024 at 3:55 AM

Bridgerton Finally Gave Us Queer Storylines. Fans Aren’t Having It.

Portside Culture Bridgerton Finally Gave Us Queer Storylines. Fans Aren’t Having It.     Aja Romano June 18, 2024 Vox The show’s first queer storylines have been met with backlash, homophobia, and misogynoir. Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridg…

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June 24, 2024 at 3:10 AM

What Frederick Douglass Learned From an Irish Antislavery Activist: ‘Agitate, Agitate, Agitate’

What Frederick Douglass Learned From an Irish Antislavery Activist: ‘Agitate, Agitate, Agitate’     Christine Kinealy June 14, 2024 The Conversation Even before Douglass arrived in Ireland in 1845, he was aware of the rich tradition of Irish men and women in…

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June 24, 2024 at 2:35 AM

The Delusion of Advanced Plastic Recycling Using Pyrolysis

The Delusion of Advanced Plastic Recycling Using Pyrolysis     Lisa Song, Illustrations by Max Guther, special to ProPublica June 20, 2024 Propublica The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry pedd…

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June 23, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Shell’s Exit From Nigeria: To Dodge Legal Problems?

Shell’s Exit From Nigeria: To Dodge Legal Problems?     Andy Rowell and James Marriot June 18, 2024 Scheer Post The oil giant is selling its Niger Delta subsidiary – but lending the new owners the money for the purchase. “Eric Dooh at home in Goi v…

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June 23, 2024 at 12:05 AM

NLRB Is Testing Out a New Tool To Stop Union Busting

NLRB Is Testing Out a New Tool To Stop Union Busting     Alex N. Press June 22, 2024 Jacobin This week, the NLRB handed down its first Cemex order against Station Casinos in Las Vegas, which engaged in heavy-handed union busting before workers lost a vote to…

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June 23, 2024 at 12:00 AM

29 Years Without Jonas Salk: Against the Normalization of the Absurd

29 Years Without Jonas Salk: Against the Normalization of the Absurd     Alan Rossi Silva and Joost Smiers June 21, 2024 Peoples Dispatch Nearly three decades after Jonas Salk’s passing, his legacy continues to highlight the need for building a different pha…

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June 23, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Firewalls of Ignorance and Disappearance: Corporate Media in the Age of Fascist Politics

Firewalls of Ignorance and Disappearance: Corporate Media in the Age of Fascist Politics     Henry A. Giroux June 21, 2024 CounterPunch Deceit, ignorance, and the death of civic responsibility now function as the perfect storm enabling fascist politics. Amer…

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June 23, 2024 at 12:00 AM

From Italia: Behind the Curtain of the EU Elections All Is Not What It Seems

From Italia: Behind the Curtain of the EU Elections All Is Not What It Seems     Nicola Benvenuti June 17, 2024 Stansbury Forum The danger from the right is becoming more marked and is shifting West, whereas until a few years ago the right was rooted in form…

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June 22, 2024 at 4:35 AM

Friday Nite Videos | June 21, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | June 21, 2024     June 21, 2024 xxxxxx Jordan Klepper at First Post-Conviction Rally. Jesus Christ | Woody Guthrie. William Barber | “White Poverty” & Poor People’s Campaign March. A Time for Choosing. Cult Massacre: One Day in Jones…

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June 22, 2024 at 3:55 AM

This Democratic Governor Just Demonstrated the Right Way To Use the Pardon Power

This Democratic Governor Just Demonstrated the Right Way To Use the Pardon Power     Austin Sarata Slate Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s clemency forgives low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people in what he said is a step to heal decad…

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June 22, 2024 at 3:05 AM

Lessons From Europe: The Left Can’t Win by Running to the Right

Lessons From Europe: The Left Can’t Win by Running to the Right     Chris Mills Rodrigo June 18, 2024 Foreign Policy in Focus The far right showed disturbing strength in the European Parliament elections, but there’s nothing inevitable about a far right wave…

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June 22, 2024 at 2:50 AM

Cooling California Could Heat Up Europe

Cooling California Could Heat Up Europe     Jonathan Watts June 21, 2024 Guardian Scientists call for regulation to stop regional use of marine cloud brightening that may cool one region in the short term but have negative impact elsewhere Wildfire…

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June 22, 2024 at 2:25 AM

The Christian Right Is Coming for Divorce

The Christian Right Is Coming for Divorce     Anna North June 13, 2024 Vox A counter-revolution is brewing: Conservative commentators and lawmakers are calling for an end to no-fault divorce, arguing that it has harmed men and even destroyed the fabric of so…

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June 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Sweet Rain

Portside Culture Sweet Rain     Teresa Pham-Carsillo May 1, 2024 Catamaran Literary Reader California poet Teresa Pham-Carsillo opens the reader to summertime; show some gratitude! ,   Sweet Rain  By Teresa Pham-Carsillo Like dazed…

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June 21, 2024 at 1:35 AM

How Much More Proof Does Biden Need That Netanyahu Is Not a U.S. Ally?

How Much More Proof Does Biden Need That Netanyahu Is Not a U.S. Ally?     Alon Pinkas June 19, 2024 Haaretz Benjamin Netanyahu's eye-rolling video, in which he accused the Americans of holding up an arms shipment and yet again evoked Winston Churchill, is h…

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June 21, 2024 at 1:15 AM

Let’s Examine the Link Between MAGA and the Old South – Battling the Second Great Insurrection

Let’s Examine the Link Between MAGA and the Old South – Battling the Second Great Insurrection     Thom Hartmann June 19, 2024 The Hartmann Report We face a second insurrection today, and most people have no idea how closely it’s modeled on the first one. Th…

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June 21, 2024 at 12:55 AM

The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., 1928–2024

The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., 1928–2024     Peter Dreier June 13, 2024 The Nation The “greatest teacher of nonviolence in America” was a mentor to generations of activists, from Martin Luther King Jr. to today’s union organizers and immigrant rights campaign…

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June 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Jamaal Bowman Primary Challenger Shares Dozens of Donors With Republicans Who Sought Santos’ Seat

Jamaal Bowman Primary Challenger Shares Dozens of Donors With Republicans Who Sought Santos’ Seat     Michelle Bocanegra and Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky June 13, 2024 Gothamist What does a Long Island Republican who ran to replace George Santos have in common wi…

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June 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – June 20 – Reader Comments: Campaign Biden Needs To Wage Against MAGA Trump Fascists; UN Commission Finds Israel Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity; Denmark’s Euro Football Squad Refused Pay Raise To Ensure Women’s Team Receives Equal Pay;

Tidbits – June 20 – Reader Comments: Campaign Biden Needs To Wage Against MAGA Trump Fascists; UN Commission Finds Israel Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity; Denmark’s Euro Football Squad Refused Pay Raise To Ensure Women’s Team Receives Equal Pay;     June 20, 202…

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June 20, 2024 at 4:20 AM

As Boycott Grows, Ocasio-Cortez Says Netanyahu Invitation ‘Should Be Revoked’

As Boycott Grows, Ocasio-Cortez Says Netanyahu Invitation ‘Should Be Revoked’     Jake Johnson June 19, 2024 Common Dreams "This man should not be addressing Congress," said the New York Democrat. "He is a war criminal." Democratic members of the U…

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June 20, 2024 at 4:05 AM

On Juneteenth: Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America

On Juneteenth: Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America     Interview of Clint Smith by Amy Goodman June 19, 2024 Democracy Now "If we don't fully understand and account for slavery's history in this country, we won't understand how it shaped the…

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June 20, 2024 at 3:40 AM

End Legal Slavery in the United States

End Legal Slavery in the United States     Andrew Ross, Tommaso Bardelli and Aiyuba Thomas June 19, 2024 New York Times Some historians have described the South's convict leasing system as “worse than slavery,” because there was no incentive to avoid working…

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June 20, 2024 at 3:30 AM

How Donald Trump Worked To Destroy America’s Labor Unions

How Donald Trump Worked To Destroy America’s Labor Unions     Lawrence Wittner June 17, 2024 Forward Kentucky Trump says he is a “friend of the working class” – but he’s anything but. Read on to learn why. ,   Although Donald Trump has been…

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June 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM

How To Be a Nonviolent Second-Wave Feminist

Portside Culture How To Be a Nonviolent Second-Wave Feminist     Eleanor J. Bader June 14, 2024 The Indypendent In 47 essays written from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, prominent Second Wave feminists question how nonviolence might be applied to …

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June 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – June 19, 2024

Global Left Midweek – June 19, 2024     June 19, 2024 xxxxxx Can a left electoral front beat the far right in France? Crowds have gathered daily in France to protest since President Macron called parliamentary elections earlier this week after surg…

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June 19, 2024 at 4:05 AM

How I Saw the TV Glow Shows a Trans Side of Horror

Portside Culture How I Saw the TV Glow Shows a Trans Side of Horror     Mey Rude May 16, 2024 Out Director Jane Schoenbrun and stars Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine talk bringing trans horror to the big screen. Director Jane Schoenbr…

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June 19, 2024 at 12:10 AM

UN Commission Finds Israel Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity

UN Commission Finds Israel Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity     Bashir Abu-Manneh June 18, 2024 Jacobin A new report by a UN commission finds that Israel intended to murder civilians en masse, inflict wide-scale civilian destruction, and collectively punish…

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June 19, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Tax Policy Is a Part of the Black American Story

Tax Policy Is a Part of the Black American Story     Brakeyshia Samms June 18, 2024 Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy Policymakers can only make sensible decisions when they understand what the tax system’s shortcomings have done to Black communitie…

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June 19, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Clowns, Reverse Boycotts, and Involuntary Walkathons: How Communities Are Making Political Violence Backfire

Clowns, Reverse Boycotts, and Involuntary Walkathons: How Communities Are Making Political Violence Backfire     Maria J. Stephan June 5, 2024 Just Security Confronting the normalization of political violence and stopping it from undermining the practice of …

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June 19, 2024 at 12:05 AM

A National Climate Action Plan, Why We Need It and How To Do It

A National Climate Action Plan, Why We Need It and How To Do It     John J. Berger June 18, 2024 Tom Dispatch It could hardly be clearer that the world is already in the throes of a climate catastrophe. That means it’s high time for the U.S. to declare a nat…

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June 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – June 18, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – June 18, 2024     June 18, 2024 xxxxxx Life in Brooklyn Chispa NV joined community leaders from Iowa and Nebraska in calling on Berkshire Hathaway, the parent company of Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific Power (NV E…

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June 18, 2024 at 2:45 AM

This Week in People’s History, June 18–24

This Week in People’s History, June 18–24     xxxxxx CIA Carries United Fruit’s Water (1954), “Radical Plot” Gets Saber-Rattling Response (1919), A Deadly Managua Roadblock (1979), Murders Most Foul (1964), DC Metro Cover-Up (2009), Mournful Gallery of Loss …

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June 18, 2024 at 1:10 AM

France’s New Popular Front Has a Plan To Govern

France’s New Popular Front Has a Plan To Govern     Harrison Stetler June 15, 2024 Jacobin France’s snap elections are widely seen as an opportunity for Marine Le Pen’s far right. But the left-wing parties’ Nouveau Front Populaire has a real possibility of s…

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June 18, 2024 at 12:05 AM

An Amish-Chinese Mushroom Collaboration

Portside Culture An Amish-Chinese Mushroom Collaboration     Laura Reiley June 2, 2024 Ambrook Research A business born of necessity and the pandemic, Amish Agriculture Inc and its mushrooms are finding fertile ground. The collaboration, rooted in ur…

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June 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Parole Commission: It’s Long Past the Time to FREE Leonard Peltier

Parole Commission: It’s Long Past the Time to FREE Leonard Peltier     Levi Rickert June 9, 2024 Native News Online "We are hoping and praying that the parole commission will grant Leonard parole so that he can go back to his people on the Turtle Mountain Re…

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June 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Du Bois Doctrine

The Du Bois Doctrine     Zachariah Mampilly September 6, 2022 Foreign Affairs Du Bois is rightly venerated for his work on civil rights. But by discarding him, the American foreign policy establishment robbed itself of one of the twentieth century’s most per…

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June 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM

No. Seriously. What if Trump Wins Again?

No. Seriously. What if Trump Wins Again?     Cayden Mak, Daniel Hunter, Katey Lauer June 14, 2024 Convergence Choose Democracy launched a set of online tools and strategy games to help prepare for this election and after. The tools invite participants to exp…

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June 17, 2024 at 6:50 AM

Sunday Science: Signs of Science

Sunday Science: Signs of Science     Dimitri Selibas June 13, 2024 Science CyberTracker, software developed in collaboration with Indigenous trackers, is enabling almost anyone to collect complex biodiversity data Indigenous trackers, preparing her…

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June 17, 2024 at 6:05 AM

Despite Possibility of Ceasefire, U.S. Imperial Ambitions May Doom Palestine

Despite Possibility of Ceasefire, U.S. Imperial Ambitions May Doom Palestine     Edward Hunt June 12, 2024 Foreign Policy in Focus The Biden administration’s efforts to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia may make it impossible for Palestinia…

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June 17, 2024 at 4:20 AM

A Legacy of Plunder

A Legacy of Plunder     Francisco Cantú June 2, 2024 The New York Review In its reexamination of entrenched narratives about the expropriation of Native land, Michael Witgen’s work is changing how Native people are situated in the arc of North American histo…

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