Sender Profile

Portside

50+ Messages / Page

  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 17, 2024 at 3:10 AM

Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says

Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says     Renee Dudley, Doris Burke June 13, 2024 Propublica Former employee says software giant dismissed his warnings about a critical flaw because it fe…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 17, 2024 at 3:05 AM

US Banana Giant Ordered To Pay $38M to Families of Colombian Men Killed by Death Squads

US Banana Giant Ordered To Pay $38M to Families of Colombian Men Killed by Death Squads     Luke Taylor June 11, 2024 The Guardian Landmark verdict against Chiquita marks first time major US company held liable for funding human rights abuses abroad …
See More from xxxxxx
  Portside Culture · [email protected]
June 17, 2024 at 12:55 AM

How the Acolyte Wove Queerness — and Lesbian Space Witches — Into Star Wars

Portside Culture How the Acolyte Wove Queerness — and Lesbian Space Witches — Into Star Wars     Abby Monteil June 13, 2024 Them Writer-director Leslye Headland’s new series takes a nuanced approach to representation. , Disney+   Co…
See More from Portside Culture
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 16, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Weapons, Fossil Fuels, Illegal Settlements

Weapons, Fossil Fuels, Illegal Settlements     Dan McGlynn June 12, 2024 The Shoestring UMass’ Investment Portfolio: As UMass backs out of a commitment to consider divestment, a Shoestring investigation reveals its endowment has millions indirectly invested …
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 16, 2024 at 12:05 AM

President in Mexico To Accelerate Energy Transition

President in Mexico To Accelerate Energy Transition     Trade Unions for Energy Democracy June 14, 2024 Socialist Project Claudia Sheinbaum’s resounding victory in Mexico’s presidential election on June 2nd, 2024, has been welcomed by two of the country’s ma…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM

A ‘Focus on Solidarity’ and Progressive Solutions at Latest Sanders Institute Gathering

A ‘Focus on Solidarity’ and Progressive Solutions at Latest Sanders Institute Gathering     Jessica Corbett and Julia Conley June 14, 2024 Common Dreams Too often when covering advocacy work, the corporate media focuses on "the controversy," O'Meara Sanders …
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Biden’s Border Restrictions Are Stranding Climate Migrants in Extreme Heat

Biden’s Border Restrictions Are Stranding Climate Migrants in Extreme Heat     Ayurella Horn-Muller June 12, 2024 Grist Many people seeking asylum are fleeing climate disasters. Biden's latest border move puts them even more at risk. , (Katie McTie…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Uncommitted Voters Sending a Clear Message to Biden About Slaughter in Gaza

Uncommitted Voters Sending a Clear Message to Biden About Slaughter in Gaza     Phyllis Bennis June 10, 2024 Albuquerque Journal Uncommitted voters, tens of thousands of students protesting in encampments, millions more protesting in the streets and in the h…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 15, 2024 at 2:20 AM

Friday Nite Videos | June 14, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | June 14, 2024     June 14, 2024 xxxxxx Deep-Sea Mining | John Oliver. They Might Incarcerate Me: The Ballad of Donald Trump. Hitler and the Nazis | Documentary. Dear Mamma: a Transgender Journey in Letters. Why Do So Many Americans Suppo…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 15, 2024 at 1:25 AM

The Speech FDR Would Give

The Speech FDR Would Give     David Dayan June 14, 2024 The American Prospect As economic royalists ally with Trump, we have already seen an example of a rhetorical counter that tells it like it is. ,   A first-term president is presiding o…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 15, 2024 at 12:55 AM

Messenger RNA Therapies Are Finally Fulfilling Their Promise

Messenger RNA Therapies Are Finally Fulfilling Their Promise     Drew Weissman March 1, 2022 Scientific American Instructing our cells to make specific proteins could control influenza, autoimmune diseases, even cancer ,   Editor’s Note (10…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 15, 2024 at 12:35 AM

What Gantz’s Exit Reveals About Israel’s Failed Gaza Strategy

What Gantz’s Exit Reveals About Israel’s Failed Gaza Strategy     Meron Rapoport June 11, 2024 972 Magazine October 7 collapsed Israel’s decades-old ‘separation policy' toward Gaza. Gantz and Gallant know it; Netanyahu and the far right still won’t admit it.…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 15, 2024 at 12:25 AM

Will the Revolution Be Funded?

Will the Revolution Be Funded?     Zac Chapman and Nairuti Shastry June 11, 2024 The Forge Organizers and researchers Zac Chapman and Nairuti Shastry examine how movements can build power by working within, without, and against philanthropy , …
See More from xxxxxx
  Portside Culture · [email protected]
June 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Juneteenth

Portside Culture Juneteenth     Peter Neil Carroll Enslavers typically insisted that Africans lacked "civilization," culture, religion until scholars like P. Sterling Stuckey showed beyond doubt the rich complexity --and survival-- of African traditi…
See More from Portside Culture
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 14, 2024 at 12:10 AM

What Did We Know – and When Did We Know It?

What Did We Know – and When Did We Know It?     Rebecca Gordon June 11, 2024 TomDispatch This capacity to predict the future is beginning to feel a bit déjà-vu-ish. It’s not too hard to foresee the approaching catastrophe in Gaza. In our presidential electio…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 14, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Can Democracy and Billionaires Coexist?

Can Democracy and Billionaires Coexist?     Sam Pizzigati May 30, 2024 Inequality.org Not on this planet. The wealthiest of our wealthy, a just-released report from Americans for Tax Fairness points out, are doing their best to keep these good times — for Am…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 14, 2024 at 12:05 AM

How the Media Failed the College Student Encampments

How the Media Failed the College Student Encampments     Sarah Baum June 6, 2024 he Progressive Magazine The focus on Columbia University has overshadowed the extent of protests—and police brutality—at public schools. Those charged with occupying a Columbia …
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 14, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Remembering the Holocaust While Gaza Starves

Remembering the Holocaust While Gaza Starves     Ariel Dorfman June 6, 2024 New Lines Magazine A ceremony at an old food market in Amsterdam prompts reflections on tragedy, indifference and survival. How could so many Israelis feel indifferent to such grief …
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – June 13 – Reader Comments: Billionaires Captured Trump; Criminalization of Solidarity; Slippery Slope to World War III?; Pride Month Event – Telling the Stories of Lincoln Brigade LGBTQ Volunteers; Cartoons; More…

Tidbits – June 13 – Reader Comments: Billionaires Captured Trump; Criminalization of Solidarity; Slippery Slope to World War III?; Pride Month Event – Telling the Stories of Lincoln Brigade LGBTQ Volunteers; Cartoons; More…     June 13, 2024 xxxxxx Reader Co…
See More from xxxxxx
  Portside Culture · [email protected]
June 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Israel’s Descent

Portside Culture Israel’s Descent     Adam Shatz June 20, 2024 London Review of Books Exterminationist violence is almost always preceded by other forms of persecution, which aim to render the victims as miserable as possible, including plunder, deni…
See More from Portside Culture
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 13, 2024 at 6:20 AM

Could Your First EV Be the Last Car You Ever Buy?

Could Your First EV Be the Last Car You Ever Buy?     Matteo Wong June 8, 2024 The Atlantic An electric car capable of running for 1 million miles is within reach--if car companies allow it. , Illustration by The Atlantic   In April, a grou…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 13, 2024 at 6:10 AM

New Republican Plan for Voter Suppression

New Republican Plan for Voter Suppression     Hansi Lo Wang June 11, 2024 NPR A bill has been introduced that would require proof of citizenship for registration to vote in Federal elections while 1 in 10 voters say they can't easily show proof of citizenshi…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 13, 2024 at 5:50 AM

News of Chomsky’s Ill Health Prompts Outpouring of Gratitude for ‘Lion of the Left’

News of Chomsky’s Ill Health Prompts Outpouring of Gratitude for ‘Lion of the Left’     Brett Wilkins June 12, 2024 Common Dreams "So many thousands of people have stories about how he has changed their lives," said one admirer. "He certainly changed mine." …
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 13, 2024 at 5:30 AM

If Not in New York, Then Where?

If Not in New York, Then Where?     David Wallace-Wells June 12, 2024 New York Times Governor Kathy Hochul's indefinite pause of a proposed congestion pricing program for lower Manhattan is “a generational setback for climate policy in the United States." …
See More from xxxxxx
  Portside Culture · [email protected]
June 13, 2024 at 1:40 AM

Inequality Without Class

Portside Culture Inequality Without Class     Simon Torracinta April 5, 2024 Dissent This book surveys how leading economists, over the last two and a half centuries, have accounted for wealth and income inequality. ,   Visions of …
See More from Portside Culture
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – June 12, 2024

Global Left Midweek – June 12, 2024     June 12, 2024 xxxxxx More election season news and views Samsung workers declare their strike at corporate headquarters in Seoul, May 29. Credit, Yonhap   India, Modi and Europe Early EP Election Rep…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 12, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Europe’s Decelerating Drift

Europe’s Decelerating Drift     Robert Kuttner June 10, 2024 The American Prospect How serious is the continuing appeal of the far right? Marine Le Pen of France’s National Rally party addresses the crowd at a rally before the European Parliament e…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 12, 2024 at 12:05 AM

‘People Are Dying’: Air in ‘Cancer Alley’ Louisiana More Toxic Than Previously Thought

‘People Are Dying’: Air in ‘Cancer Alley’ Louisiana More Toxic Than Previously Thought     Edward Carver June 11, 2024 Common Dreams Ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas, is nine times more prevalent than the EPA estimated, a study shows. And inside petrochemi…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 12, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Fallacy of the ‘Wrong Side of History’ Narrative

The Fallacy of the ‘Wrong Side of History’ Narrative     Gerald Nesmith Jr June 9, 2024 Aljazeera Waiting on history to deliver karmic justice for war crimes is a useless exercise, especially at a time when urgent action is needed. President Joe B…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM

A Democrat, Siding With the G.O.P., Is Removing Limits on Political Cash at ‘Breathtaking’ Speed

A Democrat, Siding With the G.O.P., Is Removing Limits on Political Cash at ‘Breathtaking’ Speed     Shane Goldmacher June 10, 2024 The New York Times An ascendant new bloc of three Republicans and one Democrat is voting together to roll back limits on how p…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – June 11, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – June 11, 2024     June 11, 2024 xxxxxx A crisis moment for media A vigil in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2022 for British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. Credit, André Penner/AP   The Media Mome…
See More from xxxxxx
  Portside Culture · [email protected]
June 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM

There’s Still Tomorrow Shows Women’s Fight for Freedom

Portside Culture There’s Still Tomorrow Shows Women’s Fight for Freedom     Stefanie Prezioso June 4, 2024 Jacobin Paola Cortellesi’s film There’s Still Tomorrow offers a striking portrayal of working-class women fighting gendered violence in late 19…
See More from Portside Culture
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 11, 2024 at 6:30 AM

Big Food, Big Profits, Big Lies

Big Food, Big Profits, Big Lies     Veronica Riccobene June 3, 2024 The Lever While blaming inflation for rising prices, the country’s biggest food and restaurant companies are raking in billions and showering shareholders with payouts. , AP Photo/…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 11, 2024 at 2:20 AM

This Week in People’s History, June 11–17

This Week in People’s History, June 11–17     xxxxxx A Very Unusual Strike (1894), A Bad Day for the African National Congress (1964), Nazi Germany’s Secret Weapons (1944), Sticking it to Robert E. Lee (1864) ,   Due to technical difficulti…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 11, 2024 at 1:25 AM

How Israel’s Illiberal Democracy Became a Model for the Right

How Israel’s Illiberal Democracy Became a Model for the Right     Suzanne Schneider June 1, 2024 Dissent Israel maintains a system of unequal citizenship system for Jewish and Palestinian Israelis. This version of democracy has long prevailed in Israel, and …
See More from xxxxxx
  Portside Culture · [email protected]
June 11, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Sonic Seasoning

Portside Culture Sonic Seasoning     Andrew Coletti May 18, 2024 Atlas Obscura A developing field called “sonic seasoning” suggests a possible link between our experience of sound and taste. In a Oxford University study, subjects consistently connect…
See More from Portside Culture
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 11, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Far-Right Surge in Elections Shakes Up European Parliament

Far-Right Surge in Elections Shakes Up European Parliament     Ana Vračar June 10, 2024 Peoples Dispatch Far right gains means European policies will likely shift in direction of security, austerity, and migration restrictions, despite hundreds of thousands …
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 11, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Time for the Fed To Meet the FTC

Time for the Fed To Meet the FTC     Robert Kuttner June 5, 2024 The American Prospect The real source of too many price hikes is concentrated market power, not macroeconomic overheating. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news con…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 10, 2024 at 4:50 AM

Sunday Science: With All This Bird Flu Around, How Safe Are Eggs, Chicken or Milk?

Sunday Science: With All This Bird Flu Around, How Safe Are Eggs, Chicken or Milk?     Enzo Palombo June 5, 2024 The Conversation Recent outbreaks of bird flu – in US dairy herds, poultry farms in Australia and elsewhere, and isolated cases in humans – have …
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 10, 2024 at 3:40 AM

Betrayal, It’s Not the Sunrise Movement, It Is the Governor of New York

Betrayal, It’s Not the Sunrise Movement, It Is the Governor of New York     Bill McKibben June 6, 2024 The Crucial Years A plea not to be angry with the youth. ,   I had another piece planned for today, and I will get back to it soon—it wil…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 10, 2024 at 3:10 AM

For the Rich, One Nation Isn’t Rolling Out the Red Carpet

For the Rich, One Nation Isn’t Rolling Out the Red Carpet     Sam Pizzigati June 6, 2024 Inequality.org Norway, now maybe more than any other nation, is really working to share the wealth. , Getty Images   So you think the rich have life ea…
See More from xxxxxx
  Portside Culture · [email protected]
June 10, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Welcome to the Era of Garbage Film and Television Streaming

Portside Culture Welcome to the Era of Garbage Film and Television Streaming     David Moscrop June 6, 2024 Jacobin Private equity and monopoly capitalists will destroy anything to make a buck, and they’ve turned their sights on TV and film. If you h…
See More from Portside Culture
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Rise of Poverty Inc.

The Rise of Poverty Inc.     Anne Kim June 1, 2024 The Atlantic How helping the poor became big business , Adam Maida for The Atlantic   In 1964, president lyndon b. johnson declared “unconditional war on poverty,” and since then, federal s…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

A Just-Released Watchdog Report Makes the Case for Eliminating Land-Based Nuclear Missiles

A Just-Released Watchdog Report Makes the Case for Eliminating Land-Based Nuclear Missiles     William D. Hartung June 4, 2024 The Nation Land-based missiles are redundant and dangerous. A protester holds a sign at a vigil outside the United States…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 9, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Elon Musk Wants $50 Billion or He’ll Walk

Elon Musk Wants $50 Billion or He’ll Walk     Harold Meyerson June 6, 2024 American Prospect Unless Tesla shareholders grant him this tidy bonus, he’s threatened to take his marbles elsewhere. Elon Musk arrives at an event in Los Angeles, April 13,…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 9, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Mexico Elects First Woman President

Mexico Elects First Woman President     Jeff Abbott June 7, 2024 The Progressive In an election marred by violence, Mexico has chosen its first ever female leader. Claudia Sheinbaum, Fred Ramos/Bloomberg via Getty Images   Claudia Sheinba…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Migrating Workers Provide Wealth for the World

Migrating Workers Provide Wealth for the World     Vijay Prashad June 7, 2024 CounterPunch If the migrants of the world—all 281 million of them—lived in one country, then they would form the fourth largest country in the world. Yet, migrants receive few soci…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM

How African States Are Resisting Pressure From the North in Trade Agreements While Failing To Assert Their Priorities

How African States Are Resisting Pressure From the North in Trade Agreements While Failing To Assert Their Priorities     Julie Chaudier June 4, 2024 Equal Times The history of African relations and investment governance with the North is far more disadvanta…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Roger Corman’s 1962 Film ‘The Intruder’ and the Crisis of National Values

Roger Corman’s 1962 Film ‘The Intruder’ and the Crisis of National Values     Luca Celada May 30, 2024 Il Manifesto Global Disinformation and innuendo are weaponized. “Intruders” abound as well, even if they no longer need to take the Greyhound to the backwo…
See More from xxxxxx
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
June 8, 2024 at 4:05 AM

Friday Nite Videos | June 7, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | June 7, 2024     June 7, 2024 xxxxxx Elon Musk's $56 Billion Pay Package. "Unconvictable" | Nat King Cole "Unforgettable" Parody. The Other Side of Gaza. Putin Like Hitler 'Crossed the Line', Zelenskiy Tells French Parliament. Jim Henson…
See More from xxxxxx
The Archive of Political Emails is a project of Defending Democracy Together Institute. Please email [email protected] with any questions.