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July 31, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Venezuelan Opposition Cries Fraud; People Reelect President Maduro

Venezuelan Opposition Cries Fraud; People Reelect President Maduro     Roger Harris July 30, 2024 Counterpunch In the quarter century since Hugo Chavez initiated the Bolivarian Revolution when he was elected president in 1998, the Chavistas have won all but…

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July 31, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – July 30, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – July 30, 2024     July 30, 2024 xxxxxx Tell the world about Project 2025 , Jen Sorensen   Anti-Harris Leftys Hit a Brick Wall The Pros and Cons of Protest Beyoncé vs. Hulk Hogan Tell the World About Proje…

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July 30, 2024 at 1:20 PM

This Week in People’s History, July 31-Aug 6

This Week in People’s History, July 31-Aug 6     xxxxxx Freedom Summer Digs In (1964), Warsaw Uprising Begins (1944), Jim Crow, Meet Lieutenant Robinson (1944), A Big Win for Free Speech (1929), Beach Days for the Masses (1929), ‘We Seek No Wider War’ (1964)…

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July 30, 2024 at 3:50 AM

Sonya Massey’s Killing Argues for Unarmed Response

Sonya Massey’s Killing Argues for Unarmed Response     Tahir Duckett July 27, 2024 New York Times Alternative response programs, in which unarmed civilians, instead of armed officers, are being dispatched to respond to thousands of calls for service could pr…

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July 30, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Why Scientific Support for Alcohol’s Health Benefits Is Fading

Why Scientific Support for Alcohol’s Health Benefits Is Fading     Oscar Allan July 27, 2024 Guardian Research exposes flaws of older, often industry-funded studies and finds lowest mortality risk in lifelong abstainers Wine Glass, by Arizona Parro…

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July 30, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Why Do Domestic Food Prices Keep Going Up When Global Prices Fall?

Portside Culture Why Do Domestic Food Prices Keep Going Up When Global Prices Fall?     C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh July 24, 2024 Networkideas.org Rise in food prices can be traced to profiteering by large international agribusinesses and fi…

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July 30, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The IDF Just Destroyed a Key Rafah Water Facility Rachel Corrie Spent Her Last Month of Life Defending

The IDF Just Destroyed a Key Rafah Water Facility Rachel Corrie Spent Her Last Month of Life Defending     Younis Tirawi July 28, 2024 Drop Site “I was shocked when I saw the video. It’s not just that they targeted this water facility; it’s the fact that the…

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July 30, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Kamala Harris Will Shift on Gaza Only if We Make Her

Kamala Harris Will Shift on Gaza Only if We Make Her     Y.L. Al-Sheikh, Nickan Fayyazi July 26, 2024 The Nation The vice president’s ascension provides an opening for a new approach to the horror in Palestine. But it won’t happen without sustained political…

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July 29, 2024 at 5:50 AM

Science Sunday: The Virus That Causes Polio Has Been Found in Gaza. Here’s Why That Is Grim News

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July 29, 2024 at 5:25 AM

Who Is Reaping the Fruits of the Israeli Black Panthers’ Struggle?

Who Is Reaping the Fruits of the Israeli Black Panthers’ Struggle?     Ben Reiff July 26, 2024 972 Magazine Half a century after setting off a political earthquake from the impoverished streets of Jerusalem, the radical Mizrahi movement has been largely forg…

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July 29, 2024 at 4:35 AM

Joseph E. Stiglitz: The Road to Freedom

Joseph E. Stiglitz: The Road to Freedom     Joseph E. Stiglitz July 9, 2024 Project Syndicate Reimaging our existing economic and legal systems and embracing forms of collective action, including regulation and investment, if we are to create an innovative s…

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July 29, 2024 at 4:15 AM

Canada Owes First Nations Billions After Making ‘Mockery’ of Treaty Deal, Top Court Rules

Canada Owes First Nations Billions After Making ‘Mockery’ of Treaty Deal, Top Court Rules     Leyland Cecco July 26, 2024 The Guardian Court urges federal and Ontario governments to make payouts after ‘dishonourably’ neglecting 174-year-old deal. The Crown p…

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July 29, 2024 at 3:45 AM

Manchin’s Last Gasp

Manchin’s Last Gasp     Bill McKibben July 26, 2024 The Crucial Years Stop Big Oil's effort to use this lovely moment to lock in world-breaking LNG export levels Joe Manchin coal baron U.S. Sen Joe Manchin speaks with West Virginia coal miners., Jo…

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July 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The One Thing Veep Captures Better Than Any Other Political Show

Portside Culture The One Thing Veep Captures Better Than Any Other Political Show     Whizy Kim July 23, 2024 Vox The year is 2023. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who played VP Selina Meyer on the 2010s HBO comedy series Veep, visits the White House to meet Pr…

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July 28, 2024 at 12:05 AM

It’ll Be Fixed!

It’ll Be Fixed!     Edward Carver July 27, 2024 CommonDreams Trump Tells Supporters No Need to Vote in the Future Republican nominee Donald Trump gestures after speaking at a far-right Christian rally in south Florida on July 26, 2024., Chandan Kha…

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July 28, 2024 at 12:05 AM

FTC Chair Responds to Calls for Her Firing

FTC Chair Responds to Calls for Her Firing     David Sirota July 26, 2024 The Lever “Monopolies not only have economic power, but use that power to buy political power,” she tells The Lever’s David Sirota. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan a…

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July 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Decarceration Is the Best Way Prisons Can Adapt to Climate Change

Decarceration Is the Best Way Prisons Can Adapt to Climate Change     Christopher Blackwell and Sarah Sax July 25, 2024 Prism Most prisons have no real plan for how to deal with the kind of misery climate change inflicts—and will inflict—on incarcerated peop…

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July 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Climate Activists Score Major Win in Campaign To Electrify DC

Climate Activists Score Major Win in Campaign To Electrify DC     Abby Shepard July 18, 2024 Waging Nonviolence An inside look at the vision and strategy behind Extinction Rebellion D.C.’s campaign that is blocking $12 billion in new fossil fuel infrastructu…

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July 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Palestinian-American Congresswoman Is the Lone Protester at Netanyahu’s Speech

Palestinian-American Congresswoman Is the Lone Protester at Netanyahu’s Speech     Linda Pentz Gunter July 26, 2024 Morning Star “Netanyahu is a war criminal committing genocide against the Palestinian people,” Tlaib said in a statement. “It is utterly disgr…

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July 27, 2024 at 4:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | July 26, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | July 26, 2024     July 26, 2024 xxxxxx Trump Still Appears Headed for September Sentencing. Fox's Kamala Problem. Private Equity Is Coming for Gaming. Project 2025: The Radical Conservative Plan to Reshape America Under Trump | WSJ. RNC…

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July 27, 2024 at 2:05 AM

JD Vance’s “Childless Cat Ladies” Comment Points to the GOP’s Right-Wing Media Problem

JD Vance’s “Childless Cat Ladies” Comment Points to the GOP’s Right-Wing Media Problem     Matt Gertz July 26, 2024 Media Matters for America The GOP’s far-right infotainers have become a critical GOP power center that its aspiring politicians must court if …

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July 27, 2024 at 1:50 AM

Vaccines Tell a Success Story That Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Trump Forget

Vaccines Tell a Success Story That Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Trump Forget     Mark R. O'Brian July 26, 2024 The Conversation Vaccines have saved many tens of millions of lives in the last 50 years. Nevertheless, misinformation leads many people to reject or …

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July 27, 2024 at 1:25 AM

The Decimation of Gaza’s Academia Is ‘Impossible To Quantify’

The Decimation of Gaza’s Academia Is ‘Impossible To Quantify’     Ibtisam Mahdi July 26, 2024 972 Magazine With thousands of faculty and students likely killed and campuses destroyed, Palestinian universities in the Strip are barely surviving Israel’s schola…

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July 27, 2024 at 1:20 AM

The First Atomic Explosion, 16 July 1945

The First Atomic Explosion, 16 July 1945     William Burr July 16, 2024 National Security Archive Before Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there was Trinity, the first, test-run atomic explosion in the New Mexican desert. The fallout is still with us, literally and fi…

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July 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Voyage to Outer Space

Portside Culture Voyage to Outer Space     William Trowbridge April 1, 2024 Birmingham Poetry Review Midwest poet William Trowbridge has a good eye for bargain real estate, perhaps a good reason to stay on Earth. ,   Voyage to Outer…

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July 26, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Netanyahu’s Bellicose Congressional Address Draws Scorn

Netanyahu’s Bellicose Congressional Address Draws Scorn     Blaise Malley July 24, 2024 Responsible Statecraft 'Our enemies are your enemies,' the prime minister insisted, setting up confrontation with Iran. He didn’t present as someone on the verge of signi…

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July 26, 2024 at 12:05 AM

How Israel Plans To Whitewash Its War Crimes in Gaza

How Israel Plans To Whitewash Its War Crimes in Gaza     Dan Owen July 24, 2024 +972 Magazine The Israeli army uses the veneer of internal accountability to fend off external criticism. But its record reveals how few perpetrators are punished. Every day, mor…

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July 26, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The One Vice Presidential Pick Who Could Ruin Democratic Unity

The One Vice Presidential Pick Who Could Ruin Democratic Unity     David Klion July 24, 2024 The New Republic Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is a leading candidate to be Kamala Harris’s running mate. Selecting him would fracture the party. Penn…

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July 26, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Vance’s Paean to Blood and Soil – JD Vance Dismisses the American Idea

Vance’s Paean to Blood and Soil – JD Vance Dismisses the American Idea     Jeff Jacoby July 23, 2024 Boston Globe Ours is a nation built upon a set of ideas — ideas not rooted in bloodlines and burial plots but in values and ideals. Anyone who doesn’t unders…

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July 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – July 25 – Reader Comments: Passing the Torch; Calling All Students Going Off to College-Get Your Absentee Ballots; Bernice Johnson Reagon; Ending Taxes on Tips?; March To End Climate Destruction-July 27; Cartoons; More

Tidbits – July 25 – Reader Comments: Passing the Torch; Calling All Students Going Off to College-Get Your Absentee Ballots; Bernice Johnson Reagon; Ending Taxes on Tips?; March To End Climate Destruction-July 27; Cartoons; More     July 25, 2024 xxxxxx Read…

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July 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM

We Can Breathe!

Portside Culture We Can Breathe!     Gabriel Winant July 24, 2024 London Review of Books The fascinating history of how the antifascist movement of the 1930s created "the left" as we know it today. Joseph Fronczak shows how socialists, liberals, comm…

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July 25, 2024 at 4:30 AM

A Jewish Couple Were Rejected As Foster Parents Because of Their Religion. This Is the Future Project 2025 Envisions

A Jewish Couple Were Rejected As Foster Parents Because of Their Religion. This Is the Future Project 2025 Envisions     Rebecca McCray July 24, 2024 The Guardian A Jewish couple were rejected as foster parents because of their religion. This is the future P…

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July 25, 2024 at 4:20 AM

Major Unions Are Calling for an End to Israeli Military Aid

Major Unions Are Calling for an End to Israeli Military Aid     Alex N. Press July 24, 2024 Jacobin Ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, seven unions — whose members constitute almost half of all American union members — have demanded an end to…

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July 25, 2024 at 4:05 AM

Bye Bye Bibi, Bye Bye

Bye Bye Bibi, Bye Bye     Michael Moore July 24, 2024 Michael Moore Blog In one of the worst-kept secrets in Washington, Kamala Harris has for months been quietly urging President Biden to end your war on the people of Gaza. ,   Dear Israel…

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July 25, 2024 at 3:50 AM

The Great Manliness Flip-Flop

The Great Manliness Flip-Flop     Tom Nichols July 24, 2024 The Atlantic When it comes to masculinity, Republicans have become everything they once accused Democrats of being. , norman_786   America after World War II celebrated traditional…

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July 25, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Patriarchs: How Men Came To Rule

Portside Culture The Patriarchs: How Men Came To Rule     Nicoleta Ciubotariu May 23, 2024 LSE Review of Books This book "explores the origins of patriarchy, debunking biological determinism and highlighting the role of nation building, social norms,…

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July 25, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – July 24, 2024

Global Left Midweek – July 24, 2024     xxxxxx The food issue and the world struggle Activists of All India Democratic Students' Organisation (AIDSO) shout slogans in solidarity with protesting students in Bangladesh, at a protest gathering in New D…

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July 24, 2024 at 3:48 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – July 23, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – July 23, 2024     July 23, 2024 xxxxxx Mary L. Trump on how the press covered the convention Kari Lake addressed news media at the Republican National Convention: “I don’t welcome everybody in this meeting, in this room. Fran…

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July 24, 2024 at 12:25 AM

Unions Who Think Republicans Are Warming to Labor Rights Are Getting Played

Unions Who Think Republicans Are Warming to Labor Rights Are Getting Played     Steven Greenhouse July 23, 2024 The Guardian The Teamsters president took a gamble and accepted Trump’s invitation to speak at the Republican convention – it backfired …

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July 24, 2024 at 12:20 AM

Joe Biden Wanted This

Joe Biden Wanted This     Branko Marcetic July 22, 2024 Jacobin No one forced Joe Biden to run for president — or to facilitate a genocide. His unlikely conversion to economic populism was a triumph for the Left, but he ultimately proved his own worst enemy.…

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July 24, 2024 at 12:20 AM

Venezuela Contra Mundum

Venezuela Contra Mundum     Maria Paez Victor July 22, 2024 Counterpunch The USA is imposing collective punishment on Venezuelans with illegal sanctions for daring to assert their sovereignty in deciding that only they, the Venezuelan people, in fair electio…

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July 24, 2024 at 12:20 AM

Genocidaire Netanhayu Does Not Deserve To Address Congress a Record 4th Time

Genocidaire Netanhayu Does Not Deserve To Address Congress a Record 4th Time     Ralph Nader July 23, 2024 Common Dreams The invitation has outraged many Israelis—majorities of whom despise Netanyahu, who is under indictment by Israeli prosecutors for corrup…

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July 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Fly Me to the Moon Crashes Back Down to Earth

Portside Culture Fly Me to the Moon Crashes Back Down to Earth     Eileen Jones July 18, 2024 Jacobin Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson try to win the 1969 space race in Fly Me to the Moon. But its heavy-handed history lessons ruin the fun. …

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July 23, 2024 at 9:40 AM

This Week in People’s History, July 24–30

This Week in People’s History, July 24–30     So Much Change in 50 Years (1974), ‘The News That Kills’ (1989), Martial Law’s Upside (1934), ‘Big Government’ in Action (1949), NYPD Prepares for the Worst (1934), ‘Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round’ (1964),…

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July 23, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Calls To Boycott Netanyahu Speech Grow As Israeli PM Heads to DC

Calls To Boycott Netanyahu Speech Grow As Israeli PM Heads to DC     Brett Wilkins July 22, 2024 Common Dreams A new coalition of advocacy groups—some of them Jewish-led—are urging lawmakers to "amplify the voices of those in Israel, Palestine, and around th…

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July 23, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Election 2024: The Path Forward

Election 2024: The Path Forward     Michael Podhorzer July 22, 2024 Weekend Reading There are 106 days to reconsolidate the Anti-MAGA majority. We, not just Democratic campaigns, but also civil society, the free press, and everyday Americans, have a big task…

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July 23, 2024 at 12:00 AM

How the Potato Changed the Course of World History

Portside Culture How the Potato Changed the Course of World History     Matthew Wills July 12, 2024 JStor.org Historian William H. McNeill contends that the potato fundamentally changed world history. European armies marched on what they foraged loca…

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July 23, 2024 at 12:00 AM

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. AOC Delivers Major Floor Speech on Articles of Impeachment Against Justices Thomas and Alito

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. AOC Delivers Major Floor Speech on Articles of Impeachment Against Justices Thomas and Alito     Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez July 20, 2024 Stansbury Forum While our framers perhaps may not have envisioned someone like me, in this seat, they abs…

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July 23, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Banlieue Vote Pivotal in French Left’s Upset

Banlieue Vote Pivotal in French Left’s Upset     Amba Guerguerian July 19, 2024 The Indypendent Voters from Paris’s marginalized immigrant communities turned out in large numbers to vote for leftist coalition that championed wealth redistribution and Palesti…

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July 22, 2024 at 7:45 AM

Sunday Science: Massive IT Outage Spotlights Major Vulnerabilities in the Global Information Ecosystem

Sunday Science: Massive IT Outage Spotlights Major Vulnerabilities in the Global Information Ecosystem     Richard Forno July 19, 2024 The Conversation The outage is emblematic of the way organizational networks, cloud computing services and the internet are…

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