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September 5, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — Focus on Asia

Global Left Midweek — Focus on Asia     xxxxxx This week: News and analyses from Asian parties and movements Protest art lights up the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit, Voice7 News   Partial Victory in Indonesia Sri Lanka: The Left is O…

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September 4, 2024 at 12:15 AM

Reagan’s Ugly Hagiography Is Middle-of-the-Night History Channel Nonsense

Portside Culture Reagan’s Ugly Hagiography Is Middle-of-the-Night History Channel Nonsense     Alex Lei August 30, 2024 AV Club The greatest sin of Reagan is not its (expectedly) warped worldview, but its total lack of drama. , Photo: Rawhi…

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September 4, 2024 at 12:05 AM

There Is a Way out of This Mess, Joe and Kamala. Please Take It.

There Is a Way out of This Mess, Joe and Kamala. Please Take It.     James Zogby September 3, 2024 Common Dreams A long-overdue cut-off of U.S. arms to Israel and recognition of the Palestinian right to self-determination would provide exactly the shock to t…

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September 4, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Landslides Raise a Question: What Counts as a Climate-Related Death?

Landslides Raise a Question: What Counts as a Climate-Related Death?     Kate Aronoff September 3, 2024 The New Republic Deaths from extreme heat, landslides, and other severe weather seem to be rising. Can they be added to fossil fuels’ death toll? …

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September 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Mass Israeli Protests As 6 More Hostages Killed, Netanyahu Refuses Ceasefire Terms, U.S. Sends Arms

Mass Israeli Protests As 6 More Hostages Killed, Netanyahu Refuses Ceasefire Terms, U.S. Sends Arms     Amy Goodman intervews Yonatan Zeigen and Gideon Levy September 3, 2024 Democracy Now! “Our politicians won’t listen to anything, because they’re driven ou…

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September 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Can’t Pay Won’t Pay

Can’t Pay Won’t Pay     Maureen Tkacik September 3, 2024 The American Prospect Steward’s evasion of creditors in its spectacular bankruptcy even includes the wrongful death settlement for a young mom. , CBS News Miami   It is not entirely c…

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September 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – September 3, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – September 3, 2024     September 3, 2024 xxxxxx Musk on the run Brazilian Supreme Court minister Alexandre de Moraes as Batman chasing Elon Musk as The Joker. Credit, Carlos Amorim   Bending Over Backwards for Trump B…

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September 3, 2024 at 1:50 AM

This Week in People’s History, Sept 4–10

This Week in People’s History, Sept 4–10     xxxxxx Death for Export (1934), The Die Is Cast (1774), The Shot Not Heard Around the World (1774), Yankee Doodle Shafts Native Americans (1783), Jim Crow Must Go, but ‘Voluntarily’ (1954), Boston Police Strike Ou…

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September 3, 2024 at 12:30 AM

This Labor Day, Remember That MLK’s Last Campaign Was for Workers’ Rights

This Labor Day, Remember That MLK’s Last Campaign Was for Workers’ Rights     Peter Dreier September 2, 2024 xxxxxx Most Americans today know that Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968, but few know why he was there. King w…

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September 3, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Labor’s Next Big Moment May Finally Be at Hand

Labor’s Next Big Moment May Finally Be at Hand     Timothy Noah September 2, 2024 The New Republic Even if the movement isn’t rebounding quite yet, green shoots are abounding—and presidential candidates ignore it at their peril. "Union yes!", by gw…

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September 3, 2024 at 12:05 AM

’The New Popular Front Is Ready To Govern

’The New Popular Front Is Ready To Govern     Lucie Castets August 30, 2024 Morning Star Open letter to the French people from New Popular Front prime ministerial candidate Lucie Castets and leaders of its component parties. Lucie Castets, center, …

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September 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Seafood Is Getting Riskier To Eat Due to Climate Change

Portside Culture Seafood Is Getting Riskier To Eat Due to Climate Change     Stacey Leasca July 26, 2024 Food & Wine Both the European Food Safety Authority the U.S. Department of Agriculture warn that increasing sea surface temperatures can expa…

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September 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Palestinians Will Speak Whether Democrats Want Them to or Not

Palestinians Will Speak Whether Democrats Want Them to or Not     Y.L. Al-Sheikh August 29, 2024 The Nation The party may have successfully prevented Palestinians from addressing the DNC. But it cannot hold back the tide forever. Anti-war demonstra…

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September 2, 2024 at 7:30 AM

Sunday Science: Climate Change Has Deep Historical Roots – Amitav Ghosh Explores How Capitalism and Colonialism Fit In

Sunday Science: Climate Change Has Deep Historical Roots – Amitav Ghosh Explores How Capitalism and Colonialism Fit In     Julia Taylor, Imraan Valodia August 30, 2024 The Conversation The discussion of climate change, as of every aspect of the planetary cri…

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September 2, 2024 at 7:05 AM

General Strike Looms in Israel After Tens of Thousands Protest Calling for Hostage Release Deal

General Strike Looms in Israel After Tens of Thousands Protest Calling for Hostage Release Deal     BBC September 1, 2024 BBC News Israel braced for a general strike after tens of thousands protest the government's failure to secure the release of hostages h…

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September 2, 2024 at 5:25 AM

Blasting US ‘Recklessness,’ Mexico Pauses Embassy Relations Over Judicial Reform Meddling

Blasting US ‘Recklessness,’ Mexico Pauses Embassy Relations Over Judicial Reform Meddling     Bret Wilkins August 27, 2024 Common Dreams "They have to learn to respect Mexico's sovereignty," Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said of the U.S. and …

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September 2, 2024 at 5:00 AM

More Than 10,000 US Hotel Workers Strike on Labor Day Weekend

More Than 10,000 US Hotel Workers Strike on Labor Day Weekend     Robert Tait September 1, 2024 The Guardian Staff demand wage increases and reversal of pandemic-era cutbacks that impose ‘painful’ working conditions Striking hotel workers walk the …

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September 2, 2024 at 4:35 AM

Artist Creates ‘Wooden Quilt’ From Pieces of Emmett Till’s South Side Home

Artist Creates ‘Wooden Quilt’ From Pieces of Emmett Till’s South Side Home     Maxwell Evans August 30, 2024 Block Club Chicago New Orleans-based artist Jean-Marcel St. Jacques drew on centuries of Black spiritual and sustainable practices to create the artw…

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September 2, 2024 at 12:30 AM

YouTube Shows Are Determined To Win Emmys, Sooner or Later

Portside Culture YouTube Shows Are Determined To Win Emmys, Sooner or Later     Mary Kate Carr August 30, 2024 AV Club YouTube shows didn't get any Emmy nominations this year, but the platform is plotting how to help creators get mainstream recogniti…

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September 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Blasting US ‘Recklessness,’ Mexico Pauses Embassy Relations Over Judicial Reform Meddling

Blasting US ‘Recklessness,’ Mexico Pauses Embassy Relations Over Judicial Reform Meddling     Brett Wilkins August 27, 2024 Common Dreams "They have to learn to respect Mexico's sovereignty," Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said of the U.S. and…

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September 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Democrats Have Momentum but Election Could Be Close

Democrats Have Momentum but Election Could Be Close     Paul Garver August 28, 2024 Chartist The Harris-Walz ticket is polling well, and the atmosphere of gloom and doom that had beset both the Democratic Center and the Left has given way to cautious optimis…

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September 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Labor Militancy Is the Way To Increase Union Membership

Labor Militancy Is the Way To Increase Union Membership     C.J. Polychroniou August 31, 2024 Common Dreams We need to rebuild the labor movement, and that means not going back to the kind of unions that existed in the postwar era. We need unions with a radi…

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September 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Do Civilian Review Boards Work?

Do Civilian Review Boards Work?     Zina Hutton August 30, 2024 Governing 2020 made police reform “sexy” on a policy level, leading to a significant increase in civilian oversight boards around the country. However, in the years following, many of these boar…

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September 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Are Democrats Actually Listening to Jesse Jackson?

Are Democrats Actually Listening to Jesse Jackson?     Josh Kurtz August 26, 2024 Maryland Matters Party leaders pay tribute to civil rights icon, but they don’t always practice what he preached. Jackson ran insurgent campaigns in 1984 and 1988, and the only…

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August 31, 2024 at 1:20 AM

Friday Nite Videos | August 30, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | August 30, 2024     August 30, 2024 xxxxxx I Asked Bernie Sanders About a Gaza Ceasefire. Escaping the Gaza War for my Paralympic Dream. Russian POWs Speak About Their Capture in Kursk Oblast. Homegrown | Documentary. Ex-Trump Voters on …

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August 31, 2024 at 1:00 AM

How Jack Smith’s Re-Indictment of Trump Addresses SCOTUS Immunity Ruling

How Jack Smith’s Re-Indictment of Trump Addresses SCOTUS Immunity Ruling     Kim Wehle August 29, 2024 The xxxxxx Smith is outmaneuvering the Supreme Court majority by presenting a threshold question for Judge Chutkan to decide: Is a candidate campaigning fo…

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August 31, 2024 at 12:40 AM

Palestine Won at the Democratic Convention

Palestine Won at the Democratic Convention     James J. Zogby August 26, 2024 Arab American Institute The DNC was a messy affair, with highs and lows, some small victories and some setbacks. It’s imperative to recognize the victories won and continue to enga…

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August 31, 2024 at 12:10 AM

COVID-19, Flu and RSV Shots − an Epidemiologist Explains Why All Three Matter This Fall

COVID-19, Flu and RSV Shots − an Epidemiologist Explains Why All Three Matter This Fall     Annette Regan August 30, 2024 The Conversation COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths have been rising since May 2024, with the highest rates seen in adults 65 and olde…

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August 31, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Ballot Initiatives Activate Voters, Change the Landscape

Ballot Initiatives Activate Voters, Change the Landscape     Chris Melody Fields Figueredo August 26, 2024 Convergence Magazine Ballot initiatives offer a tool “to not only block authoritarian rule and ideology, but to build a world where all of us thrive and li…

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August 31, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Laughter

Portside Culture Laughter     Joanne Durham August 5, 2024 New Verse News “You can tell a lot by a laugh,” said a certain Republican politician, and a laugh may set you free! ,   Laughter  By Joanne Durham in honor of Kamala Harris …

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August 30, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The US Diplomatic Strategy on Israel and Gaza Is Not Working

The US Diplomatic Strategy on Israel and Gaza Is Not Working     Daniel Levy August 27, 2024 The Guardian US policies strengthen Benjamin Netanyahu – whose political preference in the short term is an open-ended war, not a deal. Netanyahu is a loose cannon, …

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August 30, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Harris-Walz Vision for Public Schools

The Harris-Walz Vision for Public Schools     Jennifer C. Berkshire August 28, 2024 The Nation Their agenda breaks with decades of Democratic thinking about education. The Harris-­Walz education agenda is often inseparable from the campaign’s economic priori…

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August 30, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Bitter Fight Over the Meaning of ‘Genocide’

The Bitter Fight Over the Meaning of ‘Genocide’     Linda Kinstler August 20, 2024 New York Times Debates over how to describe conflicts in Gaza, Myanmar and elsewhere are channeling a controversy as old as the word itself. The Genocide Convention emerged as…

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August 30, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Texas AG Raids Homes of Latino Civil Rights Group Members, Setting Up a Voting Rights Showdown

Texas AG Raids Homes of Latino Civil Rights Group Members, Setting Up a Voting Rights Showdown     Suzanne Gamboa and Jane C. Timm August 26, 2024 NBC News The raids have triggered outrage and cries of voter suppression in a state with a long history of disc…

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August 30, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Aug. 29 – Reader Comments: Harris-Walz Campaign, Democratic National Convention and Gaza, Palestinian Voters, Uncommitted Voters, Youth Voters; Public Rail Now Campaign; New Resources To Teach About Central America; Cartoons; More…

Tidbits – Aug. 29 – Reader Comments: Harris-Walz Campaign, Democratic National Convention and Gaza, Palestinian Voters, Uncommitted Voters, Youth Voters; Public Rail Now Campaign; New Resources To Teach About Central America; Cartoons; More…     August 29, 2024 x…

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August 29, 2024 at 4:05 AM

Why the Uncommitted Movement Was a Success at the DNC

Why the Uncommitted Movement Was a Success at the DNC     Waleed Shahid August 27, 2024 Jacobin Political strategist Waleed Shahid explains why the Uncommitted movement’s organizing at the Democratic National Convention should be seen as successfully moving …

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August 29, 2024 at 3:55 AM

Kroger and Albertsons’ Dirty Tricks To Preserve Greedflation

Kroger and Albertsons’ Dirty Tricks To Preserve Greedflation     Freddy Brewster August 26, 2024 The Lever As Harris vows to tackle grocery store prices, the grocery chains are doing everything they can to bypass regulators and merge into a price-gouging beh…

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August 29, 2024 at 3:10 AM

Not Held Accountable for Gaza, IDF Launches Largest Attack on West Bank in Decades

Not Held Accountable for Gaza, IDF Launches Largest Attack on West Bank in Decades     Edward Carver August 28, 2024 Common Dreams "This is the predictable culmination of the actions of an Israeli regime that has been fully empowered, armed, supported, and e…

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August 29, 2024 at 2:50 AM

The Election Story Nobody Wants To Talk About

The Election Story Nobody Wants To Talk About     Rick Perlstein August 28, 2024 The American Prospect A Q&A with David Neiwert, America’s foremost writer and thinker on far-right extremism, on what might happen if Trump wins—or loses Members o…

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August 29, 2024 at 12:50 AM

Burning Bush

Portside Culture Burning Bush     Gene Seymour July 2, 2024 Bookforum How the early ’90s set the stage for America’s crooked present. ,   When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s   J…

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August 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – August 28, 2024

Global Left Midweek – August 28, 2024     August 28, 2024 xxxxxx Mass protests break out in Indonesia "Don't wreck democracy!" A demonstration in front of House of Representative building in Jakarta, against the controversial changes to election la…

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August 28, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Local Fears Grow After Major PFAS Spill at Former Navy Base in Maine

Local Fears Grow After Major PFAS Spill at Former Navy Base in Maine     Julia Conley August 27, 2024 Common Dreams Forever chemicals were stored in tanks at an airport at more than 10,000 times the federal limit. Firefighter foam is seen on the su…

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August 28, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Polling Shows Voters Want To See Action on Corporate Power

Polling Shows Voters Want To See Action on Corporate Power     Luke Goldstein August 27, 2024 The American Prospect Despite these detractors’ claims, a new polling survey commissioned by More Perfect Union and provided exclusively to the Prospect finds that …

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August 28, 2024 at 12:05 AM

UPS Drivers Won “Historic Heat Protections.” They Say the Company Hasn’t Lived up to That Promise.

UPS Drivers Won “Historic Heat Protections.” They Say the Company Hasn’t Lived up to That Promise.     Serena Lin August 26, 2024 Mother Jones The contract’s heat safety rules are among the first of their kind, but some workers say they have brought little r…

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August 28, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The 2024 Democratic Convention: More 1964 Than 1968

The 2024 Democratic Convention: More 1964 Than 1968     Liza Featherstone August 23, 2024 Jacobin The media kept comparing this year’s DNC to Chicago 1968. But given the party’s rejection of the Uncommitted movement, Atlantic City 1964, when Democrats refuse…

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August 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Blink Twice and the Problem With #MeToo Thrillers

Portside Culture Blink Twice and the Problem With #MeToo Thrillers     Adrian Horton August 27, 2024 The Guardian Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut joins a microgenre of films, from Promising Young Woman to Don’t Worry Darling, that try – and mostly fa…

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August 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 27, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 27, 2024     August 27, 2024 xxxxxx Demanding Palestinian recognition at the convention , Tom Tomorrow   Racial Justice Defunded Suburban Women Support Abortion Rights AIPAC Won’t Just Go Away Insu…

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August 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM

As Classes Start, Universities Begin a New Wave of Repression Against the Palestine Movement

As Classes Start, Universities Begin a New Wave of Repression Against the Palestine Movement     Maryam Alaniz August 24, 2024 Left Voice University administrators are unleashing a fresh wave of attacks to discipline the Pro-Palestine movement. These draconi…

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August 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Say It to My Face

Say It to My Face     Rick Perlstein August 26, 2024 The American Prospect How Democrats learned to tell the plain truth and like it "Kamala Harris & Tim Walz - 53915738289", by Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)   A quiet revolution has been…

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August 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola

Portside Culture Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola     Marion Nestle August 23, 2024 Food Politics This book reveals the work of the International Life Sciences Institute funded by Coca-Cola This book reveals the work of the International…

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