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September 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Counting the Dead

Portside Culture Counting the Dead     Susan Cossette July 17, 2023 New Verse News Minnesota poet Susan Cossette addresses the ultimate misogyny—“Faceless, nameless shadows…/Now, we matter more in death.” ,   Counting the Dead By Su…

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September 13, 2024 at 12:45 AM

Eyewitness Says Israeli Army Shot American Activist When There Were No Clashes

Eyewitness Says Israeli Army Shot American Activist When There Were No Clashes     Hagar Shezaf September 8, 2024 Haaretz 'We were standing, visible to the army, just standing around not doing anything. Nothing was happening. I heard two shots,' says a fello…

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September 13, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Project 2025 and Its Plans for the Nation’s Public Lands

Project 2025 and Its Plans for the Nation’s Public Lands     Stephanie Woodard September 9, 2024 Barn Raiser If Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins in November, his next administration comes armed with plans for a massive deregulation of fede…

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September 13, 2024 at 12:05 AM

An Uncommitted Cofounder Explains the Movement’s Strategy

An Uncommitted Cofounder Explains the Movement’s Strategy     Abbas Alawieh innterviewed by Alex N. Press September 9, 2024 Jacobin We spoke with Uncommitted movement cofounder Abbas Alawieh about the movement’s accomplishments at the DNC, the disaster of a …

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September 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Silencing the Voice

Silencing the Voice     Amy Bachrach September 9, 2024 xxxxxx This January 26 was the first “Australia Day” following October's defeat of landmark constitutional referendum recognizing Australia’s first nations people by enshrining in the Constitution an Abo…

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September 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Sept. 12 – Reader Comments: 2024 Elections – the Debate, Young Voters; Not One Child; Israeli Protesters, Netanyahu Sabotages Hostage Deal; Remembering Michael Lerner; Govt Knew Ethel Rosenberg Not Spy Before Trial; More…

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September 12, 2024 at 5:30 AM

Declassified Memo From US Codebreaker Sheds Light on Ethel Rosenberg’s Cold War Spy Case

Declassified Memo From US Codebreaker Sheds Light on Ethel Rosenberg’s Cold War Spy Case     Eric Tucker September 10, 2024 AP News According to a recently declassified memo that her sons say proves their mother was not a spy and should lead to her exonerati…

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September 12, 2024 at 5:07 AM

Who’s Afraid of Mexican Democracy?

Who’s Afraid of Mexican Democracy?     Kurt Hackbarth September 8, 2024 Jacobin Mexico’s judiciary is infamous for favoring oligarchs and other unsavory interests. MORENA’s judicial reforms aim to fix this by introducing democratic elections for judges — a m…

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September 12, 2024 at 4:45 AM

Taylor Swift’s Harris Endorsement Has Thrilled Fans – but Will It Move the Election Needle?

Taylor Swift’s Harris Endorsement Has Thrilled Fans – but Will It Move the Election Needle?     Carter Sherman September 11, 2024 The Guardian US Swifties who were waiting for their idol’s statement are ‘hopeful’ about its impact as Republicans criticize the…

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September 12, 2024 at 4:30 AM

The Post-Debate Challenge for Harris

The Post-Debate Challenge for Harris     Ronald Brownstein September 11, 2024 The Atlantic Buoyed by her dominant performance, the Democrat will need to reassure voters on their key economic concerns. , Illustration by The Atlantic.   The o…

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September 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Trump’s Biggest Fans Aren’t Who You Think

Portside Culture Trump’s Biggest Fans Aren’t Who You Think     Zack Beauchamp September 4, 2024 Vox A new book shows how people are getting the right’s class appeal all wrong. ,   Stolen Pride Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right …

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September 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — September 11, 2024

Global Left Midweek — September 11, 2024     September 11, 2024 xxxxxx News and analyses from movements and parties around the world Protesters march in Toulouse and cities across France to protest against Emmanuel Macron's choice of Michel Barnier…

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September 11, 2024 at 12:20 AM

The Quiet Rollout of Cop Cities Across the US Meets a Growing Resistance

The Quiet Rollout of Cop Cities Across the US Meets a Growing Resistance     Victoria Valenzuela September 9, 2024 Waging Nonviolence As Cop Cities spread to nearly every state, grassroots activists are pushing back by forming coalitions that press for inves…

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September 11, 2024 at 12:15 AM

The Immoral US Housing Crisis Is a Shame We Must Correct—Now

The Immoral US Housing Crisis Is a Shame We Must Correct—Now     Cedar Monroe; Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis September 10, 2024 Tom Dispatch While the United States might indeed be the richest country in history, it hasn’t proven particularly rich in generosity. …

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September 11, 2024 at 12:15 AM

The Private Pilots Flying Abortion Seekers Across the Midwest

The Private Pilots Flying Abortion Seekers Across the Midwest     Lucas Frisancho September 9, 2024 Next City Organizers and private pilots in the Midwest are working together to address economic barriers to reproductive freedom. , Maria Teneva / U…

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September 11, 2024 at 12:15 AM

A Landmark Federal Ruling Against Union-Busting Has Boosted Organizing

A Landmark Federal Ruling Against Union-Busting Has Boosted Organizing     Gabriel Thompson August 26, 2024 Capital and Main Union elections are up in the year since the labor board created new penalties for law-breaking employers. But an appeal could revers…

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September 11, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – September 10, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – September 10, 2024     September 10, 2024 xxxxxx Fasten your seatbelts , Ruben Bolling   Student Protesters: The Heat is (Still) On Radical Municipalism in LA Black Women GOTV in Detroit FL Cops Put the S…

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September 10, 2024 at 1:55 AM

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

This Week in People’s History, Sept 11–17     xxxxxx I Hate to See the Evenin' Sun Go Down (1914), Take National Defense Day and Shove It! (1924), Apartheid on the Skids (1989), Death of an Organizer (1929), Whose Streets? Our Streets! (1964), Big Win for So…

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September 10, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The GOP’s Sisyphean Punishment for Supporting Trump

The GOP’s Sisyphean Punishment for Supporting Trump     Marc Elias September 6, 2024 Democracy Docket The political professionals remaining in the GOP insist that mail-in voting is part of their get-out-the-vote (GOTV) program even as Trump vilifies mail-in …

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September 10, 2024 at 12:05 AM

How Eating Disorders Proliferate on X

Portside Culture How Eating Disorders Proliferate on X     Adam Bychawski September 7, 2024 Guardian Users say harmful content from accounts they do not follow appears even after requests to block it ,   Debbie was scrolling through…

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September 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

A Libertarian Fantasy in the Tropics

A Libertarian Fantasy in the Tropics     Bruce Nissen September 1, 2024 Stansbury Forum Rightwing libertarians around the world are attempting to erode and virtually erase governmental measures that protect both people and the environment from corporate misc…

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September 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

France Protests Against Macron’s Coup, Calls for Impeachment

France Protests Against Macron’s Coup, Calls for Impeachment     Magdalena Valdez September 8, 2024 Orinoco Tribune The protests were called by the center-left coalition New Popular Front (NFP) in more than 150 cities across France. Protest in Pari…

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September 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Lives on the Line: An Interview With Alice Driver

Lives on the Line: An Interview With Alice Driver     Alice Driver, Olivia Paschal September 2, 2024 Facing South Reporter Alice Driver’s new book “The Life and Death of the American Worker” is an accounting of the lives and working conditions faced by poult…

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September 9, 2024 at 7:00 AM

Sunday Science: What’s That Smell — and How’d You Know?

Sunday Science: What’s That Smell — and How’d You Know?     Peter Mombaerts, Daniela Hirschfeld September 4, 2024 Knowable Magazine It’s clear that genes, receptors and neurons all play a role in detecting odors. But much of how we make sense of what we snif…

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September 9, 2024 at 5:50 AM

China’s Interests in Africa Are Being Shaped by the Race for Renewable Energy

China’s Interests in Africa Are Being Shaped by the Race for Renewable Energy     Lauren Johnston September 2, 2024 The Conversation China is now Africa’s largest trading partner, with partnerships focused on building roads, railways and energy projects. …

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September 9, 2024 at 5:25 AM

Michel Barnier Is in Office, Marine Le Pen Will Hold Power

Michel Barnier Is in Office, Marine Le Pen Will Hold Power     David Broder September 6, 2024 Jacobin Emmanuel Macron has appointed Michel Barnier as France’s prime minister, after securing Marine Le Pen’s agreement. The creation of a government reliant on h…

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September 9, 2024 at 5:10 AM

Lessons of a Weimar Anti-Fascist in Palestine

Lessons of a Weimar Anti-Fascist in Palestine     Barry Yourgrau September 3, 2024 The Nation After my father fled Nazi Germany in 1933, he witnessed a toxic new nationalism rising among Jews in Palestine—and was silenced for trying to warn of its dangers. …

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September 9, 2024 at 12:05 AM

How HBO’s Industry Explores the Unsatisfactory Role-Playing That Workplaces Demand of Black Women

Portside Culture How HBO’s Industry Explores the Unsatisfactory Role-Playing That Workplaces Demand of Black Women     Gloria Oladipo September 8, 2024 The Guardian The firestorm financial drama offers an incisive look into this phenomenon, and into …

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September 8, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Houston’s Plastic Waste

Houston’s Plastic Waste     James Bruggers August 24, 2024 Inside Climate News Houston seeks to be a national model for plastic recycling. But a program that started in 2022 hasn’t yet found its footing. Plastic waste in May at Wright Waste Managem…

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September 8, 2024 at 12:05 AM

How the Neocons Chose Hegemony Over Peace

How the Neocons Chose Hegemony Over Peace     Jeffery Sachs September 4, 2024 Dropsitenews Yet, all along, from the very start, I believed in a mixed economy along social democratic lines, not a free market “neoliberal” economy. Jeffrey Sachs and L…

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September 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Troubling Trend of State Takeovers of Public Schools

The Troubling Trend of State Takeovers of Public Schools     Georgia Jensen August 6, 2024 Inequality.org Educational inequality is a major issue, and change is necessary. But a takeover is not the answer. Too often, it is an instrument of conservative polit…

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September 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Colombia Takes a Stand Against Israel’s War

Colombia Takes a Stand Against Israel’s War     Jeff Abbott August 30, 2024 The Progressive The country broke diplomatic relations with Israel earlier this year. Now, it has increased the pressure by banning coal exports. A mural in Bogotá that re…

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September 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The International Left Issues a ‘Plea for Peace’

The International Left Issues a ‘Plea for Peace’     Pauline Jäckels September 5, 2024 Transform!Europe We stand with the people of Ukraine and all victims of this war, who deserve peace, reconstruction and freedom as soon as possible. Nevertheless, one thin…

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September 7, 2024 at 2:50 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 6, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | September 6, 2024     September 6, 2024 xxxxxx JD Vance's Donut Disaster; Trump's Really 'Not Weird'. Alabama Generates Billions by Trapping People in Prison. Big Effing Development in DC Case. What Happened When These 6 Dictators Took O…

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September 7, 2024 at 1:40 AM

To Sacrifice or Free the Hostages? Israeli Protesters Have Chosen a Side

To Sacrifice or Free the Hostages? Israeli Protesters Have Chosen a Side     Meron Rapoport September 4, 2024 972 Magazine The huge Israeli protests have been about bringing down the Netanyahu government. They also had a deeper, more subversive message. With…

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September 7, 2024 at 1:25 AM

Are You Ready for Some (Private Equity) Football!

Are You Ready for Some (Private Equity) Football!     Sam Pizzigati September 5, 2024 inequality.org The greediest owners in pro sports are now welcoming in the greed kings of high finance ,   The billionaires who run the world’s most pheno…

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September 7, 2024 at 1:10 AM

Why Fascists Hate Universities

Why Fascists Hate Universities     Jason Stanley September 5, 2024 Guardian Authoritarians and would-be authoritarians are only too aware that universities are primary sites of critique and dissent. Attacks on universities are the canary in the coalmine of f…

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September 7, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Gus Walz Opens the Door to Appreciating Human Diversity

Gus Walz Opens the Door to Appreciating Human Diversity     Sneha Kohli Mathur August 30, 2024 The Conversation Gus Walz’s unbridled emotion on the DNC stage opens the door to more understanding of neurodiversity "Gus: That's my Dad.'", by FolsomNa…

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September 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Sermon on the Mount 2024

Portside Culture Sermon on the Mount 2024     Susan Cossette As Minnesota poet Susan Cossette reminds us, watch out for prophets! ,   Sermon on the Mount 2024 By Susan Cossette Seeing the multitudes gathered he went to the stage an…

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September 6, 2024 at 12:10 AM

Rattled by Global Rebuke, Netanyahu Scrambles To Fend Off Charges of Sabotaging Hostage Deal

Rattled by Global Rebuke, Netanyahu Scrambles To Fend Off Charges of Sabotaging Hostage Deal     Amir Tibon September 5, 2024 Haaretz In addition to a press conference with foreign media, Netanyahu dispatched his confidant Ron Dermer to US media to address t…

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September 6, 2024 at 12:05 AM

From School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal’

From School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal’     Alexandra Alter September 3, 2024 New York Times Amid a surge in book bans nationwide, the Louisiana librarian Amanda Jones was targeted by vicious threats. So she decided to f…

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September 6, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Young Male Voters Are Flocking to Trump – but He Doesn’t Have Their Interests at Heart

Young Male Voters Are Flocking to Trump – but He Doesn’t Have Their Interests at Heart     Steven Greenhouse September 3, 2024 The Guardian Many young men seem to admire Trump’s king-of-the-jungle vibe: he roars, he bellows, he boasts that no one can ever be…

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September 6, 2024 at 12:05 AM

East German Elections in Thuringia and Saxony

East German Elections in Thuringia and Saxony     Victor Grossman September 4, 2024 Berlin Bulletin US media made it seem like German people were turning out en masse to support fascists-when in fact less than a third of the only 7 percent of the German elec…

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September 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Sept. 5 – Reader Comments: 2024 Elections – Public Schools, Action on Corporate Power, High Prices, Inflation; Israel-Gaza: A Way out of This Mess – Please Take It; Learning About Unions, Public Employees Pay Gap; Remembering Paul Mishler;

Tidbits – Sept. 5 – Reader Comments: 2024 Elections – Public Schools, Action on Corporate Power, High Prices, Inflation; Israel-Gaza: A Way out of This Mess – Please Take It; Learning About Unions, Public Employees Pay Gap; Remembering Paul Mishler;     September …

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September 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM

David Montgomery: Labor Historian Larger Than Life

Portside Culture David Montgomery: Labor Historian Larger Than Life     Paul Buhle August 26, 2024 Portside For several generations, David Montgomery has had the legendary status of a labor historian who transformed the field, at least the labor hist…

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September 5, 2024 at 6:15 AM

Workers Say Plant Eligible for $2 Billion in Public Funds Is Union Busting

Workers Say Plant Eligible for $2 Billion in Public Funds Is Union Busting     Kalena Thomhave September 2, 2024 Capital and Main Eos’ Pittsburgh-area battery plant got subsidies aimed at “good clean jobs.” Its workers say they’re getting fired for unionizin…

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September 5, 2024 at 5:55 AM

Europe’s Farming Lobbies Recognise Need To Eat Less Meat in Shared Vision Report

Europe’s Farming Lobbies Recognise Need To Eat Less Meat in Shared Vision Report     Ajit Niranjan September 4, 2024 The Guardian Dialogue with green groups results in agreement on ‘urgent, ambitious and feasible’ reforms in agriculture View image …

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September 5, 2024 at 5:50 AM

The Rich Want You To Fear Tax Fairness

The Rich Want You To Fear Tax Fairness     Interview with Jim Stanford by David Moscrop August 31, 2024 Jacobin Canada raised its capital gains tax inclusion rate, sparking outrage from the investing class, who warned of economic disaster. The data shows tha…

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September 5, 2024 at 5:10 AM

Popular Israeli Podcasters Crave Button To Press That Would ‘Erase Every Single Living Being in Gaza’

Popular Israeli Podcasters Crave Button To Press That Would ‘Erase Every Single Living Being in Gaza’     Katherine Hearst September 4, 2024 Common Dreams “Forgive us if we don’t give a shit if everybody there dies. It’s just the way we feel. It’s just the w…

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September 5, 2024 at 12:05 AM

America’s War on Theater

Portside Culture America’s War on Theater     Daniel Blank July 22, 2024 Los Angeles Review of Books Between 1935 and 1939, the New Deal-sponsored Federal Theatre Project staged over a thousand productions nationwide, reaching an audience of 30 milli…

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