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October 10, 2024 at 5:05 AM

Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Bucking the Media’s Palestine Consensus

Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Bucking the Media’s Palestine Consensus     Branko Marcetic October 9, 2024 Jacobin The problem with Ta-Nehisi Coates’s recent grilling on Palestine by CBS News’s Tony Dokoupil isn’t that it was rude. It’s that Dokoupil’s questioning betr…

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October 10, 2024 at 4:55 AM

Joe Biden Chose This Catastrophic Path Every Step of the Way

Joe Biden Chose This Catastrophic Path Every Step of the Way     Matthew Duss October 7, 2024 The New Republic What’s happening in the Middle East was enabled by a president with ideological priors, aides who failed to push back, and a cheerleading media est…

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October 10, 2024 at 1:55 AM

Exposing the Violence of Empire in the Novels It Left Behind

Portside Culture Exposing the Violence of Empire in the Novels It Left Behind     Sophie Gee October 8, 2024 The New York Times For her new book, “Salvage,” the Trinidadian-born writer Dionne Brand rereads classic English novels, teasing out evidence…

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October 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – Parties In and Out of Power

Global Left Midweek – Parties In and Out of Power     xxxxxx Political concentration points in a chaotic world Communist Party of India-ML (Liberation) leader Dipankar Bhattacharya speaks a rally announcing the merger of his party with the Jharkhand…

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October 9, 2024 at 12:10 AM

The Chasm Between Oklahoma and Connecticut

The Chasm Between Oklahoma and Connecticut     Kalena Thomhave October 7, 2024 The American Prospect Stark differences color red- and blue-state lawmakers’ policy choices—which makes all the difference in residents’ well-being. , Illustration by Al…

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October 9, 2024 at 12:05 AM

A Trump Win Would Bring Both Monarchy and Aristocracy to the US

A Trump Win Would Bring Both Monarchy and Aristocracy to the US     Thom Hartman October 8, 2024 Common Dreams This election may be America’s last stand against this country becoming, like Hungary and Russia, a full-on oligarchy run of, by, and for a small, …

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October 9, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The United States and Israel Set Out To Remake the Middle East, Again

The United States and Israel Set Out To Remake the Middle East, Again     Mitchell Plitnick October 5, 2024 Mondoweiss The mood in Washington today is similar to 2003 when the neocons of the Bush administration sought to remake the Middle East. This time, a …

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October 9, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Who’s Afraid of Democracy?

Who’s Afraid of Democracy?     Steve Fraser October 8, 2024 Logos Democracy Where Art Thou? Year after year polls register those same healthy majorities in favor of everything from universal health care to tuition free college, from serious climate change mi…

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October 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Hollywood’s New Sex Worker Roles Are Girlboss Heroines

Portside Culture Hollywood’s New Sex Worker Roles Are Girlboss Heroines     Emma Paling October 5, 2024 Jacobin In Hollywood, sex workers have become the ultimate girlbosses. The message is clear: there’s no need for collective empowerment when one c…

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October 9, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – October 8, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – October 8, 2024     October 8, 2024 xxxxxx Season of showdowns WNBA players in action. Credit, Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph   Leaving MAGA for the Left Squaring Off Over Palesti…

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October 8, 2024 at 1:00 AM

One Year After October 7, Jewish Peace Group Says: ‘We Cannot Only Mourn’

One Year After October 7, Jewish Peace Group Says: ‘We Cannot Only Mourn’     Jake Johnson October 7, 2024 Common Dreams "We must fight like hell for the living," said the anti-occupation group Jewish Voice for Peace. "Today, we recommit ourselves to that fi…

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October 8, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Interview: Imperialism, Putin’s Russia and the Global Left

Interview: Imperialism, Putin’s Russia and the Global Left     Federico Fuentes September 28, 2024 Links Magazine Russian socialist Ilya Matveev discusses imperialism today, the nature and development of capitalism in Russia and China, and the need for a glo…

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October 8, 2024 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct 9–15

This Week in People’s History, Oct 9–15     xxxxxx A Long Time Coming, and How! (1949), A Work of Towering Imagination (1959), August Wilson Takes Broadway (1984), The Truth Hurts (1999), If Only There Had Been More Advertising (1929), ‘We Are Everywhere’ (1…

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October 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM

California's Koda Farms, Heirloom Rice Producer, Ceases Operations

Portside Culture California's Koda Farms, Heirloom Rice Producer, Ceases Operations     Elena Kadvany August 12, 2024 San Francisco Chronicle Koda Farms, the family-owned rice farm in Merced County, which Keisaburo Koda started 97 years ago, is shut…

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October 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM

The Far Right, a Reactionary Backlash

The Far Right, a Reactionary Backlash     Marga Ferré September 17, 2024 Transform!Europe The antithesis to the far right is the defence of feminism, the concept of class versus nation, the defence of peace, diversity, equality, social justice, solidarity, e…

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October 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Review: Goodman Theatre’s Inherit the Wind Renews a Century-Old Courtroom Drama With 21st Century Spirit

Review: Goodman Theatre’s Inherit the Wind Renews a Century-Old Courtroom Drama With 21st Century Spirit     Nancy S. Bishop September 28, 2024 third coast review Director Henry Godinez recognizes that today’s divisive political environment might change how …

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October 7, 2024 at 4:55 AM

Sunday Science: Does Kamala Harris Believe in Evolution?

Sunday Science: Does Kamala Harris Believe in Evolution?     Daniel Engber September 12, 2024 The Atlantic In another election, she might have been asked. , Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.   On a presidential-debate stage 17 ye…

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October 7, 2024 at 4:35 AM

The People Fleeing Climate Disasters Are Going To Transform the American South

The People Fleeing Climate Disasters Are Going To Transform the American South     Abrahm Lustgarten October 2, 2024 New York Times Researchers now estimate tens of millions of Americans may ultimately move away from extreme heat and drought, storms and wild…

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October 7, 2024 at 4:15 AM

The Making of the Springfield Working Class

The Making of the Springfield Working Class     Gabriel Winant September 30, 2024 The New York Review Each generation of this country’s workforce has always been urged to detest the next—to come up with its own fantasies of cat-eating immigrants. C…

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October 7, 2024 at 3:25 AM

Killing Hezbollah Leaders Failed 30 Years Ago. It Won’t Work Now

Killing Hezbollah Leaders Failed 30 Years Ago. It Won’t Work Now     Elia Ayoub October 4, 2024 972 Magazine Instead of debilitating Hezbollah, Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah may prove to be a major PR boost for the embattled organization. …

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October 7, 2024 at 3:00 AM

Love Is Blind: DC Sadly Doesn’t Feel Like DC

Portside Culture Love Is Blind: DC Sadly Doesn’t Feel Like DC     Alex Abad-Santos October 4, 2024 Vox There seems to be a reluctance to get into politics this season, a missed opportunity. A reveal from Love Is Blind trying to prove whethe…

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October 7, 2024 at 2:55 AM

Taking Frantz Fanon at His Word

Taking Frantz Fanon at His Word     Sazi Bongwe September 18, 2024 The Nation There has been an effort to negate Fanon’s ideas and sever them from the people of Palestine. But in his work, I find the beginning of a credible path towards liberation. …

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October 6, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Before Helene, a Perfect Storm of Climate Denialism

Before Helene, a Perfect Storm of Climate Denialism     Lucy Dean Stockton, Freddy Brewster October 2, 2024 The Lever North Carolina was once a climate leader, but more than a decade of Republican and corporate obstruction left the state ill-prepared for the…

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October 6, 2024 at 12:05 AM

What Can Helene’s ‘Biblical’ Flooding Teach

What Can Helene’s ‘Biblical’ Flooding Teach     Carl Smith October 3, 2024 Governing Historic rainfall that devastated the Southeast was generated by conditions that still exist. What lessons can local governments in other parts of the country take from Hele…

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October 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM

No Coal No Gas Builds on Recent Victory With Focus on Community and a New Strategic Target

No Coal No Gas Builds on Recent Victory With Focus on Community and a New Strategic Target     Siobhan Senier October 4, 2024 Waging Nonviolence The campaign that ushered in ‘the end of coal in New England’ has its sights set on peaker plants and reclaiming …

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October 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Industrial Policy Without Nationalism

Industrial Policy Without Nationalism     J.W. Mason October 2, 2024 Dissent Can we expand the state’s role in the economy while diminishing its capacity for war? ,   In the first two years after Biden’s election, there was considerable ent…

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October 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM

To Build Solidarity With Palestine, Labour Movement Must Look to the Past

To Build Solidarity With Palestine, Labour Movement Must Look to the Past     Chris Webb October 2, 2024 Socialist Project: The Bullet Drawing lessons from history does not mean we romanticize past struggles. For a new generation of labour activists, however…

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October 5, 2024 at 2:10 AM

Friday Nite Videos | October 4, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | October 4, 2024     October 4, 2024 xxxxxx Kamala Harris vs Trump’s Election Lies in Battleground Georgia. Will Trump Try to Steal the Election Again? My Favorite Things About Project 2025 | Song Parody. To Understand JD Vance, You Need …

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October 5, 2024 at 1:20 AM

The Christian Radicals Are Coming

The Christian Radicals Are Coming     Stephanie McCrummen October 1, 2024 The Atlantic The movement that fueled January 6 is revving up again. ,   In the final moments of the last day, some 2,000 people were on their feet, arms raised and c…

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October 5, 2024 at 1:10 AM

Conspiracy Spreaders Who Don’t Believe Their Lies

Conspiracy Spreaders Who Don’t Believe Their Lies     H. Colleen Sinclair October 4, 2024 The Conversation Our research has found that some of the people sharing conspiracies online don’t believe their own content. They are opportunists: the extremists, the …

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October 5, 2024 at 12:50 AM

The GOP House Gerrymander, and What Can Be Done About It

The GOP House Gerrymander, and What Can Be Done About It     Michael Waldman October 2, 2024 Brennan Center for Justice Rampant rigging has blocked fair representation, especially in the South. Nearly all population growth over the past decade took place in …

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October 5, 2024 at 12:30 AM

Holy Grift! The OK Trump Bible Miracle

Holy Grift! The OK Trump Bible Miracle     Jessica Corbett October 4, 2024 Common Dreams "Ryan Walters' multimillion-dollar school Bible scheme appears to be a grift to funnel taxpayer dollars to Donald Trump and his allies." ,   Journalist…

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October 4, 2024 at 12:20 AM

Take Trump’s Plan To Jail the Supreme Court’s Critics Seriously

Take Trump’s Plan To Jail the Supreme Court’s Critics Seriously     Jay Willis October 1, 2024 The New Republic The right to criticize the powerful is a cornerstone of democracy. In Trump’s America, it’s cause for a prison sentence. Then President …

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October 4, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Arab and Muslim Americans Could Decide Outcomes in Swing States

Arab and Muslim Americans Could Decide Outcomes in Swing States     María Constanza Costa October 1, 2024 Prism Muslims distraught by Democrats arming Israel may stay home or vote uncommitted, potentially affecting the party’s chances in key states, research…

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October 4, 2024 at 12:05 AM

The Polling Imperilment

The Polling Imperilment     Rick Perlstein September 25, 2024 The American Prospect Presidential polls are no more reliable than they were a century ago. So why do they consume our political lives? "When we refer to “political junkies,” polls are pretty much…

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October 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM

How Immigration Became a Lightning Rod in American Politics

How Immigration Became a Lightning Rod in American Politics     Gaby Del Valle September 25, 2024 The Nation Anti-immigrant think tanks and advocacy groups operated on the margins until Trump became president. Now they have molded not only the GOP but also D…

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October 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – Oct. 3 – Reader Comments: Israel Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza; GOP Anti-Worker Policies; Remembering Peter N. Carroll; Alva L’nez Jones Buxenbaum, Educator and Activist; Books About Palestine; Campus Free Speech Crises, 1964/2024; More

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October 3, 2024 at 5:45 AM

Large Majority of Americans Want To End Electoral College

Large Majority of Americans Want To End Electoral College     Jessica Corbett September 26, 2024 Common Dreams The polling follow a Republican push to change Nebraska rules to boost GOP nominee Donald Trump's chances of winning in November. , CNN …

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October 3, 2024 at 5:35 AM

US Judge Sides With Pro-Palestinian Students Over Canceled 7 October Vigil

US Judge Sides With Pro-Palestinian Students Over Canceled 7 October Vigil     Sam Levine October 2, 2024 The Guardian University of Maryland cannot block Students for Justice in Palestine from holding campus event for Gaza, judge rules Students at…

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October 3, 2024 at 5:25 AM

Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by Climate Migration?

Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by Climate Migration?     Abrahm Lustgarten October 2, 2024 ProPublica As people move away from flooding and heat, new research suggests that those who remain will be older, poorer and more vulnerable. Homes …

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October 3, 2024 at 4:55 AM

Illinois’ Elimination of Cash Bail One Year Later

Illinois’ Elimination of Cash Bail One Year Later     Lisel Petis October 1, 2024 MyJournalCourier Fear still fuels the bail reform debate, but new data from Illinois show that holding on to cash bail may make communities less safe. , Public Policy…

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October 3, 2024 at 12:55 AM

Donald Trump, Sexual Predator

Portside Culture Donald Trump, Sexual Predator     Lloyd Green October 27, 2019 The Guardian This book and this review are nearly five years old. Their relevance remains undiminished. ,   All the President's Women: Donald Trump and …

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October 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – October 2, 2024

Global Left Midweek – October 2, 2024     October 2, 2024 xxxxxx News and analyses from parties and movements worldwide Amilcar Cabral, African revolutionary. Credit, OSPAAAL   Taking on the Right Behind the Left’s Victory in Sri Lanka Rus…

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October 2, 2024 at 12:05 AM

On the Dangers of Israel’s Assassination of Nasrallah

On the Dangers of Israel’s Assassination of Nasrallah     Paul R. Pillar September 29, 2024 Responsible Statecraft Israel seems to forget that Nasrallah was a more effective version of the last Hezbollah leader it assassinated in 1992 A mourner hol…

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October 2, 2024 at 12:05 AM

Biden Urges Port Operators To Increase Wages for Workers

Biden Urges Port Operators To Increase Wages for Workers     Michael Sainato October 1, 2024 The Guardian Strike – first by port workers on US east coast since 1977 – threatens to shut down ports from Maine to Texas Members of the International Lon…

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October 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Climate Change Does Not Care About Your Borders

Climate Change Does Not Care About Your Borders     Kate Aronoff September 30, 2024 The New Republic Already we can draw two big lessons from Hurricane Helene’s catastrophic fallout. A woman stands on a flooded street in front of downed power lines…

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October 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM

4 What We Can Learn From Gen Z Workers

4 What We Can Learn From Gen Z Workers     Sonali Kolhatkar October 1, 2024 https://independentmediainstitute.org/economy-for-all/ Gen Z is left to deal with massive systemic failures—climate change, pandemics, and genocide—as individuals. Why are we shocked…

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October 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – October 1, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – October 1, 2024     October 1, 2024 xxxxxx Local paper bursts lies about Haitian immigrants – Who’s listening? ,   The Suppression of Trump’s Vance Dossier Sam Altman’s AI Manifesto Doc Goes to the Heart of MAGA Viol…

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October 1, 2024 at 2:20 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct 2–8

This Week in People’s History, Oct 2–8     xxxxxx ‘We’re the Black Survivors’ (1979), A Martyr’s Birthday (1889), Canada Takes a Big Step Toward Bilingualism (1969) ,   ‘We’re the Black Survivors’ 45 YEARS AGO, on Oct. 2, 1979, Bob Marley a…

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October 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Helps Spread Anti-Protest Laws Across the US

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Helps Spread Anti-Protest Laws Across the US     Hilary Beaumont and Nina Lakhani September 26, 2024 The Guardian Lobbyists and lawmakers have coordinated to enact new laws that increase criminal penalties for peaceful protests …

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