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December 11, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Toronto Film Festival Goes Around the World

Portside Culture Toronto Film Festival Goes Around the World     Bill Meyer November 16, 2024 Hollywood Progressive A favorite film at the Toronto International Film Festival this year was by far M - Son of the Century directed by the talented UK fil…

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December 11, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – December 10, 2024

Media Bits and Bytes – December 10, 2024     December 10, 2024 xxxxxx Are media owners surrendering press freedom? Credit, Cathy Wilcox   Newsroom Leaders! Show Some Spine Clock’s Ticking on TikTok Where To, MSNBC? Public Broadcasters on T…

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December 10, 2024 at 7:05 AM

What Caused Assad’s Sudden Fall

What Caused Assad’s Sudden Fall     Interview with Joshua Landis by Michael Hirsh December 9, 2024 Politico And what is its significance for the Middle East and U.S. policy Citizens in Syria take down statues of Hafez al-Assad – the father of Basha…

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December 10, 2024 at 2:10 AM

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

This Week in People’s History, Dec 11–17     xxxxxx Is Torture Really in the Eye of the Beholder? (2014), Winning the Fight Against McCarthyism (1954), Hands Off Haiti! (1929), The First Firefight Against King George (1774), Second City’s Amazing Alumni (195…

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December 10, 2024 at 1:55 AM

Progressives Slam Trump Plan To End Birthright Citizenship

Progressives Slam Trump Plan To End Birthright Citizenship     Jessica Corbett December 9, 2024 Common Dreams "Emboldened by a Supreme Court that would use its power to uphold white supremacy rather than the constitution of our nation, Trump is on a mission …

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December 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Ni Una Menos Is ‘Building a New Generation of Militancy’ Against Physical and Economic Violence

Ni Una Menos Is ‘Building a New Generation of Militancy’ Against Physical and Economic Violence     Marta Facchini Irupé Tentorio December 6, 2024 Il Manifesto Global Between 2015 to 2023 laws were enacted guaranteeing support to victims of violence and to f…

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December 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Will Congress Force This Controversial Alcohol Study To Stop?

Portside Culture Will Congress Force This Controversial Alcohol Study To Stop?     Esther Mobley October 17, 2024 San Francisco Chronicle The upcoming revision of U. S. Dietary Guidelines is unfolding amid a shifting global sentiment toward drinking.…

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December 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Why I’m Voting Against the Military Budget

Why I’m Voting Against the Military Budget     Bernie Sanders December 8, 2024 The Guardian While so many Americans struggle to get by, the US is spending record-breaking amounts of money on the military ‘Elon Musk is right when he says the Pentago…

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December 9, 2024 at 8:20 AM

Sunday Science: Archaeological Remains in Alaska Show Humans and Dogs Bonded 12,000 Years Ago

Sunday Science: Archaeological Remains in Alaska Show Humans and Dogs Bonded 12,000 Years Ago     University of Arizona December 4, 2024 Phys.org The bone, along with a 12,000-year-old leg bone discovered at a nearby site, are some of the earliest evidence t…

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December 9, 2024 at 7:50 AM

How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk

How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk     Annie Waldman November 19, 2024 ProPublica The company is policing mental health care with arbitrary thresholds and cost-driven targets, highlight…

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December 9, 2024 at 7:20 AM

The West Bank Villages Wiped Off the Map by Israeli Settler Violence

The West Bank Villages Wiped Off the Map by Israeli Settler Violence     Oren Ziv December 4, 2024 972 Magazine Since October 7, over 50 rural Palestinian communities have been forced to abandon their homes amid intensifying attacks, threats, and harassment …

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December 9, 2024 at 6:15 AM

Revealed: The Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts

Revealed: The Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts     Steven Monacelli, Tristan Lee / Texas Observer December 4, 2024 Texas Observer Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, …

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December 9, 2024 at 5:30 AM

Trump Attacks Diversity, but a Fellow New Yorker − US Rep. Vito Marcantonio − Worked To Represent All Americans in a Multiracial Democracy

Trump Attacks Diversity, but a Fellow New Yorker − US Rep. Vito Marcantonio − Worked To Represent All Americans in a Multiracial Democracy     Sandhya Shukla December 6, 2024 The Conversation Marcantonio, like other notable Harlem figures such as writers Lan…

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December 9, 2024 at 2:55 AM

A Portside Message: The Challenge of Wannabe Fascism

Portside Culture A Portside Message: The Challenge of Wannabe Fascism     December 8, 2024 Portside How can we prevent a wannabe dictator from consolidating absolute power? Please help us to inform, analyze and mobilize in the year ahead. Here's how.…

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December 9, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Say Nothing Turns the IRA’s Secret History Into TV Drama

Portside Culture Say Nothing Turns the IRA’s Secret History Into TV Drama     An interview with Josh Zetumer December 7, 2024 Jacobin The new FX TV show Say Nothing dramatizes one of the most controversial stories in modern Irish history, with charac…

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December 8, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Insurer Sets Time Limits on Anesthesia During Surgeries

Insurer Sets Time Limits on Anesthesia During Surgeries     Helen Santoro December 4, 2024 The Lever A surprise medical bill could be waiting for you when you wake up in the recovery room. A patient receives anesthesia before surgery., AP Photo/Ric…

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December 8, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Americans Hate Their Private Health Insurance

Americans Hate Their Private Health Insurance     Branko Marcetic December 7, 2024 Jacobin The response to UnitedHealthcare CEO’s murder surely disproves the claim that Americans love the private health insurance system. It’s a political force waiting to be …

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December 8, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Mass Protests Force South Korean President To Revoke Shocking Martial Law Declaration After 6 Hours

Mass Protests Force South Korean President To Revoke Shocking Martial Law Declaration After 6 Hours     Interview with Dae-Han Song and Christine Ahn December 4, 2024 Democracy Now What we witnessed in the last day is an extraordinary example of what America…

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December 8, 2024 at 1:00 AM

From Kindergarden to Real World

From Kindergarden to Real World     Paul Garver December 3, 2024 Chartist If DSA can graduate from the kindergarten playground to the real political world, it can make a major contribution to putting the interests of the inclusive and diverse working class o…

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December 8, 2024 at 1:00 AM

This Was a Very Close Election, Trump Won, but Got Less Than 50% of the Popular Vote, Now Let’s Act Like That and Build on It – Monroe County, Pennsylvania – a Case Study

This Was a Very Close Election, Trump Won, but Got Less Than 50% of the Popular Vote, Now Let’s Act Like That and Build on It – Monroe County, Pennsylvania – a Case Study     Jay Schaffner December 3, 2024 Stansbury Forum With a much larger population than p…

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December 7, 2024 at 2:55 AM

Friday Nite Videos | December 6, 2024

Friday Nite Videos | December 6, 2024     December 6, 2024 xxxxxx Five Things Christian Nationalists Want from Trump. What Your Brain Is Really Doing When You're Doing 'Nothing.' The $1 Trillion Private Health Insurance Scam. Michael Kosta Meets the No. 1 Bo…

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December 7, 2024 at 2:25 AM

The Most Billionaires Ever

The Most Billionaires Ever     Robert Tait December 6, 2024 Guardian The president-elect is tapping mega-rich backers for positions that will give them power to cut spending on public services. The gulf between Trump’s taste for the wealthy and his populist …

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December 7, 2024 at 2:05 AM

Trump Fans Are Suffering From Tony Soprano Syndrome

Trump Fans Are Suffering From Tony Soprano Syndrome     Adam Serwer December 5, 2024 The Atlantic Judge Dredd, Tony Soprano, The Supes. They're all meant to be villains in cautionary tales against the danger of violent, fascistic, cultist leaders. But some T…

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December 7, 2024 at 1:45 AM

Data Suggest R’s Win Streak May Be Short

Data Suggest R’s Win Streak May Be Short     Michael A. Cohen December 2, 2024 MSNBC Trump's margin of victory, 1.6 points, was the fifth-smallest in the last 100 years. As much as the MAGA world wants to portray this as a landslide, it wasn’t. And as the la…

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December 7, 2024 at 1:30 AM

Google A.I. Agent Aces 15-Day Weather Forecasts

Google A.I. Agent Aces 15-Day Weather Forecasts     William J. Broad December 4, 2024 New York Times GenCast, from the company’s DeepMind division, outperformed the world’s best predictions of deadly storms as well as everyday weather. A satellite…

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December 7, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Postscript

Portside Culture Postscript     Marie Howe Marie Howe: New and Selected Poems Poet Marie Howe shows us the frightening consequences of "what we did to the earth." ,   What we did to the earth, we did to our daughters one after the ot…

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December 6, 2024 at 3:40 AM

Dr. Oz and the Stealth Destruction of Medicare

Dr. Oz and the Stealth Destruction of Medicare     Robert Kuttner November 26, 2024 The American Prospect The TV doctor’s scams and fake cures are the least of what makes him so dangerous as Trump’s appointee to head Medicare and Medicaid. During the campaig…

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December 6, 2024 at 3:15 AM

Palestinian-American Historian Rashid Khalidi: ‘Israel Has Created a Nightmare Scenario for Itself. The Clock Is Ticking’

Palestinian-American Historian Rashid Khalidi: ‘Israel Has Created a Nightmare Scenario for Itself. The Clock Is Ticking’     Interview with Rashid Khalidi by Itay Mashiach November 30, 2024 Haaretz The story isn't Hamas, religion or terrorism. Rashid Khalid…

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December 6, 2024 at 2:35 AM

Why Some Voters Across the Country Backed Progressive Ballot Initiatives—and Donald Trump

Why Some Voters Across the Country Backed Progressive Ballot Initiatives—and Donald Trump     Glenn Daigon November 25, 2024 The Progressive Magazine From abortion rights to minimum wage hikes to legal marijuana, voters’ support for ballot issues didn’t corr…

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December 6, 2024 at 1:00 AM

‘Progressive Except for Palestine’: How a Tech Charity Imploded Over a Statement on Gaza

‘Progressive Except for Palestine’: How a Tech Charity Imploded Over a Statement on Gaza     Timothy Pratt December 3, 2024 The Guardian The board of the non-profit Code for Science & Society blocked a statement against genocide. The fallout tore the hig…

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December 6, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Dec. 5 – Reader Comments: Trump Cabinet; Mexican President Letter; Dems Touted Ground Game; Harris Turned Away From Economic Populism; Experts Explain Why America Voted for Plague; Model for City Officials Protecting Targeted Communities;

Tidbits – Dec. 5 – Reader Comments: Trump Cabinet; Mexican President Letter; Dems Touted Ground Game; Harris Turned Away From Economic Populism; Experts Explain Why America Voted for Plague; Model for City Officials Protecting Targeted Communities;     December 5,…

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December 5, 2024 at 6:50 AM

What Trump’s Cabinet Picks and Advisers Say About Climate Change

What Trump’s Cabinet Picks and Advisers Say About Climate Change     Lisa Friedman December 4, 2024 New York Times President-elect Donald Trump’s chief advisers would include one person who calls global warming an “existential” threat and some who don’t acce…

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December 5, 2024 at 6:30 AM

Biden’s Hands ‘Will Be Bloody’ if He Lets Trump Inherit Death Row Cases, Critics Warn

Biden’s Hands ‘Will Be Bloody’ if He Lets Trump Inherit Death Row Cases, Critics Warn     Eloise Goldsmith December 4, 2024 Common Dreams "President Biden came into office committing to abolishing the federal death penalty because of its fundamental flaws. C…

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December 5, 2024 at 6:05 AM

“You Can’t Buy Paradise With Blood”

“You Can’t Buy Paradise With Blood”     Interview with Sofia Orr by Patrick Lempges December 3, 2024 Jacobin Nineteen-year-old Sofia Orr was jailed for refusing to enlist in the Israeli military. In an interview with Jacobin, she explains the disturbing auth…

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December 5, 2024 at 5:45 AM

Some Guardrails Hold

Some Guardrails Hold     Robert Kuttner December 4, 2024 The American Prospect More Trump screwball nominations are going down, and he belatedly agrees to let the FBI vet nominees—meaning that still more will fall. Pete Hegseth, President-elect Don…

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December 5, 2024 at 4:15 AM

Man Overboard

Portside Culture Man Overboard     Rebecca Onion May 18, 2023 Slate "Josh Hawley’s long-threatened tome about American masculinity is here," writes this reviewer. "Savor it with me." ,   Manhood The Masculine Virtues America Needs J…

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December 5, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – December 4, 2024

Global Left Midweek – December 4, 2024     December 4, 2024 xxxxxx The future of resistance to Israel Amazon workers from Germany joined colleagues from the USA, Sweden, Great Britain and Italy at the international protest on Black Friday on Nov. 2…

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December 4, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The Court Where the Rule of Law Still Lives—for Now

The Court Where the Rule of Law Still Lives—for Now     Jonathan van Harmelen December 3, 2024 The New Republic During Trump’s first term, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was a rare oasis of judicial sobriety. It will face an even sterner test the next ti…

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December 4, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Even in Exile, the Left Must Fight To Popularize Its Vision

Even in Exile, the Left Must Fight To Popularize Its Vision     Simon Black November 30, 2024 Jacobin After Trump’s victory, the Left must confront right-wing faux populism while facing a Democratic establishment hostile to the class politics that could actu…

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December 4, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Biden Urged To Act Now As Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Looms

Biden Urged To Act Now As Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Looms     Jessica Corbett December 2, 2024 Common Dreams "President Biden must use the power of the pen to protect those seeking sanctuary from the coming deportation machine that will crush the human r…

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December 4, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Joe Biden Finally Breaks a Norm To Keep His Son out of Prison

Joe Biden Finally Breaks a Norm To Keep His Son out of Prison     Ryan Cooper December 3, 2024 The American Prospect Hunter Biden deserved a pardon. But America deserved a lot more than that. President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden walk in dow…

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December 4, 2024 at 1:00 AM

‘All We Imagine As Light’ Review: Tender Comrades

Portside Culture ‘All We Imagine As Light’ Review: Tender Comrades     Manohla Dargis November 14, 2024 The New York Times In Payal Kapadia’s extraordinary film, three women in Mumbai search for connections amid the city’s vibrant and darkly alienati…

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December 4, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – December 3, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – December 3, 2024     December 3, 2024 xxxxxx The Great Purge and Resistance 2.0 Demonstrators protest outside of the Supreme Court on May 4, 2022, in Washington. Credit, Alex Brandon/AP Photo   GOP: MAGA …

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December 3, 2024 at 7:45 AM

Election Aftermath

Election Aftermath     Rebecca Gordon December 1, 2024 Tom Dispatch Staring Down Misogyny Customers at McSorley’s Old Ale House jeer at Lucy Komisar, who was among the first women to drink at the pub after the city passed a new anti-discrimination …

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December 3, 2024 at 1:35 AM

#GivingTuesday and the Challenge of a Wannabe Fascism

#GivingTuesday and the Challenge of a Wannabe Fascism     December 2, 2024 xxxxxx How can we prevent a wannabe dictator from consolidating absolute power? Please help us to inform, analyze and mobilize in the year ahead. Here's how you can help xxxxxx on Giv…

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December 3, 2024 at 1:05 AM

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

This Week in People’s History, Dec 4–10     xxxxxx Black Panthers Under the Gun - I (1969), Teddy Roosevelt Gives U.S. Imperialism the Nod (1904), Racist Terror in Vicksburg (1874), Black Panthers Under the Gun - II (1969), Coltrane Lays Down a Masterpiece (…

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December 3, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Sarah McBride Wasn’t Looking for a Fight on Trans Rights

Sarah McBride Wasn’t Looking for a Fight on Trans Rights     David Remnick December 1, 2024 The New Yorker The first trans person elected to Congress discusses how to respond to a bathroom bill and transphobic attacks from her new colleagues in the House. …

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December 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Anti-Zionist Israeli MP: ’I Will Never Surrender

Anti-Zionist Israeli MP: ’I Will Never Surrender     Marcus Barnett interviews Ofer Cassif November 28, 2024 Tribune Ofer Cassif — currently suspended from the Knesset for opposing genocide in Gaza — discusses Israel’s descent into fascism, building the move…

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December 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM

How Trump Plans To Seize the Power of the Purse From Congress

How Trump Plans To Seize the Power of the Purse From Congress     Molly Redden November 26, 2024 Propublica The second-term president likely will seek to cut off spending that lawmakers have already appropriated, setting off a constitutional struggle within …

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December 2, 2024 at 2:20 AM

Ted Danson’s ‘A Man on the Inside’ Is Based on a True Story That Will Tug at Your Heartstrings

Portside Culture Ted Danson’s ‘A Man on the Inside’ Is Based on a True Story That Will Tug at Your Heartstrings     Conor McShane November 30, 2024 MovieWeb A Man on the Inside is clearly meant to be a comedy, but it explores some harsh truths around…

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