First Ceasefire, Then Palestinian Liberation; Next Day Netanyahu Delays Vote     Jewish Voice for Peace and Al Jazeera and News Agencies January 16, 2025 Jewish Voice for Peace; Al Jazeera Yesterday, a ceasefire and peace agreement was reached between Hamas …

Democrats Will Regret Helping To Pass the Laken Riley Act     Michelle Goldberg January 13, 2025 New York Times Democrats have a terrible habit, during moments of right-wing backlash, of voting for Republican legislation that they don’t seem to truly believe…

Los Angeles Burned, Now They’re Coming for Karen Bass     Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier January 10, 2025 Word In Black The first woman and second-ever Black person to serve as mayor of Los Angeles is under attack by conservative trolls like Elon Musk and Donald Tr…

Remember How Roberto Clemente Lived, Not How He Died     Dave Zirin January 14, 2025 The Progressive Magazine Thinking about the legacy of the humanitarian and star as his island home sits in darkness from power outages. Clemente’s solidarity with the less f…

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A Cease-Fire in Gaza Is Far From Enough     Seraj Assi January 15, 2025 Jacobin The announcement of a cease-fire deal in Gaza is a welcome reprieve after over a year of genocide. But it does nothing to remedy Israel’s numerous violations of international law…

Major Bank Charged With Cheating Customers out of $2 Billion     Judd Legum and Noel Sims January 15, 2025 Popular Information The bank promised depositors the highest interest rates, but is charged with failing to let them know how to get them. A …

Portside Culture Whose Future Is It Anyway?     Jess Maginity November 12, 2024 Los Angeles Review of Books This book discusses the effort by the alt-right and fascist movements to claim the genres science fiction and speculative literature as their …

Embodying MLK’s Dream Today     Rev. Irene Monroe January 13, 2025 LA Progressive If King were among us today, he would say that it is not enough to look outside ourselves to see the places where society is broken. Martin Luther King Jr.,  …

AOC: ‘Bigoted Folks’ Love Trans Sports Ban     Julia Conley January 14, 2025 Common Dreams "Los Angeles is on fire right now, and this is the number one priority this majority has," said the congresswoman. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sarahbeth M…

Global Left Midweek – January 15, 2025     January 15, 2025 xxxxxx Panamanians and Greenlanders have their say People demonstrate against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Panama City, Panama on December 31, 2024, as the country marks the 25th a…

Labor’s Prodigal Son Returns     Harold Meyerson January 13, 2025 The American Prospect SEIU rejoins the AFL-CIO, even as arresting labor’s decline remains a daunting challenge. By reaffiliating with the AFL-CIO, the Service Employees International…

Biden Administration Expected To Lift ‘Terror’ Designation for Cuba     January 14, 2025 Al Jazeera “It means that humanitarian organisations, church groups and various human rights organisations can now move aid to help the people in Cuba without facing any…

Trump’s Felony Conviction Appeal Will Show How Fully He’s Above the Law     Marjorie Cohn January 14, 2025 Truthout Trump’s appeal will decide how the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling applies to his hush money case. Donald Trump speaks …

NPR Shopped for 96 Items at Walmart To Track How Prices Are Really Changing     Alina Selyukh , Juweek Adolphe January 14, 2025 National Public Radio The rate of inflation has cooled for two years, and not everything is going up in price. So why does paying …

Portside Culture Costa-Garvas Directing the Revolution-‘Z’     Kenan Behzat Sharpe November 8, 2018 Jacobin Political cinema can sometimes be too highbrow for a mass audience. But in the 1960s and early '70s, French-Greek director Costa-Garvas showed…