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February 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM

Garment Workers Are Taking On Nike, Americans Should Join Them

Garment Workers Are Taking On Nike, Americans Should Join Them     Abiramy Sivalogananthan February 14, 2025 CounterPunch Take the “One Thousand Photos — One Thousand Shares” pledge at ActionNetwork.org, share it widely, and support the union activists leadi…
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February 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM

How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence

How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence     Andrée Blouin February 12, 2025 Jacobin In 1960, Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and the US conspired to oust L…
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February 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM

How Kendrick Lamar Dragged Trump During the Super Bowl Without the NFL, or Trump Realizing It

Portside Culture How Kendrick Lamar Dragged Trump During the Super Bowl Without the NFL, or Trump Realizing It     Lawrence Ware February 13, 2025 The Root Both in his lyrics and the visuals that he chooses to highlight in his videos, Lamar is never …
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February 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Nationwide Economic Blackout on February 28

Nationwide Economic Blackout on February 28     Suzanne Blake February 11, 2025 Newsweek What to Know About Boycott People wait for a Walmart store to open on Black Friday in Downey, California, on November 29, 2024. , ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty…
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February 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Trump’s Threats Expose Canada’s Utter Dependency on the US

Trump’s Threats Expose Canada’s Utter Dependency on the US     Adam D.K. King interviews Sam Gindin February 5, 2025 Socialist Project: The Bullet The immediate task is to address delinking from the United States and the American Empire. This is not about ai…
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February 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM

‘Occupation: Organizer’: How Anti-Politics Becomes Anti-Democracy

‘Occupation: Organizer’: How Anti-Politics Becomes Anti-Democracy     Emma Tai January 28, 2025 Convergence To build formations capable of advancing both political and economic democracy, we need to grapple with the enduring footprint of anti-political thoug…
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February 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Final Days and the Struggle Continues: A Tribute to Diana Caballero and Reminder for Unity Today

The Final Days and the Struggle Continues: A Tribute to Diana Caballero and Reminder for Unity Today     By Diana Caballero, with a foreword by David Duhalde February 4, 2025 Socialist Majority As we enter into Trump's second term, stories such as this and h…
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February 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Yes, the Price of Eggs Matters

Yes, the Price of Eggs Matters     David Dayen February 14, 2025 American Prospect Consumer sentiment is falling off a cliff in the early Trump period. When it comes to the price of eggs, there’s little difference between President Trump neglecting…
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February 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM

Friday Nite Videos | February 14, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | February 14, 2025     February 14, 2025 xxxxxx Musk Crashes the Oval Office & Trump Pushes Gaza Takeover. Is It Time To Worry About Bird Flu? Why Credit Card Interest Rates Are Out of Control. Captain America: Brave New World. Trump'…
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February 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM

Trump’s Plan: Make America Corrupt Again

Trump’s Plan: Make America Corrupt Again     Noah Shachtman February 11, 2025 Rolling Stone Magazine While Adams may have been the most immediate beneficiary, he’s not the only one. If you’re a foreign government or a corrupt company trying to turn a public …
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February 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM

It Took Trump Only Twenty-Four Days To Sell Out Ukraine

It Took Trump Only Twenty-Four Days To Sell Out Ukraine     Susan B. Glasser February 13, 2025 The New Yorker Trump's first formal phone call with Putin could hardly have been more ominous—a clear sign that the American President who praised Russia’s war on …
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February 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM

For Israelis, ‘From the River to the Sea’ Is a Reality. For Palestinians, It’s a Crime

For Israelis, ‘From the River to the Sea’ Is a Reality. For Palestinians, It’s a Crime     Dahlia Scheindlin February 13, 2025 Haaretz It is nonsensical, and hypocritical, to arrest or accuse Palestinians of promoting the ideology of 'From the river to the s…
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February 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM

“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump

“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump     Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen February 13, 2025 ProPublica The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has opened a…
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February 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Waiting

Portside Culture Waiting     Geneffa Hahah Porter Gulch Review 2024 In Geneffa Jahan's poem "Waiting" the speaker awaits her death as if it were an abusive lover. ,   in Gaza there are sisters who sit some alone some together though …
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February 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM

It Is a Coup

It Is a Coup     Carole Cadwalladr February 10, 2025 The Power This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong. From the author tha…
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February 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM

How the “Subversive Genius” of Kendrick Lamar Sent Trump Home a Loser

How the “Subversive Genius” of Kendrick Lamar Sent Trump Home a Loser     Dave Zirin February 10, 2025 The Nation The Philadelphia Eagles and Kendrick Lamar’s collective of geniuses made this the Super Bowl we needed. This year’s Super Bowl in New Orleans co…
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February 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM

What a 20th-Century Revolutionary Can Teach Us About Resisting Genocide Today

What a 20th-Century Revolutionary Can Teach Us About Resisting Genocide Today     Dana Mills January 27, 2025 +972 Magazine Over a century after Rosa Luxemburg was assassinated for opposing German militarism, her spirit lives on through those disrupting Isra…
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February 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Don’t Scapegoat Arab Americans

Don’t Scapegoat Arab Americans     Dr. James J. Zogby February 10, 2025 Arab American Institute Instead of blaming the people they let down, the Harris campaign needs to look in the mirror and find fault with itself. Arab Americans and their concerns were gi…
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February 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Upwardly Minded: The Reconstruction Rise of a Black Elite

Portside Culture Upwardly Minded: The Reconstruction Rise of a Black Elite     Lawrence Otis Graham January 31, 2017 The New York Times This book is the story of Daniel Murray, the assistant librarian of the Library of Congress from 1881-1922, and of…
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February 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM

As Off Broadway Crews Unionize, Workers See Hope, Producers Peril

Portside Culture As Off Broadway Crews Unionize, Workers See Hope, Producers Peril     Michael Paulson February 10, 2025 New York Times A unionization wave sweeping across Off Broadway is poised to reshape the economics of theater-making in New York …
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February 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Feb.13- Reader Comments: Dictatorial Coup Unfolds; Resistance Grows; Federal Workers Mobilize; What You Can Do To Fight This Coup – a Guide; No Tax on Tips Will Harm More Workers; Role of the Labor Movement in Defending Immigrant Rights;

Tidbits – Feb.13- Reader Comments: Dictatorial Coup Unfolds; Resistance Grows; Federal Workers Mobilize; What You Can Do To Fight This Coup – a Guide; No Tax on Tips Will Harm More Workers; Role of the Labor Movement in Defending Immigrant Rights;     February 13,…
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February 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM

Did Israel Violate the Gaza Ceasefire? What To Know About Hamas’s Pause

Did Israel Violate the Gaza Ceasefire? What To Know About Hamas’s Pause     Al Jazeera Staff February 11, 2025 Al Jazeera Hamas says it will halt its captive releases until Israel complies with the terms of the ceasefire agreed between them. People…
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February 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM

Trump and Musk Hunt for Corruption, Very Selectively

Trump and Musk Hunt for Corruption, Very Selectively     Peter Baker February 12, 2025 New York Times Spending that the White House does not like is being labeled fraudulent. At the same time, President Trump is rolling back anticorruption efforts and ethica…
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February 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM

What Republicans Really Mean When They Blame ‘DEI’

What Republicans Really Mean When They Blame ‘DEI’     Mehdi Hasan February 11, 2025 The Guardian Referencing DEI is the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism ‘DEI is a racist dogwhistle. Blame Black p…
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February 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM

Freedom Isn’t Free When You’re Black and Poor

Freedom Isn’t Free When You’re Black and Poor     Robert Brown February 8, 2025 Common Dreams The unforgiving reality of cash bail transforms “innocent until proven guilty” into “guilty until proven wealthy.” ,   When I was 17, I was charge…
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February 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – February 12, 2025

Global Left Midweek – February 12, 2025     February 12, 2025 xxxxxx The fierce urgency of Now , Zapiro / Daily Maverick (Johannesburg)   A Warning from France Panamanians Reject White House Threats International Reports Justice for Jani S…
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February 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Warren Says Trump and Musk Pushing To Gut CFPB As ’Payoff to the Rich Guys

Warren Says Trump and Musk Pushing To Gut CFPB As ’Payoff to the Rich Guys     Julia Conley February 10, 2025 Common Dreams "If they succeed, CEOs and Wall Street will once again be free to trick, trap, and cheat you," said the Democratic senator. …
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February 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM

‘Ridiculous Blunder’: Trump Wades Into California’s Water Wars – and Strikes Some of His Strongest Supporters

‘Ridiculous Blunder’: Trump Wades Into California’s Water Wars – and Strikes Some of His Strongest Supporters     Gabrielle Canon February 11, 2025 The Guardian Billions of gallons of irrigation water were wasted under Trump’s orders in what now appears to b…
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February 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM

DOGE Is Hiring. The Response Did Not Disappoint

DOGE Is Hiring. The Response Did Not Disappoint     Rivera Sun February 10, 2025 Waging Nonviolence DOGE’s hiring site has become a focal point for cathartic and even strategic outrage, underscoring the important role humor and rebellious defiance play in bl…
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February 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Emilia Pérez Is the Ultimate Unloved Oscar Nominee

Portside Culture Emilia Pérez Is the Ultimate Unloved Oscar Nominee     Eileen Jones February 5, 2025 Jacobin Despite Emilia Pérez’s mixed reviews and poor audience reactions, Hollywood handed the musical 13 Oscar nominations in the hopes of proving …
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February 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Two Grifters Off To Seize the World

Two Grifters Off To Seize the World     Robert Kuttner February 7, 2025 The American Prospect Today on TAP: The Trump-Musk proposed sovereign wealth fund fits the pattern—dictatorship as an opportunity for personal enrichment. Donald Trump and pal …
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February 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – Resistance Lessons

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – Resistance Lessons     xxxxxx It's on , Lalo Alcaraz / CALÓ News   The Deportation Machine Abortion Rights: Fuck the Middle Ground Defying Anti-Trans Actions Federal Employees Plan to Stay Chicago vs ICE H…
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February 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM

A New Kind of Crisis for American Universities

A New Kind of Crisis for American Universities     Ian Bogost February 10, 2025 The Atlantic The ivory tower has been breached. ,   "I personally think that the post–World War II system of big research universities funded heavily by the gov…
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February 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM

As Trump Steamrolls Washington, Courts Flex Their Power To Slow Him Down

As Trump Steamrolls Washington, Courts Flex Their Power To Slow Him Down     Kyle Cheney February 9, 2025 Politico Numerous federal district judges around the country have blocked major portions of Trump’s early agenda — but Supreme Court showdowns loom. …
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February 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM

This Week in People’s History, Feb 12–18

This Week in People’s History, Feb 12–18     xxxxxx Lift Every Voice and Sing! (1900), Michigan Rejects the So-Called Fugitive Slave Act (1855), Our Place in the Universe (1990), Confronting a Campaign of Terror (2015), An Outrageous Verdict, Reversed on App…
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February 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Federal Workers Can Defeat Musk’s Coup. Here’s How.

Federal Workers Can Defeat Musk’s Coup. Here’s How.     Eric Blanc February 10, 2025 Labor Politics Elon Musk is not invincible ,   Who can stop Elon Musk? Even though it’s illegal for him to seize control of federal agency finances to slas…
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February 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM

How Refrigeration Ruined Fresh Food

Portside Culture How Refrigeration Ruined Fresh Food     Allison Arie October 22, 2024 MIT Technology Review Refrigeration is such a significant contributor to global warming and ozone depletion that Project Drawdown points to refrigerant management …
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February 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Left’s Diminished DNC Presence

The Left’s Diminished DNC Presence     Tom Gallagher February 8, 2025 Stansbury Forum At the moment there is no one obviously positioned to take up the Sanders mantle in the 2028 presidential campaign. But we may have to make it our business to find one. …
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February 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Sunday Science: It’s 89 Seconds Until Doomsday and Her First Day on the Job

Sunday Science: It’s 89 Seconds Until Doomsday and Her First Day on the Job     Katrina Miller February 3, 2025 New York Times Alexandra Bell is bringing more than a decade of experience in nuclear policy to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the organiz…
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February 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM

The Courts Can’t Stop the Trump-Musk Coup

The Courts Can’t Stop the Trump-Musk Coup     Elie Mystal February 7, 2025 The Nation While the lawsuits being filed against the Trump-Musk administration are righteous, they will not “save” us from this nightmare. Tech billionaire Elon Musk speaks…
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February 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM

The Slow Suicide of the State of Israel

The Slow Suicide of the State of Israel     John Walbridge February 8, 2025 Informed Comment The two-state solution is now impossible, made so by the foolish decisions of a series of Israeli governments to allow massive Jewish settlement in the West Bank and…
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February 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM

Emilia Pérez Is the Ultimate Unloved Oscar Nominee

Portside Culture Emilia Pérez Is the Ultimate Unloved Oscar Nominee     Eileen Jones February 5, 2025 Jacobin Despite Emilia Pérez’s mixed reviews and poor audience reactions, Hollywood handed the musical 13 Oscar nominations in the hopes of proving …
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February 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM

What Happened the Last Time a President Purged the Bureaucracy

What Happened the Last Time a President Purged the Bureaucracy     Clay Risen February 6, 2025 Politico The impact can linger not just for years but decades. The 1947 pamphlet "Is This Tomorrow? America under Communism!" produced by the Catholic Ca…
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February 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM

Who Is Behind Trump’s Intimidation of South Africa?

Who Is Behind Trump’s Intimidation of South Africa?     Max Du Preez February 7, 2025 Vrye Weekblad Donald Trump's bizarre, fact-free threat against South Africa did not just arise in the back of his head last week. It is the initiative of alt-right ex-South…
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February 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Companies Ask Trump’s EPA To Hide Potential Disasters

Companies Ask Trump’s EPA To Hide Potential Disasters     Katya Schwenk February 7, 2025 The Lever Biden increased transparency around the risks of chemical disaster — industry lobbyists just asked Trump’s new EPA chief Lee Zeldin to roll that back. …
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February 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Judges Curb Trump’s Sweeping Executive Actions

Judges Curb Trump’s Sweeping Executive Actions     Ella Lee and Zach Schonfeld February 7, 2025 The Hill Trump has signed dozens of executive actions since returning to the Oval Office last month, flooding the zone with orders and statements zigzagging throu…
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February 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Socialism or Barbarism – a Statement of Fact

Socialism or Barbarism – a Statement of Fact     Matt Willgress February 8, 2025 Morning Star Trump’s return when we already see a world at war, breathtaking inequality and climate catastrophe confirms Engles’ famous dichotomy. ,   Engels o…
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February 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

What Happened Here

What Happened Here     John Ganz February 4, 2025 Unpopular Front In the process of accumulating enormous wealth, the tech-oligarchs created the conditions for their loss of social power and, when they realized this, they got a big dose of class consciousnes…
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February 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

A Plan for the Resistance

A Plan for the Resistance     Harold Meyerson February 6, 2025 The American Prospect Come April, it will be time to celebrate—and renew—America’s 1775 revolt against usurping monarchs. People protest outside the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh, Fe…
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February 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM

Friday Nite Videos | February 6, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | February 6, 2025     February 7, 2025 xxxxxx Trump Proposes Gaza Takeover | The Daily Show. Elon Musk: Party in the USA (Song Parody). What is Hugging Face? Could AI Wipe Out Mainstream Media? Mo: Season 2 Trailer | Netflix. , …