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April 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM

‘Infinite License’

Portside Culture ‘Infinite License’     Omer Bartov April 24, 2025 An Israeli-American historian of Holocaust and Genocide Studies covers the dynamic of a Jewish state that has thrived on Holocaust roots, how that legacy has been exploited becoming …
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April 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM

We’re Now on the Fast Track to a Historic Constitutional Clash

We’re Now on the Fast Track to a Historic Constitutional Clash     David Kurtz April 17, 2025 It looks like potential contempt proceedings in the Alien Enemies Act case and the Abrego Garcia case will be running in parallel, leapfrogging each other for the …
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April 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM

‘The Town Loved Him’: Palestinian Student Detained in Vermont Forged Deep Connections in Ihe Upper Valley

‘The Town Loved Him’: Palestinian Student Detained in Vermont Forged Deep Connections in Ihe Upper Valley     Paul Heintz April 16, 2025 He is widely known in the upper Connecticut River Valley of Vermont, where he has been based since moving to the United …
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April 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM

I’m a Jewish Israeli in the US Standing Up for Palestine. By Trump’s Logic, I’m a Terror Supporter

I’m a Jewish Israeli in the US Standing Up for Palestine. By Trump’s Logic, I’m a Terror Supporter     Eran Zelnik April 10, 2025 I have committed the same acts they have committed, including publishing an article that calls the war in Gaza a genocide, part…
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April 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM

The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals

The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals     Jeet Heer April 9, 2025 Trumpism is only Bidenism carried to its logical conclusion. Joe Biden was in many ways heir to the militaristic liberalism of Wilson and Truman—especially visible in his efforts to rev…
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April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM

Tidbits – Apr.17 – Reader Comments: First They Came for Kilmar; We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid; New Resource: Immigrants and the Economy; Lots of Cartoons As We Struggle To Make the World Better; and More;

Tidbits – Apr.17 – Reader Comments: First They Came for Kilmar; We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid; New Resource: Immigrants and the Economy; Lots of Cartoons As We Struggle To Make the World Better; and More;     April 17, 2025 Reader Comments: First they …
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April 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Day of Action on 150+ Campuses Across US Will Target Trump Attack on Higher Education

Day of Action on 150+ Campuses Across US Will Target Trump Attack on Higher Education     Julia Conley April 16, 2025 "What is at stake is the defense of our fundamental democratic rights and constitutional freedoms," said one organizer. Demonstra…
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April 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM

You Only Get What You’re Organized To Take

You Only Get What You’re Organized To Take     Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back April 15, 2025 The Power of the Poor in Trump’s America ,   The day after Donald Trump won the 2024 election, the 10 richest people in the world — includi…
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April 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM

Shawn Fain: We Need a Political Movement for Workers

Shawn Fain: We Need a Political Movement for Workers     Shawn Fain April 15, 2025 United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain explains his union’s position on tariffs and argues that we need a political movement that puts working-class people first to address…
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April 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM

When Charlie Met Joan: The Tragedy of the Chaplin Trials and the Failings of American Law

Portside Culture When Charlie Met Joan: The Tragedy of the Chaplin Trials and the Failings of American Law     Ken Ackerman February 28, 2025 The Little Tramp’s legal woes were more over-the-top than a Bruckheimer film ,   When Cha…
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April 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM

We’re About To Find Out What Mass Deportation Really Looks Like

We’re About To Find Out What Mass Deportation Really Looks Like     Nick Miroff April 16, 2025 The Trump administration’s campaign to remove millions of people from the United States could soon be supercharged by Congress. Salvadoran police office…
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April 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – April 16, 2025

Global Left Midweek – April 16, 2025     April 16, 2025 xxxxxx A week for general strikes 24-hour strike in Athens, April 9, 2025. Credit, Al Jazeera   Greenlanders Respond to Trump Scientists Oppose EU Rearmament Nigeria Heats Up Citizens…
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April 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM

A New Plan To Fix Mexico’s Housing Crisis

A New Plan To Fix Mexico’s Housing Crisis     Ximena González April 11, 2025 Jacobin Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum wants to bring social housing back to Mexico City’s core. It may be the capital’s best shot at making affordability more than just a slog…
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April 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Next Person in a Cell With No Charges Could Be You

The Next Person in a Cell With No Charges Could Be You     Thom Hartmann April 15, 2025 Common Dreams We are now in the midst of a outright coup against the Constitution, against the United States, and against our founding ideals. If we don't fight for and w…
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April 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Tax Day 2025: Your Tax Receipt

Tax Day 2025: Your Tax Receipt     April 15, 2025 National Priorities Project We compared taxes paid by the average taxpayer on a host of programs to the benchmark of our times — the price of a dozen eggs. In February 2025, the average price for a dozen egg…
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April 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Trump’s Trade War Is a Political Trap for Democrats

Trump’s Trade War Is a Political Trap for Democrats     David Sirota April 15, 2025 The Lever The president’s reckless tariffs are designed to goad his opponents into touting free trade and scoffing at the working class. , AP Photo/Aaron Favila, Po…
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April 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – April 15, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes – April 15, 2025     April 15, 2025 xxxxxx Media caught in Trump’s net , Columbia Journalism Review / Adobe Stock / Illustration by Katie Kosma   Trump Defies Court Order on AP Access Democracy Dies in Daylight The End…
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April 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Frantz Fanon’s Algerian Years on Film

Portside Culture Frantz Fanon’s Algerian Years on Film     An interview with Jean-Claude Barny April 7, 2025 Jacobin In French-ruled Algeria, Frantz Fanon was a psychiatrist and an active member of the National Liberation Front. A new movie portrays …
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April 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM

Today’s ‘Death Squad’ Dems Enable the Trump-Backed Slaughter in Yemen, Gaza, and Beyond

Today’s ‘Death Squad’ Dems Enable the Trump-Backed Slaughter in Yemen, Gaza, and Beyond     Stephen Zunes April 14, 2025 Common Dreams The truth is that a number of Democratic members of Congress, whom millions of people see as leading the resistance, actual…
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April 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM

This Week in People’s History, Apr 16–22, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Apr 16–22, 2025     xxxxxx What First Amendment? (2000), “Freedom Now in Vietnam” (1965), Saying ‘No’ to Colonialism (1955), If They Want War, Let Them Have It (1775), Impunity for Racist Threats (1965), McCarthyism Flops on Br…
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April 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Escape Trump's Trap: Act Like a University, Not Like a Business

Escape Trump's Trap: Act Like a University, Not Like a Business     Masha Gessen April 14, 2025 New York Times Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and expand your reach by bringing education to communities. Create a…
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April 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Union & Immigrant Rights Group Join Forces To Fight Outrageous Deportation

Union & Immigrant Rights Group Join Forces To Fight Outrageous Deportation     Steve Morse April 4, 2025 Labor Rise “In his pursuit of the life promised by the American dream, Brother Kilmar was literally helping to build this great country. What did he …
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April 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM

How To Fight Trump’s Attacks on Farmworkers

Portside Culture How To Fight Trump’s Attacks on Farmworkers     David Bacon April 11, 2025 The Nation ICE is picking people up on warrants for detention across the country. ICE Director Tom Homan calls all undocumented immigrants criminals and there…
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April 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Is Claudia Sheinbaum the Anti-Trump?

Is Claudia Sheinbaum the Anti-Trump?     Michelle Goldberg April 4, 2025 New York Times Last year was a bad one for incumbent political parties and for women. One country, however, bucked all these trends: Mexico, where Claudia Sheinbaum, won the presidency …
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April 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM

Sunday Science: 50-Year-Old Bioweapons Treaty Is Dangerously Flawed, Researchers Say

Sunday Science: 50-Year-Old Bioweapons Treaty Is Dangerously Flawed, Researchers Say     Richard Stone April 4, 2025 Science Without enforcement mechanisms, the Biological Weapons Convention risks leaving the world “completely unprepared” A view fr…
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April 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM

UAW President Shawn Fain on Why He Supports Tariffs

UAW President Shawn Fain on Why He Supports Tariffs     Shawn Fain, David Sirota April 10, 2025 Jacobin In an interview, United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain argues that the era of “free-trade” deals like NAFTA has been a disaster for the US working clas…
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April 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM

No, President Trump, the Income Tax Wasn’t a Mistake. But It Was an Accident.

No, President Trump, the Income Tax Wasn’t a Mistake. But It Was an Accident.     Jesse Eisinger ProPublica While instituting the largest tariff increase in modern history, Trump claimed that the income tax was passed for “reasons unknown to mankind” and caus…
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April 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign To Remove Pro-Palestine Posts on Facebook and Instagram

Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign To Remove Pro-Palestine Posts on Facebook and Instagram     Waqas Ahmed, Nicholas Rodelo, Ryan Grim, and Murtaza Hussain April 11, 2025 Drop Site News A sweeping crackdown on posts on Instagram and Facebook that a…
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April 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Bond Vigilantes Are Now the Unchallenged Kings Thanks to a Feckless Congress and Reckless Trump

Bond Vigilantes Are Now the Unchallenged Kings Thanks to a Feckless Congress and Reckless Trump     Jeet Heer April 11, 2025 The Nation A president who bullies Congress kowtows to the bond market. A screen displays financial news on the floor at th…
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April 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

There Were a Lot Fewer Television Writing Jobs Last Season, According to Writers Guild of America Report

Portside Culture There Were a Lot Fewer Television Writing Jobs Last Season, According to Writers Guild of America Report     Mary Kate Carr April 11, 2025 AV Club There were 1,319 fewer jobs in TV writing in the 2023-24 season. , Screensho…
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April 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump Signs Order Targeting Law Firm

Trump Signs Order Targeting Law Firm     Sam Levine April 9, 2025 The Guardian Order punishes Susman Godfrey, which helped Dominion Voting Systems get millions from Fox for 2020 election lies People walk past Fox News signs in New York City, in 202…
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April 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM

American Concentration Camps

American Concentration Camps     Brett Wilkins April 11, 2025 Common Dreams 'Dystopian' Trump Plan for Massive Expansion of ICE Detention Centers Exposed This February 7, 2025 photo shows the entrance to the CoreCivic Otay Mesa Detention Center in …
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April 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM

We Have a Moral Imperative To Reclaim America From the Extremists in Power

We Have a Moral Imperative To Reclaim America From the Extremists in Power     . William Barber II and Tope Folarin April 8, 2025 Newsweek We oppose the immoral budget priorities of this president and his allies in Congress. It's time for a new season of mor…
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April 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM

10 Organizing Principles for Defeating Trumpism 2.0

10 Organizing Principles for Defeating Trumpism 2.0     Arun Gupta April 1, 2025 Yes Magazine Organizing lessons I learned from movements for worker organizing, immigrant rights, Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, climate justice, Palestine solidarity, …