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May 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM

Freedom Flotilla Heading to Gaza Attacked by Drones

Freedom Flotilla Heading to Gaza Attacked by Drones     Saurav Sarkar May 7, 2025 The Progressive The ship, which was carrying human rights activists and humanitarian aid bound for Gaza, was anchored in international waters as it awaited permission to dock…

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May 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM

Beyond the Ivy League, International Students at Rural Colleges Are Being Detained by ICE

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May 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM

A Chorus of Defiance

A Chorus of Defiance     David Cortright April 24, 2025 Boston Review Today marks the 80th anniversary of the of World War II on the European continent. This week is also fifty years after the Vietnam War’s end. What are the lessons for today from the peac…

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May 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM

Tidbits – May 8- Reader Comments: 50 Years After Vietnam War End; Largest May Day in US; Birth Rates Falling; Israel War Cabinet Approved Plan To Seize Entire Gaza Strip; “It’s Time” People’s Peace Summit of Palestinians and Jews in Jerusalem; More

Tidbits – May 8- Reader Comments: 50 Years After Vietnam War End; Largest May Day in US; Birth Rates Falling; Israel War Cabinet Approved Plan To Seize Entire Gaza Strip; “It’s Time” People’s Peace Summit of Palestinians and Jews in Jerusalem; More     May 8, 2025…

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May 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

This Is More Than a Legal Read

Portside Culture This Is More Than a Legal Read     Bill Fletcher, Jr. April 11, 2025 Portside The focus of the book is on Dominic Ongwen, a former soldier in the cultish army known as the Lord’s Resistance Army in northern Uganda. Ongwen had been ki…

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May 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Dangerous Chimera

Portside Culture Dangerous Chimera     Colin Kidd May 8, 2025 London Review of Books Reviewer Kidd considers a new history of the idea of liberty by one of the UK's most esteemed political philosophers. ,   Liberty as Independence…

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May 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM

‘Bonkers’: US, Israel Reportedly Discuss US-Led Administration in Gaza

‘Bonkers’: US, Israel Reportedly Discuss US-Led Administration in Gaza     Jessica Corbett May 7, 2025 Common Dreams "Right, because the U.S. occupation of Iraq is certainly the best-case scenario for Gaza today," one critic quipped. President Tr…

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May 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM

Zohran Mamdani Is Laser-Focused on an Affordable New York

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May 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM

A Crisis Is No Time for Amateurs

A Crisis Is No Time for Amateurs     Tom Nichols May 7, 2025 The Atlantic The unfolding conflict between Pakistan and India needs to be handled with the utmost care and competence. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Paris on April 17, 2025., …

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May 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM

Republicans Opt To Make Education an Upper-Class Privilege

Republicans Opt To Make Education an Upper-Class Privilege     David Dayen April 30, 2025 The American Prospect The goal is to save money on higher-education assistance to pay for tax cuts for the rich. Debt Collective student loan borrowers lead…

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May 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – May 7, 2025

Global Left Midweek – May 7, 2025     May 7, 2025 xxxxxx Why May Day is necessary May Day 2025 in Havana. Credit, AFP   Internationalism at the Heart of May Day May Day ’25 Photos National Strike in Panama Israelis and Palestine’s Freedom …

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May 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM

How AOC Can Make Oversight Great Again

How AOC Can Make Oversight Great Again     Kiren Gopal May 2, 2025 The American Prospect A former oversight staffer on how to generate attention from Capitol Hill for working-class issues Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) looks on during a Hou…

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May 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Pro-Israel Senators Show Their Hand by Opposing Free Speech Protections in Now-Delayed Antisemitism Bill

Pro-Israel Senators Show Their Hand by Opposing Free Speech Protections in Now-Delayed Antisemitism Bill     Robert Mccaw; Edward Ahmed Mitchell May 6, 2025 Common Dreams The Antisemitism Awareness Act has never been about countering antisemitism or protec…

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May 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Keep Demonstrating Against Trump — but Also for a Better Future.

Keep Demonstrating Against Trump — but Also for a Better Future.     Robert Reich May 6, 2025 Robert Reich Substack The importance of progressive populism ,   Friends, Demonstrations against Trump are getting larger and louder. Fabulous. …

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May 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Christopher Hill, Pioneer of History From Below

Christopher Hill, Pioneer of History From Below     Raphael Magarik May 5, 2025 Jacobin Christopher Hill’s work on 17th-century England has been remarkably influential. In books like The World Turned Upside Down, he recovered the history of vanquished radi…

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May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – May 6, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – May 6, 2025     May 6, 2025 xxxxxx ICE is reading from an old textbook , Library of Congress   How I Became an “Antisemite” Deportations USA Mutual Aid in the Age of Fascism “Lock Her Up!” Means You Salti…

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May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Legend of Ochi Is a Handcrafted Kids’ Manifesto

Portside Culture The Legend of Ochi Is a Handcrafted Kids’ Manifesto     Eileen Jones May 2, 2025 Jacobin The Legend of Ochi, a new A24 family film, combines live action, CGI, and old-fashioned puppetry to charming effect. Helena Zengel s…

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May 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM

The Great MAGA Job Scam: How Trump Is Plotting the New American Sweatshops

The Great MAGA Job Scam: How Trump Is Plotting the New American Sweatshops     Thom Hartmann May 5, 2025 Hartmann Report They say they’re “bringing back jobs,” but what they really want is a desperate, powerless workforce with no healthcare, no unions, and…

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May 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM

This Week in People’s History, May 7–13, 2025

This Week in People’s History, May 7–13, 2025     xxxxxx A Racist, Anti-Worker Judge? Not This Year (1930), Curtains for Smallpox (1980), Covid Kills Jobs, Too (2020), The Road to Revolution (1775), A Bad, Bad, Day in Augusta (1970), Even a King’s Word Is Not…

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May 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM

Why Motherhood Is Harder in Some Countries Than Others

Why Motherhood Is Harder in Some Countries Than Others     Eleanor J. Bader May 5, 2025 Ms. Magazine Eleanor J. Bader explores with Four Mothers author Abigail Leonard how national policies and cultural norms in Finland, Japan, Kenya and the U.S. shape the…

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May 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM

As Aid Ends, Empire Endures

As Aid Ends, Empire Endures     Marjorie Namara Rugunda May 29, 2025 Africa is a Country Western donors are cutting budgets, but the aid model they built—rooted in control and dependency —still shapes Africa’s development. As aid shrinks, the work ahead is…

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May 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM

A New Study Breaks Down the Staggering Price Hikes at Chain Restaurants

Portside Culture A New Study Breaks Down the Staggering Price Hikes at Chain Restaurants     Stacey Leasca March 20, 2025 Food & Wine Study found prices are skyrocketing across the board. From 2020 to 2025, the inflation rate in the United Stat…

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May 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Red States Eviscerating Child Work Protections

Red States Eviscerating Child Work Protections     Michael Hiltzik May 2, 2025 Los Angeles Times Florida is not the first state to loosen child labor protections, or even the most aggressive in that effort. Last year eight states, all led by Republicans, d…

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May 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM

Sunday Science: Powerful Protein Editors Offer New Ways of Probing Living Cells

Sunday Science: Powerful Protein Editors Offer New Ways of Probing Living Cells     Asher Mullard May 1, 2025 Nature Scientists deploy self-splicing protein subunits to insert strange new additions into target proteins. Protein molecules (artist’…

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May 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM

Breaking New Records, Israel Sees Unprecedented Spike in Media Censorship

Breaking New Records, Israel Sees Unprecedented Spike in Media Censorship     Haggai Matar May 2, 2025 +972 Magazine In 2024, Israel's military censor banned 1,635 articles from publication and partially redacted another 6,265 — part of a wider assault on …

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May 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM

Russia Is in Demographic Free Fall. Putin Isn’t Helping.

Russia Is in Demographic Free Fall. Putin Isn’t Helping.     Anna Nemtsova April 29, 2025 The Atlantic The Russian president is enacting one of the world’s most extreme natalism programs—and one of the weirdest. , Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP / Gett…

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May 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM

Ryan Coogler’s Road to “Sinners”

Ryan Coogler’s Road to “Sinners”     Jelani Cobb April 28, 2025 The New Yorker The film represents a departure for the “Black Panther” director, and a creative risk; it grapples with ideas about music, race, family, religion—and vampires. “Sinner…

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May 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM

Trump’s Newest Executive Order “Unleashes” the Cops—and Flirts With Martial Law

Trump’s Newest Executive Order “Unleashes” the Cops—and Flirts With Martial Law     Elie Mystal April 30, 2025 The Nation The new order effectively allows police to get away with murder. And that’s just the beginning. Donald Trump displays a sign…

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May 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM

US Defeat in Vietnam

US Defeat in Vietnam     Michael G. Vann April 30, 2025 Jacobin The US invasion of Vietnam was a catastrophe for the Vietnamese people, resulting in millions of deaths. Fifty years ago today, the US-backed regime finally collapsed as North Vietnamese force…

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May 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Best Signs of This Year’s May Day Protests

The Best Signs of This Year’s May Day Protests     Maya Pontone May 2, 2025 Hyperallergic From criticism of mass deportations to hilarious roasts of the president, May 1 was a nationwide show of art-filled resistance against the Trump administration. …

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May 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims Remain Uncompensated. Tlaib Aims To Change That.

Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims Remain Uncompensated. Tlaib Aims To Change That.     Marjorie Cohn April 30, 2025 Truthout Vietnamese and US descendants of those exposed to Agent Orange continue to face diseases and congenital anomalies. Just compensation …

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May 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM

“Deprivation by Design”: Israel Intensifies Mass Killing Campaign in Gaza With Starvation and Daily Strikes

“Deprivation by Design”: Israel Intensifies Mass Killing Campaign in Gaza With Starvation and Daily Strikes     Rasha Abou Jalal and Sharif Abdel Kouddous April 30, 2025 Drop Site News The scale of killing in Gaza is almost impossible to track as the Israe…

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May 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Madeline Brewer Reflects on the Timely Legacies of You and the Handmaid’s Tale

Portside Culture Madeline Brewer Reflects on the Timely Legacies of You and the Handmaid’s Tale     Saloni Gajjar April 28, 2025 AV Club "These shows have become about getting through tough times with community and sisterhood." You , (Pho…

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May 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM

A Willful Amnesia

A Willful Amnesia     E. Ethelbert Miller April 29, 2025 Washington Spectator This refusal to learn is the shadow of the Vietnam War that hangs over us now as our nation appears to be losing its soul and the Trump regime demonstrates not only how to ignore…

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May 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM

Friday Nite Videos | May 2, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | May 2, 2025     xxxxxx May 2, 2025 xxxxxx How to Prevent Future Trumps. Trump Voters Have A Warning For Him. RFK Jr. Explodes U.S. Health and Science. Waltz Departs the Group Chat. Viet Thanh Nguyen on 50 Years After Vietnam War. …

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May 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM

Early Victory for Voting Rights

Early Victory for Voting Rights     Michael Waldman April 29, 2025 Brennan Center for Justice A judge has blocked a key part of the president’s attempt to rewrite election rules. “Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States — not the President — with…

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May 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM

Birth Rates Are Falling. Here Are Real Solutions.

Birth Rates Are Falling. Here Are Real Solutions.     Katelyn Jetelina April 25, 2025 Your Local Epidemiologist In the U.S.—and across much of the world—fertility rates are falling, and populations are projected to shrink. People are having fewer children …

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May 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM

SCOTUS Thinks Church-State Separation Is Anti-Religious Bigotry

SCOTUS Thinks Church-State Separation Is Anti-Religious Bigotry     Mark Joseph Stern April 30, 2025 Slate The Supreme Court is poised to open the floodgates to mandatory taxpayer support for religious education across the country, striking down restrictio…

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May 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM

A Vietnam Story: From Othering to Solidarity

A Vietnam Story: From Othering to Solidarity     JJ Johnson April 29, 2025 Washington Spectator Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, JJ Johnson reflects on the journey that led him, along with two fellow Fort Hood soldiers, to refuse orders to Vie…

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May 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Procreation Obligation

Portside Culture Procreation Obligation     Rebecca Foust You Are Leaving the American Sector: Love Poems Taking George Orwell's classic text, 1984, as her foundation, poet Rebecca Foust casts a cold eye on the pronatalism of today's religious conserv…

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May 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM

‘It’s in Our DNA To Be Anti-Fascist’: Germany’s Leftwing ‘TikTok Queen’ Heidi Reichinnek

‘It’s in Our DNA To Be Anti-Fascist’: Germany’s Leftwing ‘TikTok Queen’ Heidi Reichinnek     Kate Connolly April 29, 2025 The Guardian A powerful speech in the Bundestag made her famous and has inspired young voters to fight back against the far right. We …

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May 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Waiting for the Supply Shock

Waiting for the Supply Shock     David Dayen April 30, 2025 The American Prospect It’s coming, and we know approximately when. The economy contracted by 0.3 percent, and imports have contracted. Tariffs of 145 percent on China are a trade embargo for many …

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May 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Columbia Student Has Clear Message for Trump After Judge Frees Him

Columbia Student Has Clear Message for Trump After Judge Frees Him     Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling April 30, 2025 The New Republic A federal judge freed Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student leader at Columbia University, who was part of the pro-Palestine pr…

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May 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM

What Is the Role of Israelis in the Palestinian Liberation Movement?

What Is the Role of Israelis in the Palestinian Liberation Movement?     Fadi Shabita May 25, 2025 +972 Magazine The history of anti-colonial organizing shows there is room for joint struggle — but only if the partnership aims to promote true equality and …

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May 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits – May 1- Reader Comments: Children Deported; Judge Arrested; Is America Pissed Off Enough for General Strike-Happy May Day; Labor for Democracy; RFK Jr Ends Narcan Program; Appealing to Military-National Guard Not Comply With Unlawful Orders

Tidbits – May 1- Reader Comments: Children Deported; Judge Arrested; Is America Pissed Off Enough for General Strike-Happy May Day; Labor for Democracy; RFK Jr Ends Narcan Program; Appealing to Military-National Guard Not Comply With Unlawful Orders     May 1, 202…

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May 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM

Workers Defy the Billionaire Takeover on May Day

Workers Defy the Billionaire Takeover on May Day     Luis Feliz Leon April 30, 2025 In These Times A guide to May Day 2025 actions. ,   Where are the pitchforks? President Donald Trump’s administration has declared open season on the work…

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May 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM

UNRWA Chief Accuses Israel of Torturing Staff as US Backs Ban on Agency at World Court

UNRWA Chief Accuses Israel of Torturing Staff as US Backs Ban on Agency at World Court     Brett Wilkins April 30, 2025 Common Dreams Nearly 300 UNRWA workers have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 2023, and dozens of other agency staffers have …

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May 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM

The New Deal Is a Stinging Rebuke to Trump and Trumpism

The New Deal Is a Stinging Rebuke to Trump and Trumpism     Jamelle Bouie April 30, 2025 The New York Times As exhausting as they’ve felt to many Americans, these first months of Trump’s second term fall far short of what Roosevelt accomplished ,…

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May 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM

Why April 30th Should Be a National Holiday

Why April 30th Should Be a National Holiday     Michael Moore April 30, 2025 michaelmoore.com Fifty years ago today, on April 30, 1975, Vietnam defeated the United States of America. We have never admitted our guilt in our Southeast Asian genocide, never a…

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Depictions of a White Jesus Uphold Violent Christian Nationalism, White Supremacy

Portside Culture Depictions of a White Jesus Uphold Violent Christian Nationalism, White Supremacy     Eleanor J. Bader April 17, 2025 The Indypendent This book, writes reviewer Bader, "probes the ways Christian nationalism is marketed" to boys, "a…

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