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May 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

History Is Our Battleground

History Is Our Battleground     Walter Baier May 7, 2025 Transform!Europe This year marks a crucial moment in the struggle over historical memory. We commemorate the liberation of the concentration camps, the capitulation of the German Wehrmacht, and the e…
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May 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Peace for Minerals: DRC Activists Refuse American Blackmail

Peace for Minerals: DRC Activists Refuse American Blackmail     Marinella Correggia May 5, 2025 Il Manifesto Global Congolese civil society rejects U.S.-brokered peace with Rwanda: ‘any agreement that strips the nation of its natural wealth would constitut…
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May 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Center for Popular Democracy Launches Campaign To Protect 14th Amendment

Center for Popular Democracy Launches Campaign To Protect 14th Amendment     Ariana Orozco May 6, 2025 The Indypendent Part of the ‘deep political education’ the CPD aims to provide is the history of the 14th Amendment and the indispensable role Black Amer…
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May 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | May 9, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | May 9, 2025     May 9, 2025 xxxxxx Transgender Soldiers: Why Trump’s Ban Is Bogus | Daily Show. Gov. Pritzker Blasts Republicans and ‘Do-nothing Democrats.' Why This Red State Made Preschool Free. 'Is Elmo a Communist?' Sexual Abuse Surv…
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May 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM

What Direction for Leo XIV and for the Catholic Church?

What Direction for Leo XIV and for the Catholic Church?     Joanne M. Pierce, Maureen K. Day May 9, 2025 The Conversation Will Leo XIV follow in Francis' footsteps or strike out in a new direction? How will the new papacy affect how the U.S. Catholic Church …
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May 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM

Why Is Congress Silent on the Nightmare in Gaza?

Why Is Congress Silent on the Nightmare in Gaza?     Bernie Sanders May 8, 2025 Common Dreams Senator Bernie Sanders says: History will not forgive our complicity. The time is long overdue for us to end our support for Netanyahu’s destruction of the Palest…
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May 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM

RFK Jr.’s Unethical and Deadly Vaccine Testing Plans

RFK Jr.’s Unethical and Deadly Vaccine Testing Plans     Michael Hiltzik May 8, 2025 Los Angeles Times RFK Jr. plans to require more testing of vaccines before they approved, in the name of greater rigor. In fact, his proposals are highly unethical and pos…
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May 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM

The Democrats’ Great Debates

The Democrats’ Great Debates     Robert Kuttner May 9, 2025 The American Prospect How to contain Trump and defend democracy? What to stand for affirmatively as an opposition party? The outcome of these two debates will determine the direction and future of…
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May 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Day 570

Portside Culture Day 570     Anita Barrows California poet Anita Barrows writes: "When the genocide began I started writing daily notes. I felt the urgency to document these tragedies in a whole poem every day, and that is what I will do until the gen…
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May 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM

We Just Got a New Pope—and MAGA Is Already Losing Its Mind

We Just Got a New Pope—and MAGA Is Already Losing Its Mind     Edith Olmsted May 8, 2025 The New Republic Within just a few hours of white smoke rising out of the Vatican, MAGA is already fuming over the new pope. MAGA is in full meltdown mode over the new…
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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

Beyond the Ivy League, International Students at Rural Colleges Are Being Detained by ICE     Rachael Hanel May 8, 2025 Barn Raiser Students, teachers and staff work “day and night” to protect the rights of international students, often the lifeblood of ru…
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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

Zohran Mamdani Is Laser-Focused on an Affordable New York     Liza Featherstone May 7, 2025 Jacobin With local and national elites indifferent to working-class struggles over the costs of housing, childcare, groceries, and more, socialist NYC mayoral candi…
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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…