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May 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – May 13, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes – May 13, 2025     May 13, 2025 xxxxxx How to win a Pulitzer Ann Telnaes and the cartoon The Washington Post banned. Credit, VRT NWS   New Faces in the White House Briefing Room Hero Cartoonist Ann Telnaes Wins Pulitze…

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May 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM

This Week in People’s History, May 14–20, 2025

This Week in People’s History, May 14–20, 2025     xxxxxx Gun Control? What’s That? (2000), Many Bullets, No Justice (1970), Famous But Unknown (1950), What’s In a Name? A Lot (1990), Riot or Rebellion in Miami? (1980), Lay Down that Sword and Shield (1960), …

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May 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter From Jail to His Son

Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter From Jail to His Son     Mahmoud Khalil May 11, 2025 The Guardian To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction. Deen, the grief I feel being apart from you is one drop in a sea of sorrow Palestinian families have…

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May 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The ‘Disappeared’: Lessons From Latin America

The ‘Disappeared’: Lessons From Latin America     National Security Archive May 12, 2025 National Security Archive We can’t help but connect what is happening in our country today to a long history in the Americas of governments’ use of enforced disappearanc…

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May 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM

John Berger’s Essays on Language, the Middle East Still Resonate 20 Years Later

John Berger’s Essays on Language, the Middle East Still Resonate 20 Years Later     Eli Recht-Appel May 12, 2025 The Indypendent That chasm between language and reality, “the ravine between declared principles and real aims,” obscured both the atrocities …

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May 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tolkien Against the Grain

Tolkien Against the Grain     Gerry Canavan April 28, 2025 Dissent Magazine The Lord of the Rings is a book obsessed with ruins, bloodlines, and the divine right of aristocrats. Why are so many on the left able to love it? A page from J.R.R. Tolk…

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May 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Great Pouchification of American Food

Portside Culture The Great Pouchification of American Food     Cathy Erway October 22, 2024 Taste Cooking Pouchification: convenience, efficiency, and the environmental impact of our great shift to plastic. Both independent start-ups and …

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May 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM

Sunday Science: How Political Attacks Could Crush the mRNA Vaccine Revolution

Sunday Science: How Political Attacks Could Crush the mRNA Vaccine Revolution     Elie Dolgin May 9, 2025 Nature Drug makers are scrambling to navigate an ‘existential threat’ to a once-celebrated technology. , Illustration: Jasiek Krzysztofiak; …

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May 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM

A Fighting Union’s Path to Renewal: The UE Story

A Fighting Union’s Path to Renewal: The UE Story     Chris Townsend May 9, 2025 UE News The ongoing organizational renewal and substantial growth of UE is one of the most remarkable stories in the U.S. labor movement in decades. Of the 42 unions who compri…

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May 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM

How Unions Can Protect Immigrants

How Unions Can Protect Immigrants     Patrick Iber, Natasha Lewis May 8, 2025 Dissent Magazine An interview with Faye Guenther, president of UFCW Local 3000. A May Day immigrant rights rally in Union Square in New York City in 2010, Tony Savino/C…

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May 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM

“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case

“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case     Noah Hurowitz May 5, 2025 The Intercept “We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a union official about a raid in we…

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May 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM

Inside the Bloodbath at the NIH

Inside the Bloodbath at the NIH     Gregg Gonsalves May 8, 2025 The Nation Sources say that a climate of fear has spread throughout the agency as the Trump administration takes a hatchet to its core functions. Donald Trump, accompanied by Nationa…

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May 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM

‘Andor’: The ‘Star Wars’ Show That Knows What Fascism Really Looks Like

Portside Culture ‘Andor’: The ‘Star Wars’ Show That Knows What Fascism Really Looks Like     Tyler Huckabee May 6, 2025 Sojourners Andor, Tony Gilroy’s prequel series leading up to the events of Rogue One, is a Star Wars story about the people who …

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May 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Crypto Racket

The Crypto Racket     Candice Bernd May 9, 2025 The American Prospect Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution. , Thomas Tr…

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May 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump To Welcome White South Africans

Trump To Welcome White South Africans     Katya Schwenk May 6, 2025 The Lever Amid a near-total asylum ban, government sources say Trump officials are planning to use funds for at-risk refugees to facilitate imminent Afrikaner resettlement. In a …

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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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