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June 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM

This Week in People’s History, Jun 18–24, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Jun 18–24, 2025     xxxxxx Jim Crow’s Brutal Defenders (1965), Free At Last, Free At Last! (1865), Simpler Than, and Just as True as E = mc2 (1940), Happy Birthday, Industrial Workers of the World! ,   Jim Crow…

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June 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Five & Dime Solution to Wealth Concentration

The Five & Dime Solution to Wealth Concentration     Gabriel Zucman June 10, 2025 The Guardian Unprecedented wealth concentration – and the unbridled power that comes with it – distorts our democracy and drives societal and economic tensions. The Five …

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June 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Bring Back Horn & Hardart

Portside Culture Bring Back Horn & Hardart     Laine Doss June 11, 2025 Broken Palate David Arena relaunched Horn & Hardart a little over two years ago. His goal is to bring back not just the company but its values. The beloved au…

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June 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Rep. Melissa Hortman, Killed in Targeted Attack, Was a Champion for Minnesotan Families

Rep. Melissa Hortman, Killed in Targeted Attack, Was a Champion for Minnesotan Families     Grace Panetta June 14, 2025 The 19th Hortman worked closely with Gov. Tim Walz to enact policies that prioritized children and expanded protections for abortion and…

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June 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Designing a Wealth Tax for Today’s Robber Barons

Designing a Wealth Tax for Today’s Robber Barons     Alex Hemingway June 12, 2025 Jacobin A proposed wealth tax on Canada’s richest 0.6% could raise hundreds of billions of dollars — enough to tackle housing, transit, and care. The sheer scale of what a ti…

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June 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM

Sunday Science: Shining a Light on the World of Tiny Proteins

Sunday Science: Shining a Light on the World of Tiny Proteins     Carl Zimmer June 12, 2025 The New York Times From viruses to humans, life makes microproteins that have evaded discovery until now. Ribosomes, shown in blue in this scanning electr…

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June 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM

Wall Street to Insurers: Keep Denying Care

Wall Street to Insurers: Keep Denying Care     Katya Schwenk June 6, 2025 The Lever UnitedHealth Group’s investors were profiting from its high denial rates. Now, they’re suing to ensure that doesn’t change. AP Photo, Kevin Hagen   Ahealt…

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June 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM

The Shame of Israeli Medicine

The Shame of Israeli Medicine     Neve Gordon, Guy Shalev, and Osama Tanous May 31, 2025 The New York Review of Books Faced with the destruction of Gaza’s hospitals and the systematic deprivation of Palestinians’ right to health, Israel’s medical establish…

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June 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM

Mamdani’s Economic Populism Closes Gap With Big-Money Rival Cuomo

Mamdani’s Economic Populism Closes Gap With Big-Money Rival Cuomo     Whitney Curry Wimbish June 12, 2025 The American Prospect Progressive candidates and researchers say his approach can win the U.S. back from Trumpism. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …

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June 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM

How the First Black Bank Was Looted

How the First Black Bank Was Looted     Dale Kretz June 12, 2025 Jacobin In the early days of the Gilded Age’s rush for profit, freed people’s savings were siphoned off by politically connected financiers. Justene Hill Edwards’s Savings and Trust uncovers …

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June 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Netflix’s ‘The Eternaut’ Makes a Haunting Series of an Esteemed Argentine Comic

Portside Culture Netflix’s ‘The Eternaut’ Makes a Haunting Series of an Esteemed Argentine Comic     Bob Mondello June 9, 2025 NPR That in 1977, during a brutal military dictatorship, Oesterheld and his four daughters were all "disappeared" added i…

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June 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Past, Present, and Future of Left Jewish Identity

The Past, Present, and Future of Left Jewish Identity     An interview with Benjamin Balthaser June 8, 2025 Jacobin The kind of Jewish identity on display in Jewish-led Palestine solidarity demonstrations organized by groups like Jewish Voice for Peace is …

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June 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM

“No Kings” Protests Draw Crowds in Cities Across U.S.

“No Kings” Protests Draw Crowds in Cities Across U.S.     June 14, 2025 CBS In Greenfield Ma., a small city of 17,000 in rural western Massachusetts, 3000 people turned out for No Kings Day. Demonstrators gather for the "No Kings" protest against…

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June 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Why Did Israel Attack Iran Now?

Why Did Israel Attack Iran Now?     Marc Lynch June 13, 2025 The Ghost of Abu Aardvark Under any interpretation, Israel's attack is clearly illegal under international law, not that anyone seems to care anymore. Israel's attack on Iran is best understood a…

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June 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Freedom of Movement and Global Apartheid: The United States and Israel

Freedom of Movement and Global Apartheid: The United States and Israel     Aviva Chomsky June 10, 2025 TomDispatch Most of the world agrees that apartheid inside a country’s borders is the epitome of injustice. Why, then, are we so ready to accept a global…

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June 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Be Like Greta Thunberg

Be Like Greta Thunberg     Angelina Giannopoulou June 4, 2025 Transform!Europe “If you, as a climate activist, don’t also fight for a free Palestine and an end to colonialism and oppression all over the world, then you should not be able to call yourself a…

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June 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM

Friday Nite Videos | June 13, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | June 13, 2025     June 13, 2025 xxxxxx "Who'll Stand With Us?" | Dropkick Murphys. Meme Coin Entrepreneur Plans $45 Million Military Parade | The Daily Show. Interview: Senator Alex Padilla. STRAW | Tyler Perry Movie. Who's Funding NYC M…

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June 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM

Rage and Prayer in Los Angeles

Rage and Prayer in Los Angeles     Manuel Pastor June 13, 2025 Dissent Magazine The task of this moment is to build a broad front that can resist authoritarianism. The recent protests are early skirmishes in the fight that will be needed. Faith lea…

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June 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM

Netanyahu’s Iran Attack Trumps Trump

Netanyahu’s Iran Attack Trumps Trump     Robert Kuttner June 13, 2025 The American Prospect Basically, U.S. policy in the Middle East is a stepchild of Israeli policy, and Netanyahu keeps playing Trump for a fool (which is not hard). Netanyahu played the s…

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June 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM

Judge Issues Sweeping Smackdown of National Guard Takeover

Judge Issues Sweeping Smackdown of National Guard Takeover     Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern June 13, 2025 Slate Trump claimed there is a rebellion, but Judge Breyer said that obviously no such rebellion exists. Breyer held that a handful of indivi…

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June 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM

Protests Could Break Trump’s Deportation Machine

Protests Could Break Trump’s Deportation Machine     Jean Guerrero June 13, 2025 The New York Times The videos coming out of LA and other cities reveal something Trump's politics can’t touch: the fierce humanity of people willing to risk everything for one…

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June 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Marxist Analysis of the Fifth Labor of Hercules

Portside Culture Marxist Analysis of the Fifth Labor of Hercules     Alan Dugan Riffing on an ancient myth, poet Alan Dugan finds a lesson applicable to our current predicament. Poems Seven: New and Complete Poetry by Alan Dugan, Seven Stori…

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June 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM

To Defeat Trump’s Fascism, We Must Confront Militarism

To Defeat Trump’s Fascism, We Must Confront Militarism     Christine Ahn and Leslie Cagan June 12, 2025 Common Dreams While most Americans instinctively understand the threat U.S. militarism poses to democracy, the times call for more explicit links betwee…

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June 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM

The Silence of the Generals

The Silence of the Generals     Tom Nichols June 10, 2025 The Atlantic As Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line at Fort Bragg, the brass failed to speak out in the Army’s defense. He led soldiers in a display of behavior that ran contrary to everything the…

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June 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM

ICE’s War on Home

ICE’s War on Home     Anahid Nersessian June 10, 2025 London Review of Books ICE’s primary targets under Trump: non-citizens involved in protests against Israel’s war on Gaza and non-citizens who are Hispanic or Latino. ICE is also targeting immigrants of …

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June 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Why on Earth Should Air Traffic Controllers Be Pro-Trump?

Why on Earth Should Air Traffic Controllers Be Pro-Trump?     Erwin Chemerinsky and Catherine Fisk June 6, 2025 The New York Times The White House took a step last week that significantly undercuts the idea that federal employment should be nonpartisan. No m…

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June 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits- June 12-Readers Comments: Key Characteristics of Fascism; National Guard, Marines, 3000 Seized by ICE Each Day – Nuremberg Laws Went Into Effect in 1935; No Kings Day – This Saturday in More Than 2000 Communities and Cities; Resources; More

Tidbits- June 12-Readers Comments: Key Characteristics of Fascism; National Guard, Marines, 3000 Seized by ICE Each Day – Nuremberg Laws Went Into Effect in 1935; No Kings Day – This Saturday in More Than 2000 Communities and Cities; Resources; More     June 12, 2…

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June 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM

Germans, Hungarians, Russians, Italians All Waited Until It Was Too Late: Are Americans About To Join That Tragic Club?

Germans, Hungarians, Russians, Italians All Waited Until It Was Too Late: Are Americans About To Join That Tragic Club?     Thom Hartmann June 11, 2025 Hartmann Report Step by Step, MAGA Is normalizing repression and setting America up for tyranny. Will we…

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June 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM

Pastor Bryant on Target Boycott and the Black Dollar’s Power: ‘They’ve Awakened a Sleeping Giant’

Pastor Bryant on Target Boycott and the Black Dollar’s Power: ‘They’ve Awakened a Sleeping Giant’     Interview by Andrew Lawrence June 11, 2025 The Guardian The Georgia megachurch leader called for a #TargetFast over its DEI rollback. Now Dollar General i…

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June 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Joan Baez on America Under Trump: ‘It Feels Like Torn Fabric’

Joan Baez on America Under Trump: ‘It Feels Like Torn Fabric’     Interview by David Browne June 11, 2025 Rolling Stone The folk singer and social activist on the reasons protesting has gotten “dangerous,” why it’s essential to still show up, and what she …

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June 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM

Wall Street to Insurers: Keep Denying Care

Wall Street to Insurers: Keep Denying Care     Katya Schwenk June 6, 2025 The Lever UnitedHealth Group’s investors were profiting from its high denial rates. Now, they’re suing to ensure that doesn’t change. , (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)   A h…

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June 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM

“A Thinker Deeply in Love With Humanity” – Understanding Hannah Arendt

Portside Culture “A Thinker Deeply in Love With Humanity” – Understanding Hannah Arendt     Jake Scott April 30, 2025 LSE Review of Books This book looks at previously under examined aspects of Arendt's thinking, especially regarding issues of love…

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June 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – June 11, 2025

Global Left Midweek – June 11, 2025     June 11, 2025 xxxxxx International politics rooted in the historic struggle of peoples for progress The Madleen, a civilian aid vessel operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, set sail for Gaza carrying ur…

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June 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Gaza Flotilla: The Madleen Shows Us the World As It Could Be

Gaza Flotilla: The Madleen Shows Us the World As It Could Be     Soumaya Ghannoushi June 9, 2025 Middle East Eye What if thousands set sail, from every Mediterranean port? What if fishers, sailors, students and parents rose to say: not in our name? …

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June 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM

ICE Mandate To Arrest 3,000 Immigrants per Day Fuels Raids in Massachusetts Communities

ICE Mandate To Arrest 3,000 Immigrants per Day Fuels Raids in Massachusetts Communities     Dan Glaun and Yoohyun Jung June 10, 2025 The Boston Globe “It doesn’t matter if you have a criminal record now, they’re going to detain you,” said Carmen Bello, an …

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June 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Locating Ourselves in the Wreckage of Neoliberalism

Locating Ourselves in the Wreckage of Neoliberalism     Daniel Martinez HoSang; Colena Sesanker June 13, 2025 The American Prospect Democracy Schools and other community listening sessions can bring together people of different experiences around common th…

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June 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM

The Los Angeles Protests Are an Act of Self-Defense

The Los Angeles Protests Are an Act of Self-Defense     Melissa Gira Grant June 10, 2025 The New Republic Residents of L.A. aren’t merely protesting ICE; they’re attempting to protect their communities from ICE’s raids. LAPD officers arrest a pro…

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June 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The IP Machine Laughs at Itself

Portside Culture The IP Machine Laughs at Itself     Eileen Jones June 3, 2025 Jacobin Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg mock Hollywood’s creative collapse in The Studio — while continuing to churn out sequels, reboots, and branded spin-offs. …

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June 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes – June 10, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes – June 10, 2025     June 10, 2025 xxxxxx Coming to a screen near you , Ann Telnaes   Good Night: A TV Event About a TV Event FCC Commish Makes First Amendment Tour Bluesky Aims Big New Surveillance Dangers Video: Ann T…

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June 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM

Flotilla Member Rima Hassan: Israel Is Breaking the Law, Not Us

Flotilla Member Rima Hassan: Israel Is Breaking the Law, Not Us     Interview by Hanno Hauenstein June 9, 2025 Jacobin This morning, Israeli authorities captured the aid boat Madleen, halting its mission to Gaza. Just hours before it was intercepted we spo…

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June 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM

This Week in People’s History, Jun 11–17, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Jun 11–17, 2025     xxxxxx A Martyred Miner’s Sacrifice (1925), An Empty Threat (1775), ‘The Part Which Black Folk Played’ (1935), Danger! Curriculum Deviation! (1965), A Very, Very Unpopular Treaty (1960), How to Shrink an Econ…

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June 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Veterans Warn That Trump LA Response Could Turn Military Into Political Force

Veterans Warn That Trump LA Response Could Turn Military Into Political Force     Ed Pilkington June 9, 2025 The Guardian “This is the politicisation of the armed forces,” said Maj Gen Paul Eaton. “It casts the military in a terrible light – it’s that man …

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June 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Trump Wants To Replace Grocery Aid for Seniors With “MAHA Food Boxes”

Portside Culture Trump Wants To Replace Grocery Aid for Seniors With “MAHA Food Boxes”     Aimee Picchi Edited By Alain Sherter May 7, 2025 CBS George Matysik, executive director of non-profit Share Food Program, expressed concern about the Trump a…

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June 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

ICE Now Expanding Into Local Law Enforcement As Spearhead of Trump Repression.

ICE Now Expanding Into Local Law Enforcement As Spearhead of Trump Repression.     Marc Cooper June 4, 2025 The Coop Scoop It’s time for a national information campaign against ICE and for those physically able to come up with strategies to non-violently c…

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June 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM

How Satellite Images Show Scale of Ukraine’s Drone Attack on Russian Bombers

How Satellite Images Show Scale of Ukraine’s Drone Attack on Russian Bombers     Paul Brown, Thomas Spencer June 4, 2025 BBC Ukraine claims that it targeted 41 strategic bombers in the operation, adding that "at least" 13 were destroyed. , BBC …

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June 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM

Sunday Science: Breakthrough in Search for HIV Cure Leaves Researchers ‘Overwhelmed’

Sunday Science: Breakthrough in Search for HIV Cure Leaves Researchers ‘Overwhelmed’     Kat Lay June 5, 2025 The Guardian Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body …

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June 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM

The Art of Organizing

The Art of Organizing     Brian O. Shepherd Labor Politics 18 Tips from UAW Organizer Brian O. Shepherd Mural by Mike Alewitz,   Organizing isn’t just a science, it’s also an art. Normally the latter is passed on through phone calls, debri…

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June 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM

Electricity Prices Are Surging. The G.O.P. Megabill Could Push Them Higher.

Electricity Prices Are Surging. The G.O.P. Megabill Could Push Them Higher.     Brad Plumer, Rebecca F. Elliott June 4, 2025 The New York Times The combination of a data center boom, rising gas exports and cuts to clean energy tax breaks could spike Americ…

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June 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM

Trump Is Headed to War With the Federalist Society—and It’s Gonna Be Huge

Trump Is Headed to War With the Federalist Society—and It’s Gonna Be Huge     Elie Mystal June 3, 2025 The Nation The fight might between the president and the conservative old guard might just be the biggest legal development of Trump’s second term. …

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June 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM

Top U.S. General in Africa Paints Grim Picture of U.S. Military Failures in Africa

Top U.S. General in Africa Paints Grim Picture of U.S. Military Failures in Africa     Nick Turse June 8, 2025 The Intercept After two decades, and many failed counterterrorism efforts, the Trump administration is considering shuttering U.S. Africa Command…

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