50+ Messages / Page

  xxxxxx · [email protected]
October 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM

Global Sumud Flotilla: Latest Bid To Break Gaza Blockade Drew Activists From Across the World

Global Sumud Flotilla: Latest Bid To Break Gaza Blockade Drew Activists From Across the World     FRANCE 24 with AP and AFP October 2, 2025 France 24 The Global Sumud Flotilla the latest humanitarian mission to try to breach Israel’s maritime blockade of G…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
October 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM

Remembering Ann Fagan Ginger, 100, ‘Oracle of Justice’ Who Fought McCcarthyism and Championed Human Rights

Remembering Ann Fagan Ginger, 100, ‘Oracle of Justice’ Who Fought McCcarthyism and Championed Human Rights     Friends of Ann Fagan Ginger October 1, 2025 Berkeleyside For refusing to sign a loyalty oath she was barred from practicing law, targeted by the …
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
October 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM

Tidbits- Oct. 2 -Readers Comments: “Enemy From Within”; Trump-Netanyahu Colonization Plan; Lost Cause in the 21st Century – Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump; Committee for the First Amendment Relaunched; AI and the Future of Work; Cartoons and More…

Tidbits- Oct. 2 -Readers Comments: “Enemy From Within”; Trump-Netanyahu Colonization Plan; Lost Cause in the 21st Century – Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump; Committee for the First Amendment Relaunched; AI and the Future of Work; Cartoons and More…     October 2, 20…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
October 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM

Trump Declares War on America

Trump Declares War on America     Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims October 1, 2025 Popular Information "It’s the enemy from within and we have to handle it before it gets out of control." President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
October 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM

Bulging Biceps Don’t Win Modern Wars

Bulging Biceps Don’t Win Modern Wars     Paul Krugman October 1, 2025 Paul Krugman Substack Hegseth’s speech was vile. It was also stupid. A Ukrainian drone operator,   Why did Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary — he may call himself sec…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
October 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM

Private Equity’s New Playground: America’s Schools

Private Equity’s New Playground: America’s Schools     Brock Hrehor September 29, 2025 The Lever Under the guise of championing “school choice,” the new school voucher program will likely divert millions in taxpayer dollars to private equity firms. …
  Portside Culture · [email protected]
October 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left

Portside Culture Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left     Sean T. Byrnes September 25, 2025 Dissent Magazine Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge. ,   Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class an…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
October 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — October 1, 2025

Global Left Midweek — October 1, 2025     October 1, 2025 xxxxxx Gen Z protests continue to spread More than 100,000 marched under the motto 'Draw the red line with us: Together for Gaza!’ in Berlin on 27 September, 2025. Credit, AFP   You…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM

Gustavo Petro Isn’t Afraid of Donald Trump

Gustavo Petro Isn’t Afraid of Donald Trump     Cruz Bonlarron Martínez September 30, 2025 Jacobin Colombian president Gustavo Petro lambasted Donald Trump’s human rights abuses and Israel’s genocide at the United Nations last week. The US State Department …
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM

No, the US Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels To Win ‘An AI Arms Race’

No, the US Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels To Win ‘An AI Arms Race’     Joe Fassler September 24, 2025 DESMOG These industry players and allies push a misleading narrative the Trump administration now parrots. Oil and gas industry leaders and their all…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM

Unions Are Handing Democrats a Golden Opportunity Amid the Shutdown Battle

Unions Are Handing Democrats a Golden Opportunity Amid the Shutdown Battle     Judith Levine September 30, 2025 The Guardian Federal workers’ move offers Democrats a chance to win the budget battle – and their identity. House Minority Leader Hake…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
October 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM

While World Leaders Dither Over a Gaza Peace Plan, I’m Hoping To Break Israel’s Blockade

While World Leaders Dither Over a Gaza Peace Plan, I’m Hoping To Break Israel’s Blockade     I’m Sailing Hoping to Break Israel’s Blockade September 30, 2025 The Guardian It’s not likely we will reach Gaza. But until Palestine is free, we will show what so…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes — September 30, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes — September 30, 2025     September 30, 2025 xxxxxx Public pressure saves Kimmel’s show Martin Rowson, Guardian   Defend the Movement and Our Media Why Community Radio Matters How AI is Transforming Journalism Education…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM

Trump-Netanyahu Joint Remarks Ripped As ‘Litany of Lies… Not a Promising Foundation for Peace’

Trump-Netanyahu Joint Remarks Ripped As ‘Litany of Lies… Not a Promising Foundation for Peace’     Brad Reed September 29, 2025 Common Dreams One critic noted Trump’s plan for Gaza “contains numerous opportunities for Netanyahu to renege on his commitments…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct 1–7, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Oct 1–7, 2025     xxxxxx ‘Operation Paperclip’, the U.S. Space Program’s Creepy Pedigree (1945), Plugging a Hole in Earth’s Atmosphere (1985), A Coal Miner’s Daughter and Proud of It (1970), A Hard Look at a Failed Strike (1990)…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump and Putin Want To Carve Up Europe. It Feels Like 1939.

Trump and Putin Want To Carve Up Europe. It Feels Like 1939.     Simon Tisdall September 28, 2025 The Guardian Forget the US president’s seeming volte-face on Ukraine this week: he and Putin fundamentally agree that European liberal democracy is the proble…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump Plan Accelerates Assault on Section 8 and Pushes Millions Toward Eviction

Trump Plan Accelerates Assault on Section 8 and Pushes Millions Toward Eviction     Alexis Sterling September 24, 2025 Nation of Change Advocates warn that new HUD demands, looming funding cuts, and potential work rules could dismantle Housing Choice Vouch…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement     Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates September 28, 2025 YouTube The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates was harshly critical of my response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. In an article in Vanity Fa…
  Portside Culture · [email protected]
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Beyond Human Health: Microplastics Could Be a Big Problem for Crop Farmers

Portside Culture Beyond Human Health: Microplastics Could Be a Big Problem for Crop Farmers     David Silverberg May 16, 2025 Ambrook.com New research has found that miniscule pieces of plastic dotting cropland could be hurting the photosynthesis p…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM

Sunday Science: Study of 1M-Year-Old Skull Points to Earlier Origins of Modern Humans

Sunday Science: Study of 1M-Year-Old Skull Points to Earlier Origins of Modern Humans     Hannah Devlin September 25, 2025 The Guardian Skull found in China may be Homo longi, potentially revising understanding of human evolution An artist’s impr…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice As Much on Administrative Costs As on Health Care, GAO Says

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice As Much on Administrative Costs As on Health Care, GAO Says     Margaret Coker, The Current September 24, 2025 ProPublica Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model f…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM

Lessons From Chicago’s Left, Two Years in Power

Lessons From Chicago’s Left, Two Years in Power     Alex Han, Asha Ransby-Sporn, Jeanette Taylor, Daniel Denvir September 28, 2025 Jacobin With Zohran Mamdani on the cusp of victory in New York City, the Left should learn from the ups and downs of embattle…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM

The Other Side of Trump’s Tariffs: Ghana’s Toxic Gold Rush

The Other Side of Trump’s Tariffs: Ghana’s Toxic Gold Rush     Jocelyn C. Zuckerman September 15, 2025 The Nation As gold prices spike across the globe, illegal mining is exploding—and driving the west African country toward ecological collapse. …
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM

ICE Assaults Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh at Chicago Protest

ICE Assaults Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh at Chicago Protest     Amy Goodman, Juan González, Kat Abughazaleh September 23, 2025 Democracy Now! Illinois Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh was thrown to the ground by ICE agents on …
  Portside Culture · [email protected]
September 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM

MAGA Is Coming for the WNBA

Portside Culture MAGA Is Coming for the WNBA     Alex Keeney September 27, 2025 Politico The nation’s most prominent — and most politically active — women’s pro sports league is on a collision course with Donald Trump. , Illustration by B…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Duterte-Model of Authoritarianism

The Duterte-Model of Authoritarianism     Scot Nakagawa September 27, 2025 anti-authortarian playbook Urgent Recommendations for Movement Defense Against Legalized Violence , AMY OSBORNE/AFP via Getty Images   Summary: The Duterte Model i…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

By Attacking Anti-Fascism, Trump Defends Fascism

By Attacking Anti-Fascism, Trump Defends Fascism     C.J. Polychroniou September 27, 2025 Common Dreams While there was little doubt before as to where Trump stood on democracy and human decency, he has made it clear with his decision to designate Antifa a…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The WTO and the Future of International Trade: Beyond the Liberal Paradigm

The WTO and the Future of International Trade: Beyond the Liberal Paradigm     Luciana Ghiotto September 25, 2025 Amandla! The future of international trade will be shaped not by the resurrection of liberal multilateralism but by struggles over what forms …
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Your Guide to the Billionaire-Backed Groups Working To Push Dems Right in 2026

Your Guide to the Billionaire-Backed Groups Working To Push Dems Right in 2026     Adam Johnson September 24, 2025 real News Network A rebrand of previous centrist initiatives, Majority Democrats pins the blame for Democratic Party woes on “woke.” They vag…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Going Backwards on Rights With Trump

Going Backwards on Rights With Trump     Rebecca Gordon September 25, 2025 TomDispatch On September 8, 2025, the Supreme Court did its best to murder what’s left of civil rights in this country. ,   Warning: dangers in the mirror are ofte…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 26, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | September 26, 2025     xxxxxx September 26, 2025 xxxxxx Leslie Jones on Memory-Holing Slavery. Bombshell Development in the Epstein Scandal. Pregnancy Is Insane. What Mark Zuckerberg Is Hiding About His AI Chatbots. Trump And Vance Canno…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM

The Kimmel Saga: Evidence the Tide May Be Turning

The Kimmel Saga: Evidence the Tide May Be Turning     Paul Krugman September 24, 2025 Paul Krugman Substack It's clear that Trump is rushing to lock in permanent power. But there is hard evidence that he may not enjoy the success that Vladimir Putin and Vi…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Recognizing Palestine: What Israeli Leaders Should Tell Israelis, if They Had the Guts

Recognizing Palestine: What Israeli Leaders Should Tell Israelis, if They Had the Guts     Dahlia Scheindlin September 25, 2025 Haaretz In lockstep with Netanyahu, opposition leaders lined up to condemn Israel's closest allies who recognized the State of P…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM

The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy

The Roberts Court Is Winning Its War on American Democracy     Matt Ford September 22, 2025 The New Republic Chief Justice John Roberts has now overseen 20 years of increasingly illiberal rulings by the Supreme Court. Presidential immunity, for example, di…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM

FAQ for Senior Military Officers at Hegseth’s Quantico Meeting

FAQ for Senior Military Officers at Hegseth’s Quantico Meeting     Eugene R. Fidell September 26, 2025 Just Security In an unprecedented move, Pete Hegseth has summoned all U.S. generals and admirals from around the globe to an in-person meeting. The purpo…
  Portside Culture · [email protected]
September 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM

My Grandpa Was Two

Portside Culture My Grandpa Was Two     Peter Neil Carroll Stopping in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, during a trip along the Mississippi, historian and poet Peter Carroll contemplates the flow of time. , Higganum Hill Books   Uphill block …
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Recognition of Palestine Is Not Enough

Recognition of Palestine Is Not Enough     Aida Touma-Suleiman September 21, 2025 Jacobin Israeli Knesset member Aida Touma-Suleiman argues that in order for the growing recognition of the state of Palestine to be meaningful, it must be accompanied by sanc…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause     Ta-Nehisi Coates September 16, 2025 Vanity Fair "Burying the truth of the Confederacy, rewriting its aims and ideas, and ignoring its animating words allowed for the terrorization of the Bl…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.

Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.     Roy Richard Grinker September 24, 2025 The New York Times Science has not failed. We have developed reliable early detection methods, expanded special education and improved behavioral and …
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Missed Kimmel’s Return? Here’s a Transcript of His Monologue

Missed Kimmel’s Return? Here’s a Transcript of His Monologue     Jimmy Kimmel, Luciana Lopez September 24, 2025 CNN Business Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late night show Tuesday after his suspension amid pressure from the FCC and the Trump administration, …
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits- Sept 25 -Readers Comments: Unhinged at UN; Jimmy Kimmel, Suing Media, Attack on Free Speech; Recognition of Palestine Is a Big Deal; Public Health Workers:End Genocide in Gaza; Pressure on Sinclair and Nextstar; Pass a Millionaires’ Surtax

Tidbits- Sept 25 -Readers Comments: Unhinged at UN; Jimmy Kimmel, Suing Media, Attack on Free Speech; Recognition of Palestine Is a Big Deal; Public Health Workers:End Genocide in Gaza; Pressure on Sinclair and Nextstar; Pass a Millionaires’ Surtax     September 2…
  Portside Culture · [email protected]
September 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM

How Artists Resisted Fascism a Century Ago

Portside Culture How Artists Resisted Fascism a Century Ago     Louis Bury September 19, 2025 Art in America This book is a portrait of the World War II-era antifascist movement in Britain among artists. ,   Comrades in Art Artist…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM

7 Key Moments From Trump’s U.N. Speech

7 Key Moments From Trump’s U.N. Speech     Joshua Barajas and Dan Cooney September 23, 2025 PBS When President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, his speech underscored a familiar opposition to the mission of the Unite…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh on His Run for Mayor

Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh on His Run for Mayor     Liza Featherstone September 22, 2025 Jacobin What does democratic socialism mean to Omar Fateh, Minneapolis mayoral candidate? “It’s pretty clear cut: you want to take care of everyone.” Minneapol…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The US Right Claimed Free Speech Was Sacred – Until the Charlie Kirk Killing

The US Right Claimed Free Speech Was Sacred – Until the Charlie Kirk Killing     J Oliver Conroy September 21, 2025 The Guardian Rightwingers had long complained of a censorious leftwing ‘cancel culture’ but seem happy to now reframe that as ‘consequence c…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Clamoring To Tax the Rich

Clamoring To Tax the Rich     Harold Meyerson September 22, 2025 The American Prospect In Berkeley, New York, Paris, and Vatican City, it’s become central to political battles—and religious concerns. Parisians march in the streets over France’s n…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — September 24, 2025

Global Left Midweek — September 24, 2025     September 24, 2025 xxxxxx The battle cry of democracy is heard far and wide Protesters in Rizal Park, Manila, on 21 September. Credit, Lisa Marie David/Reuters   Italy: General Strike for Palest…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 23, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 23, 2025     September 23, 2025 xxxxxx A time to try our souls Diego Morales, chair of the 25th Ward Independent Political Organization, Chicago, builds morale for the protesters at Federal Plaza during …
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Trump’s War on Wind: Tens of Thousands of Jobs Destroyed, Unions Say

Trump’s War on Wind: Tens of Thousands of Jobs Destroyed, Unions Say     Kari Thompson September 22, 2025 Labor Notes The Revolution Wind offshore turbine farm off the coast of Rhode Island is 80 percent complete, but its fate remains uncertain after the D…
  xxxxxx · [email protected]
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Here Are the Reasons Why Recognition of Palestine Is Such a Big Deal

Here Are the Reasons Why Recognition of Palestine Is Such a Big Deal     Daoud Kuttab September 22, 2025 The New Republic Recognition of Palestinian statehood—especially from the U.K.—is not merely symbolic. It has specific ramifications under internationa…