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October 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct 15–21, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Oct 15–21, 2025     xxxxxx Chaplin’s Timeless Attack on Dictatorship (1940), U.S. Anti-War Rally Was Record-Big, but Not for Long (1965), Revolutionary Stirrings in Manhattan (1765), Permission to Come Aboard, Who Needs It? (196…
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October 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Heart-Shaped Tin:An Intimate Exploration of Kitchen Objects and Memory

Portside Culture The Heart-Shaped Tin:An Intimate Exploration of Kitchen Objects and Memory     Bookclb May 20, 2025 Bookclb.com Wilson draws on the work of researchers like Russell Belk (on “the extended self”), Paul Rozin (on magical thinking), a…
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October 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Injury to Buildings and Vegetables

Injury to Buildings and Vegetables     Alyssa Battistoni September 4, 2025 n+1 Pigou noted the problem that Marx had only glancingly acknowledged: that the production of commodities was often accompanied by unintentional and sometimes severe physical side …
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October 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Their Families Fled Soviet Socialism. Now They’re Knocking Doors for Mamdani.

Their Families Fled Soviet Socialism. Now They’re Knocking Doors for Mamdani.     Mariia Fedorova October 2, 2025 The City A world away from their parents’ Iron Curtain upbringings, young New Yorkers with roots from Poland to Turkmenistan are helping power…
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October 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM

Sunday Science: Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellites Are Falling to Earth at an Alarming Rate

Sunday Science: Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellites Are Falling to Earth at an Alarming Rate     Anthony Cuthbertson October 9, 2025 The Independent An average of one to two Starlink satellites are deorbiting each day in 2025 Launch of a Starlink in …
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October 13, 2025 at 6:35 AM

It’s Not Government They Don’t Like

It’s Not Government They Don’t Like     Jamelle Bouie October 8, 2025 New York TImes Like the slave owners, the MAGA movement and its allies are opposed only to those aspects of government that they can’t wield against their enemies. They will happily enla…
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October 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM

DSA Graphic History: Learning From Our Past

DSA Graphic History: Learning From Our Past     Kurt Stand October 12, 2025 The Stansbury Forum Why, amongst all socialist organizations, DSA is the one which has grown so dramatically? , Noah Van Sciver   If past is prologue, then unders…
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October 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM

The Rift in American Socialism

The Rift in American Socialism     Harold Meyerson October 9, 2025 The American Prospect Realists (Mamdani, AOC) seek immersion in mass politics; fundamentalists oppose it. , Katie Godowski/MediaPunch/IPX/AP Photo   As Election Day draws …
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October 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM

Who Owns America? Bernie Sanders Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Who Owns America? Bernie Sanders Says the Quiet Part Out Loud     Trevor Noah, Bernie Sanders October 9, 2025 YouTube Senator Bernie Sanders joins Trevor to discuss what the heck is going on in America right now (hint: it’s oligarchy). https://ww…
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October 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Seth Meyers on Trump: ‘Deeply Unhinged, Detached From Reality’

Portside Culture Seth Meyers on Trump: ‘Deeply Unhinged, Detached From Reality’     Guardian staff October 10, 2025 The Guardian Late-night hosts recounted the president’s latest alarming behaviour from threatening elected officials with jail to de…
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October 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Why the Deck Is Stacked Against Workers Under Capitalism

Why the Deck Is Stacked Against Workers Under Capitalism     Paul Heideman October 10, 2025 Jacobin Workers must organize for power, while capitalists wield it individually through property rights. This fundamental asymmetry, creates a chain of obstacles t…
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October 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Half of Senate Dems Help Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill

Half of Senate Dems Help Pass $925 Billion Pentagon Bill     Jessica Corbett October 10, 2025 Common Dreams “Congress continues to expand military spending while denying investments in the programs that will truly build a safer, healthier future for workin…
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October 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM

A Movement-Based Opposition to Trump and MAGA

A Movement-Based Opposition to Trump and MAGA     Jeremy Brecher October 9, 2025 Common Dreams Social self-defense against the MAGA juggernaut can be the starting point for creating the world we want beyond MAGA. ,   As President Donald T…
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October 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Iced Out

Iced Out     Anna Lekas Miller October 6, 2025 The Progressive Communities across the United States are shutting down detention facilities and refusing to cooperate with immigration enforcement. Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to op…
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October 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis     David Dayen October 8, 2025 The American Prospect In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due…
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October 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM

Friday Nite Videos | October 10, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | October 10, 2025     xxxxxx October 10, 2025 xxxxxx Trump Dodges Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon | The Daily Show. “I Was Born With Male and Female Parts.” AI Is Our Ultimate Test. Letitia James' Badge of Honor. Trump's Plan To Steal the 2026 E…
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October 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM

A Closer Look at Trump’s Peace Deals

A Closer Look at Trump’s Peace Deals     David J. Simon and Kathryn Hemmer October 9, 2025 Just Security Trump's approach displays a flawed understanding of peace itself. Given a paradigm that prioritizes economic access over reconciliation, even a cautiou…
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October 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM

Youth-Led US Climate Activists Widen Focus To Fight Authoritarianism

Youth-Led US Climate Activists Widen Focus To Fight Authoritarianism     Dharna Noor October 5, 2025 The Guardian The Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universities. “How are we going to win on…
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October 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM

The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning

The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning     Nancy A. Youssef, Gisela Salim-Peyer, and Jonathan Lemire October 9, 2025 The Atlantic What the Trump administration is portraying as a drug mission may be about a lot more. Even as the Pentagon is being quiet ab…
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October 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM

Trump’s Terminally Online DOJ Could Be Killing Its Cases Just To Own the Libs

Trump’s Terminally Online DOJ Could Be Killing Its Cases Just To Own the Libs     Jim Saksa October 10, 2025 Democracy Docket The Trump administration’s desire to own the libs online is already leading to own goals in serious criminal matters. If a federal…
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October 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Proprietary

Portside Culture Proprietary     Randall Mann Drawing on his experience in the technology sector, poet Randall Mann discloses how much he can't disclose. , Persea Books   In a precisely lighted room, the CFO speaks of start-to-start …
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October 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed     Layla A. Jones October 8, 2025 Talking Points Memo "I think we're at a point where anything from the federal government has to be treated with a certain amount of skept…
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October 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM

Russ Vought Is Going To Damage Trump Even More Than Elon Musk Did

Russ Vought Is Going To Damage Trump Even More Than Elon Musk Did     Alex Shephard October 8, 2025 The New Republic Americans, and even many Republicans in Congress, don’t like it when an unelected bureaucrat makes huge cuts to the government. President T…
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October 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM

Ultra-Leftism Won’t Help Free Palestine

Ultra-Leftism Won’t Help Free Palestine     Eric Blanc October 7, 2025 Labor Politics Interview with Bashir Abu-Manneh & Hoda Mitwally on how US activists can more effectively support Palestinians. Two years after Oct 7, public outrage against Israel i…
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October 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM

Mexican President Sheinbaum’s Triumphant Year One

Mexican President Sheinbaum’s Triumphant Year One     Kurt Hackbarth October 1, 2025 Jacobin From deftly handling hostile Donald Trump to securing real economic gains for workers, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum ends her first year in office with remar…
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October 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM

Tidbits- Oct. 9 -Readers Comments: “Anti-Capitalism” As Political Pre-Crime; Enemy Within; 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid Canceled; Palestinians Are Going Nowhere; the Case for Universal Social Policies; Trump Coin a Violation of Federal Law;

Tidbits- Oct. 9 -Readers Comments: “Anti-Capitalism” As Political Pre-Crime; Enemy Within; 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid Canceled; Palestinians Are Going Nowhere; the Case for Universal Social Policies; Trump Coin a Violation of Federal Law;     October 9, 2025 x…
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October 9, 2025 at 5:40 AM

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis     David Dayen October 8, 2025 The American Prospect In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due…
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October 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan To Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan To Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule     Greg Sargent October 8, 2025 The New Republic He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrat…
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October 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM

The Ruin of Gaza: How Israel’s Two-Year Assault Has Devastated the Territory

The Ruin of Gaza: How Israel’s Two-Year Assault Has Devastated the Territory     Jason Burke. Graphics by Paul Scruton and Heidi Wilson October 7, 2025 The Guardian IDF’s bombs and ground offensive have killed tens of thousands of people, reduced entire ci…
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October 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM

These Activists Want To Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

These Activists Want To Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.     Megan O’Matz and Jennifer Smith Richards October 8, 2025 ProPublica It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars, and the end of…
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October 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

The Current War on Science, and Who’s Behind It

Portside Culture The Current War on Science, and Who’s Behind It     Diana Gitig September 27, 2025 Ars Technica Two cutting-edge researchers examine the scourge of anti-science. ,   Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most…
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October 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — October 8, 2025

Global Left Midweek — October 8, 2025     October 8, 2025 xxxxxx Internationalism on the rise October 6, 2025. Credit, Jist   Gaza and the Revival of Internationalism Mass Defiance of Israel’s Seizure of Sumud Flotilla Anti-Corruption Upsu…
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October 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Rent Debtors Strike Against Abusive Corporate Landlord

Rent Debtors Strike Against Abusive Corporate Landlord     Michael Friedrich October 6, 2025 The American Prospect The Debt Collective is leading the charge against the real estate behemoth Equity Residential. , Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/Sipa USA vi…
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October 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Supreme Court Opens With Cases on Voting Rights, Tariffs, Gender Identity and Campaign Finance To Test the Limits of a Constitutional Revolution

Supreme Court Opens With Cases on Voting Rights, Tariffs, Gender Identity and Campaign Finance To Test the Limits of a Constitutional Revolution     Morgan Marietta October 2, 2025 The Conversation The major cases in October and November address the role o…
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October 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM

UN Commissioner Says Trump’s Gaza Plan Breaches International Law

UN Commissioner Says Trump’s Gaza Plan Breaches International Law     Sondos Asem October 7, 2025 Middle East Eye Navi Pillay, the chair of the UN inquiry that found Israel responsible for genocide, says her findings will still stand even if a ceasefire is…
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October 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

SCOTUS Wades Back Into the War on Trans Kids

SCOTUS Wades Back Into the War on Trans Kids     Henry Carnell; Madison Pauly October 6, 2025 Mother Jones Scotus is considering Greenlighting Conversion therapy. The science is in: The anti-LGBTQ “treatments” are ineffective and dangerous. A pro…
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October 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — October 7, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — October 7, 2025     October 7, 2025 xxxxxx Repression and resistance “The Nazis Play With Fire”, photomontage for AIZ (Workers' Illustrated Weekly), Germany, 1935. Credit:, John Heartfield   At the Tippin…
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October 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Go See One Battle After Another Right Now

Portside Culture Go See One Battle After Another Right Now     Eileen Jones September 29, 2025 Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another deserves all the hype it’s getting. Run, don’t walk, to this thrilling, hilarious, moving, and all too pre…
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October 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM

Bad Bunny Destroys MAGA Backlash on Saturday Night Live

Bad Bunny Destroys MAGA Backlash on Saturday Night Live     Adriana Guerrero October 5, 2025 Where Is The Buzz “If You Don’t Understand Me, You Have Four Months To Learn” Bad Bunny on Saturday Night Live,   Bad Bunny did on Saturday night…
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October 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM

A Federal Judge Shows How the Courts Should Deal With Trump’s Lies

A Federal Judge Shows How the Courts Should Deal With Trump’s Lies     Harry Litman October 6, 2025 The New Republic District Court Judge Karin Immergut – a Trump appointee – issued an opinion that shows courage in judging, without rhetoric or defiance—onl…
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October 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct 8–14, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Oct 8–14, 2025     xxxxxx Vietnam’s Slippery Slope (1950), History-Changing Hurricane (1780), Saying ‘No’ to Real Un-Americans (1960), Live, from New York! (1975), The Army Against Civilians Isn’t New (1925), Deer Island or Devi…
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October 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Trump’s Blueprint To Crush the Left Draws From Decades of Counterterrorism Policy

Trump’s Blueprint To Crush the Left Draws From Decades of Counterterrorism Policy     Chip Gibbons October 3, 2025 Drop Site News Trump's NSPM-7 is a pivotal policy endangering free expression in the United States. Federal officers deployed CS ga…
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October 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

USDA’s DEI Purge: How Trump and Rollins Are Reshaping American Agriculture

Portside Culture USDA’s DEI Purge: How Trump and Rollins Are Reshaping American Agriculture     Sky Chadde September 16, 2025 Investigate Midwest The Trump administration is decrying diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The move is hurting …
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October 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM

Potential Changes to Social Security Disability Insurance

Potential Changes to Social Security Disability Insurance     Jack Smalligan September 18, 2025 Urban Institute The anticipated regulation could reduce eligibility for new applicants to the SSDI program by as much as 20 percent overall, and up to 30 percen…
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October 6, 2025 at 6:25 AM

Sunday Science: New Study Shows What ChatGPT Does to Our Brains

Sunday Science: New Study Shows What ChatGPT Does to Our Brains     Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, Gary O’Reilly, Nataliya Kosmyna September 27, 2025 StarTalk What happens to your brain when you use AI? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice and Gary…
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October 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM

The Israeli Right’s ‘Time of Miracles’ Is Over. The Palestinians Are Going Nowhere

The Israeli Right’s ‘Time of Miracles’ Is Over. The Palestinians Are Going Nowhere     Meron Rapoport October 2, 2025 +972 Magazine While problematic for many reasons, Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza appears to spell the end of the Israeli gov…
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October 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM

This Is Not a Drill: Bravery As Strategy in the Face of American Tragedy

This Is Not a Drill: Bravery As Strategy in the Face of American Tragedy     Ben Manski October 2, 2025 Common Dreams In recent memory, the prospect of a president preventing congressional elections from taking effect has been unimaginable. But today, it i…
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October 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM

Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants To Save It

Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants To Save It     Julian Lucas September 29, 2025 The New Yorker In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, …
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October 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM

The Underground Railroad’s Stealth Sailors

The Underground Railroad’s Stealth Sailors     Eric Foner October 2, 2025 The New York Review of Books The web of Atlantic trading routes and solidarity among maritime workers, many of them Black, meant fugitive slaves’ chances of reaching freedom were bet…
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October 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Postponing the Savant Only Highlights the Show’s Importance

Portside Culture Postponing the Savant Only Highlights the Show’s Importance     Saloni Gajjar September 30, 2025 AV Club How is a straightforward Apple TV+ series that condemns white supremacists controversial? The Savant , (Photo: Apple…