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December 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Phillip Bonosky’s Fight for the Working Class

Portside Culture Phillip Bonosky’s Fight for the Working Class     Richard Gazarik December 9, 2025 Pittsburgh Review of Books Born in the Mon Valley, Bonosky transformed from a devout Catholic into a committed Communist writer, chronicling the str…

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December 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM

‘We’ll Need To See a Warrant’: The Group Teaching Businesses a Vital Tool To Fight ICE Raids

‘We’ll Need To See a Warrant’: The Group Teaching Businesses a Vital Tool To Fight ICE Raids     Emily Cataneo December 8, 2025 The Guardian Siembra in North Carolina gives owners fourth amendment rights trainings should federal agents show up at their doo…

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December 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM

America’s New Political Reality: Trump Decides Which Beliefs Are “Legal”

America’s New Political Reality: Trump Decides Which Beliefs Are “Legal”     Thom Hartmann December 9, 2025 Hartmann Report When dissent becomes an “indicator,” the First Amendment stops being a right and starts being a risk… ,   Back in …

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December 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM

The Trump Corollary

The Trump Corollary     Eric Ross December 7, 2025 TomDispatch U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro Aircraft carrier U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford which has been deployed in the Caribbean near Venezuela.,   In rec…

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December 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM

Bernie’s Advice to His Fellow Elected Socialists

Bernie’s Advice to His Fellow Elected Socialists     Bernie Sanders December 9, 2025 Jacobin Over the weekend, Bernie Sanders spoke to a gathering of over a hundred democratic socialist elected officials. Here’s what he said. “You gotta do your j…

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December 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — December 10, 2025

Global Left Midweek — December 10, 2025     December 10, 2025 xxxxxx “Let’s block everything!” Activists of the Sommilito Garments Sramik Federation (Combined Garments Workers Federation) stage a protest procession against Amazon in a “Make Amazon …

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December 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM

Get on the Job and Organize: A Q&A With Jaz Brisack

Get on the Job and Organize: A Q&A With Jaz Brisack     Chris Mills Rodrigo December 3, 2025 Inequality.org The labor organizer at the core of the Starbucks Workers United campaign wants a braver labor movement. Their new book is titled "Get on the Job…

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December 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Six Myths About Rural America: How Conventional Wisdom Gets It Wrong

Six Myths About Rural America: How Conventional Wisdom Gets It Wrong     Tim Slack, Shannon M. Monnat December 9, 2025 The Conversation We are rural demographers who study the causes and consequences of well-being in rural America. Here we outline six myth…

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December 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM

The Beautiful Game Is Getting Ugly

The Beautiful Game Is Getting Ugly     Whitney Curry Wimbish, Emma Janssen December 6, 2025 The American Prospect Soccer fans braved a winter storm to demand FIFA President Gianni Infantino reject Trump’s white supremacy, using the slogan ‘No ICE in Our Cu…

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December 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Tufts Student Can Resume Research After Trump Officials Revoked Her Visa, Judge Rules

Tufts Student Can Resume Research After Trump Officials Revoked Her Visa, Judge Rules     Associated Press December 9, 2025 The Guardian Rümeysa Öztürk was arrested in March amid White House’s crackdown on foreign students’ pro-Palestinian advocacy …

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December 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Next Sohee Is Korean Cinema at Its Bleak and Brilliant Best

Portside Culture Next Sohee Is Korean Cinema at Its Bleak and Brilliant Best     Kap Seol December 2, 2025 Jacobin Behind South Korea’s economic growth, there’s a system that grinds workers to the bone at every stage of the life cycle, from high sc…

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December 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes — December 9, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes — December 9, 2025     December 9, 2025 xxxxxx Information from a monolith , Patrick Chappatte, The Boston Globe   New Report: Political Economy of the US Media System AI for Radicals The Pentagon Press Corps Netflix-W…

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December 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM

IDF Chief Says Ceasefire Line Is a ‘New Border,’ Suggesting Goal To Annex More Than Half of Gaza

IDF Chief Says Ceasefire Line Is a ‘New Border,’ Suggesting Goal To Annex More Than Half of Gaza     Stephen Prager December 8, 2025 Common Dreams Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, a physician and Palestinian leader, said the statement “indicates dangerous Israeli in…

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December 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM

This Week in People’s History, Dec 10–16

This Week in People’s History, Dec 10–16     xxxxxx Free Speech for Students! (1965), A Message from a Great American (1935), The Pandemic Meets Its Match (2020), The Death of an Unarmed Prisoner (1890), It’s Bigger than Baseball (2020) ,   …

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December 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Reconciliation Slandered by Marco Rubio, Mandela’s Legacy Remains Strong 12 Years After His Passing: ‘Compassion and Forgiveness Set Him Free’

Reconciliation Slandered by Marco Rubio, Mandela’s Legacy Remains Strong 12 Years After His Passing: ‘Compassion and Forgiveness Set Him Free’     December 5, 2025 Brasil de Fato Nelson Mandela’s message of peace, compassion, and forgiveness is real, and e…

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December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

European Council President Warns US Not To Interfere in Europe’s Affairs

European Council President Warns US Not To Interfere in Europe’s Affairs     December 8, 2025 The Guardian A new US national security document codifies backing far-right nationalist parties in Europe as a core part of America’s strategy. A top European lea…

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December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

‘What To Eat Now’ Nutritionist Talks SNAP, Food Policy and the ‘Triple Duty’ Diet

Portside Culture ‘What To Eat Now’ Nutritionist Talks SNAP, Food Policy and the ‘Triple Duty’ Diet     Tonya Mosley November 11, 2025 NPR.org Nutrition policy expert Marion Nestle's new book, What to Eat Now, is a field guide for the supermarket of…

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December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Case for a Third Reconstruction

The Case for a Third Reconstruction     K. Sabeel Rahman November 18, 2025 Dissent Magazine The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We nee…

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December 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM

Sunday Science: The Vaccine Guardrails Are Gone

Sunday Science: The Vaccine Guardrails Are Gone     Tom Bartlett December 5, 2025 The Atlantic RFK Jr.’s allies are in full control of U.S. immunization policy. Robert Malone, Elijah Nouvelage / Getty   In case there was any doubt before,…

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December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM

The Emancipation Proclamation Offers a Hint on What the Supreme Court Will Do About Birthright Citizenship

The Emancipation Proclamation Offers a Hint on What the Supreme Court Will Do About Birthright Citizenship     Akhil Reed Amar September 22, 2025 TIME On birthright citizenship, we can thus follow Lincoln, or we can follow Trump. But we cannot follow both,…

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December 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM

Trump DOJ Argues Key Anti-Discrimination Law Doesn’t Apply to Federal Workers

Trump DOJ Argues Key Anti-Discrimination Law Doesn’t Apply to Federal Workers     Ken Dilanian December 1, 2025 MS NOW Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. In 1972…

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December 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM

Nikolai Gogol’s Department of Government Efficiency

Nikolai Gogol’s Department of Government Efficiency     Andy Merrifield December 7, 2025 Monthly Review Almost 200 years after Nikolai Gogol wrote The Government Inspector, has the Trump Administration brought back the need for humor and satire to address …

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December 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM

2026: A Year of Reckoning

Portside Culture 2026: A Year of Reckoning     Portside Moderators December 7, 2025 Portside As a reader of Portside, you know it’s been a rollercoaster year. While many economic, legal and academic elites rushed to capitulate to a wannabe dictator, …

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December 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Chris Hani’s Murder Robbed South Africa of a Great Leader

Chris Hani’s Murder Robbed South Africa of a Great Leader     Hugh Macmillan December 7, 2025 Jacobin Chris Hani, the South African Communist who led the ANC’s military wing, was assassinated in April 1993 before seeing the liberation he had fought for. Th…

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December 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM

“A House of Dynamite” Is the Wrong Metaphor for US Nukes

Portside Culture “A House of Dynamite” Is the Wrong Metaphor for US Nukes     Jonah Walters December 3, 2025 Jacobin Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House of Dynamite, captures the horror and insanity of nuclear war. But by portraying the US atomic a…

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December 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM

How Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Thinks Democrats Can Win Rural America

How Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Thinks Democrats Can Win Rural America     Monica Potts December 5, 2025 The New Republic The two-term governor spoke with TNR about the challenges and opportunities for his party in the Trump era—and whether he’s planning to…

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December 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Medicare for All Is Popular

Medicare for All Is Popular     Data for Progress November 26, 2025 Data for Progress Even When Put Up Against Attacks , National Nurses United   Americans are consistently saying that the cost of living is their top concern, and healt…

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December 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Ecosocialism or Extinction: Defending Life, Building Free Territories and Ecosocialism From and for the Peoples

Ecosocialism or Extinction: Defending Life, Building Free Territories and Ecosocialism From and for the Peoples     Various December 1, 2025 Links Statement from the Second Ecosocialist Meeting, held in Belém, Brazil, November 2025, with participation of 9…

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December 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Trump’s War on Venezuelans: From Operation Aurora to Operation Southern Spear

Trump’s War on Venezuelans: From Operation Aurora to Operation Southern Spear     Isabel María Villalón December 3, 2025 NACLA How a Colorado slumlord’s lie about Venezuelan gangs was leveraged by the Trump administration to detain thousands, deploy warshi…

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December 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Free Buses Can Be a Reality — Just Look at Maryland

Free Buses Can Be a Reality — Just Look at Maryland     Alexis Goldstein December 1, 2025 Truthout Zohran Mamdani’s plan for free buses is not a pipe dream. Montgomery County, Maryland, made its buses free this year. , Alessia Grunberger/Patch …

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December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM

Friday Nite Videos | December 5, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | December 5, 2025     xxxxxx December 5, 2025 xxxxxx You Got Gold—A Celebration of John Prine. Trump’s War on Drug Traffickers ... Except This One. Gaza Children Return to School! This Island Might Help Us Understand the Origins of Life. …

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December 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM

Video Collapses Hegseth’s Defense of Boat Bombing

Video Collapses Hegseth’s Defense of Boat Bombing     Greg Sargent December 4, 2025 The New Republic After viewing the video of the second strike, Representative Jim Himes said, “You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion wi…

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December 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Rich NYers Aren’t Fleeing After All

Rich NYers Aren’t Fleeing After All     Jenn Gidman December 5, 2025 Newser Luxury apartment sales have spiked since democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani was voted into Gracie Mansion in November. Zohran Mamdani at the Resist Fascism Rally in Brya…

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December 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM

The Radical Roots of the Representative Jury

The Radical Roots of the Representative Jury     Thomas Ward Frampton November 30, 2025 The Yale Law Journal An intellectual and social history of how the “elite jury” lost its hegemonic appeal, with particular emphasis on the overlooked radicals—anarchist…

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December 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM

The $79 Trillion Heist

The $79 Trillion Heist     Harold Meyerson December 3, 2025 The American Prospect We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past. Here are 7 reforms to create a broadly shared prosperity and an…

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December 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM

3 Sisters

Portside Culture 3 Sisters     Lee Rossi Poet Lee Rossi invites us into a nightmare, which bears uncanny resemblance to our reality. , Loretta Young-Gautier   Last night I was visited by three sisters. They could have been twins, exc…

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December 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Sabrina Carpenter and the Cruel Authoritarianism of Trump

Sabrina Carpenter and the Cruel Authoritarianism of Trump     Thom Hartmann December 3, 2025 Hartmann Report The Trump White House just showed us something every American should find chilling, no matter what music they listen to or what party they vote for…

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December 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM

Partyism Without the Party

Partyism Without the Party     Chris Maisano December 25, 2025 Dissent Magazine Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties. When was the last time being on the le…

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December 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM

When To Accommodate, and When To Fight? NY Officials Agonize and Prepare for Federal Escalation

When To Accommodate, and When To Fight? NY Officials Agonize and Prepare for Federal Escalation     Josh Kovensky December 3, 2025 Talking Points Memo How can the New York respond to aggressive, spectacle-driven immigration operations without triggering th…

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December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM

Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry.

Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry.     Ilhan Omar December 4, 2025 The New York Times On Tuesday, President Trump called my friends and me “garbage.” This comment was only the latest in a series of remarks and Truth Social posts in which the presid…

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December 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM

Tidbits-Dec. 4-Reader Comments: No War on Venezuela; Hegseth Murder in the Caribbean; Mass Deportation Is NOT Deportation; Everyone Is Talking About Affordability; Peace in Ukraine & Peace in Europe; New Unreleased Song by John Lennon; Lots More…

Tidbits-Dec. 4-Reader Comments: No War on Venezuela; Hegseth Murder in the Caribbean; Mass Deportation Is NOT Deportation; Everyone Is Talking About Affordability; Peace in Ukraine & Peace in Europe; New Unreleased Song by John Lennon; Lots More…     December …

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December 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM

U.S.-Backed Ceasefire Is Cover for Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & West Bank

U.S.-Backed Ceasefire Is Cover for Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & West Bank     Interview with Sari Bashi by Amy Goodman December 3, 2025 Democracy Now! Israel has announced it will reopen the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in the next few da…

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December 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM

‘We Must Stop Tinkering Around the Edges’: Van Hollen Makes Case for Medicare for All Amid ACA Fight

‘We Must Stop Tinkering Around the Edges’: Van Hollen Makes Case for Medicare for All Amid ACA Fight     Jake Johnson December 2, 2025 Common Dreams “Yes, let’s extend the ACA tax credits to prevent a huge spike in healthcare costs for millions,” said Sen.…

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December 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM

Today’s Labor Movement Needs a Bigger Vision

Today’s Labor Movement Needs a Bigger Vision     David Bacon December 2, 2025 Labor Notes The labor movement has to become a movement that inspires people with a broader vision of social justice. There’s something fundamentally wrong with the priorities of…

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December 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM

Trump to Disaster Victims: Drop Dead

Trump to Disaster Victims: Drop Dead     Paul Krugman December 3, 2025 Paul Krugman Substack Sorry, but we don’t help the little people ,   The Mississippi flood of 1927 was one of America’s greatest natural disasters. Some 27,000 square …

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December 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM

New Book Unpacks How Zionism Is Mythologized in Hasbara

Portside Culture New Book Unpacks How Zionism Is Mythologized in Hasbara     Eleanor J Bader November 7, 2025 The Indypendent Malinowitz’s "Selling Israel" provides both the hard facts and historical background necessary to contest Zionism as the b…

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December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — December 3, 2025

Global Left Midweek — December 3, 2025     December 3, 2025 xxxxxx Europe is erupting A woman holds a sign that reads "We want investments in the railway network" as union members protest against the government's austerity measures, outside the gov…

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December 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Larry Summers’ Sexism Is Jeopardizing His Power and Privilege, but the Entire Economics Profession Hinders Progress for Women

Larry Summers’ Sexism Is Jeopardizing His Power and Privilege, but the Entire Economics Profession Hinders Progress for Women     Yana van der Meulen Rodgers December 2, 2025 The Conversation The texts have ignited a new round of scrutiny of Summers and ca…

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December 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM

‘Franklin’ Publisher Slams Hegseth for His Post of the Turtle Firing on Drug Boats

‘Franklin’ Publisher Slams Hegseth for His Post of the Turtle Firing on Drug Boats     Rachel Treisman December 2, 2025 NPR Hegseth's social media post shows the turtle, clad in tactical gear, standing on a helicopter and aiming a rocket-propelled grenade …

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December 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Do Millionaire Surtaxes Lead to Millionaire Exodus?

Do Millionaire Surtaxes Lead to Millionaire Exodus?     Richard Solomon November 17, 2025 The People's Policy Project Assessing the Massachusetts millionaire’s tax three years on. ,   November 2025 marks the three-year anniversary of Mass…

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