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September 5, 2021 at 12:10 AM

Majority of U.S. Public Favors Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal

Majority of U.S. Public Favors Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal     Ted Van Green and Carroll Doherty August 31, 2021Pew Research Center Biden criticized for his handling of situation Evacuees line up to board a C-17 aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuatio…

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September 5, 2021 at 12:05 AM

Why Nina Turner, the real ‘establishment,’ lost Ohio Democratic primary race

Why Nina Turner, the real ‘establishment,’ lost Ohio Democratic primary race     Jason Johnson August 4, 2021The Griot House candidate Nina Turner out-raised, out-organized and outspent opponent Shontel Brown and yet still came up short. Nina Turner Co-Chair Be…

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September 5, 2021 at 12:00 AM

All the Clever Books Are of No Help to Me Here

All the Clever Books Are of No Help to Me Here     Sebastian Bähr July 29, 2021Transform! Europe My parents are fading right before my eyes – but leftists only exist in my world, not theirs. My powerlessness in the face of my father’s situation reflects the current in…

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September 5, 2021 at 12:00 AM

New Mexicans Fought for Abortion Access and Won

New Mexicans Fought for Abortion Access and Won     Denicia Sam Cadena and Nicole Martin August 31, 2021Prism New Mexico is a haven for those seeking abortion as restrictions spread across the country. As other states and the federal government continue on a path bann…

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September 5, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Arguments on the Left: Class and Race

Arguments on the Left: Class and Race     August 2, 2021Dissent Four short essays by Carla Murphy, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Touré F. Reed, and Anika Fassia and Tinselyn Simms. Traditional Workers May Day Rally and March Chicago Illinois , By www.cemillerphotography.c…

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September 4, 2021 at 3:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | September 3, 2021

Friday Nite Videos | September 3, 2021     September 3, 2021xxxxxx How Climate Change Makes Hurricanes Wetter. Come As You Are (Nirvana) | Playing for Change. Reservation Dogs | Trailer. Horsey Vax: The Alternative Medicine for Anti-Vaxxers. Costs of War: the Human To…

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September 4, 2021 at 2:50 AM

Heeding Steve Bannon, Election Deniers Organize to Control GOP

Heeding Steve Bannon, Election Deniers Organize to Control GOP     Isaac Arnsdorf, Doug Bock Clark, Alexandra Berzon and Anjeanette Damon September 2, 2021ProPublica Steve Bannon urged his followers to take over local-level GOP positions, inspiring thousands of Trump …

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September 4, 2021 at 2:35 AM

The Labor Day Dreams of Black Workers

The Labor Day Dreams of Black Workers     Marc Bayard, Sarah Anderson and Rebekah Entralgo September 2, 2021Inequality.org Leading Black labor organizers and policy advocates share their visions for advancing racial equity in the Covid recovery — and beyond. , …

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September 4, 2021 at 2:15 AM

Mandela in Cuba

Mandela in Cuba     Raymond Suttner September 27, 2021New Frame Nelson Mandela visited the island nation in 1991. His interactions with Fidel Castro would inform some of his negotiations with the National Party to end apartheid. 25 July 1991: Nelson Mandela and…

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September 4, 2021 at 2:00 AM

How Arctic Warming Can Trigger Extreme Cold Waves

How Arctic Warming Can Trigger Extreme Cold Waves     Mathew Barlow and Judah Cohen September 2, 2021The Conversation A new study makes the connection between Arctic warming and extreme cold waves like the Texas freeze of February 2021. What happens in the Arctic does…

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September 4, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Shirt

Portside Culture Shirt     Robert Pinsky New Yorker Labor Day: Former Poet of the United States Robert Pinsky reads his poem “Shirt,” among the great works of poetry about labor. ,   Shirt By Robert Pinsky The back, the yoke, the yardage. Lapped sea…

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September 3, 2021 at 12:10 AM

What the Texas Abortion Ban Means For People Seeking an Abortion

What the Texas Abortion Ban Means For People Seeking an Abortion     Brittney McNamara September 1, 2021TeenVogue his is the first time a six week ban has gone into effect and the ban has handed enforcement to private citizens, rather than authorities. The bill allows…

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September 3, 2021 at 12:05 AM

Biden Deserves Credit, Not Blame, for Afghanistan

Biden Deserves Credit, Not Blame, for Afghanistan     David Rothkopf August 30, 2021The Atlantic America’s longest war has been by any measure a costly failure, and the errors in managing the conflict deserve scrutiny in the years to come. But Joe Biden doesn’t “own” …

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September 3, 2021 at 12:05 AM

The Costs of Post-9/11 Wars Exceed $8 Trillion for U.S.

The Costs of Post-9/11 Wars Exceed $8 Trillion for U.S.     Alexa Gagosz September 1, 2021Boston Globe In just 20 years, the total cost of the US increasing homeland security and waging wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere since Sept. 11, 2001, have exceeded $8 tr…

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September 3, 2021 at 12:05 AM

Report Details Corporate Landlord Gluttony as Millions Face Eviction

Report Details Corporate Landlord Gluttony as Millions Face Eviction     Jake Johnson August 27, 2021Common Dreams By striking down the CDC's eviction moratorium, said one critic, the Supreme Court "sided with rich corporate landlords that are itching to kick out vuln…

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September 3, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Tidbits - Sept. 2, 2021 - Reader Comments: Texas Outlaws Women Rights; End of Afghan War; Remembering Ed Asner; Star Trek as Anti-Imperialism; Tax Billionaires; Nabisco Workers; Labor Day; Take Action - Hurricane Ida; 9/11 Restaurant Worker Reunion;

Tidbits - Sept. 2, 2021 - Reader Comments: Texas Outlaws Women Rights; End of Afghan War; Remembering Ed Asner; Star Trek as Anti-Imperialism; Tax Billionaires; Nabisco Workers; Labor Day; Take Action - Hurricane Ida; 9/11 Restaurant Worker Reunion;     xxxxxx September 2…

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September 3, 2021 at 12:00 AM

America Was Eager for Chinese Immigrants. What Happened?

Portside Culture America Was Eager for Chinese Immigrants. What Happened?     Michael Luo September 23, 2021The New Yorker In the gold-rush era, initial ceremonial greetings soon gave way to bigotry and violence as Chinese immigrants were tarred as a “coolie rac…

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September 2, 2021 at 2:10 AM

Death Has A Climate Change Problem

Death Has A Climate Change Problem     Dominique Mosbergen August 31, 2021HuffPost As concerns mount about the environmental impact of conventional burial and cremation, people are turning to alternative “green” death care practices. A worker lowers a concrete …

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September 2, 2021 at 1:50 AM

The Deviousness of Texas’s New Abortion Law

The Deviousness of Texas’s New Abortion Law     Mary Ziegler September 1, 2021The Atlantic The statute is the culmination of a decades-long strategy to end abortion without actually banning abortion. , Adam Maida / The Atlantic   Last night, the Supreme C…

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September 2, 2021 at 1:40 AM

The US Supreme Court is Deciding More and More Cases in a Secretive ‘Shadow Docket’

The US Supreme Court is Deciding More and More Cases in a Secretive ‘Shadow Docket’     Moira Donegan August 31, 2021The Guardian These emergency rulings – short, unsigned and issued without hearing oral arguments – undermine the public’s faith in the integrity of th…

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September 2, 2021 at 1:20 AM

The Red Tape That Could Cost Millions of Americans Their Homes

The Red Tape That Could Cost Millions of Americans Their Homes     Spencer Bokat-Lindell August 31, 2021The New York Times Only 11% of the rental assistance money allocated by Congress has been distributed. “If that money was parceled out at even a somewhat reasonable…

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September 2, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America – a Recent History

Portside Culture Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America – a Recent History     Matt Sharpe August 27, 2021Marx & Philosophy Review of Books "There have been many books on neoliberalism and financialization," writes reviewer Sharpe, but few others "have trace…

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September 2, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek - Focus on Vietnam

Global Left Midweek - Focus on Vietnam     September 1, 2021xxxxxx COVID, Climate, and capitalism - the crises without borders Vietnamese poster urging quarantine. Credit, Le Duc Hiep   Focus on Vietnam Brazil: PSOL Leader Speaks UN Climate Report Indicts…

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September 1, 2021 at 3:20 AM

Mayor Janey and Health Officials Ban Evictions in Boston

Mayor Janey and Health Officials Ban Evictions in Boston     anny McDonald, Tim Logan and Zoe Greenberg Globe Staff August 31, 2021The Boston Globe “The loss of federal eviction protections and the ongoing pandemic has put our most vulnerable neighbors at risk of losi…

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September 1, 2021 at 3:10 AM

Progressives Now Hold the Cards in Congress

Progressives Now Hold the Cards in Congress     Nick Vachon August 26, 2021In These Times The budget standoff revealed a new power balance in the Democratic Party. , Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images   In recent decades, progressives have largely been …

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September 1, 2021 at 2:40 AM

Colectivo Is Now the Largest Unionized Coffee Chain in the U.S.—And More Could Follow

Colectivo Is Now the Largest Unionized Coffee Chain in the U.S.—And More Could Follow     Alice Herman August 24, 2021In These Times - Labor After months of waiting, the NLRB finally ruled that Colectivo workers have won their union. , Facbook   For work…

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September 1, 2021 at 2:30 AM

Ed Asner Was a Proud Socialist in Hollywood

Ed Asner Was a Proud Socialist in Hollywood     Ed Rampell August 31, 2021Jacobin The legendary actor Ed Asner, who died at 91 this week, was an unflagging supporter of socialist causes. And he paid a price for his leftism, taking a stand against Ronald Reagan’s blood…

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September 1, 2021 at 2:10 AM

Candyman Comes For the Privileged

Portside Culture Candyman Comes For the Privileged     Anthony Breznican August 25, 2021Vanity Fair In director and cowriter Nia DaCosta’s new Candyman, the body count mostly includes those who repeat the practices of systemic cruelty and racism that led to his …

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September 1, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars - August 31, 2021

Dispatches From the Culture Wars - August 31, 2021     August 31, 2021xxxxxx GOP dogs and their tried and tested tricks for 2022, and more culture clash capers Credit, Clay Jones   COVID and Personal Responsibility What’s Cooking in Republican Minds Next …

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August 31, 2021 at 12:05 AM

The UN’s Big Climate Report Buried Some Bad News About Our Eating Habits

Portside Culture The UN’s Big Climate Report Buried Some Bad News About Our Eating Habits     Tom Philpott August 11, 2021Mother Jones Methane may hold the key to deciding whether the earth continues to morph into a disaster-movie set over the next generation. …

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August 31, 2021 at 12:05 AM

Fukushima: A Lasting Tragedy

Fukushima: A Lasting Tragedy     H. Patricia Hynes August 19, 2021xxxxxx The United States, the largest owner of nuclear power plants, promotes nuclear power as “safe and clean energy,” a wolf in sheep’s clothing. ,   Then In 2011 the Great East Japan Ear…

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August 31, 2021 at 12:05 AM

Landlords Hate Rent Control Because It’s Good for the Rest of Us

Landlords Hate Rent Control Because It’s Good for the Rest of Us     Brian J. Sullivan August 15, 2021Jacobin Rent control means more money and control for renters and less for landlords. It’s why they hate it — and why we should fight for it. ,   In 201…

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August 31, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Debt and Disillusionment: How College Is Like the Airplane Game

Debt and Disillusionment: How College Is Like the Airplane Game     Rebecca Gordon August 17, 2021TomDispatch Whatever we tell students about education being the path to a good job, the truth is that there are remarkably few seats at the front of the plane. , …

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August 31, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Curt Flood - The Ballplayer Who Fought for Free Agency

Curt Flood - The Ballplayer Who Fought for Free Agency     Peter Dreier August 27, 2021The Nation For his talents on the diamond and his determination off of it, Curt Flood deserves to be a Hall of Famer. A year after the Montgomery bus boycott-his first MLB season, h…

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August 31, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Why the Host of ‘Jeopardy!’ Matters

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Why the Host of ‘Jeopardy!’ Matters     Kareem Abdul-Jabbar August 25, 2021The Hollywood Reporter Since 1984 — perhaps as an unconscious rebuttal to Orwellian fears of dystopian ignorance — Jeopardy! has been the paragon of game shows as well as a…

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August 30, 2021 at 12:10 AM

Life’s Edge by Carl Zimmer Review – What Does it Mean to Be Alive?

Life’s Edge by Carl Zimmer Review – What Does it Mean to Be Alive?     PD Smith August 21, 2021The Guardian This profound meditation on the science of life explores where it has come from and how it evolves A scanning electron micrograph of a tardigrade, which …

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August 30, 2021 at 12:05 AM

Bigler's Gambit: How the California Gold Fields Gave Rise to Global Anti-Chinese Politics

Bigler's Gambit: How the California Gold Fields Gave Rise to Global Anti-Chinese Politics     Mae Ngai August 29, 2021History News Network The Chinese Question and Chinese exclusion policies circumnavigated the Anglo-American world in the late nineteenth and early twe…

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August 30, 2021 at 12:05 AM

Does Candyman Haunt Capitalists in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green?

Does Candyman Haunt Capitalists in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green?     Carlos Ramirez-Rosa August 29, 2021Jacobin We’re just asking questions. Like the classic 1992 horror film Candyman, the 2021 sequel takes place in Chicago's Cabrini-Green neighborhood. , Universal …

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August 30, 2021 at 12:05 AM

A New Supreme Court Case Could Blow up Decades of US Diplomacy

A New Supreme Court Case Could Blow up Decades of US Diplomacy     Ian Millhiser August 24, 2021Vox The Court must decide whether rogue judges have the power to dismantle US foreign policy. U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to El Paso Sector, El Paso Station i…

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August 30, 2021 at 12:00 AM

How Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Infused One of the Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll Bands with a Little Jazz

How Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Infused One of the Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll Bands with a Little Jazz     Victor Coelho, Gavin Edwards August 24, 2021The Conversation, The New York Times Mr. Watts, who had no taste for the life of a pop idol, was an unflashy but…

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August 30, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Ted Lasso Has Lots to Say About Mental Health, If the Discourse Calms Down Enough For Us to Hear It

Portside Culture Ted Lasso Has Lots to Say About Mental Health, If the Discourse Calms Down Enough For Us to Hear It     Myles McNutt August 27, 2021AV Club "The Signal" may not resolve all the season's issues, but it commits to its central character study …

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August 29, 2021 at 12:05 AM

Sanders Pitches $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill to Thousands at Indiana Town Hall

Sanders Pitches $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill to Thousands at Indiana Town Hall     Julia Conley August 27, 2021Common Dreams "Never in our lifetime has there been a piece of legislation which goes as far as this does to address the long-neglected needs of the working c…

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August 29, 2021 at 12:05 AM

Cedric J. Robinson

Cedric J. Robinson     Kieron Turner August 16, 2021MRonline With a focus on anti-racist and anti-imperialist political organising, Cedric Robinson was involved in numerous struggles on campus. ,   “The total configuration of human experience requires oth…

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August 29, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Returning to ‘Normal’ in Education is Not Good Enough

Returning to ‘Normal’ in Education is Not Good Enough     Bob Moses August 24, 2021The Imprint In the ’60s, voting was our organizing tool to demolish Jim Crow and achieve political impact. Since then, for me, it has been algebra. What’s math got to do with it? — you …

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August 29, 2021 at 12:00 AM

The Blood Never Dries

The Blood Never Dries     Richard Gott August 19, 2021Red Pepper We need to associate empire with the holocaust and with genocide. We need to discredit the notion of medals called the ‘Order of the British Empire’. After all, we would not accept the Order of Auschwitz…

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August 29, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Native American Voting Rights Are Under Attack In Republican-Run States

Native American Voting Rights Are Under Attack In Republican-Run States     Paul Blumenthal August 15, 2021HuffPost The current wave of voter suppression bills targets the Native vote that helped elect President Joe Biden and a Democratic Senate majority. Nativ…

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August 28, 2021 at 3:20 AM

Friday Nite Videos | August 27, 2021

Friday Nite Videos | August 27, 2021     August 27, 2021xxxxxx Jordan Klepper Debates Anti-Vax Mandate Protesters. How the US Created a Disaster in Afghanistan. Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church. Capitol Police Officer Who Killed Ashli Babbitt Speaks Out. Six Questi…

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August 28, 2021 at 2:35 AM

Bernie Sanders’s Third Campaign

Bernie Sanders’s Third Campaign     John Nichols August 23, 2021The Nation "We have got to address the reality that a very significant and growing number of Americans no longer have faith that their government is concerned about their needs. This takes us to the whole…

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August 28, 2021 at 2:05 AM

America Took the Bait After 9/11. Not This Time.

America Took the Bait After 9/11. Not This Time.     David Rothkopf August 26, 2021The Daily Beast We cannot and must not let the attackers achieve their utmost goal and capture the narrative of our exit nor can we allow them to remake our plans. Donations for …

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August 28, 2021 at 1:45 AM

Officer Vilified by Trumpland for Shooting Babbitt Describes Graphic Threats

Officer Vilified by Trumpland for Shooting Babbitt Describes Graphic Threats     Cristina Cabrera August 27, 2021Talking Points Memo Though Byrd’s identity had been hidden until Wednesday, Trump and his foot soldiers had already peppered their attacks on the officer w…

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