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October 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM

Gaza ‘Scholasticide’: We Mourn Our Universities as One Mourns an Old Friend

Gaza ‘Scholasticide’: We Mourn Our Universities as One Mourns an Old Friend     Ghada Abu Muaileq October 25, 2025 Middle East Eye As students like me try to rebuild our shattered lives, the ruins of our institutions stand as monuments to Israel's assault …
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October 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM

Trump’s Fury at the Ontario Ad Is All About the Supreme Court

Trump’s Fury at the Ontario Ad Is All About the Supreme Court     Matt Ford October 28, 2025 The New Republic The president is worried that his tariffs case before the court has big holes. Canadian officials have confirmed those fears are well founded. …
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October 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM

W. E. B. Du Bois on Blowing Up the White House’s East Wing

W. E. B. Du Bois on Blowing Up the White House’s East Wing     Corey Robin October 26, 2025 Jacobin The vision of W. E. B. Du Bois was one of congressional democracy, critical of presidential regimes that concentrate power in the hands of one individual, o…
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October 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM

‘Change Course Now’: Humanity Has Missed 1.5C Climate Target, Says UN Head

‘Change Course Now’: Humanity Has Missed 1.5C Climate Target, Says UN Head     Jonathan Watts; Wajã Xipai October 27, 2025 The Guardian ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before…
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October 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM

#MeToo Campus Thriller After the Hunt Is Provocation for Provocation’s Sake

Portside Culture #MeToo Campus Thriller After the Hunt Is Provocation for Provocation’s Sake     Adrian Horton October 21, 2025 The Guardian Julia Roberts emerges unscathed but Luca Guadagnino’s tiring and muddled attempt to comment on trending top…
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October 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM

Media Bits and Bytes — October 28, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes — October 28, 2025     October 28, 2025 xxxxxx Unions demand freedom from surveillance , Doaa Eladl/Web We Want via Flickr   What Were America’s Journalists Thinking? Unions Sue Feds Over Speech-Based Surveillance  Wom…
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October 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM

Montanans Go After ‘Citizens United’

Montanans Go After ‘Citizens United’     Harold Meyerson October 27, 2025 The American Prospect A proposed 2026 ballot measure would limit the powers that the state grants in its corporate charters. , Credit: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images…
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October 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct 29-Nov 4, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Oct 29-Nov 4, 2025     xxxxxx ‘No Kings’ Has Long Pedigree (1795), Jim Crow Can’t Ride (1870), Halloween Parade Grows Up (1985), Whose Right to Vote? (1890), Hope for Everything, Expect Nothing (1920), When Communists Filled Mad…
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October 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

The Age of De-Skilling

The Age of De-Skilling     Kwame Anthony Appiah October 26, 2025 The Atlantic Will AI stretch our minds—or stunt them? ,   The fretting has swelled from a murmur to a clamor, all variations on the same foreboding theme: “Your Brain on Cha…
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October 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Catherine Connolly Wins: An Historic Victory for the Left in Ireland

Catherine Connolly Wins: An Historic Victory for the Left in Ireland     Picture of Paul Murphy Paul Murphy October 25, 2025 Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières The big lesson is that if the left unites and seeks to mobilise people, it can win. The dynamic of…
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October 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Three Days in Chicago

Three Days in Chicago     Adrian Carrasquillo October 24, 2025 The xxxxxx Groups are finding new ways to stand up to ICE in Chicago. Here are their stories. , Scott Olson/Getty Images   Three Days In Chicago: A City on the Brink by The …
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October 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Danone and Nestlé Hit Back After New Report Accuses Big Food of ‘Corporate Greenwashing.’

Portside Culture Danone and Nestlé Hit Back After New Report Accuses Big Food of ‘Corporate Greenwashing.’     Elaine Watson June 5, 2025 Agfundernews.com Climate progress by large food companies is hobbled by lack of commitment to deep, structural…
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October 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM

Sunday Science: Cybercrime in the Age of AI

Sunday Science: Cybercrime in the Age of AI     Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bogdan Botezatu, Chuck Nice, Gary O'Reilly October 23, 2025 YouTube Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore deepfakes, scams, and cybercrime with the Directo…
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October 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM

Democrats Are Getting a Brutal Lesson in How Much the Politics on Israel Have Changed

Democrats Are Getting a Brutal Lesson in How Much the Politics on Israel Have Changed     Y.L. Al-Sheikh October 23, 2025 The Nation From Pete Buttigieg to Gavin Newsom, party bigwigs are finding out the hard way that the old platitudes don’t work anymore.…
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October 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM

The First Politically Viable Wealth Tax

The First Politically Viable Wealth Tax     Harold Meyerson October 23, 2025 The American Prospect A proposed 2026 California ballot measure would tax billionaires’ fortunes to fund imperiled health access for 15 million state Medicaid recipients. …
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October 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM

Palestinian Rights and Free Speech Rights Are Closely Linked

Palestinian Rights and Free Speech Rights Are Closely Linked     Lori Allen October 26, 2025 Jacobin A recent successful court case brought by university professors against the Trump administration’s ideological deportations is an important win for support…
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October 27, 2025 at 5:50 AM

The Beinart Notebook: There Is No Ceasefire

The Beinart Notebook: There Is No Ceasefire     Peter Beinart, Muhammad Shehada October 26, 2025 YouTube Peter Beinart interviews Muhammad Shehada on the Trump plan: Israel’s plans for the more than half of Gaza, Palestinian public opinion of Hamas, Potent…
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October 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Adam Silver Is on a One-Man Mission To Ruin the NBA

Portside Culture Adam Silver Is on a One-Man Mission To Ruin the NBA     Jack Bedrosian October 21, 2025 Jacobin Adam Silver became the NBA commissioner in 2014. Since then, he has wholeheartedly embraced sports gambling while making games harder f…
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October 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM

Authoritarian Strategy: Criminalizing Dissent and Protest

Authoritarian Strategy: Criminalizing Dissent and Protest     Chaumtoli Huq October 3, 2025 Huq Ithttps://substack.com/@huqit Authoritarian regimes rarely criminalize dissent all at once; they normalize repression step by step. Authoritarianism is a politi…
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October 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM

District Judges Fight To Defend the Law. DOJ and SCOTUS Snicker.

District Judges Fight To Defend the Law. DOJ and SCOTUS Snicker.     Joe Patrice October 24, 2025 Above the Law Lower courts are holding the line against authoritarianism while getting death threats and zero backup from above. ,   If demo…
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October 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM

Not the Onion: Man Arrested for Playing ‘Darth Vader Theme’

Not the Onion: Man Arrested for Playing ‘Darth Vader Theme’     Chris Williams October 24, 2025 Above the Law I had to make sure this wasn't an Onion article when I read about it. But here's the video you can see for yourself. ,   It is e…
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October 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Can a Squad of Progressive Vets Storm Capitol Hill in 2026?

Can a Squad of Progressive Vets Storm Capitol Hill in 2026?     Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon October 25, 2025 xxxxxx Fortunately, heading into the 2026 mid-term elections some military veterans from working class backgrounds are trying to challenge big mon…
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October 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM

75% of US Voters Are Concerned About Healthcare Premiums

75% of US Voters Are Concerned About Healthcare Premiums     Jessica Corbett October 25, 2025 Common Dreams “Instead of acting to prevent healthcare price hikes for the American people, President Trump and Republicans in Congress are playing games with peo…
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October 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Meet RFK’s Corporate Underlings

Meet RFK’s Corporate Underlings     Julian Scoffield and Toni Aguilar Rosenthal October 24, 2025 The American Prospect Several top officials in the Department of Health and Human Services worked for the very corporate interests their boss claims to oppose.…
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October 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | October 24, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | October 24, 2025     xxxxxx October 24, 2025 xxxxxx Over Half of Democrats Have ‘Positive View of Socialism.’ We Asked Trump Voters About Grocery Prices. Could Cleverly Sliced Paper Revolutionize Human Waste? A House of Dynamite | Movie …
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October 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM

The CDC Diaspora Fights Back

The CDC Diaspora Fights Back     Jonathan Cohn October 22, 2025 The xxxxxx How America’s scientific army is trying to stand up for public health—and stand up for itself. Rally in support of ousted leaders of the CDC, credit: screen grab  …
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October 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM

The Forgotten Story of the US Soldiers Who Integrated Baseball Before Jackie Robinson

The Forgotten Story of the US Soldiers Who Integrated Baseball Before Jackie Robinson     Rich Tenorio October 22, 2025 The Guardian This is history that should be remembered: Alongside a Jewish, anti-racist pitcher from Brooklyn, Leon Day and Willard Brow…
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October 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM

The US Warships off Venezuela Aren’t There To Fight Drugs

The US Warships off Venezuela Aren’t There To Fight Drugs     Guillaume Long October 24, 2025 Center for Economic and Policy Research The military build-up off Venezuela’s coast is a slippery slope towards an armed conflagration, far greater suffering for …
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October 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM

Cuomo Embraces Islamophobia in Waning Days of Mayoral Campaign

Cuomo Embraces Islamophobia in Waning Days of Mayoral Campaign     Yoav Gonen and Claudia Irizarry Aponte October 23, 2025 The City The former governor participated in a radio interview on Thursday where he laughed with the cohost imagining mayoral frontru…
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October 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

America Is a Gun

Portside Culture America Is a Gun     Brian Bilston Brian Bilston, self-proclaimed "Poet, Philosopher & Failure," offers a succinct analysis of the American character. ,   England is a cup of tea. France, a wheel of ripened brie.…
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October 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM

Can Nonviolent Struggle Defeat a Dictator? This Database Emphatically Says Yes

Can Nonviolent Struggle Defeat a Dictator? This Database Emphatically Says Yes     George Lakey October 15, 2025 Films for Action The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent …
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October 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM

When I Look at Zohran Mamdani, Here’s What I See

When I Look at Zohran Mamdani, Here’s What I See     Meher Ahmad October 13, 2025 The New York Times It’s a confounding time to be Muslim in this country. A degree of Muslim culture I would have never thought possible when I was a kid is now imbued in the …
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October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM

Can Nonviolent Struggle Defeat a Dictator? This Database Emphatically Says Yes

Can Nonviolent Struggle Defeat a Dictator? This Database Emphatically Says Yes     George Lakey October 15, 2025 Films for Action The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent …
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October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM

Tidbits-Oct. 23 -Reader Comments: Defeating Fascism; Red Scare: Then, Now; Amazon Plan-Replace Half Million Jobs; Gaza Ceasefire; Human Toll of Gaza War; Remembering Arthur Waskow; Young Republicans-Young Fascists; Letter From Jewish New Yorkers;

Tidbits-Oct. 23 -Reader Comments: Defeating Fascism; Red Scare: Then, Now; Amazon Plan-Replace Half Million Jobs; Gaza Ceasefire; Human Toll of Gaza War; Remembering Arthur Waskow; Young Republicans-Young Fascists; Letter From Jewish New Yorkers;     October 23, 2…
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October 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM

Gaza Must Decide Its Own Political Future — Before the World Does for Us

Gaza Must Decide Its Own Political Future — Before the World Does for Us     Mahmoud Mushtaha October 16, 2025 +972 Magazine We cannot repeat the slow death of Oslo nor replace Hamas with another detached faction, but instead rethink the foundations of our…
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October 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM

Zohran Mamdani’s 5 Lessons for the Democrats

Zohran Mamdani’s 5 Lessons for the Democrats     Waleed Shahid October 21, 2025 Jacobin Zohran Mamdani does not operate by the same logic as the Democratic Party establishment. Waleed Shahid explains five key aspects of how Mamdani has broken through. …
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October 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM

Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump Is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump Is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force     J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam October 18, 2025 ProPublica The administration gutted guardrails and offices meant to rein in abusive actions. Some families s…
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October 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM

Jewish Figures Across the Globe Call on UN and World Leaders To Sanction Israel

Jewish Figures Across the Globe Call on UN and World Leaders To Sanction Israel     Joseph Gedeon October 22, 2025 The Guardian In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say ‘unconscionable’ actions in Gaza amount to genocide …
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October 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM

Trump EPA Seeks To Weaken Scrutiny for Some of US’s Most Toxic Chemicals

Trump EPA Seeks To Weaken Scrutiny for Some of US’s Most Toxic Chemicals     Tom Perkins October 21, 2025 The Guardian New rule would prohibit states from banning dangerous chemicals, and could invalidate hundreds of protections The PFAS treatmen…
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October 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Designing Democracy – Constitutional Resilience in Authoritarian Times

Portside Culture Designing Democracy – Constitutional Resilience in Authoritarian Times     Samira Allioui October 6, 2025 LSE Review of Books Taking a comparative approach based on global case studies, this is an incisive and important contributio…
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October 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — October 22, 2025

Global Left Midweek — October 22, 2025     October 22, 2025 xxxxxx Reanimating the heart of democracy , Indymedia Scotland   Mobilizing the Anti-Racist Majority in UK Unprecedented Wave of Outrage Free Marwan Barghouti! Lula’s Unfinished D…
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October 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Victims Without Victimizers

Victims Without Victimizers     Norman Solomon October 21, 2025 TomDispatch How Corporate Democrats Led to the Trump Era , Cagle Cartoons   The human condition includes a vast array of unavoidable misfortunes. But what about the preventab…
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October 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM

Seven Million Turn Out for “No Kings” Protests Nationwide. Next Up, Massive Disruptions Backed by Unions?

Seven Million Turn Out for “No Kings” Protests Nationwide. Next Up, Massive Disruptions Backed by Unions?     Luis Feliz Leon October 20, 2025 In These Times People from across the country marched. Now what? Thousands of protesters attended the "…
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October 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM

Gaza Ceasefire: The World Must Ensure Israel Does Not Resume a Slow Genocide

Gaza Ceasefire: The World Must Ensure Israel Does Not Resume a Slow Genocide     Majed Abusalama October 18, 2025 Middle East Eye The goal now is to turn eyes away from Gaza and deflect accountability after two years of global mobilisation demanding not on…
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October 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM

Arthur Waskow, Activist Rabbi Who Brought Jewish Spiritual Wisdom To Bear on Progressive Politics, Dies at 92

Arthur Waskow, Activist Rabbi Who Brought Jewish Spiritual Wisdom To Bear on Progressive Politics, Dies at 92     Ben Harris October 20, 2025 Forward Waskow became one of the leading voices bringing Jewish spiritual wisdom to bear on the progressive politi…
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October 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — October 21, 2025

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — October 21, 2025     October 21, 2025 xxxxxx Doing the Time Warp again , Christopher Shields, Fight the Fire   The FU Heard Round the World The New Red Scare How Republicans Manufacture Anti-Abortion Pani…
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October 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM

‘How Is This Possible?’: A New Film Looks Inside the Appalling Abuses of the Alabama Prison System

Portside Culture ‘How Is This Possible?’: A New Film Looks Inside the Appalling Abuses of the Alabama Prison System     Adrian Horton October 12, 2025 The Guardian In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share aston…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM

Bernie Sanders Fiery No Kings Speech in DC

Bernie Sanders Fiery No Kings Speech in DC     Bernie Sanders October 20, 2025 Common Dreams This is not the end. This is just the beginning. Together, when we stand united, we will create the kind of nation that you and I know we can become. A nation devo…
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October 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Journalist Jelani Cobb on Race in Donald Trump’s America

Journalist Jelani Cobb on Race in Donald Trump’s America     David Smith October 18, 2025 The Guardian ‘Indecency has become a new hallmark.’ In a new essay collection, the dean of Columbia University’s graduate school of journalism makes a compelling argu…
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October 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM

This Week in People’s History, Oct 22–28, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Oct 22–28, 2025     xxxxxx DuPont Has DDT to Sell, So Watch Out! (1945), Women Want the Vote, Men Say No Way (1915), Icelandic Women Go on Strike Against Gender Discrimination (1975), Big Tobacco Kills, and Keeps on Killing (194…