Portside Digest -
Global Days of Action on Military Spending (April 5-18)
March 5, 2016
People across the globe are organizing local actions to decry current priorities that spend $1.75 trillion/year on arms when our planet is in crisis.
https://portside.org/2016-03-07/global-days-action-military-spending-april-5-18
What Are You Doing for Israeli Apartheid Week?
March 5, 2016
Over the next few weeks, hundreds of cities and campuses worldwide will be participating in Israeli Apartheid Week, which aims to raise awareness about Israel’s ongoing settler-colonial project and apartheid policies over the Palestinian people. IAW is an opportunity to partake in something truly global while strengthening local efforts in support of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice, and equality.
https://portside.org/2016-03-07/what-are-you-doing-israeli-apartheid-week
Missing Portside Posts - Saturday and Sunday
March 7, 2016
Portside's posts did not go out as scheduled Saturday and Sunday. Our service provider, May First, upgraded all of their servers Saturday, to prevent coordinated hacking and DOS - Denial of Service attacks. Unfortunately there were conflicts between the new server software and the software that Portside uses to send posts. We have identified the problem, and are now working to correct it. Below is an Index of the posts that were posted to our website over the weekend.
https://portside.org/2016-03-07/missing-portside-posts-saturday-and-sunday
CCR Position on Obama’s New Plan to Close Guantánamo
March 1, 2016
President Obama’s proposed plan is too little, too late.
https://portside.org/2016-03-07/ccr-position-obama%E2%80%99s-new-plan-close-guant%C3%A1namo
Turning American Communities Into War Zones, Death By Death
March 1, 2016
When It Comes to People of Color, the Police Make San Francisco “Baghdad by the Bay”.
https://portside.org/2016-03-07/turning-american-communities-war-zones-death-death
Santa Ana: Living Behind Cardboard Walls
March 2, 2016
Isabelle Lopez, her husband and their dog live in a tiny room, perhaps 130 square feet, in the impoverished Lacy neighborhood in the Orange County city of Santa Ana. The room has cardboard walls, which Lopez’s husband painted white to provide at least an illusion they were solid. On those walls, she has tacked family photos and a large reproduction of a painting titled Angel de la Guarda, surrounded by cutout paper butterflies.
https://portside.org/2016-03-07/santa-ana-living-behind-cardboard-walls
How Do Workers Organize When Their Boss Is an App?
March 7, 2016
Answers remain scarce as Canadian labour grapples with Uber, Airbnb and the 'gig economy.'
https://portside.org/2016-03-07/how-do-workers-organize-when-their-boss-app
SCIENTISTS X-RAY POTATO CHIPS IN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THEM MORE DELICIOUS... AS IF THAT'S POSSIBLE
March 7, 2016
To make better fried foods, food scientists are exploring the microstructure and "tortuosity" of potato chips.
https://portside.org/2016-03-07/scientists-x-ray-potato-chips-attempt-make-them-more-delicious-if-thats-possible
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