[https://new.portside.org/] Material of Interest to People on the Left PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 20, 2017 HARI KONDABOLU’S NEW DOC SHOWS HOW THE RACIST APU CHARACTER ON 'THE SIMPSONS' STILL HAUNTS DESI AMERICA [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/hari-kondabolus-new-doc-shows-how-racist-apu-character-simpsons-still-haunts-desi] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/hari-kondabolus-new-doc-shows-how-racist-apu-character-simpsons-still-haunts-desi] SAMEER RAO, HARI KONDABOLU _ ColorLines _ Hari Kondabolu, the comedian explores the trouble with the animated Indian convenience store clerk through his own experiences and those of actors such as Aziz Ansari and Kal Penn in an hourlong documentary set to air on truTV. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/hari-kondabolus-new-doc-shows-how-racist-apu-character-simpsons-still-haunts-desi] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/hari-kondabolus-new-doc-shows-how-racist-apu-character-simpsons-still-haunts-desi] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/hari-kondabolus-new-doc-shows-how-racist-apu-character-simpsons-still-haunts-desi&text=Hari%20Kondabolu%E2%80%99s%20New%20Doc%20Shows%20How%20the%20Racist%20Apu%20Character%20on%20%27The%20Simpsons%27%20Still%20Haunts%20Desi%20America] OFF-YEAR ELECTION TAKEAWAYS FOR MONEY IN POLITICS [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/year-election-takeaways-money-politics] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/year-election-takeaways-money-politics] BEATRIZ ALDEREGUIA , NATALIE GIOTTA _ Brennan Center for Justice _ Last week’s off-year elections provided a window into the role money plays in our politics, and the possibilities for campaign finance for reform across the country. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/year-election-takeaways-money-politics] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/year-election-takeaways-money-politics] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/year-election-takeaways-money-politics&text=Off-Year%20Election%20Takeaways%20for%20Money%20in%20Politics] WHEN CARL SAGAN WARNED THE WORLD ABOUT NUCLEAR WINTER [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/when-carl-sagan-warned-world-about-nuclear-winter] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/when-carl-sagan-warned-world-about-nuclear-winter] MATTHEW R. FRANCIS _ Smithsonian.com _ Before the official report came out, the popular scientist took to the presses to paint a dire picture of what nuclear war might look like. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/when-carl-sagan-warned-world-about-nuclear-winter] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/when-carl-sagan-warned-world-about-nuclear-winter] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/when-carl-sagan-warned-world-about-nuclear-winter&text=When%20Carl%20Sagan%20Warned%20the%20World%20About%20Nuclear%20Winter] THE TRUMP DOCTRINE [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/trump-doctrine] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/trump-doctrine] MICHAEL T. KLARE _ TomDispatch _ Making Nuclear Weapons Usable Again * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/trump-doctrine] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/trump-doctrine] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/trump-doctrine&text=The%20Trump%20Doctrine%20] UPTON SINCLAIR IS DEAD AND THE FOOD INDUSTRY HAS THE TRUMP ADMIN. RIGHT WHERE IT WANTS IT [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/upton-sinclair-dead-and-food-industry-has-trump-admin-right-where-it-wants-it] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/upton-sinclair-dead-and-food-industry-has-trump-admin-right-where-it-wants-it] ALANA TOULIN _ In These Times _ In an era when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are increasingly compromised, and workers in the American food industry are often poorly paid and under-protected, advocates and commentators must consciously work to dismantle the elitism that so often surrounds cultural discussions about food in the United States. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/upton-sinclair-dead-and-food-industry-has-trump-admin-right-where-it-wants-it] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/upton-sinclair-dead-and-food-industry-has-trump-admin-right-where-it-wants-it] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-20/upton-sinclair-dead-and-food-industry-has-trump-admin-right-where-it-wants-it&text=Upton%20Sinclair%20is%20Dead%20and%20the%20Food%20Industry%20has%20the%20Trump%20Admin.%20Right%20Where%20It%20Wants%20It] INTERPRET THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT. 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