[https://new.portside.org/] Material of Interest to People on the Left PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 24, 2017 GOP TAX BILL IS THE END OF ALL ECONOMIC SANITY IN WASHINGTON [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-24/gop-tax-bill-end-all-economic-sanity-washington] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-24/gop-tax-bill-end-all-economic-sanity-washington] STAN COLLENDER _ Forbes _ If its enacted, the GOP tax cut now working its way through Congress will be the start of a decades-long economic policy disaster unlike any other that has occurred in American history. - And this dire warning is from Forbes, the business publication. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-24/gop-tax-bill-end-all-economic-sanity-washington] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-24/gop-tax-bill-end-all-economic-sanity-washington] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-24/gop-tax-bill-end-all-economic-sanity-washington&text=GOP%20Tax%20Bill%20is%20the%20End%20of%20All%20Economic%20Sanity%20in%20Washington] CONGRESS MUST END AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR SAUDI WAR IN YEMEN [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-24/congress-must-end-american-support-saudi-war-yemen] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-24/congress-must-end-american-support-saudi-war-yemen] MARK WEISBROT _ The Hill _ It is important for as many people as possible to get involved in this next phase of the fight to end U.S. support for the Saudi war in Yemen, because this is the worlds best chance of ending this nightmare, as United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock warned of Yemen experiencing "the largest famine the world has seen for many decades with millions of victims." * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-24/congress-must-end-american-support-saudi-war-yemen] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-24/congress-must-end-american-support-saudi-war-yemen] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-24/congress-must-end-american-support-saudi-war-yemen&text=Congress%20Must%20End%20American%20Support%20for%20Saudi%20War%20in%20Yemen] NAFTA, THE CROSS-BORDER DISASTER [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-24/nafta-cross-border-disaster] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-24/nafta-cross-border-disaster] DAVID BACON _ The American Prospect _ The trade treaty, now up for renegotiation, has displaced millions of Mexican workers, and many thousands of U.S. workers as well. A U.S. autoworker earns $21.50 an hour, and a Mexican autoworker $3, but a gallon of milk costs more in Mexico than it does here. People were migrating from Mexico to the U.S. long before NAFTA, but the treaty put migration on steroids. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-24/nafta-cross-border-disaster] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-24/nafta-cross-border-disaster] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-24/nafta-cross-border-disaster&text=NAFTA%2C%20The%20Cross-Border%20Disaster] TIDBITS - NOVEMBER 23, 2017 - READER COMMENTS: PORTSIDE ANNUAL FUND APPEAL; TRUMP TAX SCAM; THE US AND AFRICA; KEYSTONE PIPELINE; PUBLIC BANK OPTION; SCI-FI AND FANTASY; AND MORE.... [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-23/tidbits-november-23-2017-reader-comments-portside-annual-fund-appeal-trump-tax-scam-us] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-23/tidbits-november-23-2017-reader-comments-portside-annual-fund-appeal-trump-tax-scam-us] _ Portside _ Reader Comments: Information is power -- Portside annual Fund Appeal; How to Talk to Your Family About the Trump Tax Scam; The US, Africa and a New Century of War; Keystone Pipeline; Public Bank Option; Sci-Fi and Fantasy Every Socialist Should Read; Remembering Syd Bild; and more.... * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-23/tidbits-november-23-2017-reader-comments-portside-annual-fund-appeal-trump-tax-scam-us] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-23/tidbits-november-23-2017-reader-comments-portside-annual-fund-appeal-trump-tax-scam-us] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-23/tidbits-november-23-2017-reader-comments-portside-annual-fund-appeal-trump-tax-scam-us&text=Tidbits%20-%20November%2023%2C%202017%20-%20Reader%20Comments%3A%20Portside%20annual%20Fund%20Appeal%3B%20Trump%20Tax%20Scam%3B%20The%20US%20and%20%20Africa%3B%20Keystone%20Pipeline%3B%20Public%20Bank%20Option%3B%20Sci-Fi%20and%20Fantasy%3B%20and%20more....] JOHN STEINBECK, THE DUST BOWL, AND FARM-WORKER ORGANIZING [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-23/john-steinbeck-dust-bowl-and-farm-worker-organizing] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-23/john-steinbeck-dust-bowl-and-farm-worker-organizing] HARRY TARG _ Portside _ John Steinbeck was one of the most prolific and, in my view, significant American novelists of the twentieth century. He was influenced by and synthesized his own politics and personal experience with the political culture and movements of the 1930s. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-23/john-steinbeck-dust-bowl-and-farm-worker-organizing] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-23/john-steinbeck-dust-bowl-and-farm-worker-organizing] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-23/john-steinbeck-dust-bowl-and-farm-worker-organizing&text=John%20Steinbeck%2C%20The%20Dust%20Bowl%2C%20And%20Farm-Worker%20Organizing] THIS THANKSGIVING, BREAK THE COLONIAL MOLD AND HAVE AN EARTH DINNER [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-23/thanksgiving-break-colonial-mold-and-have-earth-dinner] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-23/thanksgiving-break-colonial-mold-and-have-earth-dinner] JIM HIGHTOWER _ Altenet _ When joined by family and friends for Thanksgiving, ask guests to tell stories about their very first food memory, or to recall any family member who was a farmer or a jolly cook. Invite people of diverse backgrounds and all ages. Ask a farm family to join you, or a cheesemaker or others involved in producing food. Then eat, talk, enjoy! * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-23/thanksgiving-break-colonial-mold-and-have-earth-dinner] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-23/thanksgiving-break-colonial-mold-and-have-earth-dinner] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-23/thanksgiving-break-colonial-mold-and-have-earth-dinner&text=This%20Thanksgiving%2C%20Break%20the%20Colonial%20Mold%20and%20Have%20an%20Earth%20Dinner] A NOVELIST REVISITS A DEADLY TEXTILE UNION STRIKE FROM 1929 [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-23/novelist-revisits-deadly-textile-union-strike-1929] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-23/novelist-revisits-deadly-textile-union-strike-1929] AMY ROWLAND _ New York Times Sunday Book Review _ A novel set in the context of the historic Gastonia strike of textile workers in 1929 and featuring labor songwriter and indigenous strike leader Ella May Wiggins, the book, based as it is on an actual struggle uniting black and white workers, speaks to contemporary concerns through a vivid portrayal of struggle against historical injustice. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-23/novelist-revisits-deadly-textile-union-strike-1929] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-23/novelist-revisits-deadly-textile-union-strike-1929] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-23/novelist-revisits-deadly-textile-union-strike-1929&text=A%20Novelist%20Revisits%20a%20Deadly%20Textile%20Union%20Strike%20From%201929] INTERPRET THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT. 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