[https://new.portside.org/] Material of Interest to People on the Left PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 4, 2017 HIDING CLEAR IDEAS BEHIND UNCLEAR WORDS [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-04/hiding-clear-ideas-behind-unclear-words] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-04/hiding-clear-ideas-behind-unclear-words] AMANDA BAKER November 29, 2017 _ Scientific American Blogs _ Sometimes it take a little bit of humor to see that clear ideas can get buried inside convoluted sentences * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/hiding-clear-ideas-behind-unclear-words] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/hiding-clear-ideas-behind-unclear-words] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/hiding-clear-ideas-behind-unclear-words&text=Hiding%20Clear%20Ideas%20behind%20Unclear%20Words] THE THIBODAUX MASSACRE LEFT 60 AFRICAN-AMERICANS DEAD AND SPELLED THE END OF UNIONIZED FARM LABOR IN THE SOUTH FOR DECADES [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-04/thibodaux-massacre-left-60-african-americans-dead-and-spelled-end-unionized-farm-labor] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-04/thibodaux-massacre-left-60-african-americans-dead-and-spelled-end-unionized-farm-labor] CALVIN SCHERMERHORN November 21, 2017 _ Smithsonian.com _ In 1887, African-American cane workers in Louisiana attempted to organize—and many paid with their lives * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/thibodaux-massacre-left-60-african-americans-dead-and-spelled-end-unionized-farm-labor] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/thibodaux-massacre-left-60-african-americans-dead-and-spelled-end-unionized-farm-labor] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/thibodaux-massacre-left-60-african-americans-dead-and-spelled-end-unionized-farm-labor&text=The%20Thibodaux%20Massacre%20Left%2060%20African-Americans%20Dead%20and%20Spelled%20the%20End%20of%20Unionized%20Farm%20Labor%20in%20the%20South%20for%20Decades] WHITE HOUSE MAY SHARE NUCLEAR POWER TECHNOLOGY WITH SAUDI ARABIA [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-04/white-house-may-share-nuclear-power-technology-saudi-arabia] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-04/white-house-may-share-nuclear-power-technology-saudi-arabia] ISAAC ARNSDORF November 29, 2017 _ ProPublica _ The overture follows an intense and secretive lobbying push involving Michael Flynn, Tom Barrack, Rick Gates and even Iran-Contra figure Robert McFarlane. * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/white-house-may-share-nuclear-power-technology-saudi-arabia] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/white-house-may-share-nuclear-power-technology-saudi-arabia] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/white-house-may-share-nuclear-power-technology-saudi-arabia&text=White%20House%20May%20Share%20Nuclear%20Power%20Technology%20With%20Saudi%20Arabia] THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT "NO LONGER HAS THE MONEY TO FUND THE POPULAR CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM" [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-04/federal-government-no-longer-has-money-fund-popular-childrens-health-insurance-program] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-04/federal-government-no-longer-has-money-fund-popular-childrens-health-insurance-program] RACHEL M. COHEN December 3, 2017 _ The Intercept _ The lead author of the Senate Republican tax plan, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch of Utah, said that the federal government no longer has the money to fund the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP. * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/federal-government-no-longer-has-money-fund-popular-childrens-health-insurance-program] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/federal-government-no-longer-has-money-fund-popular-childrens-health-insurance-program] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/federal-government-no-longer-has-money-fund-popular-childrens-health-insurance-program&text=The%20federal%20government%20%22no%20longer%20has%20the%20money%20to%20fund%20the%20popular%20Children%E2%80%99s%20Health%20Insurance%20Program%22] FCC WANTS TO KILL NET NEUTRALITY. CONGRESS WILL PAY THE PRICE [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-04/fcc-wants-kill-net-neutrality-congress-will-pay-price] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-04/fcc-wants-kill-net-neutrality-congress-will-pay-price] RYAN SINGEL December 3, 2017 _ Wired Opinion _ The FCC Draft Order on Net Neutrality went much further than we ever couldve imagined in not only reversing Title II, but in dismantling virtually all of the important tenets of net neutrality itself. * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/fcc-wants-kill-net-neutrality-congress-will-pay-price] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/fcc-wants-kill-net-neutrality-congress-will-pay-price] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-04/fcc-wants-kill-net-neutrality-congress-will-pay-price&text=FCC%20Wants%20to%20Kill%20Net%20Neutrality.%20Congress%20Will%20Pay%20the%20Price] INTERPRET THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT. 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