[https://new.portside.org/] Material of Interest to People on the Left PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 18, 2017 A DIFFERENT DIMENSION OF LOSS: INSIDE THE GREAT INSECT DIE-OFF [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-18/different-dimension-loss-inside-great-insect-die] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-18/different-dimension-loss-inside-great-insect-die] JACOB MIKANOWSKI December 14, 2017 _ The Guardian _ Scientists have identified 2 million species of living things. No one knows how many more are out there, and tens of thousands may be vanishing before we have even had a chance to encounter them. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/different-dimension-loss-inside-great-insect-die] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/different-dimension-loss-inside-great-insect-die] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/different-dimension-loss-inside-great-insect-die&text=A%20Different%20Dimension%20of%20Loss%3A%20Inside%20the%20Great%20Insect%20Die-off%20] A PRIMARY CHALLENGE TO A RIGHT-WING DEMOCRAT IN ILLINOIS DIVIDES THE RESISTANCE [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-18/primary-challenge-right-wing-democrat-illinois-divides-resistance] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-18/primary-challenge-right-wing-democrat-illinois-divides-resistance] HENRIETTE CHACAR, RYAN GRIM December 12, 2017 _ The Intercept _ The district went for Bernie Sanders by roughly eight points in the Democratic primary, and to Hillary Clinton by about 16 points in the 2016 general election. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/primary-challenge-right-wing-democrat-illinois-divides-resistance] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/primary-challenge-right-wing-democrat-illinois-divides-resistance] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/primary-challenge-right-wing-democrat-illinois-divides-resistance&text=A%20Primary%20Challenge%20to%20a%20Right-Wing%20Democrat%20in%20Illinois%20Divides%20the%20Resistance] TWO BILLION DOLLARS IN STOLEN WAGES WERE RECOVERED FOR WORKERS IN 2015 AND 2016—AND THAT’S JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-18/two-billion-dollars-stolen-wages-were-recovered-workers-2015-and-2016-and-thats-just] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-18/two-billion-dollars-stolen-wages-were-recovered-workers-2015-and-2016-and-thats-just] CELINE MCNICHOLAS, ZANE MOKHIBER, AND ADAM CHAIKOF December 13, 2017 _ Economic Policy Institute _ Given that wage theft disproportionately affects workers from low-income households—who are already struggling to make ends meet—the loss of wages can be devastating. And these recovery numbers likely dramatically underrepresent the pervasiveness of wage theft—it has been estimated that low-wage workers lose more than $50 billion annually to wage theft. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/two-billion-dollars-stolen-wages-were-recovered-workers-2015-and-2016-and-thats-just] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/two-billion-dollars-stolen-wages-were-recovered-workers-2015-and-2016-and-thats-just] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/two-billion-dollars-stolen-wages-were-recovered-workers-2015-and-2016-and-thats-just&text=Two%20Billion%20Dollars%20in%20Stolen%20Wages%20Were%20Recovered%20for%20Workers%20in%202015%20and%202016%E2%80%94and%20That%E2%80%99s%20Just%20a%20Drop%20in%20the%20Bucket] JONATHAN SWIFT TURNS 350 THIS WEEK. WOULD THE GREAT SATIRIST BE DISGUSTED WITH DC? [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-18/jonathan-swift-turns-350-week-would-great-satirist-be-disgusted-dc] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-18/jonathan-swift-turns-350-week-would-great-satirist-be-disgusted-dc] RON CHARLES November 28, 2017 _ Washington Post _ W.B. Yeats knew what he was talking about when he said of Swift, “Imitate him if you dare.” * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/jonathan-swift-turns-350-week-would-great-satirist-be-disgusted-dc] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/jonathan-swift-turns-350-week-would-great-satirist-be-disgusted-dc] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/jonathan-swift-turns-350-week-would-great-satirist-be-disgusted-dc&text=Jonathan%20Swift%20turns%20350%20this%20week.%20Would%20the%20great%20satirist%20be%20disgusted%20with%20DC%3F] DONALD TRUMP’S FIRST YEAR SETS RECORD FOR U.S. SPECIAL OPS [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-18/donald-trumps-first-year-sets-record-us-special-ops] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-18/donald-trumps-first-year-sets-record-us-special-ops] NICK TURSE December 14, 2017 _ TomDispatch _ On any given day, about 8,000 special operators -- from a command numbering roughly 70,000 -- are deployed in approximately 80 countries. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/donald-trumps-first-year-sets-record-us-special-ops] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/donald-trumps-first-year-sets-record-us-special-ops] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-18/donald-trumps-first-year-sets-record-us-special-ops&text=Donald%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20First%20Year%20Sets%20Record%20for%20U.S.%20Special%20Ops%20] INTERPRET THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT Submit via web [https://new.portside.org/contact/submit_to_portside] Submit via email Frequently asked questions [https://new.portside.org/faq] Manage subscription [https://new.portside.org/subscribe] Visit portside.org [https://new.portside.org/] Twitter [https://twitter.com/portsideorg] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Portside.PortsideLabor] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(portsidetest,SIGNOFF);