[https://new.portside.org/] Material of Interest to People on the Left PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 5, 2017 OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT DUTERTE FROM FARMERS OF NORTHERN SAMAR [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-01/open-letter-president-duterte-farmers-northern-samar] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-01/open-letter-president-duterte-farmers-northern-samar] NORTHERN SAMAR SMALL FARMERS ASSOCIATION November 11, 2017 _ teleSUR _ No storm from the Pacific, not even a barrel of a gun can make us, long neglected and angry, silent. * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/open-letter-president-duterte-farmers-northern-samar] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/open-letter-president-duterte-farmers-northern-samar] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/open-letter-president-duterte-farmers-northern-samar&text=Open%20Letter%20to%20President%20Duterte%20from%20Farmers%20of%20Northern%20Samar] TOO YOUNG TO VOTE, BUT NOT TOO YOUNG TO CARE AND PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE! [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-01/too-young-vote-not-too-young-care-and-pre-register-vote] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-01/too-young-vote-not-too-young-care-and-pre-register-vote] JANICE MENDEZ November 13, 2017 _ Californians for Justice _ Some of the challenges I faced during this process was seeing the disempowerment that has consistently been pushed on youth to believe that they cannot make a difference. * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/too-young-vote-not-too-young-care-and-pre-register-vote] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/too-young-vote-not-too-young-care-and-pre-register-vote] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/too-young-vote-not-too-young-care-and-pre-register-vote&text=Too%20Young%20to%20Vote%2C%20But%20Not%20Too%20Young%20to%20Care%20AND%20Pre-register%20to%20Vote%21] THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF HOW CALIFORNIA WAS BUILT ON GENOCIDE [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-01/hidden-history-how-california-was-built-genocide] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-01/hidden-history-how-california-was-built-genocide] MARK KARLIN November 12, 2017 _ Truthout _ History professor Benjamin Madley has written the first comprehensive investigation of the catastrophe that befell California's Indigenous population from 1846 to 1873: a catastrophe that was entirely man-made. An American Genocide catalogs the killing of tens of thousands of Native people during those years, and proves just how complicit the Californian and United States government were in the slaughter. Order this important book by donating to Truthout today! * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/hidden-history-how-california-was-built-genocide] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/hidden-history-how-california-was-built-genocide] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/hidden-history-how-california-was-built-genocide&text=The%20Hidden%20History%20of%20How%20California%20Was%20Built%20on%20Genocide%20%09] PROTAGONISM AND PRODUCTIVITY [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-01/protagonism-and-productivity] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-01/protagonism-and-productivity] MICHAEL A. LEBOWITZ November 15, 2017 _ Monthly Review _ To build the new socialist society, it is necessary to develop new, socialist concepts.8 So, let me end by paraphrasing Che from his Man and Socialism in Cuba: the pipe dream that socialism can be achieved through capitalist accounting and capitalist concepts of efficiency can lead into a blind alley. And you wind up there after having travelled a long distance with many crossroads, and it is hard to figure out just where you took the wrong turn. * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/protagonism-and-productivity] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/protagonism-and-productivity] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/protagonism-and-productivity&text=Protagonism%20and%20Productivity] HOW FOOD PACKAGING CLAIMS CAN FOOL YOU [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-01/how-food-packaging-claims-can-fool-you] [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-01/how-food-packaging-claims-can-fool-you] SALLY WADYKA September 27, 2017 _ Consumer Reports _ Food manufacturers use language to magnify the desirability of a product and can lead you to believe it’s something to make you healthier—even though what’s inside that box may not be all that good for you. * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/how-food-packaging-claims-can-fool-you] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/how-food-packaging-claims-can-fool-you] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-12-01/how-food-packaging-claims-can-fool-you&text=How%20Food%20Packaging%20Claims%20Can%20Fool%20You] INTERPRET THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT. 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