[https://new.portside.org/] Material of Interest to People on the Left PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 16, 2017 THE DEATH OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE U.S. [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-15/death-christianity-us] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-15/death-christianity-us] MIGUEL DE LA TORRE _ Baptist News Global _ As a young man, I walked down the sawdust aisle at a Southern Baptist church and gave my heart to Jesus. But I can no longer allow my name to be tarnished by that political party masquerading as Christian. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-15/death-christianity-us] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-15/death-christianity-us] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-15/death-christianity-us&text=The%20Death%20of%20Christianity%20in%20the%20U.S.] RACISM MAY HAVE GOTTEN US INTO THIS MESS, BUT IDENTITY POLITICS CAN’T GET US OUT [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-15/racism-may-have-gotten-us-mess-identity-politics-cant-get-us-out] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-15/racism-may-have-gotten-us-mess-identity-politics-cant-get-us-out] BRIAHNA JOY GRAY _ New York Magazine _ It’s often argued that centering economics means abandoning racial or other identity groups that have fought hard for well-deserved political leverage. But political messaging is not a zero-sum game. The question is not “identity politics or economic justice,” but how to adopt a complementary union of the two. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-15/racism-may-have-gotten-us-mess-identity-politics-cant-get-us-out] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-15/racism-may-have-gotten-us-mess-identity-politics-cant-get-us-out] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-15/racism-may-have-gotten-us-mess-identity-politics-cant-get-us-out&text=Racism%20May%20Have%20Gotten%20Us%20Into%20This%20Mess%2C%20But%20Identity%20Politics%20Can%E2%80%99t%20Get%20Us%20Out] YANIS VAROUFAKIS’S DOOMED FIGHT AGAINST AUSTERITY [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-15/yanis-varoufakiss-doomed-fight-against-austerity] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-15/yanis-varoufakiss-doomed-fight-against-austerity] EMMETT RENSIN _ The New Republic _ This volume is an insiders account of Greeces recent struggle to preserve the general welfare of its people in the fact of the belt-tighening demands of the managers of the international financial system. Reviewer Rensin offers an assessment. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-15/yanis-varoufakiss-doomed-fight-against-austerity] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-15/yanis-varoufakiss-doomed-fight-against-austerity] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-15/yanis-varoufakiss-doomed-fight-against-austerity&text=Yanis%20Varoufakis%E2%80%99s%20Doomed%20Fight%20Against%20Austerity] 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] Search Portside archives [https://new.portside.org/archive] 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: https://lists.portside.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=PORTSIDETEST