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Portside Snapshot - December 18, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-18T06:00:20-05:00

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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. [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 17, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-17T06:00:11-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 17, 2017

AS THE ANC MEETS: WHITHER SOUTH AFRICA’S HISTORIC LIBERATION
ORGANIZATION
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-16/anc-meets-whither-south-africas-historic-liberation-organization]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-16/anc-meets-whither-south-africas-historic-liberation-organization]
RAYMOND SUTTNER
December 14, 2017
_ Mail & Guardian (South Africa) _
This weekend the African National Congress will choose a new
president to replace Jacob Zuma, but all of the contenders for the ANC
leadership were complicit in Zumas corrupt rule. Will the ANC ever
regain the moral stature it once enjoyed? [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 16, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-16T06:00:16-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 16, 2017

FML: THE MILLENNIAL STORY
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-15/fml-millennial-story]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-15/fml-millennial-story]
MICHAEL HOBBES
December 14, 2017
_ Huffington Post _
Why millennials are facing the scariest financial future of any
generation since the Great Depression.

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NET NEUTRALITY: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-15/net-neutrality-what-happens-next]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-15/net-neutrality-what-happens-next]
AJA ROMANO
December 14, 2017
_ Vox _
The overwhelming majority of the public, including Republicans,
support net neutrality. The FCC just voted to end it. Heres what
happens next. [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 15, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-15T06:00:20-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 15, 2017

THE VICTORY IN ALABAMA - BLACK VOTERS CRUCIAL - HOW ROY MOORE WAS
DEFEATED (FOUR PERSPECTIVES)
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-15/victory-alabama-black-voters-crucial-how-roy-moore-was-defeated-four-perspectives]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-15/victory-alabama-black-voters-crucial-how-roy-moore-was-defeated-four-perspectives]
BILL FLETCHER, JR.; ALLY BOGUHN; KIRA LERNER; DOUGLAS WILLIAMS AND
BRYAN CONLON
December 14, 2017
_ Portside _
98 percent of black women and 93% of black men voted for Democratic
Senator-elect Doug Jones yesterday in Alabama, a state where black
people make up a quarter of the population. Black voters made up 28%
of the electorate on Tuesday, a turnout that hasn’t been seen since
President [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 14, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-14T06:00:20-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 14, 2017

THE GRASSROOTS WON ALABAMA’S SENATE RACE
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-13/grassroots-won-alabamas-senate-race]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-13/grassroots-won-alabamas-senate-race]
ISAIAH J. POOLE
December 13, 2017
_ Campaign for Americas Future _
The mobilization for Jones was just the latest chapter in “decades
and generations of groundbreaking work to win voting rights” and
“deep, proud movement building.”

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JEREMY CORBYN'S GENEVA SPEECH IN FULL
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-13/jeremy-corbyns-geneva-speech-full] [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 13, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-13T06:00:14-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 13, 2017

MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – ZERO HOUR EDITION
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-12/media-bits-and-bytes-zero-hour-edition]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-12/media-bits-and-bytes-zero-hour-edition]

December 12, 2017
_ Portside _
Net Neut fight grows more dire; SNAFU USA; The Seder caper; Internet
amidst the Big Melt; Bitcoin bamboozle; The Booker story

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PORTSIDE ANNUAL FUND APPEAL - INFORMATION IS POWER
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-12/portside-annual-fund-appeal-information-power] [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 12, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-12T06:00:12-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 12, 2017

ELECTIONS IN CUBA: LIKE NOWHERE ELSE!
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-11/elections-cuba-nowhere-else]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-11/elections-cuba-nowhere-else]
EARL BOUSQUET
December 4, 2017
_ teleSUR _
The 2017 elections to Cuba’s National Assembly was the first
without Fidel Castro.

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Portside Snapshot - December 11, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-11T06:00:15-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 11, 2017

THE ELECTION IS BEING STOLEN
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-11/election-being-stolen]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-11/election-being-stolen]
DANA FRANK, PARKER ASMANN
December 8, 2017
_ Jacobin _
A lot of the good English language coverage of Honduras has stemmed
from the murder of renowned environmental rights activist Berta
Cáceres in May of 2016. Her assassination reverberated around the
world and led to a tremendous amount of education about not only the
corruption within the Honduran government, but also the role of
Honduran military and elites in allegedly committing her
assassination. [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 10, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-10T06:00:12-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 10, 2017

WHY ARE US FARMERS KILLING THEMSELVES AT A RECORD RATE
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-09/why-are-us-farmers-killing-themselves-record-rate]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-09/why-are-us-farmers-killing-themselves-record-rate]
DEBBIE WEINGARTEN
December 6, 2017
_ The Guardian _
The suicide rate for US farmers is more than double that of military
veterans, and according to a recent 17 state study, the suicide rate
for people working in agriculture is nearly five times higher that in
the general population. [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 9, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-09T06:00:21-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 9, 2017

FRIDAY NITE VIDEOS | DEC 8, 2017
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-08/friday-nite-videos-dec-8-2017]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-08/friday-nite-videos-dec-8-2017]

December 8, 2017
_ Portside _
Obama Invokes Nazi Germany in Warning to US. Preacher Jack - Boogie
Woogie. Rachel Maddow Lifts Curtain on DNC Hacks. Alabama Women
Divided on Roy Moore. Reporting on Alabama Senate Candidate Roy Moore
| How to Be a Journalist. [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 8, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-08T06:00:16-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 8, 2017

WHY A CHILDREN’S BOOK HAS ZIONISTS LOSING THEIR MINDS
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-07/why-childrens-book-has-zionists-losing-their-minds]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-07/why-childrens-book-has-zionists-losing-their-minds]
STEVEN SALAITA
December 1, 2017
_ Mondoweiss _
In this moment of nuclear proliferation, police brutality, resurgent
Nazism, and stunning inequality, the real enemy: is a children’s
book. The offending title, P is for Palestine, was recently published
by Golbarg Bashi and Golrokh Nafisi after a long crowdfunding
campaign. Supporters of Israeli settlements and Zionist organizations
have reacted as if it’s the Hamas charter. [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 7, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-07T06:00:13-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 7, 2017

HONDURAS IN FLAMES
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-06/honduras-flames]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-06/honduras-flames]
AARON SCHNEIDER AND RAFAEL R. IORIS

_ NACLA Reports _
The chaos surrounding last week’s presidential elections in
Honduras reflects a rightwing consolidation of power in the country,
abetted by the United States.

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RAMAPHOSA AND DLAMINI-ZUMA CONTEST IS TOO CLOSE TO CALL
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-06/ramaphosa-and-dlamini-zuma-contest-too-close-call] [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 6, 2017

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 6, 2017

NEW TEST NODE [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-05/new-test-node]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-05/new-test-node]
BC
December 5, 2017
_ test _
Bernie lectures.

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ACTING NATURAL [https://new.portside.org/2017-12-05/acting-natural]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-05/acting-natural]
J. HOBERMAN
November 29, 2017
_ New York Review of Books _
The camera, just by its presence, altered human behavior. The motion
picture camera changed the nature of acting. Among other things, it
created that apparent oxymoron, the non-actor, the subject of an
unusually rich and stimulating series now at the Film Society of
Lincoln Center entitled "The Non-Actor". [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 5, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-05T06:00:11-05:00

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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.

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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] [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 4, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-04T06:00:10-05:00

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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

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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] [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 2, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-02T06:00:15-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 2, 2017

FRIDAY NITE VIDEOS | DEC 1, 2017
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-02/friday-nite-videos-dec-1-2017]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-02/friday-nite-videos-dec-1-2017]

December 1, 2017
_ Portside _
Why Did Donald Trump Ignore Warnings About Michael Flynn? Mudbound |
Movie. Everything Goes Back to Trump. Residente on Race and Trumps
America. Are University Admissions Biased?

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FLYNN'S GUILTY PLEA: JUST HOW BAD FOR TRUMP?
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-01/flynns-guilty-plea-just-how-bad-trump] [...]

Portside Snapshot - December 1, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-12-01T06:02:32-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - DECEMBER 1, 2017

THE TAX BILL BATTLE SHOWS THE LEFT NEEDS A "SINGLE PAYER OF FISCAL
POLICY"
[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-01/tax-bill-battle-shows-left-needs-single-payer-fiscal-policy]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-12-01/tax-bill-battle-shows-left-needs-single-payer-fiscal-policy]
SARAH JAFFE
November 28, 2017
_ In These Times _

When the heirs and heiresses of billionaire fortunes can take over an
entire political party and force them to pass public policies that the
vast majority of even their own voters don't want, there is a problem
with democracy. A conversation with Michael Kink, executive director
of the Strong Economy for All Coalition. [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 30, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-30T06:00:19-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 30, 2017

TRUMP’S FATEFUL MISTAKE ON CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-29/trumps-fateful-mistake-consumer-financial-protection]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-29/trumps-fateful-mistake-consumer-financial-protection]
SIMON JOHNSON
_ Project Syndicate _
By seizing control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and
placing an ideological extremist in charge, US President Donald Trump
has brought to the fore the deepest flaws in his administration’s
founding myth. The gutting that now awaits the agency will visibly
harm many of the ordinary people Trump promised to defend. [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 29, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-29T06:00:17-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 29, 2017

REVIEW: "MUDBOUND" IS A RACIAL EPIC TUNED TO BLACK LIVES, AND WHITE
GUILT
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-28/review-mudbound-racial-epic-tuned-black-lives-and-white-guilt]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-28/review-mudbound-racial-epic-tuned-black-lives-and-white-guilt]
A.O. SCOTT
_ NY Times _
Pappy’s snarling, slur-spewing villainy verges on caricature, but
“Mudbound” does not pretend that his is the only, or even the most
insidious, face of white supremacy. Nor does the film locate the
poison of racism principally in the attitudes and feelings of the
dominant race. What Hap and Florence are up against as they try to
provide for their children and hold onto their [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 28, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-28T06:00:12-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 28, 2017

PERSISTENCE OF VISION: THE AUTRY MUSEUM’S ‘LA RAZA’ PHOTO
EXHIBITION
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-27/persistence-vision-autry-museums-la-raza-photo-exhibition]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-27/persistence-vision-autry-museums-la-raza-photo-exhibition]
STEVE APPLEFORD
_ Capital & Main _
A photographic exhibit reveals long-unseen images of the Chicano
community at a time of political upheaval and demands for civil
rights.

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Portside Snapshot - November 27, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-27T06:00:10-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 27, 2017

A MATHEMATICIAN WHO DANCES TO THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF DISCOVERY
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-27/mathematician-who-dances-joys-and-sorrows-discovery]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-27/mathematician-who-dances-joys-and-sorrows-discovery]
ERICA KLARREICH
_ Quanta _
Federico Ardila opens up about his journey as a mathematician,
teacher, Colombian transplant, DJ and creator of mathematical spaces.

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A TRIBUTE TO BLACKLISTED LYRICIST YIP HARBURG: THE MAN WHO PUT THE
RAINBOW IN THE WIZARD OF OZ
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-27/tribute-blacklisted-lyricist-yip-harburg-man-who-put-rainbow-wizard-oz] [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 25, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-25T06:00:11-05:00

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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 25, 2017

FRIDAY NITE VIDEOS | NOV 24, 2017
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-25/friday-nite-videos-nov-24-2017]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-25/friday-nite-videos-nov-24-2017]

_ Portside _
How Southern Socialites Rewrote Civil War History. Stealing Is Legal!
DAMNATION: New Series Trailer. Coffee: The Greatest Addiction Ever.
Tom Lehrer | We Will All Go Together When We Go.

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SILICON VALLEY WANTS ACCESS TO YOUR BRAIN
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-25/silicon-valley-wants-access-your-brain] [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 24, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-24T06:00:14-05:00

[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. [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 23, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-23T06:00:21-05:00

[https://new.portside.org/]
Material of Interest to People on the Left

PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 23, 2017

DON'T TRUST PUTIN'S KLEPTOCRATS -- RUSSIA NEEDS SOCIALISM
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-22/dont-trust-putins-kleptocrats-russia-needs-socialism]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-22/dont-trust-putins-kleptocrats-russia-needs-socialism]
JOHN FOSTER
_ Morning Star _
Veteran Russian communist Dr. Slava Tetekin noted that Putin has been
in power now for 18 years -- longer than Brezhnev had been. During
that time he has presided over rising inequality and the destruction
of Russias industrial economy. This makes it all the more important to
redevelop working-class mobilisation and to ensure that the current
reawakening of enthusiasm for the October Revolution is converted into
a wider political [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 22, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-22T06:00:13-05:00

[https://new.portside.org/]
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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 22, 2017

LATINA WORKERS 2017-11-21
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-21/latina-workers-2017-11-21]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-21/latina-workers-2017-11-21]
ELISE GOULD AND ADRIANA KUGLER
_ Economic Policy Institute _
On average, Latina workers are paid only 67 cents on the dollar
relative to white non-Hispanic men, even after controlling for
education, years of experience, and location.

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PALESTINIAN -THEMED FILMS DRAW PLAUDITS
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-21/palestinian-themed-films-draw-plaudits] [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 21, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-21T06:00:13-05:00

[https://new.portside.org/]
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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 21, 2017

LATINA WORKERS HAVE TO WORK 10 MONTHS INTO 2017 TO BE PAID THE SAME
AS WHITE NON-HISPANIC MEN IN 2016
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/latina-workers-have-work-10-months-2017-be-paid-same-white-non-hispanic-men-2016]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/latina-workers-have-work-10-months-2017-be-paid-same-white-non-hispanic-men-2016]
ELISE GOULD AND ADRIANA KUGLER
_ Economic Policy Institute _
On average, Latina workers are paid only 67 cents on the dollar
relative to white non-Hispanic men, even after controlling for
education, years of experience, and location. [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 20, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-20T06:00:11-05:00

[https://new.portside.org/]
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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 20, 2017

HARI KONDABOLU’S NEW DOC SHOWS HOW THE RACIST APU CHARACTER ON
'THE SIMPSONS' STILL HAUNTS DESI AMERICA
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/hari-kondabolus-new-doc-shows-how-racist-apu-character-simpsons-still-haunts-desi]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-20/hari-kondabolus-new-doc-shows-how-racist-apu-character-simpsons-still-haunts-desi]
SAMEER RAO, HARI KONDABOLU
_ ColorLines _
Hari Kondabolu, the comedian explores the trouble with the animated
Indian convenience store clerk through his own experiences and those
of actors such as Aziz Ansari and Kal Penn in an hourlong documentary
set to air on truTV. [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 18, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-18T06:00:11-05:00

[https://new.portside.org/]
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PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 18, 2017

FRIDAY NITE VIDEOS | NOV 17, 2017
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-18/friday-nite-videos-nov-17-2017]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-18/friday-nite-videos-nov-17-2017]

_ Portside _
John Oliver | The Trump Presidency. Janis Joplin | Down On Me. Movie:
The Man Who Invented Christmas. Paradise Papers: Watch The Live
Digital Premiere. Trump-Proofing Americas Nukes.

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HOW DOUG JONES CAN WIN
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-17/how-doug-jones-can-win] [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 17, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-17T06:00:10-05:00

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Material of Interest to People on the Left

PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 17, 2017

WE KNEW JULIAN ASSANGE HATED CLINTON. WE DIDN’T KNOW HE WAS
SECRETLY ADVISING TRUMP.
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-17/we-knew-julian-assange-hated-clinton-we-didnt-know-he-was-secretly-advising-trump]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-17/we-knew-julian-assange-hated-clinton-we-didnt-know-he-was-secretly-advising-trump]
ROBERT MACKEY
_ The Intercept _
WikiLEaks offer to help Trump came less than two weeks after The
Washington Post had revealed that Trump had boasted of sexual assault
in comments recorded during the taping of an “Access Hollywood”
episode in 2005. The recording caught Trump saying that, “when
you’re a star,” you can “do anything” to women, even “grab
them by the pussy.” WikiLeaks released its first batch [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 16, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-16T06:00:11-05:00

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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. [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 15, 2017

Moderator test — 2017-11-15T06:00:11-05:00

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Material of Interest to People on the Left

PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 15, 2017

'ALIAS GRACE': HOW A TRUE-CRIME DRAMA BECAME THE MOST
RELEVANT SHOW ON TV
[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-14/alias-grace-how-true-crime-drama-became-most-relevant-show-tv]

[https://new.portside.org/2017-11-14/alias-grace-how-true-crime-drama-became-most-relevant-show-tv]
PHOEBE REILLY
_ The Rolling Stone _
"My main objective was to track a womans journey through a mans world
where shes endlessly harassed, abused – and expected to remain
silent."- Alias Grace producer/writer Sarah Polley [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 14, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 14, 2017 -------------------------------

-------- ISRAELI FORCES TARGET PALESTINIAN SCHOOLS, TEACHERS IN EAST
JERUSALEM AND HEBRON ------------------------------------------------

* Sheren Khalel
*
/ Mondoweiss
/

"...Palestinian children in particular are in dire need of
“safe spaces.” Since Palestinian homes and neighborhoods are subjected to
frequent night raids, schools are usually one of the sole places where
children are confident in their safety" [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 13, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 13, 2017 -------------------------------

-------- REAL WORLD DATA CONTINUES TO SHOW NO LINK BETWEEN CORPORATE CUTS AND
WAGE INCREASES ------------------------------------------------------

* Josh Bivens
*
/ Economic Policy Institute
/

Essentially, the only thing that seems to qualify as “highly
visible in the data” regarding corporate rate cuts is that they send a lot
of money to the top of the income distribution. [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 12, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 12, 2017 -------------------------------

-------- IMPACT OF THE SAUDI ROYAL PURGE GOES FAR BEYOND ITS BORDERS ---------

* Kim Sengupta
*
/ The Independent
/

The fallout from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman al
Saud’s “corruption” sweep is being felt in many nations. The
32-year-old heir apparent wants to consolidate his authority in Saudi Arabia
and be the kingmaker in other Middle Eastern lands. [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 11, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 11, 2017 -------------------------------

-------- THE TRUMP EFFECT, ONE YEAR LATER: THOUSANDS OF WOMEN RUNNING FOR
OFFICE --------------------------------------------------------------

* Christa Hillstrom
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/ Yes! Magazine
/

After Trump’s victory over Clinton, women realized how much the
country needs them in politics.

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-------- FRIDAY NITE VIDEOS | NOV 10, 2017 ----------------------------------- [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 10, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 10, 2017 -------------------------------

-------- GOP ATTACKS HEALTHCARE, NOW SEEKS TO END MEDICAL TAX BREAK ----------

* Kate Zernike and Abby Goodnough
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/ New York Times
/

Ending the medical tax break could be a ‘gut punch’ to the
majority of the country. Eliminating the medical-expense deduction would end
a source of relief that has helped millions of people cope with steep medical
costs in a country without comprehensive, universal health coverage. [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 9, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 9, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- DEMOCRATS' HISTORIC VICTORIES ON ELECTION DAY -----------------------

* Philip Lewis and Willa Frej
*
/ Huffington Post
/

Democrats won races across the country on Tuesday, securing key
state legislative seats and governorships. Many of those victories also made
history.

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Portside Snapshot - November 8, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 8, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS - LIFE IN THESE UNITED STATES
EDITION -------------------------------------------------------------

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/ Portside
/

Rural rout; High school fallout; Muslims rock vote; Kelly's krazy
kommentary; Pageant protest; Rahm's rough night

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-------- WE GET IT. IT’S HARVEY WEINSTEIN’S NEWS CYCLE. BUT WHAT ABOUT
OUR BLACK GIRLS? ---------------------------------------------------- [...]

[Test] Portside Snapshot - November 1, 2017

2017-11-07T06:53:42-10:00

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 1, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- FACES PLACES - AGNÈS VARDA’S DOUBLE PORTRAIT ---------------------

* Patricia Storace
*
/ The New York Review of Books
/

Faces Places (Visages Villages in French) is an
unexpected—and perhaps final—gift from the visionary eighty-nine-year-old
director Agnès Varda. Varda had previously announced that her 2008
documentary self-portrait, The Beaches of Agnès, would be her last film,
doubting that she had the physical strength to undertake another full-length
feature. But chance, which Varda has often acknowledged as her best
assistant, intervened; the making [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 7, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 7, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- TEST ARTICLE --------------------------------------------------------

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-------- HOW THE RIGHT-WING INDIAN GOVERNMENT IS SILENCING DISSENT -----------

* Priti Gulati Cox
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/ Alternet
/

India's bravest dissenters are paying with their lives for
exercising their democratic right to freedom of expression.

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Portside Snapshot - November 6, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 6, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- SABOTAGING APARTHEID ------------------------------------------------

* Marcus Barnett, Ronnie Kasrils
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/ Jacobin
/

Ronnie Kasrils, head of intelligence during South Africa’s
struggle against apartheid, on his revolutionary life and the prospects for
the country’s left.

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-------- THE UNFORGIVING MATH THAT STOPS EPIDEMICS --------------------------- [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 4, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 4, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- INSIDE HILLARY CLINTON’S SECRET TAKEOVER OF THE DNC ---------------

* Donna Brazile
*
/ Politico
/

When I was asked to run the Democratic Party after the Russians
hacked our emails, I stumbled onto a shocking truth about the Clinton
campaign.

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* [1]
* [2] [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 3, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 3, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- PROBLEMS OF THE SUPER-RICH ------------------------------------------

* Lawrence Wittner
*
/ Huffington Post
/

Based on recent economic developments, the super-rich don’t
have much to complain about. Yet, the super-rich face the problem of how long
people are going to tolerate a situation in which just eight men possess the
same wealth as half the world’s population. [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 2, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 2, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- CALIFORNIA TO BECOME AN (ALMOST) SANCTUARY STATE --------------------

* Duane Campbell
*
/ Democratic Left
/

Immigrant communities throughout California led the fight for
legislation that does away with deportation practices, such as local police
arrests for "civil immigrant warrants", and helps ensure that spaces like
schools, health facilities, courthouses and other spaces are safe and
accessible to all. [...]

Portside Snapshot - November 1, 2017

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Portside Snapshot - October 31, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - OCTOBER 31, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- U.S. TROOP DEATHS IN NIGER: AFRICOM’S CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST -

* Mark P. Fancher
*
/ Black Agenda Report
/

“The Trump administration is talking about a potential imminent
U.S. military action to hit back.”

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SUBSCRIBE [3]
VISIT PORTSIDE.ORG [4]
TWITTER [5]
FACEBOOK [6]
.... Interpret the world and change it. [...]

Portside Snapshot - October 30, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - OCTOBER 30, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- CUTTING CORPORATE TAXES WILL NOT BOOST AMERICAN WAGES ---------------

* Josh Bivens
*
/ Economic Policy Institute
/

Policymakers who are sincere about boosting wages would heed the
advice of Mishel and Eisenbrey (2015), and undertake policy measures to
redistribute economic leverage and bargaining power away from capital owners
and corporate managers and back to low- and middle-wage workers. [...]

Portside Snapshot - October 28, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - OCTOBER 28, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- PRESIDENT SANDERS, ANYONE? ------------------------------------------

* Roger C. Altman
*
/ Washington Post
/

Don’t be surprised if a distinctly left-wing candidate takes
the White House in 2020.

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* [2]

-------- EXCLUSIVE: FIRST CHARGES FILED IN MUELLER INVESTIGATION -------------

* Pamela Brown, Evan Perez and Shimon Prokupecz
*
/ CNN
/ [...]

Portside Snapshot - October 27, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - OCTOBER 27, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- REMEMBERING U.S. SOLDIERS WHO REFUSED TO KILL NATIVE AMERICANS AT
SAND CREEK ----------------------------------------------------------

* Billy J. Stratton
*
/ The Conversation
/

A scholar shares the true story of two men who stood up and spoke
out against the murder of American Indians, and how they are celebrated
today. Native American tribal members pay their respects at the headstone of
Union Officer, Capt. Silas Soule, at the Riverside Cemetery Dec. 03, 2014 in
honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Sand Creek [...]

Portside Snapshot - October 26, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - OCTOBER 26, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- THE WORST OF BILL O’REILLY’S ON-AIR DENIGRATION AND HARASSMENT
OF LIS WIEHL --------------------------------------------------------

* Matt Gertz
*
/ Media Matters for America
/

January: O’Reilly made a massive payout in response to reported
“repeated harassment” and a “nonconsensual sexual relationship.” In
January, then-Fox News host Bill O’Reilly “struck a $32 million
agreement” with Lis Wiehl, a longtime Fox legal analyst who had also served
as his lawyer at one point, to forestall a lawsuit covering 15 years of
sexual harassment allegations, inclu [...]

Portside Snapshot - October 25, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - OCTOBER 25, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- DO WE REALLY KNOW WHAT HE SIGNED UP FOR? ----------------------------

* Peter Bloom
*
/ Common Dreams; Open University
/

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-------- THE FLORIDA PROJECT CREATES A BEAUTIFUL BLAST OF LIFE ON THE
ECONOMIC EDGES OF THE SUNSHINE STATE -------------------------------- [...]

Portside Snapshot - October 24, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - OCTOBER 24, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- THE ANTIWAR MOVEMENT THEN AND NOW -----------------------------------

* Howard Machtinger
*
/ Vietnam Full Disclosure
/

The following is a slight revision of a talk by Howard Machtinger
in Washington DC at the October 20-21 Conference: From Protest to Resistance:
On the 50th Anniversary of the October 1967 March on the Pentagon.
It is offered—not in expectation of agreement—but to provoke a serious
discussion about the current state of antiwar politics. [...]

Portside Snapshot - October 23, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - OCTOBER 23, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- FOR THE FIRST TIME, ASTRONOMERS OBSERVED THE MERGING OF NEUTRON
STARS ---------------------------------------------------------------

* Ethan Siegel
*
/ Forbes
/
* [1]
* [2]

-------- FROM THE OLD LEFT TO THE NEW: PERILS OF PROGRESSIVE PARENTING -------

* Steve Early
*
/ Monthly Review on line
/

Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution
Peter Andreas
Simon and Schuster
A Great Vision: A Militant Family’s Journey through the 20th Century
Richard March
Hardball Press
My mother was devastated that I never became the [...]

Portside Snapshot - October 21, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - OCTOBER 21, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- DID A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL LOCK UP PEOPLE FOR PROFIT? ---------------

* Jessica Huseman
*
/ ProPublica
/

The investigation started modestly enough — with documents
anyone could have seen. Buried amid the public financial records of Universal
Health Services, the largest psychiatric hospital chain in America, was a
disclosure to its investors: It was under federal investigation.
BuzzFeed’s Rosalind Adams was curious. She embarked on her own
investigation, to figure out, simply, why.
* [1]
* [2] [...]

Portside Snapshot - October 20, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - OCTOBER 20, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- TEST - THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT PUERTO RICO IS BULLSHIT ----------------

* Jack Mirkinson
*
/ Splinter
/

In the weeks since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, you
will have no doubt seen some variation of the words “Puerto Ricans are
Americans.” It’s a well-meaning refrain coming from a wide range of
* [1]
* [2] [...]

Portside Snapshot - October 19, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - OCTOBER 19, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- TRUMP’S BIG MOUTH MAY HAVE GIVEN COLIN KAEPERNICK A CASE AGAINST
THE NFL -------------------------------------------------------------

* Jeremy Stahl
*
/ Slate
/

Colin Kaepernick’s accusation that NFL owners have colluded to
keep him out of the league feels true.
* [1]
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-------- WHAT IRELAND CAN TEACH EUROPE --------------------------------------- [...]

Portside Snapshot - October 17, 2017

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-------- PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - OCTOBER 17, 2017 --------------------------------

-------- ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ. REVIEW – DENZEL WASHINGTON CAPTIVATES IN
UNUSUAL LEGAL DRAMA ------------------------------------------------

* Benjamin Lee
*
/ The Guardian
/

The movie star charisma of Denzel Washington has led him,
deservedly, to the top of the A-list but has also steered him away from
showcasing his considerable and transformative talents as an actor.
* [1]
* [2] [...]

test - We Need Syriza in Illinois

Portside moderator — 2015-03-04T23:57:55-05:00

test - We Need Syriza in Illinois

March 4, 2015
By Jane McAlevey
The Nation (February 16, 2015)

When a millionaire governor decrees austerity, it's time for the left to step up. Rauner hopes to smash labor in Illinois so that he can take a baseball bat to it nationally. Rauner is firmly entrenched in the corporate right wing of the Republican party. [...]

test - Black Art is Dangerous, Because it Marries the Personal and Political

Portside moderator — 2015-03-04T23:39:27-05:00

test - Black Art is Dangerous, Because it Marries the Personal and Political

March 4, 2015
By Hannah Giorgis
The Guardian (UK) (February 22, 2015)

The black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the `Negro's' reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images. The beauty of black art lies in its ability (perhaps even its mandate) to marry the personal and political, to arrange festering sores of social circumstance into striking patterns that are hypnotic as they heal. Black art highlights both inter - and intra-community dynamics... [...]

Salty, Sweet, Sour. Is It Time To Make Fat The Sixth Taste?

Portside Culture — 2015-03-04T21:59:28-05:00

Salty, Sweet, Sour. Is It Time To Make Fat The Sixth Taste?

March 4, 2015
By Maanvi Singh
npr.org blogs (February 18, 2015)

Scientists know that we have taste receptors for fatty acids in our mouths and intestines. They are studying if fat meets the criteria to qualify as a primary taste along with sweet, salt, sour, bitter and umami. [...]

Nothin' Say Lovin' Like Something From the Printer

Portside Culture — 2015-03-04T20:02:10-05:00

Nothin' Say Lovin' Like Something From the Printer

March 4, 2015
By Carolyn Heneghan
Fooddive (March 3, 2015)

3D printing uses a machine and digital file to make 3-dimensional objects. Food printing can take your ingredients and creat ediblee food hot off the printer.

How 3D food printing can change the way we eat
By Carolyn Heneghan | March 3, 2015
For 3D printing guru John Morton, a dream future involves waking up on a Saturday morning to a hot cup of coffee and a pancake made into his favorite shape waiting for him in his kitchen. Or what about, [...]

test - US Bus Drivers Still Coping With Bathroom Access Issues

Portside moderator — 2015-03-02T20:02:52-05:00

test - US Bus Drivers Still Coping With Bathroom Access Issues

March 2, 2015
By Cole Stangler
International Business Times (March 1, 2015)

"When you gotta go, you gotta go,..if I'm going to be a safe driver, I'm going to have to take care of my personal business, and sometimes that's not convenient for everybody else." Last November, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries slammed King County Metro Transit with a $3,500 fine for not providing enough restrooms to employees and for disciplining drivers who were late after visiting bathrooms. [...]

Gaza in Ruins After Receiving Only 5% of Pledged Reconstruction Funds

Portside moderator — 2015-03-02T20:02:39-05:00

Gaza in Ruins After Receiving Only 5% of Pledged Reconstruction Funds

March 1, 2015
By Ken Klippenstein
Reader Supported News (February 23, 2015)

Palestinian children dying of hypothermia, 90% of water undrinkable and other daily realities resulting from Israeli criminal occupation and blockade are reviewed by Chris Gunness, spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), as he discusses the causes and consequences of the fact that only about 5% of pledged donations have reached Gaza. [...]

Armed Drones for Sale

Portside moderator — 2015-03-02T20:02:37-05:00

Armed Drones for Sale

March 1, 2015
By Lila Garrett
LA Progressive (February 22, 2015)

As of last week we lifted the ban on selling drones to foreign countries. Arms merchants have neither allies nor enemies. They have only customers. We are a country locked in a permanent war economy. To feed that economy we must have permanent war. And we have never been more successful at securing that combination than we are right now. Our endless wars with Iraq and Afghanistan destabilized the entire region. [...]

The Worrying State of the Anti-Prison Movement

Portside moderator — 2015-03-02T20:02:34-05:00

The Worrying State of the Anti-Prison Movement

March 1, 2015
By Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict and World Order (February 23, 2015)

Social justice activist Ruth Gilmore challenges four opportunist tendencies within the criminal justice movement - with lessons for ALL progressive movements.

After declining for three consecutive years, the US prison and jail population increased in 2013. The widely declared victory over mass incarceration was premature at best. Below I raise four areas of particular concern about the state of the anti-prison movement.
(1) A tendency to cozy up to the right wing, as [...]

Rewriting the Future: Using Science Fiction to Re-Envision Justice

Portside moderator — 2015-03-02T20:02:26-05:00

Rewriting the Future: Using Science Fiction to Re-Envision Justice

March 1, 2015
By Walidah Imarisha
Bitch Media Bitch MAgazine no. 66 (February 12, 2015)

Radical science fiction written by organizers, change makers and visionaries is collected and co-edited by Walidah Imarisha into an anthology Octavi's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. Imarisha links her editing efforts to her work as a prison abolitionist and larger social movements' on-going need for envisioning our revolutionary futures. [...]

Mend the Gap: 10 Steps Toward a More Equal California

Portside moderator — 2015-03-02T20:02:22-05:00

Mend the Gap: 10 Steps Toward a More Equal California

March 1, 2015
By Judith Lewis Mernit
CAPITAL & MAIN (February 24, 2015)

As CAPITAL & MAIN's “State of Equality” series has documented, economic inequality poses a grave threat to California’s future. Conditions would be far worse if not for progress made by activists, community leaders and lawmakers. In the last several years, California has generated some of the nation’s most innovative and effective strategies to reverse inequality. [...]

test - SYRIZA: 'For Us, "Structural Reforms" are the Fight Against Corruption and Corporate Tax Evasion'

Portside moderator — 2015-02-25T23:45:53-05:00

test - SYRIZA: 'For Us, "Structural Reforms" are the Fight Against Corruption and Corporate Tax Evasion'

February 25, 2015
By Interview with Yiannis Bournous
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal (February 24, 2015)

Paul Mason, writing on the February 24 SYRIZA government letter to the Eurogroup, outlining the reforms it intends to carry out, comments: "As flagged before it looks like [the Greek government] will be allowed to carry out the humanitarian aspect of Syriza's so-called Thessaloniki Programme - i.e. anti-poverty measures. [...]

test - To Stop Big Oil, Environmentalists Need Labor Unions

Portside moderator — 2015-02-25T23:17:53-05:00

test - To Stop Big Oil, Environmentalists Need Labor Unions

February 25, 2015
By Rebecca Burns
Al jazeera America (February 25, 2015)

With hard-hit construction and trade workers swayed easily by industry's promise of jobs, no matter how short term, the prospects for recruiting labor in the fight against climate change often look grim. [...]

What She Could Carry

Portside Culture — 2015-02-25T20:02:52-05:00

What She Could Carry

February 25, 2015
By Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes
Matter: A (somewhat) monthly journal (October 30, 2014)

This poem evokes the forced disappearance and displacement in contemporary Colombia.

It all fit in her arms
and the basket that hung from the handlebars,
a rusted castoff
whose creaking spokes clamored
for the voices of a scarce tomorrow
after years beneath the Plantain tree,
equatorial torrents,
and open-sky sun.
Her infant child, strapped to her back;
some yucca, avocado, and coffee grinds wrapped
in the rapidity of alarm;
her mother’s portrait;
and a book of poems
she hoped she [...]

Word by Word: A Linguist Reads the Menu

Portside Culture — 2015-02-25T20:02:45-05:00

Word by Word: A Linguist Reads the Menu

February 25, 2015
By Kent Black
Boston Globe (October 7, 2014)

Stanford linguistics professor and MacArthur Fellow Dan Jurafsky links the origins and evolution of foods to history, culture, tradition and trends. Wide-ranging topics include sexual metaphors in restaurant reviews, relationship of price to the number of syllables in menu descriptions, and the language on potato chip bags...among other things. [...]

Campus Action Toolkits: Fund the Future and State of Emergency

Portside moderator — 2015-02-23T20:02:46-05:00

Campus Action Toolkits: Fund the Future and State of Emergency

February 21, 2015
By United States Student Association
United States Student Association (February 21, 2015)

USSA announces Campaign Toolkits are ready for USSA’s big campaigns: Fund The Future and State of Emergency. Toolkits are ready-to-go manuals everything from sample petitions and student government resolutions to tips on planning rallies and meet with legislators. Fund The Future is part of USSA’s efforts to win FREE Higher Education by doubling Pell Grants and increasing student eligibility. State of Emergency seeks to end racial profiling and restore voting rights. [...]

Capital and Main: Investigating Power and Politics

Portside moderator — 2015-02-23T20:02:38-05:00

Capital and Main: Investigating Power and Politics

February 21, 2015
By Capital and Main
Capital and Main (February 21, 2015)

Capital and Main is a news website reporting on the current economy and our collective efforts to create a new and better one. Monday through Friday you will find original content covering politics, business, labor, jobs, the environment, culture – in other words, the economy and all the myriad areas of contemporary life that it touches. [...]

The Play “Chavez Ravine”: A Tale of Ongoing Urban Removal

Portside moderator — 2015-02-23T20:02:32-05:00

The Play “Chavez Ravine”: A Tale of Ongoing Urban Removal

February 21, 2015
By Jimmy Franco Sr.
LatinoPOV.com: A Latino Point of View in Today's World (February 16, 2015)

Culture Clash's play about money, manipulation and red-baiting ending with destruction of a closely-knit LA Latino neighborhood over fifty years ago rings true today as the present economic power of developers and the drive to profitably exploit vulnerable communities within the central city and drastically change their ethnic, class and cultural composition continues to steadily displace the long-time residents of many neighborhoods. [...]

Cuba Through the Looking Glass

Portside moderator — 2015-02-23T20:02:27-05:00

Cuba Through the Looking Glass

February 21, 2015
By David Swanson
Let's Try Democracy/Writing by David Swanson (February 13, 2015)

The U.S. government is allowing tourists to bring home $100 worth of rum and cigars. And the U.S. State Department is working on a forthcoming list of products that Cubans can export to the United States. The list will not include numerous life-saving medicines currently unavailable in the United States, and not apparently because the U.S. government believes rum and cigars are better for its people than life-saving medicines. No, the reason is bizarre yet predictable. [...]

Guernica, revisited

Portside Culture — 2015-02-22T20:02:12-05:00

Guernica, revisited

February 22, 2015
By Richard Vargas
Guernica, revisited (Winston-Salem, NC: Press 53, 2014). (February 22, 2015)

Richard Vargas links Picasso's masterpiece about the bombing of civilians in the Spanish Civil War to current events.

the child is lying face down in the dirt, barefoot. his pants
are torn, exposing the backside of his leg, the skin’s surface
dull with a layer of fine dust. head turned to the side, half
of the face is gone. hair is stiff, matted. he looks like a doll
someone just threw away. the family gathers around their
home where walls no longer [...]

Guernica, revisited

Portside Culture — 2015-02-22T20:02:10-05:00

Guernica, revisited

February 22, 2015
By Richard Vargas
Guernica, revisited (Winston-Salem, NC: Press 53, 2014). (June 1, 2014)

The poet Richard Vargas links Picasso's masterpiece of Spanish Civil War bombing of civilians to current events.

Afghanistan: The Raped Girl

Portside Culture — 2015-02-21T20:02:03-05:00

Afghanistan: The Raped Girl

February 21, 2015
By Alicia Ostriker
Heart Journal Online (September 30, 2014)

Alicia Ostriker's poem touches the consequences of rape in a world of patriarchy and violence.

Because the mullah raped her, she cannot be allowed to live
Her brothers will kill her, it is a question of honor
She is ten years of age and does not yet menstruate
But bleeds like a stream in the hospital [...]

God definitely didn't make THOSE little green apples

Portside Culture — 2015-02-20T20:01:44-05:00

God definitely didn't make THOSE little green apples

February 20, 2015
By Dan Charles
NPR blog (February 13, 2015)

Yet another bio-engineered solution without (much of) a problem: inserting extra genes into apples turns off the enzyme responsible for apples turning brown.

We have good news for all of you who find browned apple slices unappetizing. It's bad news, though, if you don't like scientists fiddling with your food. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given a green light to apples that have been genetically modified so that they don't turn brown when you cut them open.

The [...]

A big ole test

Portside Culture — 2015-02-20T14:54:31-05:00

A big ole test

February 20, 2015
By Test author
Test source (February 20, 2015)

Setting this to publish 3 days from now to see if fields disappear.

We're trying to make fields disappear on node creation.

Portside Snapshot - February 17, 2015

Portside Snapshot — 2015-02-17T06:03:19-05:00

Portside Digest -

The Spiritual in the Struggle: A Book Review

February 12, 2015

Living Peace: Connecting Your Spirituality with Your Work for Justice, by Victor Narro 2014, a new book on the spiritual side of organizing, is just over 100 pages long. This little volume is broaching a topic that might raise cynical eyebrows in certain quarters in our labor movement. Narro's thesis intrigued me and in the spirit of self-mindedness I read the book and reflected on my own recent experience with ILWU Local 6 and the Campaign for Sustainable Recycling. [...]

The Passion of Marion Cotillard

Portside Culture — 2015-02-16T20:02:14-05:00

The Passion of Marion Cotillard

February 16, 2015
By J. Hoberman
The New York Review of Books (February 18, 2015)

Like most of the Dardennes’ previous films, Two Days, One Night traffics in suspense and is a sort of thriller. But as a search for a lost (or stolen) livelihood, it is also a descendant of The Bicycle Thief, the neo-realist classic that, as André Bazin noted, implies a world in which “the poor must steal from each other in order to survive.” [...]

Portside Snapshot - February 12, 2015

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Portside Digest -

Why Don’t Americans Know What Really Happened in Vietnam?

February 11, 2015

Instead of confronting the truth, we scrubbed the record clean—and we’re still paying for it in Afghanistan and Iraq today.

https://portside.org/2015-02-11/why-don%E2%80%99t-americans-know-what-really-happened-vietnam

How the Little Guys Beat the Monopolists on Net Neutrality

February 11, 2015

A year ago, the FCC had sold out. Now it’s pushing real net neutrality. What happened in between proves that people power works. [...]

Why Don’t Americans Know What Really Happened in Vietnam?

Portside moderator — 2015-02-11T23:58:21-05:00

Why Don’t Americans Know What Really Happened in Vietnam?

February 11, 2015
By Christian Appy
The Nation (February 9, 2015)

Instead of confronting the truth, we scrubbed the record clean—and we’re still paying for it in Afghanistan and Iraq today.

This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. [...]

How the Little Guys Beat the Monopolists on Net Neutrality

Portside moderator — 2015-02-11T23:37:30-05:00

How the Little Guys Beat the Monopolists on Net Neutrality

February 11, 2015
By Zephyr Teachout and Donny Shaw
Daily Beast (February 9, 2015)

A year ago, the FCC had sold out. Now it’s pushing real net neutrality. What happened in between proves that people power works.

It’s hard to overstate either how important FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s statement was last week, or how improbable. The chairman’s proposal, which will be voted on by the full five-member commission on February 26, bans broadband companies from discriminating between different content providers based on who can pay. If the FCC supports [...]

Study Finds Fewer Female Protagonists in Hollywood’s Top Films

Portside Culture — 2015-02-11T20:02:41-05:00

Study Finds Fewer Female Protagonists in Hollywood’s Top Films

February 11, 2015
By Cara Buckley
New York Times (February 9, 2015)

The latest report from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University found that not only has the number of top-grossing films with female protagonists dipped from last year, but that gender stereotypes continue to prevail in storylines. [...]

“Timbuktu”: A timely African film on Islam — and a spectacular breakthrough

Portside Culture — 2015-02-11T16:37:05-05:00

“Timbuktu”: A timely African film on Islam — and a spectacular breakthrough

February 11, 2015
By ANDREW O'HEHIR
SALON (January 29, 2015)

With all the attention paid to what the Oscar nominations got wrong this year, especially with respect to Ava DuVernay's “Selma,” the academy should also get credit for recognizing Abderrahmane Sissako's landmark African film. [...]

“Timbuktu”: A timely African film on Islam — and a spectacular breakthrough

Portside Culture — 2015-02-11T16:01:06-05:00

Portside Snapshot - February 11, 2015

Portside Snapshot — 2015-02-11T06:02:35-05:00

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Brother, Can You Spare a Euro?

February 10, 2015

By posing the choice between a coworker’s job and 1,000 Euros, Two Days, One Night explores the state of worker solidarity.

https://portside.org/2015-02-10/brother-can-you-spare-euro

Brother, Can You Spare a Euro?

Portside Culture — 2015-02-10T20:02:13-05:00

Brother, Can You Spare a Euro?

February 10, 2015
By MICHAEL ATKINSON
In These Times (December 18, 2014)

By posing the choice between a coworker’s job and 1,000 Euros, Two Days, One Night explores the state of worker solidarity.

Even if you don’t think you’ve seen a film by Belgian brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, you have, sort of. The astringent and breathless style they pioneered in their 1996 breakout film, La Promesse—realist, handheld, raw, off-kilter, always in motion, ready to explode—has been coopted by indies from Bucharest to the Catskills. Even American TV shows (from The Wire on down) [...]

Portside Snapshot - February 10, 2015

Portside Snapshot — 2015-02-10T06:02:54-05:00

Portside Digest -

Call for US to Negotiate with North Korea: Proposal to Cancel Nuclear Tests

February 2, 2015

The North Korean (DPRK) government disclosed on January 10 that it had delivered to the United States an important proposal to “create a peaceful climate on the Korean Peninsula. The US should negotiate with North Korea on its proposal to cancel nuclear tests in exchange for a US suspension of joint military exercises with South Korea. [...]

Sen. Cotton May Think Guantanamo and Hell Are Different. My Client Does Not

Portside moderator — 2015-02-09T09:01:06-05:00

Sen. Cotton May Think Guantanamo and Hell Are Different. My Client Does Not

February 9, 2015
By Omar Farah
Huffington Post (February 6, 2015)

Senator Cotton may prefer hell to Guantanamo for my clients, but what does he really know about either? What he knows is how to play politics -- a game where one thing is certain: the prisoners at Guantanamo always lose. [...]

test - A Crack in Merkel's Power over Europe

Portside moderator — 2015-02-06T15:15:56-05:00

test - A Crack in Merkel's Power over Europe

January 30, 2015
By Sahra Wagenknecht
MRzine (January 28, 2015)

We support SYRIZA's demand for a European Debt Conference with the aim of a haircut for Greece and other indebted countries with repayment conditioned upon growth. The Left Party also calls for a coordinated, EU-wide, one-off wealth tax for millionaires and billionaires, to be used to lower the public debt and to transfer the cost of the financial and economic crisis to the profiteers. [...]

test message - ignore

Portside Culture — 2015-02-01T19:01:05-05:00

test message - ignore

February 1, 2015
By Jane Doe
Portside (February 1, 2015)

this is a test summary

Just ignore this. This is a test

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Portside Snapshot - Fri, 2015-01-30 06:01

Portside Snapshot — 2015-01-30T06:02:43-05:00

Portside Digest - Fri, 2015-01-30 06:01

test - Roma Fear Being Brushed Out of the History of the Holocaust

January 30, 2015

About 19,000 Roma died at Auschwitz, yet the they have no official presence at commemorations. Declared "racially inferior" by German authorities in the 1940s, much like the Jews, the Roma were victims of a determined campaign by the Nazis to herd them into ghettos and labor camps, and ultimately to kill them. By the war's end, the Roma were believed to have lost anywhere between 300,000 and 500,000 people across central and western Europe. [...]

test - 70 Years After the Liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust Survivors in Israel are Trapped in Poverty

Portside Culture — 2015-01-30T00:25:33-05:00

test - 70 Years After the Liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust Survivors in Israel are Trapped in Poverty

January 30, 2015
By Hanna Kozlowska
Quartz (January 27, 2015)

As big World War Two anniversaries roll around, fewer and fewer first-hand witnesses are around to tell their stories of its horrors. Israel is still home to many aging Holocaust survivors, but as many as one in four live in poverty. [...]

test - A Crack in Merkel's Power over Europe

Portside moderator — 2015-01-30T00:11:40-05:00

test - Roma Fear Being Brushed Out of the History of the Holocaust

Portside moderator — 2015-01-29T23:58:28-05:00

test - Roma Fear Being Brushed Out of the History of the Holocaust

January 30, 2015
By Vivienne Walt
Al Jazeera (January 27, 2015)

About 19,000 Roma died at Auschwitz, yet the they have no official presence at commemorations. Declared "racially inferior" by German authorities in the 1940s, much like the Jews, the Roma were victims of a determined campaign by the Nazis to herd them into ghettos and labor camps, and ultimately to kill them. By the war's end, the Roma were believed to have lost anywhere between 300,000 and 500,000 people across central and western Europe. [...]

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Portside Snapshot — 2015-01-29T06:02:03-05:00

Portside Digest - Thu, 2015-01-29 06:01

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