A Portside Message: Say ‘No’ to a Wannabe Dictator

Donald Trump is signaling that he will attempt a coup before even taking office. It's going to take all of our strategizing and mobilizing to defeat it ... again. Portside will be there every day, and we’re asking you to help. Here’s how.

Holding West Bank Settlers Accountable for Violence

Congressional Democrats led by Rep. Summer Lee and Sen. Peter Welch have introduced legislation to sanction Israeli settlers that commit acts of violence in the West Bank.

What Can Education Be Without High Stakes Testing?

In November 2024 Massachusetts voters ended the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System as the graduation requirement for students.

Creating Traditions of Care for the HolidaysCreating Tr

A commitment to the well-being of whole generations, from children to grandparents demand that we stop this forcible separation of families, and as we work to abolish systems, that we support one another, meeting needs together, loudly and proudly. 

Forty Years After the Bhopal Disaster

On the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster -- with a death toll of over 20,000 -- Senator Jeff Merkley, Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Rashida Tlaib introduced a resolution designating December 3 as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day.

Francis Perkins Memorial

Frances Perkins’s work to build FDR’s New Deal sparked the modern American state. She recognized that the central purpose of government was not to protect property; it was to protect the communities of people who lived in the nation.

Friday Nite Videos | December 20, 2024

"It's A Worm-derful Life" - Animated Holiday Classic. BBC in Civil War Over Gaza. Bob Dylan | A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall. Why Your Favorite Movies Fake Their Locations. 'Syria: Only Now Can We Speak Out'. A Complete Unknown | Movie.

The Democrats’ Path Back To Power

Democrats do have a clear path forward: to be united and passionate about fighting for bold, direct economic policies that unrig the system and deliver change so families across America can stop just trying to survive and start to thrive.

Mexico Faces the Legacy of Its Dirty War

Mexico's first National Truth Commission has released monumental reports on state violence during the 'dirty wars' 50 years ago. Declassified documents reveal that the U.S. prioritized the stability of the Mexican regime over human rights concerns.

Either Be a Determined Opposition or Be a Loser

The Democratic Party lacks the energy of a determined opposition — it is adrift, listless in the wake of defeat, ready to concede that Trump is some kind of avatar for the national spirit. The choice: either be a determined opposition or be a loser.
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Culture

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The Peasantry

Weijia Pan Motherlands
Poet Weijia Pan offers a glimpse of the contradictions in a “classless” society.

books

Jim Williams’s Quest for Justice

Paul Buhle CounterPunch
Activist and writer Jim Williams, in his new autobiography, covers his life from Students for a Democratic Society activist, to Communist labor editor, to social worker.

food

"Big Food” Tries To Look Good

Alicia Kennedy The Bittman Project
If the top-heavy, ultra-consolidated food industry decides to offer us a few organic options, is that really a good thing? Most people do their food shopping solely at supermarkets or grocery stores where they find only those options that big food corporations allow them. Today the top five food retail companies account for about half of the market.

poetry

What Dreams May Come

Charlotte Muse At the Corner of Hope and Despair: an Anthology for the Trump Era
California poet Charlotte Muse digs into the open grave which is Gaza.

Labor

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Live Performance’s New Union Wave Goes Way Beyond Broadway

Douglas Corzine Jacobin
From planetarium lecturers to performers at strip clubs and escape rooms, Actors’ Equity is organizing live entertainment workers far beyond traditional musicals. The union’s strategy could be crucial as unions brace for a potential anti-labor admin

labor

Federal Workers Brace for Change Amid DOGE Rhetoric

Rebecca Beitsch The Hill
“Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) co-leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have floated a number of plans targeting federal workers, including plans to end telework.

labor

A Portside Message: Say ‘No’ to a Wannabe Dictator

Portside
Donald Trump is signaling that he will attempt a coup before even taking office. It's going to take all of our strategizing and mobilizing to defeat it ... again. Portside will be there every day, and we’re asking you to help. Here’s how.

Friday nite video

video

BBC in Civil War Over Gaza

BBC reporters are in open revolt over the bias in BBC management in its Palestine coverage

video

'Syria: Only Now Can We Speak Out'

Syrian helicopters dropped chlorine gas on the town of Douma on April 7, 2018. At least 43 people choked to death. The town grieved in silence ... until now.

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A Complete Unknown | Movie

Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, by James Mangold. Co-starring Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, and Monica Barbaro. Only in theaters Christmas Day. #ACompleteUnknown

video

How Amazon Is Ruining Christmas

SCOOP: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike to attempt to win their first union contract right before Christmas — the company's busiest time.