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Dopesick | Hulu Trailer

December 3, 2021

From Executive Producer Danny Strong and starring and executive produced by Michael Keaton, “Dopesick” examines how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history.

Jordan Klepper vs. Anti-Vax Mandate Protesters

December 3, 2021

A Klepper marathon of mind-bending encounters with anti-vax protesters

West Side Story | Steven Spielberg

December 3, 2021

Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner Tony Kushner, “West Side Story” tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City.

It's Looking Rough For Roe | Tracking Omicron

December 3, 2021

That stench emanating from the Supreme Court Is the smell of conservative justices, five of whom were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote.

December 3, 2021

Friday Nite Videos | December 3, 2021

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It's Looking Rough For Roe | Tracking Omicron. West Side Story | Steven Spielberg. Dopesick | Hulu Trailer. The Map of Doom | Apocalypses Ranked. Jordan Klepper vs. Anti-Vax Mandate Protesters.

December 2, 2021

Jobs With a Decent Minimum Wage Are the Basis for Recovery in an Increasingly Unequal World

Evelyn Astor and Sharan Burrow Equal Times

Global real wage growth has stagnated compared to productivity in recent decades contributing to widening income inequality. Economic desperation is compounded by the fact that half of the world’s population lacks any form of social protection.

December 2, 2021

Keeping the Challenges Before Us - The Reissuing of 'Reluctant Reformers' and Its Contemporary Implications

Bill Fletcher Jr. Monthly Review

Reluctant Reformers addresses what I think of as the tripwire of U.S. politics: race. But it does so by examining how several social movements, including abolition, women’s suffrage, populism, progressivism, labor, the socialist and communist left..

December 2, 2021

Tidbits - Dec. 2, 2021 - Reader Comments-Lots: Ahmaud Arbery Murder, Charlottesville, Rittenhouse; Democrats in Congress; Health Care Workers Quitting; JFK Murder; Chile, Venezuela, India, Cuba; Russia; Dr. Marty Nathan - RIP; Your Action Needed; more...

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Reader Comments-Lots: Ahmaud Arbery Murder, Charlottesville, Rittenhouse; Democrats in Congress; Health Care Workers Quitting; JFK Murder; Chile, Venezuela, India, Cuba; Russia; Dr. Marty Nathan - RIP; Your Action Needed; Resources, Announcements...

December 2, 2021

Our Vision for 2022 - A Portside Message

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A truly multiracial, inclusive, radical democratic movement that has a vision beyond capitalism is key. You can help. Here's how.

December 2, 2021

What I Learned from Jerry Meyer

John Tarleton The Indypendent

The rags-to-riches story of a leftist history professor who became rich late in life and freely shared his good fortune offers many valuable lessons. Jerry Meyer taught history and was the first PSC chapter leader at Hostos, the faculty union at CUNY