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King understood that no single approach would be sufficient to combat the interconnected evils of racism, economic exploitation and militarism.

Left out of GOP debates about “the weaponization” of the federal government is the use of the FBI to spy on civil rights leaders for most of the 20th century. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the targets.

Strong mayor reforms are a ruling class effort to insulate neoliberal policies from democratic interference

From Lula's victory in Brazil to a peace treaty ending civil war in Ethiopia, victorties pushing back Republican reaction in the United States to the growing presence of indigenous voices on the global stage, there was some good news this past year.

It ain’t over. For sure, we are in for an epic clash in 2023 between the demands for inclusive, multiracial democracy and an even more MAGA-fied Republican party. Our job is to help to inform and mobilize every day. We need your help.

Could the clash between democracy and authoritarianism become even sharper in 2023? Yes – in fact, that may be the safest prediction we can make. Here’s how we – the moderators of Portside – see it:

The American media needs to call this movement what it is, fascism, and demand accountability and answers from the thousands of Republican politicians nationwide who refuse to repudiate it.