Media Bits and Bytes – October 29, 2024
Portside
Down to the wire
Down to the wire
Down to the wire
poetry
Peaches
Something Is Bound to Break
Poet Peter Neil Carroll offers a wry and humorous look at the interplay between his progressive ideals and life’s daily joys.
Reflections on Student Activism – and the Struggle for a Better World
TomDispatch
My most important training came outside the classroom, as a student activist. As I look at the surge of student organizing aimed at stopping the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, participation in such movements can have a long-term impact...
books
Libby Frank Presente! – Meet This Extraordinary Activist for Middle East Peace in a New Book!
Portside
Jewish activists who support the cause of the Palestinians will take particular interest in her growth from a girl who grew up in a traditional Jewish family, active in the young Zionist movement, to a fierce fighter for peace in the Middle East....
Media Bits and Bytes – April 30, 2024
Portside
A student paper beats mainstream media to every punch
Slow Change Can Be Radical Change
Literary Hub
Describing the slowness of change is often confused with acceptance of the status quo. It’s really the opposite.
Pat Fry: A Tribute in Memoriam
Portside
Pat Fry was a long-time activist, journalist, and leader in the working class, peace, solidarity, anti-imperialist, and left-wing and socialist movements in the United States, dies after long struggle with cancer.
How the Early Battle Over Race Science Was Lost
Sapiens
Celebrated 19th-century biologist Ernst Haeckel pushed race science as his little-known protégé Nikolai Miklucho-Maclay defended Indigenous rights. A biological anthropologist reflects on the impacts of their ruptured relationship.
music
Singing With Us, and for Us – An Interview With Musician and Activist Holly Near
The Progressive Magazine
An interview with musician and activist Holly Near. The arc of her professional life has spanned more than five decades in a most unique fashion, singing for a more peaceful, equitable, just, and feminist world.
I’m a Scientist Who Spoke Up About Climate Change. My Employer Fired Me.
New York Times
Oak Ridge National Laboratory fired the talented and prolific climate scientist Rose Abramoff for displaying the banner “Out of the lab & into the streets" at a science conference.
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