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

Portside Moderators 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.

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Nels Goñi Christianson
California poet Nels Goñi Christianson honors the women who made him the man he is, their often undervalued care and strength.

A Soundtrack of Irrationalism

Blaire Briody Los Angeles Review of Books
Reviewer Briody calls this book "a tightly written and well-reported account of the rise of extremism in small-town America."

Capitalism Is Draining the Life From Our Culture Industries

Dean Van Nguyen Jacobin
Culture industries are dominated by a few big corporations that prefer to keep flogging old stories instead of taking a risk on something new. Creative workers can still produce fresh ideas, but they’re snuffed out before they get a chance to breathe

The Peasantry

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

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.

"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.