Portside

This first book by a young African American writer offers a glimpse into the post-Ferguson generation's thinking and concerns. In this essay, reviewer Mtshali engages in a productive dialogue with these ideas and concerns.

"The Senate is voting on a bill promoting state laws that suppress the right to boycott Israel. It's up to us to tell our senators: Hands off the right to boycott."

Reports on the threatened coup in Venezuela have mostly overlooked the gross belligerence of the Trump administration. Global Left Midweek brings you news and opinion from the left press, including translations from Spanish by Portside.

Public workers who lack any formal power to strike – but have the informal power not to work – are becoming a force in American politics and labor relations

No Class is an op-ed column by writer and radical organizer Kim Kelly that connects worker struggles and the current state of the American labor movement with its storied — and sometimes bloodied — past.

“The war was started by men, the war will be ended by men . . but it’s the women and children who suffer the most and they have a right to define peace.”

'This is truly an ominous development for the poor people of Venezuela.'

Hands off Venezuela! U.S. Labor Against the War opposes the Trump Administration intervention in the internal affairs of Venezuela.

"Act American!"; The Kids Aren't Alright; Up From Bondage For Campaign Workers; AOC; Bernie; Shutdown Heroes

"Get Me Roger Stone" uses Stone’s story as a cipher for modern political history. It’s a horror show!