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Struggling for decades to find its voice, the Iraqi Communist Party is helping shape the battle for the nation's soul

This is a period when on certain issues, massive, non-violent direct action is in order, as the demonstration in Seattle shows.

After Rep. Greg Walden, the biggest recipient of pharmaceutical campaign cash in the last election cycle, met with Trump, the president decided to scrap his support for lower drug prices.

Queen & Slim is all of us in a time of crisis. Their crisis was evident; on the run from the law. Our crisis is the reality of what it means to be Black in America today. 

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Public sector worker in Argentina fight for better conditions.

The times are testing whether democracy and the rule of law, which are under the most ferocious, and sustained assault, will survive. We ask readers for their support once a year. If you like what we do, this is the time to support Portside.

We could easily fund health care for all by ending military boondoggles and fruitless wars. Here’s how.

Five days after a bill ending private prisons in the state was signed into law, the Trump administration found a way to get around it.