Portside

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A rare united general strike has shaken Portugal’s right-wing government, placing labour rights, precarity and collective power at the centre of national politics.

Palestinians and Israelis on the right and left all say that the move is a step toward legitimizing the Israeli settlements, which most of the world considers illegal.

Amid Trump’s lies and xenophobic rants, people struggling to pay bills and make ends meet are unlikely to be moved

So little truth, so much time

President Donald Trump’s expansion of the blockade is the latest chapter in an aggression waged by 12 successive US presidents. It’s time to close the book.

Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted to ratify their first union contract last week, securing pay bumps, job protections and a rare win for the United Auto Workers union in the South.

This book examines organized crime in New York City unions and the rank and file fightback.

The democracy question

By turning the novel into just a corset-heaving love story, the director has stripped it of what made it so boundary-pushing