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Filibuster

September 13, 2019

John Oliver explains why filibusters exist, why they shouldn't, and why it's stupid to drink coffee like a cat.

Beto O'Rourke: 'We're going to take away your AR-15'

September 13, 2019

The El Paso, Texas, native proposed his plan to take back semiautomatic weapons at the Democratic debate

Musicians Love Making Fun of Bob Dylan

September 13, 2019

What would it sound like if Paul Simon or John Lennon parodied Bob Dylan? Of course it happened, and here's what it sounds like.

Edward Snowden in Exile: ‘You Have to Be Ready to Stand for Something’

September 13, 2019

Edward Snowden has spent the last six years living in exile in Russia and has now decided to publish his memoirs, Permanent Record. The Guardian's Ewen MacAskill, who helped break Snowden's story in 2013, has been given exclusive access to interview him

September 13, 2019

Edward Snowden Speaks Out: His New Life and Concerns

Ewen MacAskill The Guardian

The man whose state surveillance revelations rocked the world speaks exclusively to the Guardian about his new life and concerns for the future

September 13, 2019

Friday Nite Videos | September 13, 2019

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Edward Snowden in Exile: ‘You Have to Be Ready to Stand for Something.’ Musicians Love Making Fun of Bob Dylan. Beto O'Rourke: 'We're going to take away your AR-15.' John Oliver: Filibuster. How Black Americans Were Robbed of Their Land.

September 12, 2019

Strike with the Band: The meritocratic failures of classical music

Kate Wagner The Baffler

The prestige of classical music obscures a range of unseemly realizations: arts managers are union-busting bosses like any other. Case in point: the lockout of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra members.

September 12, 2019

Tidbits - Sept. 19, 2019 - Reader Comments: Climate Strike demands; Immigrant detention; Labor movement - responses to Portside posts; Germany; Venezuela; China; Cuba; Lebanon; Russiagate; How to Help the Bahamas; Resources; Announcements; and more...

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Reader Comments: Climate Strike demands; Immigrant detention; Labor movement - responses to multiple Portside posts; Germany; Venezuela; China; Trade War; Cuba; Lebanon; Russiagate; How to Help the Bahamas; Resources; Announcements; and more...

September 12, 2019

Country Music Is a Man’s World. The Highwomen Want to Change That.

Natalie Weiner The New York Times

A new supergroup — Highwomen — is making music with a mission. They proudly call themselves a movement as much as a band, whose mission is clear: solidarity, specifically with other women in country music. Their debut album came out Friday.

September 12, 2019

Allende’s Last Speech

Salvador Allende Jacobin

Salvador Allende died 46 years ago in a US-backed coup. Here's his final address, broadcast over the radio while he was barricaded in the presidential palace. The generals that overthrew Allende coordinated with the CIA and the U.S. State Department.