Portside

"The underlying problem is in the model of production and consumerism, in the ownership of natural resources and in the unequal distribution of wealth." Today, 26 people in the world have the same wealth as 3.8 billion people.

Women across Palestine and the diaspora marched on September 26 to assert that the struggle of women is intrinsic to the broader struggle for the liberation of Palestine.

They also acknowledged, for the first time, that the grounds for torturing Abu Zubaydah—the Saudi Arabian citizen detained in the wake of September 11, still languishing in Guantánamo—were mistaken.

Because federal labor law doesn’t guarantee protections for bereft workers, those workers’ wellbeing often suffers.

As the matter of gun control remains unresolved, the comments of poet Wendell Berry seem particularly relevant.

Supporting labor battles is at the center of the Bernie Sander's campaign. At a Chicago teachers rally he stated, “the only way to win prosperity for working people is when we significantly increase membership in trade unions all across America.” 

For Warren, a wealth tax is primarily a path to revenue, while Sanders emphasizes reducing the economic power of billionaires as a class

The controversial pioneer of free software resigned from MIT over his remarks on Jeffrey Epstein and Marvin Minsky. Stallman won’t be the last.

"It's a visionary plan that makes moral and economic sense, and most importantly, is informed by what's moving in communities all around the nation."

Though some Trumpworld figures may believe otherwise, House Democrats are not bluffing in their impeachment push. They are firm in their desire to see it done and to see it done with as much pain applied to the president as they can muster.