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November 28, 2019

Union and Community Donates Food to Give Strikers a Thanksgiving Meal as ASARCO Strike Continues

Allisa Miller KFDA Channel 10 Amarillo, Texas

2,000 USW copper miners, on strike at 5 ASARCO plants in Texas and Arizona, have not been paid for over a month. Union members and the community have come together to donate food, ensuring every striker is able to have a Thanksgiving meal.

November 28, 2019

Tidbits - Nov. 28, 2019 - Reader Comments: Impeachment-Obfuscation, Corruption; Benjamin Netanyahu; Bolivia, Chile; Puerto Rico; My Lai Massacre; Whistleblowers, Amazon; workers rights-Climate Crisis, #MeToo; book sale; more....

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Reader Comments: Impeachment, Obfuscation, Political Corruption; Benjamin Netanyahu; International Solidarity- Bolivia, Chile; Puerto Rico; Vietnam War, My Lai Massacre; Whistleblowers, Amazon; workers rights-Climate Crisis, #MeToo; book sale; more.

November 27, 2019

Republicans Tried to Rig the Vote in Michigan – But ‘Political Novices’ Just Defeated Them

Sam Levine The Guardian

After a Republican bragged about cramming ‘Dem garbage’ into certain districts, a grassroots campaign has given the power to redraw political maps to the people

November 27, 2019

Global Left Midweek - November 27, 2019

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Women Stand Up! Palestine Takes On Trump! Also Three Reports from South America, UK Labour Manifesto, Revolutionary World Music, and Shack Dwellers Organize in South Africa!

November 27, 2019

Vote First or Die

Shehryar Fazli Los Angeles Review of Books

The first-in-the-nation primary, in New Hampshire, looks to many like a quaint relic from a far different USA and a far different time. This book offers a tour of that primary's history and looks at why it endures.

November 27, 2019

Message from Portside Moderators - In Times That Try Our Souls, Asking for Your Help

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November 27, 2019

Museum Workers Across the Country Are Unionizing. Here’s What’s Driving a Movement That’s Been Years in the Making

Catherine Wagley Artnet News

The reasons tell us a lot about the state of the arts today.

November 27, 2019

The Army Built to Fight ‘Medicare for All’

Adam Cancryn Politico

The top health industry lobbies have joined forces to take down socialized medicine — or anything that looks like it. Will they succeed?

November 27, 2019

Job Loss Predictions Over Rising Minimum Wages Haven't Come True

Stef W. Kight, Dion Rabouin Axios

Eighteen states rang in 2019 with minimum wage increases — some that will ultimately rise as high as $15 an hour — and so far, opponents' dire predictions of job losses have not come true.

November 27, 2019

Message from Portside Moderators - In Times That Try Our Souls, Asking for Your Help

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