Archive | Portside

Valedictorian Goes Off Script to Blast Texas Abortion Law

June 4, 2021

A high school valedictorian in Texas ditched her school-approved speech to use the moment to speak out against a restrictive new abortion law in Texas.

Why the US Government Murdered Fred Hampton

June 4, 2021

This is the story of an assassination, and a coverup. But Fred Hampton's story is about much more than the raid that took his life: the movement he helped create was unique, and revolutionary.

June 4, 2021

The AFL-CIO Releases Its Police Reform Report, But Doesn't Want to Talk About It

Hamilton Nolan In These Times

The long-awaited report affirms support for police unions, and rejects the idea of defunding the police.

June 4, 2021

Critics Call Biden's Vaccine Sharing Plan 'Woefully Inadequate'

Kenny Stancil Common Dreams

"The idea this pandemic will be dealt with by a mixture of rich country charity and corporate goodwill is such nonsense," said one global justice advocate. "People's Vaccine now."

June 4, 2021

A Global Agreement on Corporate Tax Is in Sight – Let’s Make Sure It Happens

Nadia Calviño, Daniele Franco, Bruno Le Maire and Olaf Scholz The Guardian

As G7 finance ministers meet in London, we have a chance to get multinational businesses to pay their fair share

June 4, 2021

Nearly 10% of Youth in One Urban School District Identify As Gender-diverse, New Study Finds

Kacie Kidd The Conversation

Of 3,168 teens at a Pittsburgh high school, 9.2% had a gender identity that did not fully align with their sex assigned at birth.

June 4, 2021

Friday Nite Videos | June 4, 2021

Portside

Why the US Government Murdered Fred Hampton. Valedictorian Goes Off Script to Blast Texas Abortion Law. Hasan Minhaj Explains Hindus and Muslims. ROADRUNNER: A Film About Anthony Bourdain. What’s Really Fueling the U.S. Labor Shortage.

June 3, 2021

‘Women Are the Key to Worker Power’: Roz Foyer on Rebuilding the Union Movement

Roz Foyer interviewed by Stella Rooney Tribune Magazine

Roz Foyer, the first woman General Secretary of the Scottish TUC, speaks to Tribune about women's role in the labour movement, the fight over the future of Scotland – and the alternative to decades of neoliberalism.

June 3, 2021

Human Conditions, Early and Otherwise

Scott McLemee Inside Higher Ed

The journal’s intrepid book reviewer surveys a mélange of fall 2021 university and scholarly books on human origins and development, finding some surprising commonality in an otherwise often conflictual field.

June 3, 2021

Tidbits - June 3, 2021 - Reader Comments, Hiroshima, World War II; Racism; Retiree healthcare; Sports; Labor History, Disney, McCarthyism, Marxist parties, China, Climate change, Ethel Rosenberg, Harold Washington, Chicago, Social transition

Portside

Reader Comments: Hiroshima Cover-up; Racism; Retiree healthcare; Sports; Labor History, Disney; McCarthyism; Marxist parties; China; Announcements: Ethel Rosenberg; Harold Washington; International Trade Union Forum - Ecology, Social Transition;