The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade
What happens when a giant frog, a chicken, a bear, and a unicorn take to the rainy streets of Portland? The true-to-life tale of the Portland Frog Protester.
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Trump Cashes in Bigly, the "Hate America" Rally & RFK Jr Crazes Out
Trump goon squad indicts John Bolton. Trump live tweets his talk with Putin. Mike Johnson gives an Emmy-worthy performance while RFK Jr lets his crazy out.
Weathering Backlash With Care Infrastructure
In These Times
The Highlander Nursery School’s free socialist early childhood education helped sustain the Southern labor movement. Here’s what we can learn.
Cantus Cunctantus (song of being slow to act)
Poet Diane Schenker offers us a hymn to the subversive potential of poetry.
Zohran Mamdani: “Our Time Is Now”
Jacobin
Monday night at a campaign rally, Zohran Mamdani addressed his supporters: “For too long, we have tried not to lose. Now, it is time that we win...We are an existential threat to billionaires who think their money can buy our democracy."
‘I Love Hitler’: Leaked Messages Expose Young Republicans’ Racist Chat
Politico
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery, lynching, and rape. This is what the GOP really is - this is the young GOP, starting with the New York Young Republicans - "I Love Hitler"
Private Equity Takeover of Hospitals Led To Rise in Medicare Emergency Patient Deaths, Says Study
The Guardian
Private equity acquisition of hospitals have led to an increase in deaths among emergency department patients receiving Medicare, according to a recent study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Will Israelis One Day Say of Their Country’s Atrocities in Gaza, ‘I Was Always Against It’?
Haaretz
People aren't born cruel; they become so. Palestinian cruelty toward Israelis is widely covered, while our cruelty, that of Israeli society, is getting ever more sophisticated to protect our spoils.
Tidbits-Oct 16 -Readers Comments: Chicago Invaded-By ICE, Texas National Guard; Trump’s Labor Dept Says ICE Raids Causing Food Crisis; Boat Strikes Just the Beginning, Now CIA Missions Planned Against Venezuela; US Socialism Today; All-Out for Oct 18
Portside
Readers Comments: Chicago Invaded-by ICE, Texas National Guard; Trump's Labor Dept Says ICE Raids Causing Food Crisis; Boat Strikes Just the Beginning, Now CIA Missions Planned Against Venezuela; What's Happening in US Socialism; All-Out for Oct 18;
Bravery on the Front Lines in the Face of Fascism
The Progressive
A new comics collection from Raymond Tyler and Paul Buhle tells the stories of unsung partisan heroes who fought fascism across Europe. We have no alternative. Time is short. We should admire the heroes of Partisans and proceed to blaze our own path
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