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January 31, 2026

New Year, New Crimes: The Challenges of 2026

Portside Moderators Portside

The murders of Pretti and Good. Venezuela. ICE occupation. In 2026, the wannabe dictator and his stooges are committing even more blatant crimes, aiming to divert attention from old crimes, sabotage the upcoming elections and avert accountability.

January 30, 2026

Poem

Rick Lupert

Los Angeles poet Rick Lupert offers this talisman against the encroaching darkness.

Only You Can Prevent Fascism | Nanoq the Polar Bear PSA (Smokey the Bear Parody)

January 30, 2026

Meet Nanoq, starring in the polar bear PSA you didn’t know you needed – and the fascists really don’t want you to share.

"All You Fascists Bound To Lose" | Resistance Revival Chorus w/ Rhiannon Giddens

January 30, 2026

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens performs leads cover of folk legend Woody Guthrie’s anthem, a rallying cry as galvanizing today as when he wrote it in 1942.

Democratic Penguins Republic - Greenland

January 30, 2026

Penguins, polar bears, seals, walruses ... the natives of the Arctic and the Antarctic unite against the eagle

Streets Of Minneapolis | Bruce Springsteen

January 30, 2026

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice / Singing through the bloody mist / We’ll take our stand for this land / And the stranger in our midst

January 30, 2026

‘The Biggest Act of Union-Busting in U.S. History’: Trump’s War on Federal Workers

Dan Kaufman The New York Times

Illustration of workers getting crushed by a falling white house

With 300,000 employees gone and collective-bargaining rights eliminated, the administration has hobbled organized labor. Did it also start a movement?

"Freedom Is A Verb" | Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird

January 30, 2026

Freedom is a verb / Something never finished, never done / It's something you must make / It's something you must take / It's something you must constantly become

January 30, 2026

Greenland’s Inuit Have Spent Decades Fighting for Self-Determination

Susan A. Kaplan and Genevieve LeMoine The Conversation

While contemporary Greenland encompasses this range of lifestyles, Kalaallit are unified in their desire for self-determination. Greenland’s leaders have delivered this message clearly to the public and to the White House directly.

January 30, 2026

Minneapolis May Be Trump’s Gettysburg

Jamelle Bouie The New York Times

Gettysburg was supposed to be the blow that forced the United States to negotiate an end to the Civil War. What Lee did not anticipate was the iron resolve, the ferocious tenacity, of the Union defenders.