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Radical Brownies; Facing reality in Davos; #BLM in Palestine; Gendered commodities; Abortion stories; Flashin’ fashions

The summer of 2014, when Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip killing well over 2,000 people, was marked with a heavy sense of helplessness for Palestinians around the world. Palestinian American writer and filmmaker Hadeel Assali remembers the summer of 2014 and the making of her short film, Shuja'iyah: Land of the Brave, to shed light on the humanity and nuance of of Palestinian people and stories.

The Portside moderators send our heartfelt thanks to our readers, for coming through in response to our annual appeal! This year our readers responded with the largest amount in contributions ever - nearly $19,000.

The Portside moderators send our heartfelt thanks to our Portside Labor readers, for coming through in response to our annual appeal! This year all Portside readers responded with the largest amount in contributions ever - nearly $19,000.

Unlike Spanish evangelism, US colonial machinery was geared to using the Philippines for thorough exploitation of the newly acquired territory, envisaging the eventual expansion of multinational corporations and ultimate global hegemony. This brief historical outline provides a background for global context and working class analysis of the Philippines and Filipino mass movements.

A revelatory look at how a unique border-crossing set of partnerships among Israel’s high-tech companies (many involved in developing border wall technology in their own land), an Arizona tech park, and Mexican low-wage factories is intent on creating a “virtual wall” to shut down and militarize the U.S.-Mexican border.

Three 17-year-old Norwegian fashion bloggers travel to Cambodia for an online reality series experiencing a month long life of a Cambodian garment worker and get an up close idea about exploitation and H&M profits.

Student Campaign Forces 16 Universities to End Contracts with JanSport/North Face and Parent Company VF Corp Over Sweatshop Abuses in Bangladeshi Garment Factories.

United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) is a national student-led movement with over 150 locals. We campaign in solidarity with workers on our campuses and in factories abroad, using our leverage as students to win historic victories over multinational corporations. Join us! This year’s National Conference will be on February 20-21. The 2015 National Conference gathers hundreds of students committed to taking back our universities and demanding respect for workers.

Despite resistance, domestic workers in Lebanon held a founding conference for a new union. Seven women, from four countries, began organizing the union in 2012. The Ministry of Labor has tried to block the union but the workers have persisted and made history.