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A Portside Message: Say ‘No’ to a Wannabe Dictator

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Donald Trump is signaling that he will attempt a coup before even taking office. It's going to take all of our strategizing and mobilizing to defeat it ... again. Portside will be there every day, and we’re asking you to help. Here’s how.

Trump and the Latin American Left

Ociel Ali López NACLA Reports
Progressive governments in Latin America are not as united today as they were a decade ago. How prepared are they to navigate the onslaught of a second Trump administration?

America’s Trade Deficit Is Not Afraid of Donald Trump

Yanis Varoufakis Project Syndicate
If the US president-elect’s efforts to eliminate America’s trade deficit succeed, real-estate prices in Miami and Manhattan will crash, the cost of servicing government debt will skyrocket and the Dow Jones will plummet.

A Working-Class History of Fighting Deportations

David Bacon Jacobin
The US working class has a long tradition of standing up against immigrant repression. This history is a reservoir of inspiration and strategic thinking — and it can help immigrant workers and communities confront Donald Trump’s promised wave of repr

Friday Nite Videos | December 13, 2024

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Everyone (Sort of) Loves a Disrupter

John Feffer TomDispatch
Off-the-record, some liberals support Trump on a case-by-case basis. In normal times, finding overlapping interests with your political adversaries makes sense. But let’s be clear: Trump will not be playing by the rules of normal politics.

Trump Does Not Have Mandate

Peter Dreier Talking Points Memo
Newspaper headlines have called Donald Trump’s victory “decisive,” “massive,” “resounding,” “historic,” and “sweeping.” None of those things are true. Recent public opinion polls reveal that Trump’s professed policy agenda is very unpopular.
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