Berlin’s cultural senator has announced that public funding for artists will depend on a loyalty oath for Israel. This has nothing to do with fighting antisemitism -- it's a smokescreen to cover the German establishment's antisemitism.
Antisemitic conspiracy theories on the fringe of the movement for a ceasefire in Gaza make it harder to effectively diagnose the problem and challenge power.
This book is a liberal analysis and critique of fascism. Reviewer Shaw offers a critique.
Trump lawyers assert, in court, that as president he would have the right to assassinate political opponents. The GOP is flat-out embracing insurrectionists. Here is how we – Portside moderators – assess the danger to democracy. And how you can help.
Reader Comments: GOP Unites Around Immunity; Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement for Today; 12 Senators Stood Up to Washington Middle East War Machine; Genocide: Israeli Accountability, US Complicity; Young Feminist Leadership Conference; Cartoons
Trump's claim to be immune from prosecution for any act as president would make him not a president, but a dictator
Trump's fascist ideology and his plans for dictatorial rule are in plain view, day after day. The overriding question of 2024 is: How to defeat this imminent threat? Here is how we -- the Portside moderators -- see it. And how you can help Portside.
Fighting the Good Fight (in 1909), Teach Literacy, Go to Jail (1854), Deadly But Very Popular (1964), Pretending to Drain the Swamp (1984), Orgy of Police Brutality (1874), McCarthyism's Downfall (1964), Hitler's Friends in the House of Lords (1934)
Takeaways from 2023
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