Portside

Reader Comments: Mainstream Press Covers DSA and Elections; The ‘Red Scare’: Then and Now; Todd Blanche and The Art of the Steal; Dr. Fauci;; New Howard Zinn Biography; Dockworkers Unions in Six Countries Announce Day of Strikes Against War, Genocide

Dr. Herard is being punished for actions she took to protect UC Irvine students from riot police who had stormed their Palestine solidarity encampment. We want all sanctions against our colleague lifted and all back salary paid immediately.

Thinking strategy in a time of hard choices

Reader Comments: Summit; Butter (and Schools), Not Guns (and Warfare); Reflecting Pool; Strait of Hormuz; After New Evidence of DOJ Misconduct, Mahmoud Khalil Calls on Board of Immigration Appeals to Terminate Case; Cartoons and more....

Midwest mid-crisis

Women who wake up every morning unsure when they will see their families again. Women who hold each other up, because sometimes it is the only support we have. Pregnancy becomes a higher risk here. Here are the stories of women in ICE detention.

Largest strike in world history

Victor Grossman died on 17th December, 2025. He was 97, and for a long time it felt like he would go on for ever. Phil Butland remembers a comrade and friend.

Mainstream media keeps Trump afloat

Nelson Mandela’s message of peace, compassion, and forgiveness is real, and everyone should try to practice it. If we fail, but still fight against injustice, then we remain balanced. That alone is a form of personal transformation.