Skip to main content
Portside aims to provide material of interest to people on the left that will help them to interpret the world and to change it.

NYC Cops Keep Rioting; Protesters Resist

Dee Knight Democratic Socialists of America
The violence committed by NYPD against peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters on June 4 was not an isolated incident. It was just the most recent and egregious example of the normal, regular, everyday state-sanctioned terror we endure here in the so

New Mexico’s Nuclear Rush: Massive Nuclear Waste Site on Fast Track

Sammy Feldblum and Tovah Strong Searchlight New Mexico
Holtec International wants to transform New Mexico into America’s radioactive waste “destination.” Holtec International’s nuclear waste storage facility in southeastern New Mexico was rushed through the approval process during the pandemic, and critics fear the Nuclear Regulatory Commission could grant Holtec its license as soon as this summer.

Jacob Lawrence Went Beyond the Constraints of a Segregated Art World

Rachel Himes Convergence
Jacob Lawrence was one of twentieth-century America’s most celebrated black artists. In Struggle, his series of paintings on the American Revolution, he opened up new territory in American history- beyond had become synonymous with black art.

Why the Oil Giants Are Trading Their Oil Rigs for Offshore Windfarms

Jillian Ambrose The Guardian
Wind turbines of the Duddon Sands offshore windfarm in the Irish Sea. The fossil fuel giants need to reduce emissions and maintain their share price so they’re investing in wind. For a “relative small outlay” they are greening their portfolio and extending their monopoly control over a major alternative energy source.

Tidbits - Feb. 11, 2021 - Reader Comments: Impeachment, Now Conviction; Marjorie Taylor Greene; Fascism, Fascist Propaganda; Amazon Workers; Karen Lewis; Anne Feeney; Abortion; Medicare for All; Tipped Workers; Announcements; and more....

Portside
Reader Comments: Impeachment, Now Conviction; Marjorie Taylor Greene; Fascism and Fascist Propaganda; Amazon Workers - Solidarity Builds; Karen Lewis; Anne Feeney; Abortion; Medicare for All; Tipped Workers; Announcements; and more....

NYT’s China Syndrome

Jim Naureckas FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
Why make a relatively tiny outbreak of the coronavirus on the other side of the world front-page news at the New York Times? Like Donald Trump, the paper is certainly aware of the propaganda value of pointing to China as a scary danger.
Subscribe to Portside