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

Don’t Overlook Coretta Scott King

Matthew Delmont Convergence
Coretta Scott King condemned the brutality of the Vietnam War and criticized how it drained money from housing, health care, and jobs.

This Week in People’s History, Jan 21–27, 2026

Portside
Striking steel workers in 1946 A High-Water Mark for U.S. Labor Unions (1946), The Night the U.S. Air Force Almost Nuked North Carolina (1961), A Massive Protest Was Cancelled, But Not Before It Had Great Success (1941)

It’s Literally ICE vs. Good

Josh Johnson YouTube
In the tradition of great moral storytellers reaching back to Mark Twain, Josh Johnson brings his own stories to bear to dissect the gangsterism, insanity and violence being perpetrated in our country today
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