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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.

Meet the Detroit Socialist Running to Rein in the Police

Interview by Courtney Smith Convergence
Landis Spencer is a socialist running for the civilian board that oversees the Detroit Police Department. His goal: to curb police power and shift public money to poor and working-class residents.

Winners and Losers in the Politics of the Old Ball Game

Jabari Simama Governing
When it comes to pro sports, public officials are constantly dealing with issues from social equity to neighborhood development to taxpayer subsidies. Nothing illustrates these issues better than Atlanta’s long relationship with the Braves.

John Coltrane. A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle

Mark Richardson Pitchfork
A previously unknown recording from a small Seattle club in 1965 documents one of the saxophonist’s signature works—spiritual, searching, unstoppable—as never heard before.
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