Dispatches From the Culture Wars — October 21, 2025
Portside
Doing the Time Warp again
Doing the Time Warp again
Doing the Time Warp again
books
Bravery on the Front Lines in the Face of Fascism
The Progressive
A new comics collection from Raymond Tyler and Paul Buhle tells the stories of unsung partisan heroes who fought fascism across Europe. We have no alternative. Time is short. We should admire the heroes of Partisans and proceed to blaze our own path
Dispatches From the Culture Wars — October 7, 2025
Portside
Repression and resistance
Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 23, 2025
Portside
A time to try our souls
From Delhi to DC: A Summer Study in Power and Resistance
Foreign Policy in Focus
Power without legitimacy eventually meets its match.
poetry
Cantus Cunctantus (song of being slow to act)
Poet Diane Schenker offers us a hymn to the subversive potential of poetry.
Why Los Angeles Must Resist
The Stansbury Forum
The city that raised me—this dazzling, sprawling place of freedom and invention—is under siege
Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 9, 2025
Portside
Culture wars turning from cold to hot
Haiti’s Political Impasse
NACLA
Haiti’s current form of “checkpoint governance” represents a structural transformation in how politics works in the country. What defines Haiti now is an impasse—a condition of blockage and immobility that traps millions in place.
How Cities Are Scaling Back Juneteenth Celebrations After Trump-Era DEI Rollbacks
CNN
Organizers say safety issues along with mounting resistance to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are making it harder to hold events
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