Portside

Reader Comments: Railroad Workers Deserve Sick Days; More Gun Violence; Jewish Divide Over Netanyahu; Readers Debate Ukraine; Thanksgiving Origins; Afterlife of Paris Commune; Fifty Year Tribute to Juan González; More Announcements; Cartoons;

“Sovereignty and self-determination are important concepts to keep at the heart of Left analysis” — and can help orient us in the confusion and misinformation surrounding Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Rebel music, union victory in Ontario, COP27 protests, Palestine changes and more

Unfounded Fed tightening myths are backfiring on the economy.

Is JFK Jr. Still Alive? Jordan Klepper Fingers the Conspiracy. Trump Attacks DeSantis in Unhinged Rant. How John Fetterman Broke Trump’s Red Wave. Lindell Freaks, Fox News Turns on Trump. What We Know About the State of Russia's Military.

Modern Russian propaganda, much like the modern Russian state, continues to parasitize off of the Soviet Union. Today, it is difficult for political convictions to be born: there is no habit of conscious resistance to the authorities.

This cautiously drafted letter said we need a component of policy in Ukraine that includes a cease-fire and diplomacy. The outrage that greeted this approach shows how much work is needed to stop the control militarism has on our foreign policy.

Brazil’s victory is everybody’s