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Portside aims to provide varied material of interest to people on the left that will help them to interpret the world, and to change it.
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Global Left Midweek – January 11, 2023

Millions Resist Fascism in Brazil Video: Thousands Protest Netanyahu in Tel Aviv Small Rebellions: Haiti and Dominican Republic UK: Time for United Action Chile: The New Cannot Be Born

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‘Striking Does Work’: Fort Worth Journalists Win Only Newspaper Union Contract in Texas: https://portside.org/2023-01-11/striking-does-work-fort-worth-journalists-win-only-newspaper-union-contract-texas
‘Striking Does Work’: Fort Worth Journalists Win Only Newspaper Union Contract in Texas

On the heels of an unprecedented 24-day labor strike late last year, around 20 journalists at the 117-year-old Fort Worth Star-Telegram have ratified the only union contract at a Texas newspaper. The union victory comes after more than two years of difficult negotiations and forms part of a surge in nationwide newsroom organizing since the mid-2010s as journalists have increasingly fought back against corporate predation in a struggling industry.

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As Nurses Strike, Hospital CEOs Pocket Millions

On Monday, 7,000 New York nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan went on strike over massive short staffing.

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What Noah Baumbach’s White Noise Is Really About: https://portside.org/2023-01-10/what-noah-baumbachs-white-noise-really-about
What Noah Baumbach’s White Noise Is Really About

Alissa Wilkinson covers film and culture for Vox. Alissa is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics.

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Greenpeace Calls on US and Mexico To Defuse Largest Carbon Bomb in North America: https://portside.org/2023-01-10/greenpeace-calls-us-and-mexico-defuse-largest-carbon-bomb-north-america
Greenpeace Calls on US and Mexico To Defuse Largest Carbon Bomb in North America

Ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden's Tuesday meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Greenpeace implored the two men to commit to ending all new oil and gas development in the Permian Basin, increasing clean energy investments, and securing a just transition for fossil fuel workers.

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Media Bits and Bytes – January 10, 2023

Twitter vs Wikipedia Amazon Workers Should Try Digital Picketing Migration Film Festival in London How DAOs Can Strengthen Workers’ Rights

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How Kevin Did It

Kevin McCarthy is one lucky guy that George Santos lied his way into Congress, because McCarthy needed every last vote to attain the Speakership in the wee hours of last Saturday morning.

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Graduate and Professional Student Workers Vote To Unionize in Landslide Election: https://portside.org/2023-01-10/graduate-and-professional-student-workers-vote-unionize-landslide-election
Graduate and Professional Student Workers Vote To Unionize in Landslide Election

In a landslide victory, Yale’s graduate and professional student workers have voted to unionize, marking a historic first after decades of organizing on campus. According to the National Labor Relations Board’s final tally, 1,860 of 2,039 voters favored forming a collective bargaining unit under Local 33 – UNITE HERE, the graduate student union that has fought for University recognition since 1990. 

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Latin America and the Caribbean: Year 2022 in Review: https://portside.org/2023-01-10/latin-america-and-caribbean-year-2022-review
Latin America and the Caribbean: Year 2022 in Review

2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. This imperial fiat arrogates to the US the unilateral authority to intervene in the affairs of sovereign states in the Western Hemisphere and to exclude any other power from meddling in what is viewed as Washington’s backyard. Two centuries later, the doctrine faces a fragile future.

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Strike Threat As Nursing Union Demands Legal Minimum Staffing Levels: https://portside.org/2023-01-09/strike-threat-nursing-union-demands-legal-minimum-staffing-levels
Strike Threat As Nursing Union Demands Legal Minimum Staffing Levels

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), the country’s main nursing union, has demanded legislation that would require minimum staffing levels in hospitals and threatened to strike if the Government does not agree. Amid an overcrowding crisis in hospital emergency departments, the union’s executive met in emergency session yesterday and decided to begin a process of consultation in advance of a possible campaign of industrial action.

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