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😿 The Crisis of the Portuguese Left
#politics

The Crisis of the Portuguese Left
The Portuguese Socialist Party once seemed to be a model for Europe’s center left, gaining support while its sister parties were in decline. But this year’s election was a crushing defeat that saw the Socialists fall behind the far-right group Chega.

"Quiet Piggy!" -- Subscribe to Civil Discourse and become part of a community that believes ... (Joyce Vance/Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/quiet-piggy
http://www.memeorandum.com/251118/p167#a251118p167

#Jacobin #BlackPantherParty

The Black Panthers Who Never Came Home
Fifty-nine years after Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panthers, Charlotte and Pete O’Neal remain in exile in Tanzania. Their story, told through interviews, archives, and firsthand reporting, reveals the movement’s enduring legacy.

✊🏽 Socialist Politics Can Break Through to Asian Immigrants
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Colonial Plunder Didn’t Create Capitalism https://jacobin.com/2025/12/colonialism-transition-feudalism-capitalism-history-economy/

Colonial Plunder Didn’t Create Capitalism
Despite what you may have heard, colonial plunder didn’t give rise to capitalism. In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber discusses why the “colonialism-created-capitalism” argument fails, and why Marxism provides a better account of its emergence.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Sylvan Esso:
🎵 Ferris Wheel
#SylvanEsso
https://giraffelookout.bandcamp.com/track/sylvan-esso-ferris-wheel-giraffe-lookout-dj-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/54JAj2Vp4M2Z7NqKAFY0Oh

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Barrie:
🎵 Concrete
#NowPlaying #Barrie
https://barrie.bandcamp.com/track/concrete
https://open.spotify.com/track/14moR256JoSCPnJrirQXYC

Trump announces $1,776 military bonus as appeal to working-class voters (Josephine Walker/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/trump-military-1776-bonus-us-troops-tariffs
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p1#a251218p1

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Blondie:
🎵 X Offender
#Blondie
https://allegroband.bandcamp.com/track/x-offender-blondie-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Yn7a6j6jWq9xzQFP2myDS

✊🏿 How One Black Labor Union Changed American History
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How One Black Labor Union Changed American History
A century ago, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters launched a union drive against a railroad giant, changing the course of the 20th century and forever entwining the causes of labor and black civil rights.