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2 months ago | 
portside.org | Kurt Stand
AFGE: Trump Must Comply With Union Contracts in Shutting Down DEIA Offices Published January 30, 2025 On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order attacking women, minorities, people with disabilities, and other historically marginalized groups by ending all Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) programs that have helped fight discrimination and protect civil rights of people from all backgrounds.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
portside.org | Kurt Stand
Until Weapons Are Silenced There Can Be No Development. War Is the Greatest Enemy of Progress Published January 6, 2025 JW note: Below are three columns by political scientist Yucel Dmirer published in the left-wing Turkish daily Evrensel (Universal). Dermirer will be a speaker at the 30th International Rosa Luxemburg Conference on January 11, 2025.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
portside.org | Kurt Stand
Today, As in the Past, Germany Claims the Authority To Define Who Is a Jew Published January 4, 2025 Reawakening ghosts from a dark past, Germany once again claims to have the authority to define who is a Jew. Those who say this are Jews living in Germany who find themselves the target of processes of delegitimization from the moment they criticize Israel. Between Israel and Jews, Germany chooses the Zionist state.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
portside.org | Kurt Stand
How Trump Nominees Could Make Project 2025 a Reality Published January 4, 2025 Republican President-elect Donald Trump spent the closing months of his campaign trying to distance himself from a blueprint for his second term known as Project 2025.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
portside.org | Kurt Stand
Tariq Ali: Memories of the Struggle Reloaded Published January 4, 2025 Following the publication of Tariq Ali's latest memoirs, he spoke to Michael Lavalette about the contrasting periods covered in his autobiographies and the prospects for the left today. Tariq Ali has been intimately involved in and written about, progressive, left politics in Britain for over sixty years.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
portside.org | Kurt Stand
Carter Presidency Was a Turning Point for Labor Published January 2, 2025 “He was a genuinely good man whose post-presidency focus on humanitarian work and championing human rights around the world was deeply inspiring.” So said the AFL-CIO on news Dec. 29 of the death of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter at the age of 100. It was about all the labor federation could say and not commit sins against historical memory. Carter did lead a distinguished life post-presidency.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
portside.org | Kurt Stand
2024 Word of the Year: Genocide (As In, Gaza) Published December 30, 2024 Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The word of the year was certainly “genocide.” It was alleged of Israel’s Gaza campaign by South Africa in a case brought before the International Court of Justice, and this charge was also lodged by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Doctors without Borders, and the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices.
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Dec 28, 2024 | 
portside.org | Kurt Stand
The Infant Revolution in Bach’s Christmas Music Published December 28, 2024 Christmas is a dangerous time, for it threatens social instability, political disorder, even revolution. At the culmination of the story, kings kneel before a helpless baby; the powerful pay tribute to the seemingly powerless.
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Dec 28, 2024 | 
portside.org | Kurt Stand
Looking Backward Autobiographically Published December 28, 2024 It’s reached that time again, a time to look forward but also, for an old geezer like me to look backward. Being 96 for a while yet (until March), I can permit myself some retrospection (while noting that those two digits, if only reversed and embodied, might well have been greatly preferable.
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Dec 28, 2024 | 
portside.org | Kurt Stand
Chanukah Is a Choice Between Life and Death: Choose Life Published December 28, 2024 Chanukah (or “Hanukah”) – “dedication” in Hebrew – is a Jewish holiday celebrating the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in 164 BCE after a victorious war. The story, told in the Book of the Maccabees, has never been deemed worthy of admission into the Jewish canon. Nonetheless, as Jews, we celebrate the minor festival decreed in this scroll.
