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November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM

To Win Radical Success, Mamdani Understands, Is To Know When and Where To Compromise

To Win Radical Success, Mamdani Understands, Is To Know When and Where To Compromise     Harold Meyerson November 25, 2025 The American Prospect Pragmatism is required to build a social democratic New York. The key to radical reform, New York City Mayor-el…
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November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM

Here’s the Data Showing Why Dems Must Keep Talking About Climate

Here’s the Data Showing Why Dems Must Keep Talking About Climate     Aaron Regunberg November 20, 2025 The New Republic Centrist groups want to see Democrats retreat from climate policy. That’s the wrong thing to do—both morally and strategically. …
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November 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM

Victors’ History

Victors’ History     Raymond Geuss November 7, 2025 New Left Review SideCar There is a commonplace saying that history is written by the victors. Still, it may be useful to reflect on the situation as it currently exists and pose the question: if this were…
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November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM

9 Inspiring Native American Women Who Have Gone Tragically Overlooked in the History Books

9 Inspiring Native American Women Who Have Gone Tragically Overlooked in the History Books     Kaleena Fraga; Edited By Cara Johnson November 22, 2021 All That’s Interesting From fierce female warriors to brave political activists, take a look at some of t…
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November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits-Nov.27 -Reader Comments: Thankful for Farmworkers; Mamdani and Wilson – Democratic Socialists and FDR Democrats; Legal Orders; What We Forgot About Socialism; Raising Taxes on the Ultrarich; New Approach to Getting Rid of Citizens United;

Tidbits-Nov.27 -Reader Comments: Thankful for Farmworkers; Mamdani and Wilson – Democratic Socialists and FDR Democrats; Legal Orders; What We Forgot About Socialism; Raising Taxes on the Ultrarich; New Approach to Getting Rid of Citizens United;     November 27, …
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November 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM

Sanders, Warren Help Form Senate Democratic ‘Fight Club’ Challenging Schumer’s Leadership

Sanders, Warren Help Form Senate Democratic ‘Fight Club’ Challenging Schumer’s Leadership     Jake Johnson November 25, 2025 Common Dreams “So glad there are some Senate Dems willing to fight back,” said one progressive strategist. Senators Berni…
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November 27, 2025 at 5:55 AM

20 States Sue the Trump Administration Over Cuts to Homeless Permanent Housing Funding

20 States Sue the Trump Administration Over Cuts to Homeless Permanent Housing Funding     Katherine Hapgood November 25, 2025 Politico A coalition of attorneys general and governors filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's new conditions and cut…
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November 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM

The Goal of Socialism Is Everything

The Goal of Socialism Is Everything     Bhaskar Sunkara November 24, 2025 Jacobin Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty will be a fight for what’s winnable right now. Our job is to let that fight expand, not narrow, our horizon — and to keep alive the goal of sociali…
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November 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM

Progressive Mayors vs. Developers

Progressive Mayors vs. Developers     Robert Kuttner November 25, 2025 Why don’t we have more affordable housing? It’s the power of developers, stupid. New York City has spent billions in various subsidies for Hudson Yards. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamd…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM

We Should Listen To Rev Barber on White Poverty and Multracial Organizing

Portside Culture We Should Listen To Rev Barber on White Poverty and Multracial Organizing     Lewis M. Steel September 3, 2025 Common Dreams The latest book by the Poor People’s Campaign co-chair shows how racial division keeps both Black and whit…
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November 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM

2026: A Year of Reckoning

2026: A Year of Reckoning     November 25, 2025 xxxxxx As a reader of xxxxxx, you know it’s been a rollercoaster year. While many economic, legal and academic elites rushed to capitulate to a wannabe dictator, millions of people resisted the lawless grab for…
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November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek — November 26, 2025

Global Left Midweek — November 26, 2025     November 26, 2025 xxxxxx Finding the way to power The Green Left’s Sisse Marie Welling after winning the election for lord mayor in Copenhagen, 18 November 2025. , Photograph: Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Ber…
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November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM

2026: A Year of Reckoning

2026: A Year of Reckoning     November 25, 2025 xxxxxx As a reader of xxxxxx, you know it’s been a rollercoaster year. While many economic, legal and academic elites rushed to capitulate to a wannabe dictator, millions of people resisted the lawless grab for…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Republicans Will Never Find a Health Care Replacement

Republicans Will Never Find a Health Care Replacement     Ryan Cooper November 18, 2025 The American Prospect The GOP is too wedded to free markets and scornful of the welfare state to ever make anything in health care work. , J. Scott Applewhite…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Epstein Saga Exposes Israel’s Iron Grip on US Power

Epstein Saga Exposes Israel’s Iron Grip on US Power     Soumaya Ghannoushi November 20, 2025 Middle East Eye Leaks show how a foreign influence network governs the world's most powerful nation through seduction, dependence and capture A protester…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Labor Solidarity Defends Against Deportations

Labor Solidarity Defends Against Deportations     In These Times Editors November 24, 2025 In These Times In 1978, immigrants won a long fight with U.S. Border Patrol after a raid meant to union-bust. Los Angeles activists announce a meeting to r…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Just Follow Orders or Obey the Law? What US Troops Told Us About Refusing Illegal Commands

Just Follow Orders or Obey the Law? What US Troops Told Us About Refusing Illegal Commands     Charli Carpenter, Geraldine Santoso November 21, 2025 The Conversation This is not the first time Trump has put members of the military in situations whose legal…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Media Bits and Bytes — November 25, 2025

Media Bits and Bytes — November 25, 2025     November 25, 2025 xxxxxx Will the AI bubble burst? , Phil Hands   The AI Bubble Know What the Internet Knows About You CBS News: All Dershowitz, All the Time The Data Centers Resistance AI Stere…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Running Man Trips Across the Starting Line

Portside Culture The Running Man Trips Across the Starting Line     Eileen Jones November 21, 2025 Jacobin Edgar Wright’s dystopian satire, The Running Man, tries to play it safe and ends up pleasing no one. Still from The Running Man. , …
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November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM

This Week in People’s History, Nov 26-Dec 2, 2025

This Week in People’s History, Nov 26-Dec 2, 2025     xxxxxx Talk Nice or Shut Up! (1970), ‘You Can Protest, But We Don’t Care’ (1965), State Department’s Embarrassing Secrets (2010), One of Robert Moses’s Many Bad Ideas (1955), Throwing Jim Crow Off the Bus …
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November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Ukraine and Europe Rewrite US-Russia ‘Peace Plan’

Ukraine and Europe Rewrite US-Russia ‘Peace Plan’     Luke Harding in Kyiv, Jon Henley and Pjotr Sauer November 24, 2025 The Guardian Some of Russia’s maximalist demands have been removed from original 28-point proposal drawn up last month by Vladimir Puti…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.     Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser November 19, 2025 ProPublica ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditi…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Fighting Food Misinformation

Portside Culture Fighting Food Misinformation     Ed Finkel July 16, 2025 ift.org To counter science denial, lead with empathy, communication experts advise. From left: Mary Ellen Kuhn, Charlie Arnot, and Veronica Jaramillo, Food technolo…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM

50 Years After Franco’s Death: Vindicating Democratic Memory

50 Years After Franco’s Death: Vindicating Democratic Memory     Marga Ferré November 19, 2025 Transform!Europe The far right disputes memory in order to open up the possibility of authoritarian government on the horizon of expectations. Our horizon is bui…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM

First Amendment in Flux: When Free Speech Protections Came Up Against the Red Scare

First Amendment in Flux: When Free Speech Protections Came Up Against the Red Scare     Jodie Childers November 20, 2025 The Conversation As the Second Red Scare shows, when free speech is under attack, strategic compliance may be useful for individuals. H…
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November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM

Sunday Science: The Gravity Particle Should Exist. So Where Is It?

Sunday Science: The Gravity Particle Should Exist. So Where Is It?     Matthew John O'Dowd November 13, 2025 YouTube Explore the elusive graviton, a potential quantum particle of gravity. This video investigates its existence and role in unifying physics' …
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November 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM

Trump’s One Weird Trick for Eliminating Bad News: Delete It

Trump’s One Weird Trick for Eliminating Bad News: Delete It     Catherine Rampell November 20, 2025 The xxxxxx How do you eradicate hunger, STDs, illiteracy, poverty? It’s actually quite simple. You stop measuring them. , Stephan Baum   H…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM

The Third Sovereign

The Third Sovereign     Robert Sullivan November 13, 2025 The New York Review of Books If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction. Members of Paddle…
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November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM

Raising Taxes on the Ultrarich

Raising Taxes on the Ultrarich     Josh Bivens November 17, 2025 Economic Policy Institute A necessary first step to restore faith in American democracy and the public sector , Wikimedia Commons   Summary   The public has supported raisin…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Socialists in City Hall? A New Look at Sewer Socialism in Wisconsin

Socialists in City Hall? A New Look at Sewer Socialism in Wisconsin     Eric Blanc November 17, 2025 Labor Politics It’s been done before—we can do it again in New York and beyond Cartoon from The Milwaukee Leader (1911) showing Berger’s socialis…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Seth Meyers on Epstein Files: ‘It’s Obvious Why Trump Fought So Hard To Stop This Bill From Passing’

Portside Culture Seth Meyers on Epstein Files: ‘It’s Obvious Why Trump Fought So Hard To Stop This Bill From Passing’     Guardian staff November 20, 2025 The Guardian Late-night hosts react to the congressional vote that overwhelmingly approved a …
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November 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Are Zohran Mamdani and Katie Wilson Democratic Socialists or FDR Democrats?

Are Zohran Mamdani and Katie Wilson Democratic Socialists or FDR Democrats?     Peter Dreier November 21, 2025 Talking Points Memo They Are Both , Getty Images/Wikipedia   Between now and next year’s midterm elections, the “S” word, and e…
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November 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Quebec’s New Health Care Law

Quebec’s New Health Care Law     Toula Drimonis November 18, 2025 The Walrus Bill 2 has triggered strikes, resignations, and an unprecedented wave of physicians preparing to leave Quebec premier François Legault, The Canadian Press   Fran…
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November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Resistible Rise of Donald Trump

The Resistible Rise of Donald Trump     Paul Garver November 20, 2025 Chartist While elite institutions capitulate, resistance to Trump’s neo-fascist agenda is building among large segments of the population. On “No Kings Day”, October 18, close to seven m…
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November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM

What We Forgot About Socialism: Lessons From the Red Riviera

What We Forgot About Socialism: Lessons From the Red Riviera     Kristen R. Ghodsee November 19, 2025 Socialist Project When an economy is guided by social purpose instead of profit, it can serve the common good and lay a foundation for long-term progress,…
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November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Dangers of Doing Away With Monsters-Reflections of a Soldier Fighting Hitler

The Dangers of Doing Away With Monsters-Reflections of a Soldier Fighting Hitler     Gene Bruskin November 13, 2025 The Stansbury Forum The hypocritical “Thank you for your service” continues today as vets struggle to earn a living and recover from endless w…
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November 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | November 21, 2025

Friday Nite Videos | November 21, 2025     xxxxxx November 21, 2025 xxxxxx Kimmel Wraps Up Trump's Most Horrible Week. How To Spot a Fascist | Song Parody. Darializa Avila Chevalier for Congress in NY-13. Deep Dive on Trump and Bannon in the Epstein Files. T…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM

The Facts About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders

The Facts About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders     Mark Hertling November 21, 2025 The xxxxxx The message reminding military personnel that they must not obey illegal orders ricocheted through the political world like a rifle shot. In fact, there a…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM

Is Trump a Lame Duck Yet?

Is Trump a Lame Duck Yet?     Robert Kuttner November 21, 2025 The American Prospect Are we out of the woods? No, we are not. However, something fundamental has shifted. Trump is not a dead duck, but he is increasingly a lame one. We may yet redeem our democ…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM

Youth Vote Surged in NYC. Was It a Paradigm Shift?

Youth Vote Surged in NYC. Was It a Paradigm Shift?     Brigid Bergin and Joe Hong November 20, 2025 Gothamist A Gothamist analysis of turnout data shows voters between ages 30 and 39 made up the largest share of a record-setting 2 million voters. Turnout a…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM

Rula Daood Wanted To Change the Most Important Arab Political Body in Israel

Rula Daood Wanted To Change the Most Important Arab Political Body in Israel     Vera Weidenbach November 16, 2025 Haaretz Standing Together co-director Rula Daood made history by throwing her hat in to lead Israel's Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, repre…
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November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Translating Myself for Gaza

Portside Culture Translating Myself for Gaza     Beau Beausoleil West Coast poet Beau Beausoleil offers an apology to the many strangers he cannot save. ,   In a map of the HeavensI found your house as it was before the genocide a gr…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM

Outrage After Trump Accuses Democrats of ‘Seditious Behavior, Punishable by Death’

Outrage After Trump Accuses Democrats of ‘Seditious Behavior, Punishable by Death’     Anna Betts November 20, 2025 The Guardian Trump roundly decried for Truth Social post after lawmakers told military personnel to refuse illegal orders. Mike Johnson, the…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in Return for an Unlikely $1 Trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in Return for an Unlikely $1 Trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies     Juan Cole November 19, 2025 Informed Comment One US goal for the meeting was to induct Saudi Arabia into the Abraham Accords, that Bahrain,…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM

Other Victories for Working Families

Other Victories for Working Families     Robert Kuttner November 18, 2025 The American Prospect Zohran Mamdani got the headlines, but New York was not a one-off. Candidates endorsed by the Working Families Party had amazing election successes elsewhere in …
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November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM

Establishment Democrats Tried To Derail Katie Wilson’s Campaign—and Failed

Establishment Democrats Tried To Derail Katie Wilson’s Campaign—and Failed     John Burbank and Megan Burbank November 17, 2025 The Nation The precariat rose up, with passion, desire for change, and votes. The issue was an excess compensation tax on corpor…
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November 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM

Tidbits-Nov.20 -Reader Comments: Trump Meets Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Salam; Not Just About the Hostages, Gazans Continue To Be Killed; Forums–Policing and Public Safety-A Socialist Mayor; Fighting MAGA & Fighting Racism – Looking Towards 2026

Tidbits-Nov.20 -Reader Comments: Trump Meets Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Salam; Not Just About the Hostages, Gazans Continue To Be Killed; Forums–Policing and Public Safety-A Socialist Mayor; Fighting MAGA & Fighting Racism – Looking Towards 2026     November 20…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Who Gets Away With Crimes Against Humanity?

Portside Culture Who Gets Away With Crimes Against Humanity?     Andre Pagliarini October 10, 2025 The New Republic How dictators and Nazis have eluded the international justice system—with help from their friends. ,   38 Londres …
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November 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM

Trump’s New Best Friend

Trump’s New Best Friend     Robert Kuttner November 19, 2025 The American Prospect His one-sided deal with MBS throws Bibi under the bus and gets nothing for the United States other than more wealth for the Trump family. President Trump laughs wi…
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November 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM

First Raze Gaza, Then Build a Playground for Global Capital

First Raze Gaza, Then Build a Playground for Global Capital     Abe Asher November 19, 2025 Jacobin Profit-hungry developers, Gulf monarchs, Donald Trump, Tony Blair, and the Israeli far right are all united in a vision for Gaza: a tech-fueled special econ…