Decades of Hurt Lie Behind the Protests in the Philippines
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/philippines-protests-authoritarianism-corruption-neoliberalism/
  
  https://jacobin.com/2025/10/philippines-protests-authoritarianism-corruption-neoliberalism/
Jacobin
  
  Decades of Hurt Lie Behind the Protests in the Philippines
  Recent protests against political corruption in the Philippines led to violent clashes at the presidential palace. The country’s rulers shouldn’t be surprised at the reaction after imposing their own forms of violence on its working classes for so long.
  Headlines for October 23, 2025
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/23/headlines
  
  http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/23/headlines
Democracy Now!
  
  Headlines for October 23, 2025
  “Starvation as a Weapon of War”: ICJ Orders Israel to Restore Access to U.N.-Led Aid Agencies; Mass Funeral Held in Gaza for Unidentified Palestinians Whose Bodies Show Signs of Torture; Israeli Lawmakers Advance Bills to Annex West Bank, Drawing Rare U.S.…
  International Court of Justice: As Occupying Power, Israel Must Allow U.N. Aid into Gaza
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/23/tamara_alrifai
  
  http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/23/tamara_alrifai
Democracy Now!
  
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  The International Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that Israel, as an occupying power, must allow United Nations humanitarian aid into Gaza and may not use starvation as a method of warfare. In its advisory opinion, the World Court also found that Israel…
  Ex-U.S. Diplomat Robert Malley on Gaza Ceasefire & U.S. Double Standards on Israel
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/23/robert_malley
  
  http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/23/robert_malley
Democracy Now!
  
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  Secretary of State Marco Rubio is the latest top U.S. official to visit Israel as part of a push to maintain the Gaza ceasefire. Reports suggest the Trump administration is worried about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu undermining the agreement, with the…
  "Fascism or Genocide" Author Ross Barkan on NYC Mayoral Race, Mamdani's Rise, Socialism & More
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/23/ross_barkan
  
  http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/23/ross_barkan
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  New York mayoral candidates held their final debate Wednesday before the November 4 election, with early voting beginning Saturday. Democratic nominee and front-runner Zohran Mamdani faced off against Republican Curtis Sliwa and former New York Governor Andrew…
  Reviving UNRWA’s Remit: The ICJ, Israel and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/23/reviving-unrwas-remit-the-icj-israel-and-humanitarian-aid-in-gaza/
  
  https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/23/reviving-unrwas-remit-the-icj-israel-and-humanitarian-aid-in-gaza/
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  Reviving UNRWA’s Remit: The ICJ, Israel and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
  Of enormous irritation to the Israeli authorities is the continued insistence on cooperation with UNRWA.  Israel’s obligations, along with other Member States, to cooperate with the UN “with respect to the question of Palestine is of paramount importance…
  What Does Global Justice Look Like in the 21st Century?
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/global-justice-ubi-migration-parijs/
  
  https://jacobin.com/2025/10/global-justice-ubi-migration-parijs/
Jacobin
  
  What Does Global Justice Look Like in the 21st Century?
  In an interview with Jacobin, the political philosopher Philippe Van Parijs discusses the challenges of achieving global justice today, from winning an emancipatory basic income to accommodating mass migration to rich countries.
  Starbucks Workers Are Getting Ready for a Potential Strike
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/starbucks-union-contract-pickets-strike/
  
  https://jacobin.com/2025/10/starbucks-union-contract-pickets-strike/
Jacobin
  
  Starbucks Workers Are Getting Ready for a Potential Strike
  As contract negotiations with the company stall, unionized Starbucks workers at dozens of stores are preparing for a potential strike. Workers are now holding practice pickets and signing customers up to boycott the coffee giant in the event of a walkout.
  California Nurses Association condemns Trump administration plans to deploy ICE, National Guard to invade Bay Area
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/california-nurses-association-condemns-trump-administration-plans-to-deploy-ice-national-guard-to-invade-bay-area
  
  https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/california-nurses-association-condemns-trump-administration-plans-to-deploy-ice-national-guard-to-invade-bay-area
Common Dreams
  
  California Nurses Association condemns Trump administration plans to deploy ICE, National Guard to invade Bay Area
  California’s largest union of registered nurses, an affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU), the largest U.S. RN union, issued the following statement responding to recent announcements by the Trump administration that both ICE and the National Guard would…
  New York City Nurses vs. Austerity
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/nyc-nurses-austerity-hospitals-medicaid/
  
  https://jacobin.com/2025/10/nyc-nurses-austerity-hospitals-medicaid/
Jacobin
  
  New York City Nurses vs. Austerity
  In New York City, 20,000 nurses are negotiating contracts with the city’s private sector hospitals. The hospitals are using federal Medicaid cuts as an argument for austerity. But nurses say the richer hospitals, and the state government, can fill the gap.
  We Have No One to Blame for Public Health Disasters but Ourselves
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/public-health-environment-trump/
  
  https://www.thenation.com/article/society/public-health-environment-trump/
The Nation
  
  We Have No One to Blame for Public Health Disasters but Ourselves
  Isn’t it time, in the era of Trump and RFK Jr., to focus on a social structure in which corporations and institutions make decisions that profoundly affect people’s health?
  The White House Is Being Destroyed Because Corruption Doesn’t Matter Anymore
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/white-house-demolition-trump-corruption/
  
  https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/white-house-demolition-trump-corruption/
The Nation
  
  The White House Is Being Destroyed Because Corruption Doesn’t Matter Anymore
  The demolition of the East Wing is a symbol of a system that long ago stopped caring about the kind of blatant graft that Trump loves.
  Western Media Use ‘Peace’ Prize to Fuel War Propaganda
https://fair.org/home/western-media-use-peace-prize-to-fuel-war-propaganda/
  
  https://fair.org/home/western-media-use-peace-prize-to-fuel-war-propaganda/
FAIR
  
  Western Media Use ‘Peace’ Prize to Fuel War Propaganda
  Rather than scrutinize María Corina Machado credentials, the media establishment whitewashed the most unpeaceful elements in her background.
  Harsh Lessons Christian Nationalists Could Learn from Folk Horror
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/24/harsh-lessons-christian-nationalists-could-learn-from-folk-horror/
  
  https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/24/harsh-lessons-christian-nationalists-could-learn-from-folk-horror/
CounterPunch.org
  
  Harsh Lessons Christian Nationalists Could Learn from Folk Horror
  Christianity is back and it's more violent than ever. I speak, of course, of the late capitalist tent house revival of Christian Nationalism amongst the
  Words are the First Weapon of War
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/24/words-are-the-first-weapon-of-war/
  
  https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/24/words-are-the-first-weapon-of-war/
CounterPunch.org
  
  Words are the First Weapon of War
  I sit here at my desk, looking out the window – and see someone walking through the parking lot. This is the most ordinary of moments. I shrug quietly.
  