Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Call Out FIFA—but He Should Push Harder
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/zohran-mamdani-fifa-ice/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/zohran-mamdani-fifa-ice/
The Nation
Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Call Out FIFA. But He Doesn't Go Far Enough.
Mamdani is right to hold FIFA accountable for fleecing its fans. But cheaper prices won’t matter if you end up in the back of an unmarked van.
Portland's Dancing Protesters Are Showing Us How to Stand Up to Trump
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/portland-protests-dancing-frog-trump/
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/portland-protests-dancing-frog-trump/
The Nation
Portland’s Dancing Protesters Are Showing Us How to Stand Up to Trump
The president wants us to be afraid. These activists are clowning him instead.
NYT Sidelines LGBTQ Youth Again in Conversion Therapy Case
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FAIR
NYT Sidelines LGBTQ Youth Again in Conversion Therapy Case
Coverage of the conversion therapy case left out scientific and legal information necessary to understand what’s at stake for LGBTQ youth.
A Beacon Of Hope and Woke Bullshit
https://www.commondreams.org/further/a-beacon-of-hope-and-woke-bullshit
https://www.commondreams.org/further/a-beacon-of-hope-and-woke-bullshit
Common Dreams
A Beacon Of Hope and Woke Bullshit | Common Dreams
Affirming the value of “keep(ing) the flame of democracy burning," the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to persecuted Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado for her “tireless work promoting democratic rights for (her) people." A humble Machado said…
Anarchy in the UN
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/11/anarchy-in-the-un/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/11/anarchy-in-the-un/
CounterPunch.org
Anarchy in the UN
This year’s high-level debate at the UN General Assembly reflected a world on the cusp of profound geopolitical transformation. While those seeking to rule the world through military force and economic dominance sputtered on about how oppressed they are,…
The ICE Raids: The Spearhead of a White Christian Nation
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/11/the-ice-raids-the-spearhead-of-a-white-christian-nation/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/11/the-ice-raids-the-spearhead-of-a-white-christian-nation/
CounterPunch.org
The ICE Raids: The Spearhead of a White Christian Nation
Recent polls suggest that public support for Trump's immigration policies might be waning; a welcome sign for those of us opposed to the ruthless targeting of immigrant communities. And, while a decline in illegal crossings at the Southern border may have…
Socialism or Barbarism
https://mronline.org/2025/10/11/socialism-or-barbarism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=socialism-or-barbarism
https://mronline.org/2025/10/11/socialism-or-barbarism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=socialism-or-barbarism
MR Online
Socialism or Barbarism | MR Online
Ahead of her talk at TWT, Zarah Sultana argues that we must ensure that initiatives like Your Party are inclusive projects to which the whole Left can contribute—and use them to take the socialist struggle onto the streets.
The Bretton Woods Twins and the Trump Tariffs: Implications for the Global South
https://mronline.org/2025/10/11/the-bretton-woods-twins-and-the-trump-tariffs-implications-for-the-global-south/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bretton-woods-twins-and-the-trump-tariffs-implications-for-the-global-south
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MR Online
The Bretton Woods Twins and the Trump Tariffs: Implications for the Global South | MR Online
If tariffs don’t reduce imports to significantly neutralise the fall in U.S. exports, quantitative restrictions on imports may be resorted to.
Trump turns the military inward, and America confronts its oldest fear
https://mronline.org/2025/10/11/trump-turns-the-military-inward-and-america-confronts-its-oldest-fear/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-turns-the-military-inward-and-america-confronts-its-oldest-fear
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MR Online
Trump turns the military inward, and America confronts its oldest fear | MR Online
Its origin was poisoned by the retreat from Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow, but its meaning grew larger. It became a vow that liberty cannot live where rifles enforce the law of civilians.
When Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “peace” has lost its meaning
https://mronline.org/2025/10/11/when-maria-corina-machado-wins-the-nobel-peace-prize-peace-has-lost-its-meaning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-maria-corina-machado-wins-the-nobel-peace-prize-peace-has-lost-its-meaning
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MR Online
When Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “peace” has lost its meaning | MR Online
Far from a symbol of peace, the article exposes Machado's history of supporting coups, sanctions, and calls for foreign military intervention in Venezuela.
In France, Too, Billionaire Tycoons Are Silencing Their Critics
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/france-media-macron-billionaires-bollore-sterin-kretinsky/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/france-media-macron-billionaires-bollore-sterin-kretinsky/
Jacobin
In France, Too, Billionaire Tycoons Are Silencing Their Critics
In France, right-wingers love to pose as defenders of free speech. Yet the takeover of media by a cast of billionaire pro-Trump tycoons means that just a handful of individuals have a veto over huge swaths of the press.
What we know about the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and what comes next
https://mronline.org/2025/10/11/what-we-know-about-the-first-phase-of-the-gaza-ceasefire-and-what-comes-next/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-we-know-about-the-first-phase-of-the-gaza-ceasefire-and-what-comes-next
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MR Online
What we know about the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and what comes next | MR Online
The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas includes halting military actions, an Israeli withdrawal, increased humanitarian aid, and a prisoner swap. But it doesn't guarantee an end to the war or that Israel won't resume the genocide.
New England Unions Lead the Way on Offshore Wind
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/afl-cio-new-england-offshore-wind-energy/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/afl-cio-new-england-offshore-wind-energy/
Jacobin
New England Unions Lead the Way on Offshore Wind
Building trades unions in Rhode Island and Massachusetts are successfully fighting for offshore wind projects that create good union jobs and revitalize the economy. In the process, they’re showing how to defend clean energy from Donald Trump.
Bailing Out Pfizer Won’t Lower Drug Prices
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/pfizer-bourla-trump-pharma-prices-dtc/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/pfizer-bourla-trump-pharma-prices-dtc/
Jacobin
Bailing Out Pfizer Won’t Lower Drug Prices
President Trump is promising lower drugs prices, but last month’s “deal” between the government and Pfizer is more about funneling patients to Big Pharma’s direct-to-consumer online platforms.
Shawn Fain: “We Need More Than a Party — We Need a Movement”
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/fain-uaw-working-class-independence-democrats/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/fain-uaw-working-class-independence-democrats/
Jacobin
Shawn Fain: “We Need More Than a Party — We Need a Movement”
UAW president Shawn Fain, speaking at a Center for Working-Class Politics and Jacobin event, emphasized the need for a political program that addresses workers’ most basic issues — and how a broad strike in 2028 could put them front and center.
Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City
https://mronline.org/2025/10/11/democratic-public-finance-a-radical-vision-for-mamdanis-new-york-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=democratic-public-finance-a-radical-vision-for-mamdanis-new-york-city
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MR Online
Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City | MR Online
Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes money as an inexhaustible and malleable public institution.…
Flotilla Coverage Both-Sidesed Delivering Food to Starving People
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https://fair.org/home/flotilla-coverage-both-sidesed-delivering-food-to-starving-people/
FAIR
Flotilla Coverage Both-Sidesed Delivering Food to Starving People
News outlets took care to balance the humanitarian activists trying to bring food to a starving population with defenders of a genocidal regime.