Alberta’s Teachers’ Strike Could Spark a Wider Revolt
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/alberta-teachers-strike-wages-classrooms/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/alberta-teachers-strike-wages-classrooms/
Jacobin
Alberta’s Teachers’ Strike Could Spark a Wider Revolt
Over 51,000 teachers are on strike for fair pay and manageable classrooms in Canada’s most right-wing province. With the threat of back-to-work legislation looming, other unions are indicating that they may join the fight.
Treasury’s $2 Trillion Payment to Trump? It’s Very MAGA
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/24/treasurys-2-trillion-payment-to-trump-its-very-maga/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/24/treasurys-2-trillion-payment-to-trump-its-very-maga/
CounterPunch.org
Treasury’s $2 Trillion Payment to Trump? It’s Very MAGA
Trump hasn’t taken $2 trillion from taxpayers yet, but we should be prepared for that possibility. The story, which cannot possibly be given too much
The British State Has Prevented Justice for Bloody Sunday
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/ireland-bloody-sunday-soldier-f/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/ireland-bloody-sunday-soldier-f/
Jacobin
The British State Has Prevented Justice for Bloody Sunday
A British court has acquitted the only soldier to face trial over the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry in 1972. The outcome is no vindication of “Soldier F” or of the British establishment, whose long cover-up made a successful prosecution so challenging.
One Baby Boomer’s Personal Response to Generational Blame
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/24/one-baby-boomers-personal-response-to-generational-blame/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/24/one-baby-boomers-personal-response-to-generational-blame/
CounterPunch.org
One Baby Boomer’s Personal Response to Generational Blame
There are enough problems in the world without getting into an intergenerational American dust-up. But if journalists like Emily Holzknecht and Binyamin Appelbaum and their recorded speakers want to go after their elders, this Baby Boomer from the Bronx is…
Democrats Cynically Wield “Wokeness” Against Graham Platner
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/democrats-cynically-wield-wokeness-against-graham-platner/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/democrats-cynically-wield-wokeness-against-graham-platner/
Jacobin
Democrats Cynically Wield “Wokeness” Against Graham Platner
Establishment Democrats spent a full year complaining the Left forced them to be “woke.” But then a left populist, Graham Platner, threatened to win in Maine, so they went right back to trying to cancel someone over old internet posts.
Why Did Indiana University Axe Its Award-Winning Print Newspaper?
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/indiana-university-student-newspaper-censorship/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/indiana-university-student-newspaper-censorship/
The Nation
Why Did Indiana University Axe Its Award-Winning Print Newspaper?
If the administration can censor the Indiana Daily Student—one of the most acclaimed student publications in the nation—then student journalism everywhere is at risk.
The Crazy-Making Destruction of the East Wing of the White House
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/east-wing-destruction-white-house/
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/east-wing-destruction-white-house/
The Nation
The Crazy-Making Destruction of the East Wing of the White House
Demolishing the people’s entrance to the People’s House is part of Trump’s plan to destabilize and devastate his opponents.
Trump’s Argentina Bailout Is Bad for America but Great for His Hedge Fund Cronies
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-argentina-bailout/
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-argentina-bailout/
The Nation
Trump’s Argentina Bailout Is Bad for America but Great for His Hedge Fund Cronies
Propping up Javier Milei’s austerity regime shows that Trump’s true loyalty is to neocolonial plutocracy.
King of the North Sea: The Glories of Göteborg Organ Culture
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/24/king-of-the-north-sea-the-glories-of-goteborg-organ-culture/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/24/king-of-the-north-sea-the-glories-of-goteborg-organ-culture/
CounterPunch.org
King of the North Sea: The Glories of Göteborg Organ Culture
—Göteborg, Sweden. The Christianization of Scandinavia took place over a few hundred years and was completed by the early 12th century thanks to Sigurd
William Morris Meets Alibaba: Mass Manufacturing, Marxism and the (Lost) Beauty of Nature
https://mronline.org/2025/10/24/william-morris-meets-alibaba-mass-manufacturing-marxism-and-the-lost-beauty-of-nature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=william-morris-meets-alibaba-mass-manufacturing-marxism-and-the-lost-beauty-of-nature
https://mronline.org/2025/10/24/william-morris-meets-alibaba-mass-manufacturing-marxism-and-the-lost-beauty-of-nature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=william-morris-meets-alibaba-mass-manufacturing-marxism-and-the-lost-beauty-of-nature
MR Online
William Morris Meets Alibaba: Mass Manufacturing, Marxism and the (Lost) Beauty of Nature | MR Online
What would William Morris think if he would see his work being printed on cheap smartphone cases? His response might not be as straight forward as you think. Though Morris preferred craftsmanship over mass production, and fiercely opposed the destruction…
Stephen Miller and the making of the Fascist subject
https://mronline.org/2025/10/24/stephen-miller-and-the-making-of-the-fascist-subject/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stephen-miller-and-the-making-of-the-fascist-subject
https://mronline.org/2025/10/24/stephen-miller-and-the-making-of-the-fascist-subject/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stephen-miller-and-the-making-of-the-fascist-subject
MR Online
Stephen Miller and the making of the Fascist subject | MR Online
Miller’s presence and voice reveal more than the death of conscience; they expose the swindle of a future already in motion.
Seven Theses on the Gen Z Uprisings in the Global South: The Forty-Third Newsletter (2025)
https://mronline.org/2025/10/24/seven-theses-on-the-gen-z-uprisings-in-the-global-south-the-forty-third-newsletter-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seven-theses-on-the-gen-z-uprisings-in-the-global-south-the-forty-third-newsletter-2025
https://mronline.org/2025/10/24/seven-theses-on-the-gen-z-uprisings-in-the-global-south-the-forty-third-newsletter-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seven-theses-on-the-gen-z-uprisings-in-the-global-south-the-forty-third-newsletter-2025
MR Online
Seven Theses on the Gen Z Uprisings in the Global South: The Forty-Third Newsletter (2025) | MR Online
Gen Z-led uprisings across the Global South point to long-term socioeconomic and environmental crises caused by neoliberalism. Yet they have often been coopted by entrenched social classes. Can their energy be channelled towards progressive ends?
‘Decades of National Security Policy Have Gotten Us to Where We Are’:CounterSpin interview with Chip Gibbons on Trump's plan to crush the left
https://fair.org/slider/decades-of-national-security-policy-have-gotten-us-to-where-we-are/
https://fair.org/slider/decades-of-national-security-policy-have-gotten-us-to-where-we-are/
FAIR
‘Decades of National Security Policy Have Gotten Us to Where We Are’:
"It's not just that it's written in such a way that it opens the door to political policing. That was the original intent."
We’ve Entered the Gaslighting Phase of Covid in Prisons
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-prisons-gaslighting/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-prisons-gaslighting/
The Nation
We’ve Entered the Gaslighting Phase of Covid in Prisons
Covid is spreading, but incarcerated people are being told vaccines aren’t necessary.
The Fate of Our Cities Is Now in the Supreme Court’s Hands
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/newsletter-supreme-court-chicago/
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/newsletter-supreme-court-chicago/
The Nation
The Fate of Our Cities Is Now in the Supreme Court’s Hands
In this week’s Elie v. U.S., The Nation’s justice correspondent warns of an upcoming SCOTUS case—and hails the wisdom of Uncle Iroh.
“Bubbles” and Neo-Liberal Capitalism
https://mronline.org/2025/10/24/bubbles-and-neo-liberal-capitalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bubbles-and-neo-liberal-capitalism
https://mronline.org/2025/10/24/bubbles-and-neo-liberal-capitalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bubbles-and-neo-liberal-capitalism
MR Online
“Bubbles” and Neo-Liberal Capitalism | MR Online
This continuous tendency towards a rise in income inequality arises from the fact that, owing to the mobility of capital across country borders, wages across the entire world have to suffer the baneful consequences of the massive third world labour reserves;…
Pity the Nation/ Whose Shepherds Mislead Them
https://www.commondreams.org/further/pity-the-nation-whose-shepherds-mislead-them
https://www.commondreams.org/further/pity-the-nation-whose-shepherds-mislead-them
Common Dreams
Pity the Nation/ Whose Shepherds Mislead Them | Common Dreams
Amidst plunging polls and righteous rage at his Epstein Memorial Ballroom, the inept manchild faces growing resistance, sublime to ridiculous, to his nascent kingship. Cue anti-ICE whistle kits - “Form a crowd, stay loud" - rainbow church steps, Newsom hawking…
