Historian Joel Beinin on Gaza Deal, Abandoning Zionism, His Israeli Niece's Captivity in Gaza & More
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/joel_beinin
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As Israel and Hamas exchange living and dead captives as part of a U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement, questions are growing about how sustainable the truce is and whether the two sides will progress to the second and third stages of the plan. “My family is…
Lindsey Boylan, Ex-Cuomo Aide Who Accused Him of Sexual Harassment, on Why She Supports Mamdani
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There are just weeks to go before the November 4 New York City mayoral election, a virtual rematch of the Democratic primary from earlier this year, when democratic socialist state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani defeated former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for…
The Left Needs to Rethink How It Handles Inequality
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/redistribution-predistribution-inequality-taxes-incomes/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/redistribution-predistribution-inequality-taxes-incomes/
Jacobin
The Left Needs to Rethink How It Handles Inequality
Redistributing income alone is unlikely to solve America’s vast inequalities. Workers need and want more power in their workplace and for the state to weaken the influence that corporations have over their lives.
Trump’s Portland Lies Euphemized as ‘Dueling Versions of Reality’
https://fair.org/home/trumps-portland-lies-euphemized-as-dueling-versions-of-reality/
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FAIR
Trump’s Portland Lies Euphemized as ‘Dueling Versions of Reality’
When corporate media refuse to call a lie a lie, they enable the Trump administration’s growing authoritarianism.
Google’s Monopoly Sentence: Barely a Slap on the Wrist
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/google-monopoly-lawsuit-big-tech/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/google-monopoly-lawsuit-big-tech/
Jacobin
Google’s Monopoly Sentence: Barely a Slap on the Wrist
For years, across multiple presidential administrations, the US government has been pursuing aggressive lawsuits against the tech giants. The toothless sentence Google recently received for its illegal search monopoly suggests the effort is all for naught.
"We Have a Common Enemy—And It's Not Your Immigrant Neighbor"
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-immigrants-workers/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-immigrants-workers/
The Nation
“We Have a Common Enemy—and It’s Not Your Immigrant Neighbor”
The SEIU’s Dave Foley and Dr. A. Naomi Paik on how worker solidarity can overcome Trump’s war on immigrants.
The Black Panthers Who Never Came Home
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/black-panthers-oneal-tanzania-legacy/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/black-panthers-oneal-tanzania-legacy/
Jacobin
The Black Panthers Who Never Came Home
Fifty-nine years after Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panthers, Charlotte and Pete O’Neal remain in exile in Tanzania. Their story, told through interviews, archives, and firsthand reporting, reveals the movement’s enduring legacy.
Nikolai Gogol’s Department of Government Efficiency
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Nikolai Gogol’s Department of Government Efficiency | MR Online
Almost two centuries after its opening night, Gogol’s five-act satirical play The Government Inspector continues to create a stir with every performance, seemingly no matter where. Maybe because corruption and self-serving double-talk aren’t just familiar…
Private Equity’s EA Takeover: Corruption, Contradictions and Exploitation
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/private-equitys-ea-takeover-corruption-contradictions-and-exploitation/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/private-equitys-ea-takeover-corruption-contradictions-and-exploitation/
CounterPunch.org
Private Equity’s EA Takeover: Corruption, Contradictions and Exploitation
I was excited to play Battlefield 6, the long-awaited update to Electronic Arts’ (EA) most popular military shooter series, this weekend after its launch
Industrial Facilities Owned by Profitable Companies Release More of Their Toxic Waste into the Environment
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/industrial-facilities-owned-by-profitable-companies-release-more-of-their-toxic-waste-into-the-environment/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/industrial-facilities-owned-by-profitable-companies-release-more-of-their-toxic-waste-into-the-environment/
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Industrial Facilities Owned by Profitable Companies Release More of Their Toxic Waste into the Environment
How much pollution a facility engaged in production or resource extraction emits isn’t just based on its location, its industry or the type of work it
Antifa: A Graphic History of its Origins
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/antifa-a-graphic-history-of-its-origins/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/antifa-a-graphic-history-of-its-origins/
CounterPunch.org
Antifa: A Graphic History of its Origins
Leonard Cohen sings a song called “The Partisan”. It tells the story of an antifascist fighter in the heart of the war against Nazism. Beautifully
Trumpism and Peace through Strength
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/trumpism-and-peace-through-strength/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/trumpism-and-peace-through-strength/
CounterPunch.org
Trumpism and Peace through Strength
From Monroe to Trump, Unilateralism The famous Monroe Doctrine (MD) of 1823, which the peoples of the South know very well, is the first major unilateral
The Creation of a Non-Woke Military Has Begun
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/the-creation-of-a-non-woke-military-has-begun/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/the-creation-of-a-non-woke-military-has-begun/
CounterPunch.org
The Creation of a Non-Woke Military Has Begun
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is rejecting liberal woke beliefs because he claims they have weakened and misguided our military. He introduced the
Terror from the Skies in the Middle East
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/terror-from-the-skies-in-the-middle-east/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/terror-from-the-skies-in-the-middle-east/
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Terror from the Skies in the Middle East
Donald Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s nomination of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, his hands already crimson with the blood of innocent
Countering Trump, Pacific Islanders are Leading on Climate Change
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/countering-trump-pacific-islanders-are-leading-on-climate-change/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/countering-trump-pacific-islanders-are-leading-on-climate-change/
CounterPunch.org
Countering Trump, Pacific Islanders are Leading on Climate Change
The leaders of the Pacific Islands are forging a united front against President Donald Trump’s climate denialism and leading the world in the battle
Censorship is Chaos Disguised as Order
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/censorship-is-chaos-disguised-as-order/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/censorship-is-chaos-disguised-as-order/
CounterPunch.org
Censorship is Chaos Disguised as Order
The scene was a courtroom turned gladiator pit, where justice isn’t blind but bloodshot, half-drunk, and swinging for the fences. A black-robed executioner masquerading as a judge hoisted a weapon hacked together from the rubble of flouted law books, his…
The Fate of Dying Empires: An Interview with Historian and Activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/the-fate-of-dying-empires-an-interview-with-historian-and-activist-roxanne-dunbar-ortiz/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/the-fate-of-dying-empires-an-interview-with-historian-and-activist-roxanne-dunbar-ortiz/
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The Fate of Dying Empires: An Interview with Historian and Activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
recall a large map in our rural school in Oklahoma that featured a flood of red, indicating communism, pouring over the North Pole, reaching the northern border of the US. Now, Trumpism is sort of like a cartoon version to scare the population into paranoia…
