Trump’s Portland lies euphemized as ‘dueling versions of reality’
https://mronline.org/2025/10/17/trumps-portland-lies-euphemized-as-dueling-versions-of-reality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trumps-portland-lies-euphemized-as-dueling-versions-of-reality
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MR Online
Trump’s Portland lies euphemized as ‘dueling versions of reality’ | MR Online
When corporate media refuse to call a lie a lie, and to stand unequivocally on the side of reality, they enable the Trump administration’s growing authoritarianism.
Imperial Double Standards: Warfare for Venezuela and Welfare for Argentina
https://mronline.org/2025/10/17/imperial-double-standards-warfare-for-venezuela-and-welfare-for-argentina/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=imperial-double-standards-warfare-for-venezuela-and-welfare-for-argentina
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Imperial Double Standards: Warfare for Venezuela and Welfare for Argentina | MR Online
Venezuela embodies resistance and regional integration. Argentina, under Milei, epitomizes the collapse into “narco-capitalism,” social devastation, and foreign subjection.
Jean Jaurès, an Iconic Leader of International Socialism
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/jaures-french-socialism-republicanism-internationalism/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/jaures-french-socialism-republicanism-internationalism/
Jacobin
Jean Jaurès, an Iconic Leader of International Socialism
One of France’s leading socialists, Jean Jaurès was assassinated just days before the outbreak of World War I. An impassioned defender of working-class internationalism, his murder signaled Europe’s descent into war.
What Is Lorin Stein Doing At “Tablet”?
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/lorin-stein-tablet/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/lorin-stein-tablet/
The Nation
What Is Lorin Stein Doing At “Tablet”?
The former Paris Review editor was ostracized over sexual harassment allegations. Now he’s editing a divisive, right-wing Jewish magazine. What’s going on?
From Maine to the Marianas, Americans Will Cry: “No Kings!”
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/no-kings-day-october-preview-trump/
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/no-kings-day-october-preview-trump/
The Nation
From Maine to the Marianas, Americans Will Cry: “No Kings!”
Millions will take to the streets this Saturday to remind Donald Trump that we don’t have monarchs in this country.
AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How.
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/ai-data-centers-climate-change/
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/ai-data-centers-climate-change/
The Nation
AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How.
It’s not hostile super robots you should worry about—it’s the heat they’ll generate.
Portland’s Theater-of-the-Absurd Protests Reflect the Ridiculousness of Trump’s Lies
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/portland-protests-ice-theater-absurd/
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/portland-protests-ice-theater-absurd/
The Nation
Portland’s Theater-of-the-Absurd Protests Reflect the Ridiculousness of Trump’s Lies
If you can’t beat a federal administration at its own violent game, you can at least make it look foolish.
Trump: No Money for Health Care, Plenty for Argentina
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-milei-bailout-government-cuts/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-milei-bailout-government-cuts/
Silicon Valley’s War Profiteers
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/technology-pentagon-budget-ai-drones/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/technology-pentagon-budget-ai-drones/
Jacobin
Silicon Valley’s War Profiteers
After years of pushing sensationalized claims about foreign threats, Silicon Valley’s military start-ups are set to score billions in funding for drones and AI-powered weapons in the nearly $1 trillion defense budget.
Headlines for October 17, 2025
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/headlines
Democracy Now!
Headlines for October 17, 2025
Palestinians in Gaza Attempt to Identify Bodies Released by Israel; Israeli Defense Minister Calls on Military to Prepare a “Comprehensive Plan” to Defeat Hamas if Ceasefire Fails; Jewish Voice for Peace Protesters Occupy Senator Cory Booker’s Office Building…
"Israeli Sadism in a Nutshell": Amira Hass on Israeli Prisons, Settler Violence & Gaza Ceasefire
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/amira_hass
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/amira_hass
Democracy Now!
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Just days after the U.S.-backed ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect, President Trump has issued new threats against Hamas, saying Thursday the United States would back a military intervention against the group if it fails to uphold the…
"Cold-Blooded Murder": David Cole on Trump's Boat Attacks & CIA Covert Action in Venezuela
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/david_cole_1
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/david_cole_1
Democracy Now!
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There are growing questions over the legality of U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. “These are sitting ducks, and we are simply engaged in cold-blooded murder of individuals who may or may not be drug smugglers,” says David Cole, professor…
"No Kings. No Thrones. No Crowns.": Millions to Protest Saturday in 1000s of Cities, Towns Nationwide
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/no_kings
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/17/no_kings
Democracy Now!
You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.
Even as President Trump has cracked down on dissent and sent troops into multiple cities, organizers of Saturday’s anti-authoritarian “No Kings” protests expect millions to join at least 2,500 rallies across all 50 states and several U.S. territories. The…
‘You Had US Media Carrying Out Incitement to Genocide, and Then Shifting to Genocide Denial’CounterSpin interview with Gregory Shupak on how to deny genocide
https://fair.org/home/you-had-us-media-carrying-out-incitement-to-genocide-and-then-shifting-to-genocide-denial/
https://fair.org/home/you-had-us-media-carrying-out-incitement-to-genocide-and-then-shifting-to-genocide-denial/
FAIR
‘You Had US Media Carrying Out Incitement to Genocide, and Then Shifting to Genocide Denial’CounterSpin interview with Gregory…
"It's necessary...for this genocide to unfold, to have the American public either ginned up for the violence, or confused about it."
The UAW Is Still Fighting to Unionize Auto in the South
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/uaw-unionize-autoworkers-south-organizing/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/uaw-unionize-autoworkers-south-organizing/
Jacobin
The UAW Is Still Fighting to Unionize Auto in the South
Jeremy Kimbrell was fired from his job at an Alabama Mercedes-Benz factory after playing a leading role in the UAW’s failed effort to unionize the plant in 2024. Jacobin spoke to him about his experience and the union’s ongoing fight to organize the South.
Chip Gibbons on Trump’s Blueprint to Crush the Left, Cara Brumfield on Erasing Federal Data
https://fair.org/home/chip-gibbons-on-trumps-blueprint-to-crush-the-left-cara-brumfield-on-erasing-federal-data/
https://fair.org/home/chip-gibbons-on-trumps-blueprint-to-crush-the-left-cara-brumfield-on-erasing-federal-data/
FAIR
Chip Gibbons on Trump’s Blueprint to Crush the Left, Cara Brumfield on Erasing Federal Data
We’re in a fight for our right to speak up, and out—but it’s not the first time.
Abiding Peace Requires Rejecting Both Netanyahu’s Genocidal Regime and Hamas
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/17/abiding-peace-requires-rejecting-both-netanyahus-genocidal-regime-and-hamas/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/17/abiding-peace-requires-rejecting-both-netanyahus-genocidal-regime-and-hamas/
CounterPunch.org
Abiding Peace Requires Rejecting Both Netanyahu’s Genocidal Regime and Hamas
After two years of deplorable brutality and agony, a precarious ceasefire finally appears to grace the Hamas-Israel War’s bloody horizon. May it hold. The
House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-report-chellie-pingree-letter
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-report-chellie-pingree-letter
ProPublica
House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical
In a letter to EPA Chief Lee Zeldin, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, cited a recent ProPublica story that quoted government scientists saying a yet-to-be-released report on the toxicity of PFNA was ready to publish in April.
The Radical Legacy of the “Poorest President in the World”
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/pepe-mujica-uruguay-movements-strategy/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/pepe-mujica-uruguay-movements-strategy/
Jacobin
The Radical Legacy of the “Poorest President in the World”
What we can learn from the life of Uruguay’s former guerrilla and leftist president Pepe Mujica.