Blame the Rich, Not the Boomers for Economic Inequality
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/22/blame-the-rich-not-the-boomers-for-economic-inequality/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/22/blame-the-rich-not-the-boomers-for-economic-inequality/
CounterPunch.org
Blame the Rich, Not the Boomers for Economic Inequality
A recurring theme in policy circles over the last three decades has been that young people should blame their economic problems on older people. The idea is that rather than being concerned about the massive upward redistribution of income, which has made…
Capitalism and Colonialism: How Modern Canada Was Made
https://mronline.org/2025/10/22/capitalism-and-colonialism-how-modern-canada-was-made/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=capitalism-and-colonialism-how-modern-canada-was-made
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MR Online
Capitalism and Colonialism: How Modern Canada Was Made | MR Online
An interview with historian Bryan Palmer about his trilogy of books on the continuing legacy of colonialism in Canada.
This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-education-department-oklahoma-public-schools
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-education-department-oklahoma-public-schools
ProPublica
This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools
Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America First” agenda, Oklahoma had been there, done that.
A revolutionary in politics and photography
https://mronline.org/2025/10/22/a-revolutionary-in-politics-and-photography/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-revolutionary-in-politics-and-photography
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A revolutionary in politics and photography | MR Online
Modotti has been an important figure in feminist and women's studies because of her genius as an artist, her independent life and her unwillingness to subordinate herself to men (including Weston).
Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks With the Clear Voice of a Free Man
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/mumia-abu-jamal-dave-zirin-medical-neglect/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/mumia-abu-jamal-dave-zirin-medical-neglect/
The Nation
Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks With the Clear Voice of a Free Man
Incarcerated for 44 years, the political prisoner remains unbowed in the face of medical neglect.
On anniversary of Chávez’s ‘strike at the helm’ speech, President Maduro touts 20,000 communal projects
https://mronline.org/2025/10/22/on-anniversary-of-chavezs-strike-at-the-helm-speech-president-maduro-touts-20000-communal-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-anniversary-of-chavezs-strike-at-the-helm-speech-president-maduro-touts-20000-communal-projects
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MR Online
On anniversary of Chávez’s ‘strike at the helm’ speech, President Maduro touts 20,000 communal projects | MR Online
Chávez’s “Strike at the Helm” speech has been described as the masterful route to building a participatory and protagonist democracy, the 21st-century political model that is burying what Chavez referred to as the “failed and exhausted bourgeois representative…
Outcry after Israel returns Palestinian bodies in ‘horrific condition’ to Gaza
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Outcry after Israel returns Palestinian bodies in ‘horrific condition’ to Gaza | MR Online
Forensic examination of 120 Palestinian bodies show ‘clear evidence’ of torture and possible organ theft.
A Corrupt Political Class Is Ransacking the Philippines
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/philippines-marcos-duterte-corruption-protest/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/philippines-marcos-duterte-corruption-protest/
Jacobin
A Corrupt Political Class Is Ransacking the Philippines
Filipinos have been protesting against the theft of public funds for flood defenses by corrupt politicians. The protesters face a political class whose leading figures, President Bongbong Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte, are now bitter enemies.
The Great American Oil and Gas Cash Grab
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/canada-oil-us-profits-workers/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/canada-oil-us-profits-workers/
Jacobin
The Great American Oil and Gas Cash Grab
As Canadian politicians proclaim their intention to protect national sovereignty, American shareholders are extracting revenues from Canada’s oil and gas industry — and stiffing workers.
Headlines for October 22, 2025
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/22/headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/22/headlines
Democracy Now!
Headlines for October 22, 2025
Israel Continues Deadly Attacks in Gaza Despite U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire; Israeli Forces Detain 45 People in the West Bank as UN Warns About Settler Violence; Mahmoud Khalil Files Appeals to Prevent ICE from Detaining Him Again; Federal Government Shutdown…
"Nobody's Girl": Virginia Giuffre's Memoir Details Sex Abuse by Epstein, Maxwell, Prince Andrew
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/22/virginia_giuffre
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/22/virginia_giuffre
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s posthumous memoir has just been released, detailing how she was groomed by Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, whom she met at Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort. In Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse…
Colombia's U.S. Ambassador Denounces Trump's Deadly Strikes on Boats in the Caribbean
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/22/venezuela_boats
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/22/venezuela_boats
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Tensions are escalating between Colombia and the United States as President Trump conducts deadly airstrikes on supposed “drug boats” in the Caribbean. Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the U.S. of committing murder for killing a Colombian fisherman…
Tensions in Latin America Rise as U.S. Threatens Venezuela & Colombia
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/22/colombia_us
http://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/22/colombia_us
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In recent weeks, the United States has conducted several deadly airstrikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea, which the Trump administration has claimed, without providing evidence, were being used to traffic drugs. A group of United Nations experts…
Patriotism Can Be a Powerful Weapon for the Left
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-no-kings-patriotism-protest/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-no-kings-patriotism-protest/
Jacobin
Patriotism Against Authoritarianism
Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies featured millions of Americans claiming patriotic imagery against authoritarianism and toward progressive ends. That’s a good thing.
The Anti-Trump Movement Is Growing. Where Is Labor?
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/no-kings-trump-labor-unions/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/no-kings-trump-labor-unions/
Jacobin
The Anti-Trump Movement Is Growing. Where Is Labor?
Hundreds of thousands marched in the “No Kings” protests in New York City last weekend, as millions did elsewhere across the US. Organized labor’s marginal presence at the New York protests was emblematic of its anemic opposition to Trump more generally.
The Global Sumud Flotilla Exposed Western Hypocrisy
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/sumud-flotilla-scheytt-gaza-germany/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/sumud-flotilla-scheytt-gaza-germany/
Jacobin
The Global Sumud Flotilla Exposed Western Hypocrisy
Judith Scheytt joined the Global Sumud Flotilla to break Israel’s siege on Gaza. In her first interview since her release, she told Jacobin about how the mission succeeded in shaming Western governments for their complicity in genocide.
“Premajority Unionism” Is Not a Promising Path for Labor
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/premajority-unionism-corporate-campaigns-nlrb/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/premajority-unionism-corporate-campaigns-nlrb/
Jacobin
“Premajority Unionism” Is Not a Promising Path for Labor
“Premajority unionism” is a new term for corporate campaigns, in which workers try to win concessions from employers using channels outside the workplace, like investor pressure and appeals to the public. Such efforts are not likely to achieve much.
