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'From the front lines of the Black Power movement to a Georgia prison cell, the life of Imam Jamil Al-Amin represents a continuous thread of resistance and the state's relentless retaliation against it.'
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blackagendareport.com/imam-jamil-a...
Imam Jamil Al-Amin, Presente! | Black Agenda Report
From the front lines of the Black Power movement to a Georgia prison cell, the life of Imam Jamil Al-Amin represents a continuous thread of resistance and the state's relentless retaliation against it...
blackagendareport.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
'From the front lines of the Black Power movement to a Georgia prison cell, the life of Imam Jamil Al-Amin represents a continuous thread of resistance and the state's relentless retaliation against it.'
blackagendareport.com/imam-jamil-a...
blackagendareport.com/imam-jamil-a...
'By building a politics of community and remaining focused on issues of affordability, the mayor-elect won the support of a diverse population increasingly dismissed as too conservative.'
nacla.org/how-mamdani-...
nacla.org/how-mamdani-...
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
'By building a politics of community and remaining focused on issues of affordability, the mayor-elect won the support of a diverse population increasingly dismissed as too conservative.'
nacla.org/how-mamdani-...
nacla.org/how-mamdani-...
'In recent decades, the American economy has been characterized by rising inequality, shrinking free time, and the growing concentration of economic and political power, increasingly undermining the democratic ideals to which the US is ostensibly committed.'
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jacobin.com/2025/11/capi...
Capitalism Subverts Democracy
In recent decades, the American economy has been characterized by rising inequality, shrinking free time, and the growing concentration of economic and political power, increasingly undermining the de...
jacobin.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
'In recent decades, the American economy has been characterized by rising inequality, shrinking free time, and the growing concentration of economic and political power, increasingly undermining the democratic ideals to which the US is ostensibly committed.'
jacobin.com/2025/11/capi...
jacobin.com/2025/11/capi...
'Dozens of masked federal agents were gathered inside a parking lot when a group of protesters got word of their presence. The NYPD helped clear a path for the agents to leave the area.'
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation
Dozens of masked federal agents were gathered inside a parking lot when a group of protesters got word of their presence. The NYPD helped clear a path for the agents to leave the area.
www.thecity.nyc
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
'Dozens of masked federal agents were gathered inside a parking lot when a group of protesters got word of their presence. The NYPD helped clear a path for the agents to leave the area.'
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...
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Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
'Dillingham — the author of Oaxaca Resurgent: Indigeneity, Development, and Inequality in Twentieth-Century Mexico, who often shares his analysis on X at @asdillingham — explains how Thanksgiving functions to whitewash the history of settler colonialism.'
truthout.org/articles/the...
truthout.org/articles/the...
The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US’s Inability to Reckon With Its Own History
“I’m not against giving thanks. I’m against celebrating a falsehood,” says Choctaw historian A. S. Dillingham.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
'Dillingham — the author of Oaxaca Resurgent: Indigeneity, Development, and Inequality in Twentieth-Century Mexico, who often shares his analysis on X at @asdillingham — explains how Thanksgiving functions to whitewash the history of settler colonialism.'
truthout.org/articles/the...
truthout.org/articles/the...
'How Irish, Jewish and Italian New York Immigrants Benefitted from Whiteness Post WW2
Mark Naison: You can also see this a triumph of assimilation as the overwhelming majority of occupants of this housing were Irish Jewish and italian.'
www.laprogressive.com/immigration-...
Mark Naison: You can also see this a triumph of assimilation as the overwhelming majority of occupants of this housing were Irish Jewish and italian.'
www.laprogressive.com/immigration-...
How Irish, Jewish and Italian New York Immigrants Benefitted from Whiteness Post WW2
Mark Naison: You can also see this a triumph of assimilation as the overwhelming majority of occupants of this housing were Irish Jewish and italian.
www.laprogressive.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
'How Irish, Jewish and Italian New York Immigrants Benefitted from Whiteness Post WW2
Mark Naison: You can also see this a triumph of assimilation as the overwhelming majority of occupants of this housing were Irish Jewish and italian.'
www.laprogressive.com/immigration-...
Mark Naison: You can also see this a triumph of assimilation as the overwhelming majority of occupants of this housing were Irish Jewish and italian.'
www.laprogressive.com/immigration-...
'Fear, panic, hiding for days—this is the experience of families under assault by the Trump Administration'
inthesetimes.com/article/undo...
inthesetimes.com/article/undo...
Visible and Invisible: How ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago’s Working Class
Fear, panic, hiding for days—this is the experience of families under assault by the Trump Administration
inthesetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
'Fear, panic, hiding for days—this is the experience of families under assault by the Trump Administration'
inthesetimes.com/article/undo...
inthesetimes.com/article/undo...
"But every major tendency in DSA believes in contesting elections. So what are the actual disagreements?"
Jane Slaughter & Connor Wright weigh in on "Can We Meet
the Moment? A round table discussion on DSA."
Jane Slaughter & Connor Wright weigh in on "Can We Meet
the Moment? A round table discussion on DSA."
Mass Politics as Class Struggle
We want workers and voters to be learning in struggle with our class enemies
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"But every major tendency in DSA believes in contesting elections. So what are the actual disagreements?"
Jane Slaughter & Connor Wright weigh in on "Can We Meet
the Moment? A round table discussion on DSA."
Jane Slaughter & Connor Wright weigh in on "Can We Meet
the Moment? A round table discussion on DSA."
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Americans remain “frustrated” about rising prices and have a dimming view of their personal finances, a survey found.
Economic Confidence Improved Slightly After Shutdown Ended—But Remains Near Historic Lows
Americans remain “frustrated” about rising prices and have a dimming view of their personal finances, a survey found.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Americans remain “frustrated” about rising prices and have a dimming view of their personal finances, a survey found.
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Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up a network of resistance & detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained by ICE, leaving the children behind, reports @19thnews.org.
Child Care Workers Are Building a Network of Resistance Against ICE - Bucks County Beacon
Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained, leavi...
buckscountybeacon.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up a network of resistance & detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained by ICE, leaving the children behind, reports @19thnews.org.
Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. Are they innate in the mind? No. They come from social practice, and from it alone; they come from three kinds of social practice, the struggle for production, the class struggle and scientific experiment. - Mao
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. Are they innate in the mind? No. They come from social practice, and from it alone; they come from three kinds of social practice, the struggle for production, the class struggle and scientific experiment. - Mao
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Mamdani transition co-chair Lina Khan and incoming first deputy mayor Dean Fuleihan joined Starbucks Workers United baristas on the picket line in NYC’s Financial District today.
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Mamdani transition co-chair Lina Khan and incoming first deputy mayor Dean Fuleihan joined Starbucks Workers United baristas on the picket line in NYC’s Financial District today.
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Contrary to this post below, Berger & the sewer socialists fought hard vs racism, the KKK, & lynching once significant numbers of Black workers arrived in Milwaukee after WWI—& Black workers reciprocated by supporting the Socialists🧵
Antiracism was plank #1 in Berger's 1922 congressional campaign!
Antiracism was plank #1 in Berger's 1922 congressional campaign!
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Contrary to this post below, Berger & the sewer socialists fought hard vs racism, the KKK, & lynching once significant numbers of Black workers arrived in Milwaukee after WWI—& Black workers reciprocated by supporting the Socialists🧵
Antiracism was plank #1 in Berger's 1922 congressional campaign!
Antiracism was plank #1 in Berger's 1922 congressional campaign!
'Each campaign demonstrates the beginnings of a path to the future. I say the beginning, because ultimately the level of political change that will be needed will require a vastly stronger and more widespread social movement than is present today.'
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/h...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/h...
How New York and Seattle Mayoral Victories Point the Way to Systemic Change
The subversive power of imagination In my last post I recalled the vision of historian William Appleman Williams seeking an American future beyond “empire
www.counterpunch.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
'Each campaign demonstrates the beginnings of a path to the future. I say the beginning, because ultimately the level of political change that will be needed will require a vastly stronger and more widespread social movement than is present today.'
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/h...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/h...
'Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for an additional 2% tax on incomes over $1 million has provoked gloomy prophecies of elite exodus. Yet a similar policy Massachusetts passed three years ago has not caused the rich to flee and has generated significant revenue.'
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jacobin.com/2025/11/mill...
Massachusetts’s Millionaire Tax Didn’t Lead the Rich to Flee
Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for an additional 2% tax on incomes over $1 million has provoked gloomy prophecies of elite exodus. Yet a similar policy Massachusetts passed three years ago has not caused t...
jacobin.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
'Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for an additional 2% tax on incomes over $1 million has provoked gloomy prophecies of elite exodus. Yet a similar policy Massachusetts passed three years ago has not caused the rich to flee and has generated significant revenue.'
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jacobin.com/2025/11/mill...
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Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, was handed a 27‑year prison sentence for orchestrating a January 6-style coup attempt.
Bye, piggy.
Bye, piggy.
Jailhouse shock: Brazil coup monger Bolsonaro finally faces life behind bars
The former president’s far-right supporters have discovered a new interest in prison conditions as incarceration looms
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, was handed a 27‑year prison sentence for orchestrating a January 6-style coup attempt.
Bye, piggy.
Bye, piggy.
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
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BREAKING: 30 more Starbucks locations are joining the strike.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
BREAKING: 30 more Starbucks locations are joining the strike.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
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fresh audio product:
• Paul Heideman @pmheideman.bsky.social, author of Rogue Elephant, on how the Republican party went from a staid vehicle of American business to the frothy lunacy of today
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
• Paul Heideman @pmheideman.bsky.social, author of Rogue Elephant, on how the Republican party went from a staid vehicle of American business to the frothy lunacy of today
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
fresh audio product:
• Paul Heideman @pmheideman.bsky.social, author of Rogue Elephant, on how the Republican party went from a staid vehicle of American business to the frothy lunacy of today
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
• Paul Heideman @pmheideman.bsky.social, author of Rogue Elephant, on how the Republican party went from a staid vehicle of American business to the frothy lunacy of today
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
'Globally today, 700 million people live in extreme poverty, while 3.5 billion more struggle to survive below the poverty line. In contrast, just 3 thousand capitalists now control a total wealth of 16 trillion dollars.'
cpusa.org/article/the-...
cpusa.org/article/the-...
The October Revolution lives on!
We celebrate with great joy today the 108th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution in Russia. This was the first successful revolution built on the foundations of Marxism, with leadersh...
cpusa.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
'Globally today, 700 million people live in extreme poverty, while 3.5 billion more struggle to survive below the poverty line. In contrast, just 3 thousand capitalists now control a total wealth of 16 trillion dollars.'
cpusa.org/article/the-...
cpusa.org/article/the-...
⚡️UPDATE: The Senate quickly passed it and it now heads to Trump’s desk.
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/s...
www.axios.com/2025/11/18/s...
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
ou need to understand that real politics is based on materialism, which means that you figure out your program based on people’s material interests — not on a vibe, not on values. You’re fighting for people’s material interests and their material needs... - Vivek Chibber
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
ou need to understand that real politics is based on materialism, which means that you figure out your program based on people’s material interests — not on a vibe, not on values. You’re fighting for people’s material interests and their material needs... - Vivek Chibber
“Always bear in mind that the people are not fighting for ideas, for the things in anyone’s head. They are fighting to win material benefits, to live better and in peace, to see their lives go forward, to guarantee the future of their children…” – Amilcar Cabral, Revolution in Guinea, written 1965.
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“Always bear in mind that the people are not fighting for ideas, for the things in anyone’s head. They are fighting to win material benefits, to live better and in peace, to see their lives go forward, to guarantee the future of their children…” – Amilcar Cabral, Revolution in Guinea, written 1965.