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📝 Labor lost NYC’s biggest primaries. Its allegiance to establishment Dems is a key reason why. If unions leaders want to win, they have to embrace rank-and-file democracy—which starts with Palestine solidarity. w/ @millsrodrigo.bsky.social @cwa4palestine.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/lab...

At 30% of convention delegates, World to Win has secured the largest left delegation to NYC-DSA convention in the chapter’s history. Thank you to everyone who voted for us—we will continue the fight for a stronger NYC-DSA, led by and for members!

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came from behind to win Brazil’s runoff election, halting a right-wing wave sweeping Latin America and defying predictions that the 80-year-old political veteran had finally reached the end of his extraordinary career. bloom.bg/4BsvV24 📷: Maira Erlich/Bloomberg

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

“Many advocates have come to see the program not as a ‘life hack’ but as another spasm in the death throes of public housing.” newrepublic.com/article/2163... @newrepublic.com

I don't love AOC on every issue, but she is so much better on AI than almost all of her fellow electeds. Bernie Sanders, for example, has totally been bamboozled by the "AI safety" cultists.

Trump and his allies in local governments have been fighting to defund everything from health care to education — fights we’ve been covering at Truthout for as long as they’ve existed. But we can’t just work to protect existing public goods; we need to fuel the push for more.

Damn that's wild. Soldiers trying to kill everybody got killed. Crazy shit. RIP to them.

More than 800 former EPA staff have come out against BAAJA. They are worried that, as written, the bill could "significantly limit EPA’s ability to issue regulations necessary to protect the public from air pollution."

We all know what “protect girls’ sports” means in the 2026 election cycle. DCCC coordinating on an ad using that language is unacceptable, and it gives other campaigns permission to follow. This is an inappropriate use of party resources. (1/3) www.erininthemorning.com/p/dccc-relea...

From tenant organizers to those on the front lines of the fight for Palestine, from leaders in our electoral victories to rank-and-file workers, we are growing a socialist party to make the ruling classes tremble. Join us: we have a world to win. w2w.nyc

California’s billionaires have a combined net worth of $2.4 trillion. Under Prop 40, their net worth would fall to…just under $2.3 trillion. What amounts to a rounding error for them would allow millions of their fellow Californians to afford healthcare. Vote yes on Prop 40.

"The film is not sad because an innocent woman is going to prison, but because a tremendously guilty person is going to prison."

INTRODUCING: The World to Win Slate for NYC-DSA City Convention 🔴 Under unprecedented circumstances, we make our own history. W2W delegates who believe in building the chapter that this moment calls for: a machine of revolution rooted in real-world strategy and member democracy

"As the post-2008 Left inches closer to a long-dreamed-of accession to state power, the shadow of state repression, even state terror, looms. Yet these parallel developments feel somehow distant from one another, rarely mentioned in the same conversations. How can we explain the gap?"

One of the central ideas explored in this is power-shifting policies: "using public policy to build up constituencies like organized labor that can check abuses of state (and corporate) power." You can learn more about that great concept here! ⬇️ www.firesidestacks.com/p/designing-...

Would you lie to this man? EXCLUSIVE: Nathan Fielder, codirector of the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything,’ sat down with WIRED for an extended interview—the first he’s given to discuss the film. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/nathan...

we should be treating the AI industry like the fossil fuels industry, i.e., not believing everything they say nor pretending they have anything but their own self-interest in mind

Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers on Friday, setting olive groves on fire and slinging rocks. Caught in the attack was Post photographer Heidi Levine. “They just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times,” Levine said. https://wapo.st/4yt6dHY

Three years ago today, 13 House Democrats saw the obvious. Israel’s response to Hamas’ October 7 attack was disproportionate, and it needed to be stopped.

It's @aasthauprety.bsky.social in Fireside Stacks asking great questions about how to build progressive institutions of countervailing power into our governance! www.firesidestacks.com/p/designing-...

If the hard left gets what it wants then before you know it the Democratic Party will be a place that only supports things that are "good." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/im-sick-of...

We urgently need to protect human thought and creativity. Our magazine is committing itself to remaining handmade. Ensure every publication you support does the same. www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-wer...

Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers trying to gather their autumn olive harvest. Heidi Levine, a veteran photographer for The Post, was also knocked her to the ground, kicked repeatedly and stripped of her camera and phone.

New for Fireside Stacks: Every policy shifts power, but policymakers rarely ask who gains it and who loses it. Our @aasthauprety.bsky.social speaks with @awhf.bsky.social about designing policy that builds power for workers and tenants and weakens those who undermine democracy.

New on The Dig: Confronting Labor's Crisis w/ Micah Uetricht & Chris Brooks It’s no surprise to our listeners that the US labor movement has long been in serious crisis - but we might soon be hitting a point of no return, after which the revival of organized labor might not be possible.

"Under a fascist regime that wants to gut education & suppress information, libraries highlight the importance of giving everyone access to learning & knowledge. They provide a model for an antifascist future" - @prisonculture.bsky.social substack.com/inbox/post/2... This whole piece is so good!!

Relevant to the mayor’s terrible horrible no good very bad week aasthauprety.substack.com/p/the-moveme...

The wealthiest in our country should pay their fair share into Social Security. Scrap the cap!

I am not usually asked to be a peacemaker but I went on the Soccernomics podcast to try to cool things down between Stefan and Ashish over Man City. Not sure it worked. We then did some arguing about FIFA. open.spotify.com/show/033eUgQ...

Total pleasure to join the @billionairetaxnow.bsky.social podcast and talk about: 🔹why California is the epicenter for our new Gilded Age 🔹how a one-time billionaire wealth tax on the ballot could turn things around, and 🔹why it's inspiring people around the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=poBc...

I have a long piece out now in @currentaffairs.bsky.social, where I argue that — even if they call for clean-energy development — insofar they also seek the expansion of fossil fuels, liberals are allied with the petro-authoritarian right. 1/4 www.currentaffairs.org/news/liberal...

republican gotv strategy geninunely has been “eat shit and die - also our opponents are muslim” and the races are still close despite the deep bench of talent the dems actually put up this time around. there’s truly no force more powerful in this country than racism.

This is what it comes down to

Person shot during encounter with federal agents in NYC's Marble Hill, NYPD says gothamist.com/news/person-...

Vote yes on Prop 40

The most important political task in America is clawing back wealth from the very rich. The most important ballot measure in America is the California billionaire tax. Oligarchy is at the front door. Time to stop fucking around. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-war-ag...

New: We’re excited to partner with @datasociety.bsky.social to welcome our three Good Life Residents focused on how government can ensure AI serves the public interest! Meet them and learn more about the work they’ll be doing: 👤 @advaitarun.bsky.social 👤 Danica Yu 👤 @matthewus.bsky.social

In this News Brief, we discuss the Drop The Genocide 20 campaign, efforts to water down progressive demands around Israel and whether or not progressive electeds are following through on the implications and obligations inherent in their use of the word "genocide" to describe the destruction of Gaza

"Fiscal sustainability should start from the commitments already made to the people of the United States and judge the current needs of the American people, then build a tax code that finances those commitments and investments responsibly." equitablegrowth.org/research-pap...