Spiking Rents Power a Socialist Win

David Morales, a state representative in Rhode Island and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, won the Democratic primary for mayor of Providence, edging out the incumbent. A laser-like focus on rent helped seal the deal.

Being Against Capitalism Isn’t Enough

Socialists need more than a critique of capitalism. We need a concrete account of how a socialist economy could work — and make ordinary people’s lives better.

How Gen Z Protests Are Reshaping Politics in Asia

Different outcomes in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh show why the test of movements extends beyond protests. Without institutional pathways to translate protests into policy, such uprisings risk being co-opted or dissipating into chaos.

Millions on the Streets for Lula Across Brazil

As Flávio Bolsonaro promises $38 billion in spending cuts, huge crowds of students take to the streets across Brazil to support Lula and fight for their right to quality education

Serbia: Building a New Democratic Socialist Alternative

Serbia has a new democratic socialist initiative. Following its founding in Novi Sad in late September, IDS co-chairs discuss their political vision, the student movement and challenges ahead.

Friday Nite Videos | October 16, 2026

Bernie Shocks with WSJ Poll on What Americans Really Want. Death by Firing Squad. Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor on NAZA. One of the Reddest Counties Is Losing Faith in Trump. Dario Amodei Quit OpenAI To Make AI 'Safe.' And Now?

Axios-Ipsos Poll: “Medicare for All” Support Surges

The big picture: Two-thirds of all survey respondents — and half of Republicans — said the federal government should be willing to spend more tax dollars to lower health care costs for Americans.

A Perfect Economic Storm

If Trump needed one more calamity less than three weeks before the election, the financial house of cards is tottering.

Trump Is Begging To Be Impeached

In a real sense, the second Trump administration is no less than an authoritarian conspiracy against the constitutional order — a Jan. 6 by other means, including a whole-of-government effort to subvert the midterm elections.

Brown Fat Linked to Wide Range of Health Benefits

A new study reveals that people with ‘active’ brown fat are less affected by a number of health issues. “The dream is that we can use these kinds of data ... to activate brown fat in humans and leverage the benefits that come from that.”
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Culture

poetry

Airman

Christine Holland
Poet Christine Holland reminds us of the sacrifice of Aaron Bushnell, who performed a self-immolation outside the Israeli embassy in Washington.

books

Coal Miners and Class War: Review of Matewan Blood & Coal

Kurt Stand Portside
The West Virginia coal wars-fought between the United Mine Workers and coal operators, from 1912 to 1922 -there have been books and films about the conflict, it is little remembered. Kevin Corley’s novel, Matewan Blood & Coal, seeks to bridge the gap

books

Exit Strategy

Paige Oamek Dissent Magazine
In End Times Fascism, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor make the case that the ruling class is not lording over our future, but trying to escape it. How should the left resist doing the same?

food

The Next Generation of Cultural Stewards

The editors Newmansown.org News
Tlingit & Haida’s Traditional Food Security program connects Native youth with traditional foods that are nutrient dense, unprocessed, and culturally relevant. This increases traditional food access and encourages youth to make healthy food choices.

poetry

Questionnaire

Wendell Berry
Poet Wendell Berry asks the questions that our leaders, in their eagerness to confuse and exploit us, neglect to ask.

Labor

labor

How To Fund a Fairer Economy—and Reduce Inequality

Nancy Folbre Dollars & Sense
How can we fund universal childcare, Medicare for All, and a green economy while reducing inequality? A new plan shows how taxing wealth and corporate profits more fairly—and cutting wasteful spending—could pay for a fairer, more prosperous economy.

labor

They Asked Themselves: What’s Missing? The Answer: A Union

Roxanne D. Brown, USW International President USW
Inequality isn’t solely measured in money or workers struggling to make ends meet while the rich get richer. It’s just as pernicious in how bosses view workers with disdain, rather than skilled people responsible for the company's prosperity.

labor

Unions Step Up To Meet the Moment

Stephanie Luce Convergence
Labor unions, as individual organizations and in coalitions like May Day Strong, are mobilizing to defend democracy this fall.

labor

UAW President Shawn Fain Nears Reelection Victory

Luis Feliz Leon, Jane Slaughter Labor Notes
The election was a referendum on the new fighting direction Fain has taken the union by leading 2023’s Stand-Up Strike against the Big 3 automakers, other bold contract fights, and new organizing campaigns.

labor

A Trusteeship in Buffalo

Steve Early, Suzanne Gordon New Politics
1,000 Health Care Workers Protest Take-Over of Their Local. Are Union Officials Listening?

Friday nite video

video

Death by Firing Squad

When the murderer's dead and his head's in a bag, will it help you forget the way that you got had? 

video

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor on NAZA

NAZA is the Israeli military's term for "collateral damage," that is, civilian deaths. The film NAZA, now showing in select theaters across the U.S., interviews Israeli military and intelligence officials who participated in inflicting thousands of such deaths in Gaza.

video

Dario Amodei Quit OpenAI To Make AI 'Safe.' And Now?

Anthropic is now eying a $2 trillion IPO, potentially the largest of all time. At the same time the company is trying to shield itself from responsibility by saying its AI agents are autonomous, even sentient.