El-Sayed Works To Stitch Together a Diverse Majority

Overcoming tensions between the Arab American and Black communities in Michigan will be key for the progressive’s Senate campaign.

Gazans Rage at Hamas for the October 7 Gamble

They loathe Israel for destroying Gaza. They also blame Hamas for gambling with their lives and promising victory. In searing Facebook posts, Gazans describe the loss, abuse and daily humiliations no camera can capture.

Proposed U.S. Census Changes Could Be Catastrophic

In 2030, U.S. mortality and morbidity rates will suddenly jump. This will happen not because there is a new pandemic or a sudden rise in cases of existing diseases or injuries, or decline in access to health care. Why? Because the census will change.

Why Are Democratic Socialists of America So Successful?

There’s an unsung reason for the organization’s success even as other leftwing groups face a bumpy road. DSA is growing not only because it reflects frustration over the status quo; it is growing also because it gives people a voice within a vehicle

Reader Comments & Tidbits, Oct. 15, 2026

Reader Comments: Diesel Prices; Setting the Record Straight on AOC & Gaza; Speaking of Public Executions; Resource from EPI - Weak September jobs report shows hiring and wage growth slow; more....

ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Spy Program

Under ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country.

Why Obsession With Extending Lifespans Is a Distraction

Life expectancies have risen for most people across the world. But the gap between how long people live and how long they will live healthily is widening. Poor labor conditions and lack of health care are to blame.

Israel Demolished Most of Villages in South Lebanon

Defense Minister Israel Katz has bragged that Israel was destroying “not one house at a time,” but “the entirety of those villages.”

We Know How To Fix Homelessness. Look at Denver.

Denver has recorded the biggest recent drop in street homelessness among the largest U.S. cities

Global Left Midweek — October 14, 2026

Historic week of mass mobilization
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Culture

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.

books

Snow Globe Palimpsest

Shaul Magid Los Angeles Review of Books
Benjamin Moser delivers biographical sketches of Jews who refused to abandon the Diaspora.

Labor

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

Bob Dylan | A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall

The intended meaning of this classic -- if any -- is obscure, but the lasting impact of its brooding sense of impending catastrophe, or righteous settlement of debts, is huge. Many questions about tomorrow, and no clear answers.

video

The Corruption at Starlink Is Shocking

The U.S. was supposed to spend $40 billion to build internet in rural America, then Elon Musk got a huge chunk of that money redirected to Starlink.